Methods and systems for scheduling job sets in a production environment
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorSudhendu Rai
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Abstract
A system of scheduling a plurality of print jobs in a document production environment may include resources and a computer-readable storage medium including programming instructions for performing a method of processing print jobs. The method may include receiving print jobs and setup characteristics corresponding to each print job. Each print job may have a corresponding job size. The print jobs may be grouped into sets based on a common characteristic and each set may be identified as a fast job set or a slow job set based on setup characteristics associated with the set and the job sizes of the print jobs in the set. The fast job set may be routed to a fast job autonomous cell and the slow job set may be routed to a slow job autonomous cell.
Claims22
A system of scheduling a plurality of print jobs in a document production environment, the system comprising:
- a plurality of print job processing resources;
- a computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions for performing a method of processing a plurality of print jobs in a document production environment, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of print jobs and at least one setup characteristic corresponding to each print job, wherein each print job has a corresponding job size,
- grouping the plurality of print jobs into one or more print job sets based on a common characteristic,
- identifying each print job set as a fast job set or a slow job set based on one or more setup characteristics associated with the print job set and the job sizes of the print jobs in the print job set,
- routing the fast job set to a fast job autonomous cell comprising one or more first print job processing resources for processing the fast job set, and
- routing the slow job set to a slow job autonomous cell comprising one or more second print job processing resources for processing the slow job set,
A system of scheduling a plurality of jobs in a production environment, the system comprising:
- a plurality of resources;
- a computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions for performing a method of processing a plurality of jobs in a production environment, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of jobs and at least one setup characteristic corresponding to each job, wherein each job has a corresponding job size,
- grouping the plurality of jobs into one or more job sets based on a common characteristic,
- identifying each job set as a fast job set or a slow job set based on one or more setup characteristics associated with the job set and the job sizes of the jobs in the job set,
- routing the fast job set to a fast job autonomous cell comprising one or more first resources for processing the fast job set, and
- routing the slow job set to a slow job autonomous comprising one or more second resources for processing the slow job set,
A computer-implemented method of processing a plurality of print jobs in a document production environment, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of print jobs and at least one setup characteristic corresponding to each print job, wherein each print job has a corresponding job size;
- grouping the plurality of print jobs into one or more print job sets based on a common characteristic;
- identifying each print job set as a fast job set or a slow job set based on one or more setup characteristics associated with the print job set and the job sizes of the print jobs in the print Job set;
- routing the fast job set to a fast job autonomous cell comprising one or more first print job processing resources for processing the fast job set;
- and
- routing the slow job set to a slow job autonomous comprising one or more second print job processing resources for processing the slow job set.
A computer-implemented method of processing a plurality of jobs in a production environment, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of jobs and at least one setup characteristic corresponding to each job, wherein each job has a corresponding job size;
- grouping the plurality of jobs into one or more job sets based on a common characteristic;
- identifying each job set as a fast job set or a slow job set based on one or more setup characteristics associated with the job set and the job sizes of the jobs in the job set;
- routing the fast job set to a fast job autonomous cell comprising one or more first resources for processing the fast job set;
- and
- routing the slow job set to a slow job autonomous comprising one or more second resources for processing the slow job set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.