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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2000
Margaret Motamed, Foster City, CA (US);
Ravi Someshwar, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ravindranath Gunturu, Newark, CA (US);
Margaret Motamed, Foster City, CA (US);
Ravi Someshwar, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ravindranath Gunturu, Newark, CA (US);
Electronics for Imaging, Inc., Foster City, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for print load balancing, cluster printing and color and black-and-white page splitting. Print load balancing methods and apparatus route print jobs to the most available printer or split printing over more than one printer. Cluster printing methods and apparatus specify a group of printers from which a print job can be performed. Color and black-and-white page splitting methods and apparatus split a print job, and send non-color pages to black-and-white printers and pages with color to color printers.