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US 6,685,368 B1Granted
Printing system having output sampling feature
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorOrhan E. Beckman
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Abstract
A method for generating a sample print of a document in a printing system is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request for a sample print of the document, incrementing a number of job prints of the document, printing the sample print of the document, and routing the sample print of the document to a sample print tray.
Claims16
In a printing system, a method for generating at least one sample print of a document, comprising:
- receiving a sample rate that specifies the rate at which the at least one sample print is to be printed, wherein the sample rate is a function of the variable data that is placed in copy holes of the document scheduled to be printed;
- incrementing a number of job prints of the document for each sample print;
- printing each sample print of the document;
- and
- routing each sample print of the document to a sample print tray.
2 more elements
A method for printing a sample print of a document that includes certain variable data, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a rule that controls the occurrence of the certain variable data within the document;
- receiving a sample rate that specifies the rate at which the at least one sample is to be printed as a function of the variable data that is placed in copy holes of the document scheduled to be printed by a system controller;
- and
- printing the sample prints of the document according to the sample rate, wherein the printing of the sample prints occurs among job prints of the document.
1 more element
A printing system, comprising:
- a system controller for scheduling documents to be printed;
- an operator interface that receives a command to print at least one sample of the documents scheduled to be printed by the system controller, the at least one sample being in addition to the documents scheduled for printing by the system controller, wherein
- the operator interface additionally receives a sample rate that specifies the rate at which the at least one sample is to be printed as a function of the variable data that is placed in copy holes of the documents scheduled for printing by the system controller;
- and
- a sample output tray that receives the samples of the documents.
2 more elements
A printing system, comprising:
- means for scheduling documents to be printed;
- means for receiving a request to print documents in addition to the documents scheduled to be printed;
- and
- means for outputting the additional documents to an output designated as a sample output tray, wherein
- the documents scheduled to be printed are variable data documents and wherein the request to Print additional variable data documents is based on an attribute of the variable data inserted into a copy hole of the variable data documents.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.