Print job assignment method allowing user-prioritization
    1.
    发明授权
    Print job assignment method allowing user-prioritization 有权
    打印作业分配方法,允许用户优先化

    公开(公告)号:US08270007B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-18

    申请号:US12028971

    申请日:2008-02-11

    摘要: A method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment is described. Each print job specifies job ticket parameters representing printing requirements. Each received job is processed by comparing the printing requirements of the job with capabilities of the printers. If a printer cannot satisfy all printing requirements of the job, it is eliminated as a candidate printer. Then, from all printers that can satisfy all printing requirements of the job, one printer is selected based on a pre-defined priority preference and the job is submitted to the selected printer. The printer priority preference is created by the operator based on cost and other factors. The operator can also select an alternative execution mode where, among all printers that can satisfy all requirements of the job, the one with minimum wait time is selected.

    摘要翻译: 描述了在打印作业管理装置中实现的用于处理多打印机印刷车间环境中的打印作业的方法。 每个打印作业指定表示打印要求的作业单参数。 通过将作业的打印要求与打印机的功能进行比较来处理每个接收到的作业。 如果打印机不能满足作业的所有打印要求,则作为候选打印机消除。 然后,从可满足作业所有打印要求的所有打印机中,根据预定义的优先级偏好选择一个打印机,并将作业提交到所选打印机。 打印机优先级是由操作员根据成本和其他因素创建的。 操作员还可以选择替代执行模式,其中,在满足作业所有要求的所有打印机中,选择具有最短等待时间的打印机。

    Method for printing mixed color and black and white documents
    2.
    发明授权
    Method for printing mixed color and black and white documents 有权
    打印混合色和黑白文件的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08120813B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-02-21

    申请号:US11395585

    申请日:2006-03-31

    IPC分类号: G06F15/00

    摘要: A method is described for managing a print shop system in which a plurality of printers are connected to and managed by a server. When a document to be printed contains both color and black and white pages, the server splits the print job into a color and a black and white sub-job. Each print job includes a job ticket containing a plurality of parameters and the document to be printed. The server splits the original print job by generating a color sub-document and a black and white sub-document based the color characteristics of the pages of the original document, and generating a color sub-job ticket and a black and white sub-job ticket based on the original job-ticket parameters, by suitably retaining some original parameters, overriding some, deleting some, retaining some with page shifting, and adding some parameters. The two sub-jobs are printed by two different printers and then merged.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种用于管理打印车间系统的方法,其中多个打印机连接到服务器并由服务器管理。 当要打印的文档包含彩色和黑白页面时,服务器将打印作业分成颜色和黑白子作业。 每个打印作业包括包含多个参数的作业单和要打印的文档。 服务器通过基于原始文档的页面的颜色特征生成彩色子文档和黑白子文档来分割原始打印作业,并且生成彩色子作业单和黑白子作业 基于原始作业机票参数的票据,通过适当地保留一些原始参数,重写一些,删除一些,保留一些页面移位,并添加一些参数。 两个子作业由两个不同的打印机打印,然后合并。

    COLLECTING RESOURCE USAGE INFORMATION IN A PRINT SHOP
    3.
    发明申请
    COLLECTING RESOURCE USAGE INFORMATION IN A PRINT SHOP 审中-公开
    在印刷店收集资源使用信息

    公开(公告)号:US20090147296A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-11

    申请号:US11953040

    申请日:2007-12-08

    IPC分类号: G06K15/00

    CPC分类号: G03G21/02

    摘要: A method used in a print shop for collecting and tracking the amount of resources used for a print job is described. The print shop includes a plurality of copy production devices such as printers and finishing devices and a server for managing them. Each copy production device collects information regarding actual resource usage for a copy production job, such as the amount of paper used, the amount of toner used, the number of staples used, etc., and provides the information to the server after the job is executed. The server generates total resource usage information for executing the job, and stores the information. The actual perjob resource usage information may be analyzed to enable the print shop to set a price structure that more accurately reflects and ultimately recaptures the cost incurred.

    摘要翻译: 描述了在印刷车间中用于收集和跟踪用于打印作业的资源量的方法。 打印店包括多个复印制作装置,例如打印机和整理装置,以及用于管理它们的服务器。 每个复制生产设备收集关于复印制作作业的实际资源使用的信息,例如使用的纸张量,使用的调色剂量,使用的订书钉等,并且在作业之后将信息提供给服务器 执行。 服务器生成用于执行作业的总资源使用信息,并存储信息。 可以分析实际的自组织资源使用信息,以使打印店能够设置更准确地反映并最终重新获得所花费的价格结构。

    PAPER NAME DATABASE IN A PRINT SHOP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    4.
    发明申请
    PAPER NAME DATABASE IN A PRINT SHOP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 审中-公开
    印刷店管理系统中的纸张名称数据库

    公开(公告)号:US20090147295A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-11

    申请号:US11953039

    申请日:2007-12-08

    IPC分类号: G06F15/00

    摘要: A method for managing a print shop system having a plurality of printers connected to a management server is described. A paper name database is maintained on the server and each printer, and contains a plurality of paper name definitions each associating a paper name to a plurality of paper attributes such as paper size, weight, etc. The paper name databases are synchronized with each other. When creating a job ticket on the server, the operator specifies the paper name but does not need to specify the paper attributes. The server generates a job ticket containing the paper name and/or the paper attributes (retrieved from the paper name database using the paper name entered by the operator). When a printer receives a job ticket that contains a papa name, it retrieves the paper attributes associated with the paper name from the local paper name database and executes the job.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种用于管理具有连接到管理服务器的多个打印机的打印车间系统的方法。 纸张名称数据库被维护在服务器和每个打印机上,并且包含多个纸张名称定义,每个纸张名称定义将纸张名称与纸张尺寸,重量等多个纸张属性相关联。纸张名称数据库彼此同步 。 在服务器上创建作业单时,操作员指定纸张名称,但不需要指定纸张属性。 服务器生成包含纸张名称和/或纸张属性(使用操作员输入的纸张名称从纸张名称数据库中检索)的作业单。 当打印机接收到包含爸爸名称的作业单时,它将从本地纸张名称数据库中检索与纸张名称关联的纸张属性并执行作业。

    AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING AND APPLYING OVERAGE FOR A CUSTOMER PRINT JOB
    5.
    发明申请
    AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING AND APPLYING OVERAGE FOR A CUSTOMER PRINT JOB 审中-公开
    自动确定客户打印作业的适用范围

    公开(公告)号:US20090119120A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-05-07

    申请号:US11936773

    申请日:2007-11-07

    IPC分类号: G06Q10/00 G06F17/00 G06K1/00

    摘要: A print shop management system for automatically handling overage for customer print or copy jobs is described. An overage refers to extra copies of a customer job produced for internal use at the print shop. The print shop management system allows the operator to create overage formulas, each formula specifying a set of criteria and an overage value for customer jobs meeting the criteria. The system then automatically applies the overage formulas to each customer job to print the requested number of copies and the extra copies. The system can also keep track of actual resource usage for each job

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种用于自动处理客户打印或复印作业超量的打印店管理系统。 超额是指印刷店内部使用的客户作业的额外副本。 打印店管理系统允许操作员创建超额公式,每个公式指定一组标准,并为符合标准的客户工作提供超额价值。 然后,系统会自动将超量公式应用于每个客户工作,以打印所要求的份数和额外的副本。 该系统还可以跟踪每个作业的实际资源使用情况

    Print job management method and apparatus using virtual queues
    7.
    发明申请
    Print job management method and apparatus using virtual queues 有权
    打印使用虚拟队列的作业管理方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20070229895A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-04

    申请号:US11395517

    申请日:2006-03-31

    IPC分类号: G06F3/12

    摘要: Print management apparatus and method for managing a print shop system are described. A server defines one or more virtual queues as a virtual printing device to which print jobs may be submitted. Each virtual queue designates a physical printer and has a set of pre-defined job parameters (parameters that define how a print job will be printed) associated with it. Each print job managed by the server also has a set of job parameters associated with it to define how the print job is to be printed. When a print job is submitted to a virtual queue for printing, the server overrides the job parameters of the submitted print job, and prints the job on the printer designated by the virtual queue using the job parameters associated with the virtual queue. A warning message may be displayed before the server proceeds with the printing to alert the operator.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于管理印刷车间系统的打印管理装置和方法。 服务器将一个或多个虚拟队列定义为可以向其提交打印作业的虚拟打印设备。 每个虚拟队列指定一个物理打印机,并具有一组预定义的作业参数(用于定义如何打印作业的参数)。 由服务器管理的每个打印作业也具有与之相关联的一组作业参数,以定义打印作业的打印方式。 当打印作业提交到虚拟队列进行打印时,服务器将覆盖所提交的打印作业的作业参数,并使用与虚拟队列关联的作业参数在虚拟队列指定的打印机上打印作业。 在服务器进行打印之前可能会显示警告消息,以提醒操作员。

    PRINT SHOP MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING DOCUMENTS USING A PLURALITY OF DEVICES
    8.
    发明申请
    PRINT SHOP MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING DOCUMENTS USING A PLURALITY OF DEVICES 有权
    打印商店管理方法和设备使用多种设备打印文档

    公开(公告)号:US20070229883A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-04

    申请号:US11616833

    申请日:2006-12-27

    IPC分类号: G06F3/12

    摘要: A method is described for managing a print shop system in which a plurality of printers are connected to and managed by a server. The server receives a print job including a job ticket and source document to be printed, and generates two or more sub-jobs each including a sub-job ticket and a sub-document by analyzing the job ticket and the content of the source document. The two or more sub-jobs are submitted to a plurality of printers and/or finishing devices in accordance with the sub-job tickets. One particular example is color split printing where black and white pages and color pages of a source document are split into two sub-jobs to be printed by a black and white printer and a color printer, respectively.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种用于管理打印车间系统的方法,其中多个打印机连接到服务器并由服务器管理。 服务器接收包括作业单和要打印的源文档的打印作业,并通过分析作业单和源文档的内容来生成包括子作业单和子文档的两个或多个子作业。 根据子作业单,两个或多个子作业被提交给多个打印机和/或整理装置。 一个特别的例子是分色打印,其中源文档的黑白页和彩页被分成两个子作业,分别由黑白打印机和彩色打印机打印。

    Print management method and apparatus with destination panel
    9.
    发明申请
    Print management method and apparatus with destination panel 有权
    目的地面板打印管理方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US20070229879A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-04

    申请号:US11395519

    申请日:2006-03-31

    IPC分类号: G06F3/12

    摘要: A method for managing printers, implemented in a print job management apparatus, is provided. The method includes displaying a list of the printers and a list of one or more virtual printing devices on a display monitor, each virtual printing device being defined by designating one or more of the printers together with pre-defined rules for processing a print job, receiving a command from a user to select a virtual printing device, and in response to said command, visually distinguishing the one or more of the printers designated by the selected virtual printing device among the printers listed on the display monitor.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种在打印作业管理装置中实现的用于管理打印机的方法。 该方法包括在显示监视器上显示打印机的列表和一个或多个虚拟打印设备的列表,每个虚拟打印设备通过指定一个或多个打印机以及用于处理打印作业的预定义规则来定义, 从用户接收命令以选择虚拟打印设备,并且响应于所述命令,在显示监视器上列出的打印机中可视地区分由所选择的虚拟打印设备指定的一个或多个打印机。

    Multi-tiered constraint checking for managing print jobs
    10.
    发明授权
    Multi-tiered constraint checking for managing print jobs 有权
    用于管理打印作业的多层次约束检查

    公开(公告)号:US09223530B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-29

    申请号:US12037529

    申请日:2008-02-26

    IPC分类号: G06K15/10 G06F3/12

    摘要: A method implemented in a print job management apparatus for processing print jobs in a multiple-printer print shop environment is described. When an operator manually assigns a print job to a printer, the print job requirements are compared with capabilities of the printer to detect any constraints (i.e. incompatibilities between printer capabilities and print job requirements). The job is printed if no constraint is detected. If a constraint of a first category is detected (e.g. incompatible color capabilities, paper size and type, layout, etc.), printing will not proceed and an error message is displayed. If a constraint of a second category is detected (e.g. inadequate finishing capabilities), a warning message is displayed with a request for operator instruction regarding whether to proceed with printing. If the operator chooses to proceed, the job will be printed, and a banner page containing instructions regarding uncompleted job requirements is generated.

    摘要翻译: 描述了在打印作业管理装置中实现的用于处理多打印机印刷车间环境中的打印作业的方法。 当操作员手动将打印作业分配给打印机时,将打印作业要求与打印机的功能进行比较,以检测任何约束(即打印机功能与打印作业要求之间的不兼容性)。 如果没有检测到约束,打印作业。 如果检测到第一类别的约束(例如不兼容的颜色能力,纸张尺寸和类型,布局等),打印将不会继续,并且显示错误消息。 如果检测到第二类别的约束(例如,不完善能力),则显示警告消息,其中请求关于是否继续进行打印的操作者指令。 如果操作员选择继续操作,将打印作业,并生成包含有关未完成作业要求的说明的横幅页面。