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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2010
Victor Ciriza, La Tour du Pin, FR;
Maria Antonietta Grasso, Grenoble, FR;
Yves Hoppenot, Notre-Dame-de-Mésage, FR;
Jutta K. Willamowski, Grenoble, FR;
Victor Ciriza, La Tour du Pin, FR;
Maria Antonietta Grasso, Grenoble, FR;
Yves Hoppenot, Notre-Dame-de-Mésage, FR;
Jutta K. Willamowski, Grenoble, FR;
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and method for facilitating environmentally informed print job selection are provided. The method includes assigning a status to each of a set of networked printers, the status of an operational printer denoting a printer as being one of at least awake, asleep, and waking up soon. The assigned status is provided to a graphical user interface, enabling a user to compare the status and/or environmental costs of printing with user selectable ones of the set of printers.