Invention Grant
US07936468B2 Systems and methods for load balancing toner use in a printer pool
有权
在打印机池中负载平衡墨粉使用的系统和方法
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for load balancing toner use in a printer pool
- Patent Title (中): 在打印机池中负载平衡墨粉使用的系统和方法
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Application No.: US10673687Application Date: 2003-09-29
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Publication No.: US07936468B2Publication Date: 2011-05-03
- Inventor: Andrew Rodney Ferlitsch
- Applicant: Andrew Rodney Ferlitsch
- Applicant Address: US WA Camas
- Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Camas
- Agency: Kirton & McConkie
- Agent Michael F. Krieger; Adam D. Stevens
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12

Abstract:
Systems and methods for load balancing toner use of multiple printer devices such that the printer devices more evenly consume their respective toner in the rendering of print jobs. A printer device printing order is dynamically set based on printer toner, wherein the dynamic nature of setting the includes monitoring toner status on each printer device, monitoring toner levels on each printer device, setting the preference order by toner status, setting the preference order by toner level, redirecting print jobs from out-of-toner printer devices to printer devices with toner, redirecting print jobs from low-toner printer devices to printer devices with toner, and/or the like. Accordingly, the printer device printing order is dynamically set according to toner utilization, while still preserving the load balancing of print jobs in the system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050068562A1 Systems and methods for load balancing toner use in a printer pool Public/Granted day:2005-03-31
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