公开(公告)号：US20080228667A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-18

申请号：US11687035

申请日：2007-03-16

申请人： Minette A Beabes ,  John R. Quitter ,  Michael E. Farrell

发明人： Minette A Beabes ,  John R. Quitter ,  Michael E. Farrell

IPC分类号： G06F17/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/02 ,  G06Q30/0206 ,  G06Q30/0283 ,  H04N1/00132 ,  H04N2201/212 ,  H04N2201/3242 ,  H04N2201/3252 ,  H04N2201/3256

摘要： Embodiments herein include a method that begins by receiving a print job for a customer from an intermediary program such as a print driver. The print job comprises instructions to print a document for the customer and includes, for example, data and print characteristics. The method then evaluates the colorspace of each page of the print job to determine whether any multi-color items are included within the print job. The method ignores classifications of the print job as either a multi-color print job (e.g., color print job) or a single color print job (e.g., black and white) from the print driver and, instead, classifies the print job as either a multi-color print job or a single color print job based only on whether the multi-color items are included within the print job. Then, the method provides the billing information for the customer to an appropriate entity that bills the customer.

摘要翻译： 这里的实施例包括一种从诸如打印驱动程序的中间程序接收用户的打印作业开始的方法。 打印作业包括为客户打印文档的指令，并且包括例如数据和打印特性。 该方法然后评估打印作业的每个页面的颜色空间，以确定是否在打印作业中包含任何多色项目。 该方法将打印作业的分类忽略为来自打印驱动程序的多色打印作业（例如，彩色打印作业）或单色打印作业（例如，黑色和白色），而是将打印作业分类为 仅基于多色项目是否包括在打印作业内的多色打印作业或单色打印作业。 然后，该方法向客户提供向客户收费的适当实体的计费信息。