Optimized printing of electronic documents
US7646505B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 17, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1226
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Approaches for the optimized printing of electronic documents are provided. The approaches are applicable to a wide variety of contexts and implementations and include generating an estimated processing time for an electronic document and reporting the estimated processing time back to a client device. Generating an estimated time to process includes processing at least a portion of the print data. Further, the approaches include re-ordering a processing queue based on the estimated processing time for the electronic document, and additionally based on an in-queue time for each print data in the processing queue. Further, any user-designated priority may be factored into the re-ordering of print data in the processing queue, or in the alternative, bypass the optimization process entirely. These approaches may be implemented on a printing device, a print server, a client device or any other device capable of utilizing these approaches.
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