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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Markus P Fromherz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358-18 ; 358-115 ; 399352 ; 399364 ;
Abstract
A scheduling system determines the order of specific operations in a printing apparatus which is capable of outputting simplex or duplex prints. If the actuation of a module associated with the apparatus, such as stapling or switching paper supplies, requires a delay in the operation of the apparatus, this delay is entered as at least one deliberately blank pitch in the schedule. The scheduling system creates a special finite state machine which can take into account delays of arbitrary length caused by the actuation of one or more modules.