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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Patrick Edward Nogay, Austin, TX (US);
Lee Martin Tartak, Austin, TX (US);
Mark Wayne VanderWiele, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention provide a method for optimal use of print resource during the preparation a print job for printing. During the creation of a spool file, or similar intermediate file, the invention logs data on print resource usage in a print job in an accounting file. Upon review of this data, it modifies the print resource usage data in the accounting file as necessary to optimize print resource usage. The spool file and the accounting file are then sent to a printer driver. The printer driver knows how to use the print resource data in the accounting file to optimize the print resource usage.