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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2009
Ray Uri Merriam, Rochester, NY (US);
Ray Uri Merriam, Rochester, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A system for determining a configuration of print-related devices in a document environment may include a computing device and a computer-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computer-readable storage medium may include programming instructions for identifying a plurality of environment requirements including one or more required print capabilities and a ratio of users to print-related devices associated with a document environment and, for each print-related device currently in the document environment, identifying a corresponding spatial entity having associated print volume information and associated print capability information, grouping a plurality of the spatial entities into one or more capability groups based on the print capability information associated with the spatial entities, and determining recommended print-related devices for the document environment.