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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2023
Applicant:
Screen Holdings Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SCREEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1215 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/1253 (2013.01); G06F 3/1262 (2013.01); G06F 3/1263 (2013.01); H04N 1/00665 (2013.01);
Abstract
After the end of initial processing, such as a setting of a priority mode, a print schedule (a job execution schedule and a roll paper loading schedule) is created in consideration of the type, the remaining amount, and the like of roll paper loaded in each of a plurality of slots constituting an autochanger. Then, a possible loading time is obtained, which is a time at which roll paper can be loaded into a loading target slot that is a slot in which the roll paper is to be loaded during execution of continuous printing.