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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Eun Suk Suh, Rochester, NY (US);
Henry T. Bober, Fairport, NY (US);
William A. Blitz, Webster, NY (US);
Inventors:
Eun Suk Suh, Rochester, NY (US);
Henry T. Bober, Fairport, NY (US);
William A. Blitz, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Separate multicolorant and monochromatic digital image marking engines are operated concurrently for print jobs having both monochromatic and color images. The marked multicolorant image sheets are batch printed and held in a sheet buffer and interspersed in sequence with the monochromatic marked sheets without interrupting the faster monochromatic marking engine or requiring multiple unnecessary run cost increasing start up and shut down cycles of the multicolorant marking engine.