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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
May. 20, 2005
Ravi Bhushan Sahay, San Diego, CA (US);
Ravi Bhushan Sahay, San Diego, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method for improving productivity of a printer with in-line finisher, which includes the steps of: a) storing a sequence of jobs; b) printing the first print job; c) transmitting the printed portions of the first print job to the productivity module; d) unloading the printed portions in sequence from the productivity module and performing a finishing operation on the printed first portion of the first print job; e) during the step d), printing a portion of the second print job; f) transmitting the printed portions of the second print job to the productivity module; g) initiating printing of a second portion of the first print job, concurrent with step d), h) unloading the next printed portions of the first job in sequence from the productivity module and performing a finishing operation on the printed portions of the second print job; and continuing these sequences for the next print job.