Methods and printing system using accelerated consumable use estimation in printing operations
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorJavier A. MORALES
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Abstract
Variable data printing operations use static and variable content to create many different documents. An estimation system for printing operations implements accelerated consumable use estimation for variable data printing operations by tagging reused objects having static content. The static content is rendered within the estimation system once and then stored for use in later estimation operations, as needed. Variable content is rendered for each record. Using this process, the estimation system does not need to render reused content repeatedly in providing consumable use estimates.
Claims20
A method for accelerated consumable use estimation in a printing system, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for a consumable use estimation at an estimation system connected to a printing device within the printing system;
- rendering variable content within a document for the print job;
- estimating a variable consumable estimate based on the variable content for the print job;
- processing static content within the document for the print job, wherein the static content is associated with a static consumable estimate stored at the estimation system;
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- determining the consumable use estimate for the print job according to the variable consumable estimate and the static consumable estimate.
A method for estimating use of a consumable for printing a print job using variable data printing operations, the method comprising:
- receiving a document for the print job at an estimation system, wherein the document includes variable content and static content used in a variable data printing application;
- determining a first block of content is static content according to metadata associated with the first block of content;
- retrieving a static consumable use for the first block of content stored at the estimation system, wherein the static consumable estimate is generated for the static content using the static consumable use for the first block of content;
- determining a second block of content includes variable content within the document;
- estimating a variable consumable estimate based on the variable content of the second block of content;
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- calculating a consumable use estimate for the print job using the static consumable estimate for the first block of content and the variable consumable estimate for the second block of content.
An estimation system for a printing system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory connected to the processor, wherein the memory includes instructions to configure the processor to
- receive a request for a consumable use estimation for a print job to a printing device within the printing system;
- render variable content within a document for the print job;
- estimate a variable consumable estimate based on the variable content for the print job;
- process static content within the document for the print job, wherein the static content is associated with a static consumable estimate stored at the estimation system;
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- determine the consumable use estimation for the print job according to the dynamic consumable estimate and the static consumable estimate.
A method for accelerated consumable use estimation for variable data printing operations, the method comprising:
- providing a print job to an estimation system within a printing system for performing variable data printing operations, wherein the print job includes a plurality of records,
- wherein at least one record uses a set of pages having static content;
- receiving a current record of the plurality of records, wherein the current record includes at least one page of the set of pages;
- retrieving a stored consumable use for the at least one page at the estimation system;
- adding the stored consumable use to a total consumable use for the current record;
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- calculating a consumable use estimate for the current record based on the total consumable use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.