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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2016
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Manoj Gupta, Bangalore, IN;
Jagadeesh Chandra Bose Rantham Prabhakara, Andhra Pradesh, IN;
Sudhendu Rai, Fairport, NY (US);
Partha Dutta, Bangalore, IN;
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of generating a cell design of print production devices for a print production environment includes receiving a print job list, and identifying a plurality of print production devices located in the production environment. The system identifies a list of functions associated with the print jobs, and generates a graph. The system determines a threshold value, and partitions the graph into a number of groups equal to the threshold value such that a number of edges extending between groups is minimized. The system generates an initial cell design for the print production environment, and causes a hardware setting of each of the plurality of production devices to be updated to reflect the cell to which the production device was assigned and to enable the production device to perform one or more functions associated with the cell to which the production device was assigned.