Methods and systems for ink use estimation
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorJavier A. Morales
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Abstract
In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for estimating ink use by a printer is provided. The method involves receiving, by a computer, a request for a comingled print job comprising a plurality of print jobs to be carried out by the printer. The method also involves traversing, by the computer, pages of the comingled print job and identifying, for each page of the comingled print job, a print job of the plurality of print jobs to which the page belongs. The method also involves for each of the plurality of print jobs, calculating, by the computer, an estimated total amount of ink required for printing the print job. The method also involves communicating, by the computer, to a client terminal, the estimated total amounts of ink required for printing the plurality of print jobs.
Claims21
A computer-implemented method for estimating ink use by a printer, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a computer, a request for a comingled print job comprising a plurality of print jobs to be carried out by the printer;
- traversing, by the computer, pages of the comingled print job and identifying, for each page of the comingled print job, a print job of the plurality of print jobs to which the page belongs;
- for each of the plurality of print jobs, calculating, by the computer, an estimated total amount of ink required for printing the print job;
- and
- communicating, by the computer, to a client terminal, the estimated total amounts of ink required for printing the plurality of print jobs.
A system comprising:
- a memory that stores instruction code;
- and
- a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the instruction code is executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a request for a comingled print job comprising a plurality of print jobs to be carried out by a printer;
- traversing pages of the comingled print job and identifying, for each page of the comingled print job, a print job of the plurality of print jobs to which the page belongs;
- for each of the plurality of print jobs, calculating an estimated total amount of ink required for printing the print job;
- and
- communicating, to a client terminal, the estimated total amounts of ink required for printing the plurality of print jobs.
An article of manufacture comprising non-transitory data storage storing at least computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a request for a comingled print job comprising a plurality of print jobs to be carried out by a printer;
- traversing pages of the comingled print job and identifying, for each page of the comingled print job, a print job of the plurality of print jobs to which the page belongs;
- for each of the plurality of print jobs, calculating an estimated total amount of ink required for printing the print job;
- and
- communicating, to a client terminal, the estimated total amounts of ink required for printing the plurality of print jobs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.