Print Job Completion Estimation Mechanism
AssigneeInfoPrint Solutions Company LLC
InventorStephen G. Price
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Abstract
A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job, transmitting a query to two or more printers requesting a time estimate to print the print job at each of the two or more printers, receiving the time estimates from the two or more printers and selecting a first of the two or more printers at which the print job is to be printed based on the received time estimates.
Claims20
An article of manufacture comprising a machine-readable medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a print job;
- transmitting a query to two or more printers requesting a time estimate to print the print job at each of the two or more printers;
- receiving the time estimates from the two or more printers;
- and
- selecting a first of the two or more printers at which the print job is to be printed based on the received time estimates.
A print server comprising a printing software product to transmit a query to two or more printers requesting a time estimate to print a print job at each of the two or more printers, receive the time estimates from the two or more printers and select a first of the two or more printers at which the print job is to be printed based on the received time estimates.
A printing system comprising
- a print server to receive a print job;
- and
- a printer to receive a query from the print server, calculate a time estimate to print the print job and transmit the time estimate to the print server.
A method comprising:
- receiving a print job;
- transmitting a query to two or more printers requesting a time estimate to print the print job at each of the two or more printers;
- receiving the time estimates from the two or more printers;
- and
- selecting a first of the two or more printers at which the print job is to be printed based on the received time estimates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.