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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Steven J. Simske, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Ehud Chatow, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven J. Simske, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Ehud Chatow, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/126 (2013.01); G06F 3/1218 (2013.01); G06F 3/1262 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to method and systems of sorting print jobs for assignment to a plurality of printers having different printing characteristics. Print jobs can be received, sorted based on the print parameters of the print jobs, combined into print job groupings based on printing prioritizations, and sent to a plurality of printers having printing configurations that achieve the print parameters and the printing prioritizations.