Job requirements calculation and display
US5036361A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jul 30, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/502
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of providing a prominent time of completion display and percentage of completion display for a given job requirement and providing an indication of the amount of paper stock required from several sources of paper stock in a printing system including the steps of responding to entered job requirements to calculate a total time of completion for the given job and the paper stock required from each of the paper stock sources, displaying the total time of completion at the operator interface, displaying the amount of paper stock required from each of the paper stock sources, and initiating the job run and during the job run periodically determining the time to completion of the remaining portion of the job and displaying the time to completion in a prominent bar graph.
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