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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
Thomas Nathan Bilan, Longmont, CO (US);
Gerald Donald Boldt, Longmont, CO (US);
Michael Glen Lotz, Longmont, CO (US);
Joseph Wayne Stradling, Firestone, CO (US);
Marquis G. Waller, Beverly, OH (US);
Thomas Nathan Bilan, Longmont, CO (US);
Gerald Donald Boldt, Longmont, CO (US);
Michael Glen Lotz, Longmont, CO (US);
Joseph Wayne Stradling, Firestone, CO (US);
Marquis G. Waller, Beverly, OH (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically splitting print jobs to reduce the time taken to start printing those jobs. One embodiment is a print server that includes an interface that receives a Portable Document Format (PDF) print job. The print server also includes a job controller that determines a size of the PDF print job, and estimates a delay to start marking a first page of the PDF print job. In response to determining that the delay exceeds a threshold, the job controller splits the PDF print job into segments by: generating a first PDF segment that has a delay to start marking the first page that is less than the threshold, and includes a PDF page tree; transmitting the first PDF segment to the printer; generating an additional PDF segment that includes an additional PDF page tree; and transmitting the additional PDF segment to the printer.