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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2011
Joseph P. Gaertner, Lafayette, CO (US);
Joan Stagaman Goddard, Boulder, CO (US);
Janeen E. Jahn, Lafayette, CO (US);
Kumar V. Kadiyala, Boulder, CO (US);
Ronald J Lemaster, Boulder, CO (US);
Marquis G. Waller, Beverly, OH (US);
Joseph P. Gaertner, Lafayette, CO (US);
Joan Stagaman Goddard, Boulder, CO (US);
Janeen E. Jahn, Lafayette, CO (US);
Kumar V. Kadiyala, Boulder, CO (US);
Ronald J LeMaster, Boulder, CO (US);
Marquis G. Waller, Beverly, OH (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for scheduling multiple types of print jobs for a printer more efficiently by scheduling jobs together that share print settings. In one embodiment, a system includes a print queue that stores print jobs scheduled for a printer. The system also includes a scheduler that receives requests to schedule a print job for the printer. The scheduler compares the print settings of the requested print job to print settings of the print jobs already in the print queue. The scheduler then schedules the requested print job among the print jobs in the print queue that have print settings corresponding with the print settings of the requested print job.