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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2009
Matthew Deroller, Webster, NY (US);
Matthew DeRoller, Webster, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and system for accommodating a plurality of printing systems arranged as an enterprise printing system including a memory for storing printer usage information related to a plurality of tasks performed with respect to the enterprise printing system and a processing module including a tangible processor. The tangible processor is manipulate to (1) analyzing the printer usage information and (2) responsive to said analyzing, automatically generating, at selected time intervals, at least one print governance rule, said at least one print governance rule being used to reduce printing costs for at least one of the plurality of printing systems in the enterprise printing system.