Method, device and computer readable medium for managing print jobs
OwnerOri Eizenberg, Yishai Brafman +1inventors
InventorsOri Eizenberg, Yishai Brafman, Boaz Katz
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Abstract
A method for managing a print job, the method may include intercepting, by a computerized module, a request to print a print job content by a target printer; analyzing, by the computerized module, the print job content to determine an expected printing cost of the print job content by the target printer; selecting, by the computerized module, a selected printer to print the print job content, out of the target printer and another printer, in response to the expected printing cost; and sending the print job content information to the selected printer.
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A method for managing a print job, the method comprising:
- intercepting, by a computerized module, a request to print a print job content by a target printer;
- analyzing, by the computerized module, the print job content to determine an expected printing cost of the print job content by the target printer;
- selecting, by the computerized module, a selected printer to print the print job content, out of the target printer and another printer, in response to the expected printing cost and statistics of previously printed print job contents;
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- sending the print job content information to the selected printer.
13-29. (canceled)
A computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions, the set of instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor the perform a method of:
- intercepting a request to print a print job content by a target printer;
- analyzing, by the processor, the print job content to determine an expected printing cost of the print job content by the target printer;
- selecting, by the processor, a selected printer to print the print job content, out of the target printer and another printer, in response to the expected printing cost and statistics of previously printed print job contents;
- and sending the print job content information to the selected printer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.