Processor, system and method for accommodating high priority print jobs
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsDaniel W. Manchala, Charles H. Evans, IV, Chwan-Cheng N. Liu, May G. Onaga, Jie Lin, Aillil I. Halsema
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a production planning processor comprising an admissions control module in communication with a queue management module, the admissions control module calculating a proposed profit for expedited handling of a new print job, the queue management module determining a revised print job queue based upon data received from the admissions control module. A corresponding method of processing print jobs is also disclosed, along with a system and a method for determining the profitability of accommodating a rush print job.
Claims19
An automated system for determining the profitability of accommodating a rush print job, comprising:
- a production planning processor including an admissions control module in communication with a queue management module, the admissions control module being configured to determine a first profit for expedited handling of the rush print job by calculating
- a maximum profit Pmax for accommodating the rush print job by:
- inserting the rush print job into an existing queue without re-ordering print jobs, and/or
- inserting the rush print job into an existing queue and re-ordering at least one print job,
- wherein Pmax is calculated by subtracting penalties for print jobs that are delayed as a result of inserting said rush print job into said existing queue, from an anticipated profit for the rush print job.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.