System and method for saving power using priority printing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorSrinivas Guddanti
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for saving power in a printing system, by prioritizing printer jobs. Using a graphical user interface an end-user assigns a print time to a first job. The print time designation is attached to the first job and the first job is transmitted from the end-user station to a printer. Based on whether the printer is in ready state or in power save mode the first job is printed immediately or stored in memory. When the first job is stored in memory, computations are made to determine a printing time to initiate printing of the first job. The first job is then printed at the printing time or at an earlier printing time if a second job with an earlier printing time is stored in the memory.
Claims19
A media processing device comprising:
- means for receiving a job including priority code information corresponding to a time delay requirement specified by a user for processing the job;
- means for accessing a delay time corresponding to the priority code information;
- means for determining a size of the job;
- means for computing a media processing time in response to the size;
- and
- means for processing the job when the delay time is less than the media processing time.
A printer system comprising:
- a first memory for receiving a job including priority code information corresponding to a time delay requirement specified by a user for processing the job;
- a second memory for providing a delay time corresponding to the priority code information;
- and
- a processor for
- determining a size of the job,
- computing a printing time in response to the size, and
- printing the job when the delay time is less than the printing time.
A media processing method including:
- receiving a job relating to said media, said job including priority code information corresponding to a time delay requirement specified by a user for processing the job;
- accessing a delay time for a media processing operation, the delay time corresponding to the priority code information;
- determining a size of the job;
- computing a media processing time in response to the size;
- waiting until the delay time is less than the media processing time;
- and
- processing the job after the waiting is completed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.