公开(公告)号：US08223358B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-17

申请号：US11380805

申请日：2006-04-28

申请人： Joseph S. Czyszczewski ,  Larry M. Ernst ,  Mark G. Finlan ,  James T. Smith, II

发明人： Joseph S. Czyszczewski ,  Larry M. Ernst ,  Mark G. Finlan ,  James T. Smith, II

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G03G21/02 ,  G03G15/502 ,  G03G15/5079 ,  G03G15/553 ,  G03G2215/00109

摘要： A printer output coverage estimation system permits a user of print services to obtain an accurate estimate of the amount of toner required by a print job. Providers of print services, including coverage estimations, may be identified through the Internet and selected by the user from a web interface. The estimate request may then be transmitted directly to the provider that fulfills the request using excess computing capacity. Alternatively, providers may register excess computing capacity with a broker. The broker matches job requests with a grid of providers and directs the job request to the matched provider(s). Thus, users of print services have an alternative to purchasing in-house computing resources that may remain idle much of the time.

摘要翻译： 打印机输出覆盖率估计系统允许打印服务的用户获得打印作业所需的调色剂量的准确估计。 可以通过互联网识别打印服务的提供者，包括覆盖率估计，并由用户从网络界面中选择。 然后可以将估计请求直接发送到使用超额计算能力来满足请求的提供商。 或者，提供商可以向经纪人注册过多的计算能力。 经纪人将作业请求与提供者网格进行匹配，并将作业请求指向匹配的提供者。 因此，打印服务的用户可以选择购买可能在大部分时间内空闲的内部计算资源。