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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2019
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Louis M. Ormond, Irvine, CA (US);
John X. Garred, Willowick, OH (US);
Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Abstract
A system and method for power management by intelligent print queue management includes a processor and a memory storing a print job queue. The memory also stores data corresponding to a plurality of users associated history of printed document pickup times relative to their print job transmission time. A network interface receives print jobs into the queue and the processor determines an anticipated pickup time for a printout of the first print job to be picked up in accordance with history data, and schedules printing of the first print job in accordance its associated, anticipated job pickup time such that the print job is printed before that time, factoring in a device warmup time and time to print the first print job.