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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1990
Alfred L Bertoni, Rochester, NY (US);
John L Rourke, Rochester, NY (US);
Kurt T Knodt, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A print job processing method and apparatus for use in an electronic reprographic system are described. Original documents of a job to be printed are scanned to provide signals for storage. The signals are transferred to a printer for print generation. An optimum time to commence printer operation is automatically determined in accordance with at least one of the number of original documents, the thickness of original documents, scanner speed, printer speed, and number of print jobs in the system. The optimum time is determined such that the maximum overlap is achieved between scanner operation and printer operation.