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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Donald R. Allred, Springboro, OH (US);
James A. Katerberg, Kettering, OH (US);
Donald R. Allred, Springboro, OH (US);
James A. Katerberg, Kettering, OH (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Reducing waste in a digital printing system () includes moving media () through a web transport system () at a first speed. A first job is printed on the print media and a downstream finishing device () in a first configuration acts on the media. The web slows to a second speed prior the end of the first job and the finishing device changes to a second configuration after the first job has passed. A time to complete changing from the first to the second configuration is estimated and a time for a first section of the media containing the end of the first job to arrive at the finishing device is estimated. A second job is printed on the media prior to completion of the change based on the estimated time to completion.