Xerox Corporation

Warren Kleiman

Zhigang Fan

David Allen Mantell

R Victor Klassen

Ashok Murthy

Shanmuga-Nathan Gnanasambandam

Russell Neville

Dennis C DeYoung

Christopher Jon Regruit

Jack Douglas Jenkins, Jr

Gregory W Zack

A printing system capable of concurrently processing and scheduling a plurality of job streams and including at least one marking engine and multiple print media destination is controlled by a controller that includes a jobs scheduler for determining a schedule for processing queued print jobs using the plurality of concurrent job streams. The job scheduler determines the schedule using a method including: determining a utility function dependent at least upon user preference delay criteria, and the schedule of the queued print jobs; and optimizing the utility function respective to the schedule of queued print jobs.

Print job scheduling for processing print jobs based on user set delay criteria

A method and system including a plurality of multifunctional devices being operatively associated with at least one controller and each having a preset amount of preloaded consumables at a time of initial use; and a software application for enabling at least one user to access the plurality of multifunctional devices, the software application being configured to receive information from a prepaid card, the information including a financial value relating to usage of some of the preset amount of preloaded consumables in the plurality of multifunctional devices; wherein the financial value of the prepaid card is applied by the at least one user across the plurality of multifunctional devices in any desired uniform or non-uniform financial proportions in accordance with usage determinations; and wherein the at least one user is enabled to pay for access to the plurality of multifunctional devices in time staggered installments without pre-established contractual obligations.

Method and system for providing contract-free 'pay-as-you-go' options for utilization of multi-function devices

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Fairport, NY, United States of America

Warren Kleiman