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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Markus P Fromherz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sue Layer, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system is provided for generically scheduling operations necessary to produce desired documents on a print engine. Such print engine scheduling employs identifying, sequencing, and initiating print engine operations that will produce a desired document. The system employs a specified description of print engines that enable a scheduler to look up what operations are necessary to produce portions of a document, to find allowable times for those operations, and to send control commands to various print engine components to perform the operations. The system is independent of any particular print engine configuration Thus, it is reusable for a wide range of configurations.