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- Patent Title: Method and system for efficient job scheduling by collecting data from multiple sources
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Application No.: US16364978Application Date: 2019-03-26
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Publication No.: US10761796B1Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Ryoichi Yokoohji
- Applicant: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Mateo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Mateo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12

Abstract:
A method, a non-transitory computer readable medium, and a system are disclosed for scheduling print jobs on a plurality of printers. The method includes collecting job information on each of a plurality of print jobs; assigning each of the plurality of print jobs to one or more printers of the plurality of printers; receiving a new print job, the new job including job product information; calculating a pre-processing time for the new print job; calculating a processing time for the new print job; determining at least one printer of the plurality of printers to execute the new print job; assigning the new print job to the at least one printer of the plurality of printers; and determining if one or more of the plurality of print jobs can be reassigned to another printer of the plurality of printers to minimize a print schedule for the plurality of print jobs.
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