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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2006
Applicants:
William Samuel Jacobs, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Michael E. Farrell, Ontario, NY (US);
Inventors:
William Samuel Jacobs, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Michael E. Farrell, Ontario, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/46 (2006.01); H04N 1/21 (2006.01); H04N 1/23 (2006.01); G06K 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for determining a toner usage estimate for a print job to be performed by a printing system having at least one print engine and at least one controller includes determining a set of print conditions for the print job and selecting a set of parameters associated with the print conditions. The method further includes estimating a total amount of toner usage for each of the print job's pages. The set of parameters may include image rendering, job dependent and engine dependent parameters.