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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2005
Sudhendu Rai, Fairport, NY (US);
Sudhendu Rai, Fairport, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method and system for processing jobs in a print shop is provided. The print shop includes at least two autonomous cells, and each autonomous cell includes a resource for performing an operation relative to at least one of the jobs. In one approach, the number of jobs requiring an operation at each one of the two autonomous cells is monitored. When the number of jobs requiring at least one operation at each one of the two autonomous cells exceeds a selected number, a reconfiguration mode is simulated for at least one of the two autonomous cells to obtain a reconfiguration desirability value. The at least one of the two autonomous cells is reconfigured when the reconfiguration desirability value differs from a selected reference value.