Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Benjamin I Dempster

Ehud Chatow

Alysha Naples

Steven J Simske

Fabio Giannetti

Kok-Wei Koh

Jose Manuel Perez

The present disclosure is directed systems and methods of sorting print jobs for assignment to a plurality of print service providers. In one aspect, such a method can include receiving at a print server a plurality of print jobs having a plurality of print parameters from a plurality of users, where individual print jobs have multiple print parameters being represented in a portion of the plurality of print jobs. The method can further include selecting a prioritization factor, identifying a plurality of print service providers having at least partially different printing configurations, sorting the plurality of print jobs into a plurality of print job groupings based on common printing parameters and the prioritization factor, and sending the plurality of print job groupings to the plurality of print service providers to achieve the common print parameters and the prioritization factor.

System and method of sorting print jobs for a plurality of print service providers

Methods and systems for defining packaging components are provided. An exemplary embodiment provides an expert system () for defining packaging components. The expert system includes a processor () and a memory (). The memory () includes code () configured to direct the processor () to obtain a product definition, obtain lifecycle parameters, and access a database (, or) to identify packaging components that match the lifecycle parameters and product definition.

Method and system for defining packaging components using lifecycle analysis

The present disclosure provides methods and systems for aggregating print jobs of different lengths and/or customers to decrease the need for rewinding and splicing operations. An exemplary embodiment provides a method that comprises identifying individual label-printing jobs (1-8) that can be aggregated onto a roll of substrate (), and forming an aggregated label-printing job (). In the aggregated label-printing job () a longest print job (8) is imposed adjacent to a first end of the roll of substrate (), and one or more shorter print jobs (2, 5, 7) are imposed adjacent to the longest print job (8) in the direction of a second end of the roll of substrate ().

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Benjamin I Dempster