发明名称 Systems and methods for load balancing toner use in a printer pool
摘要 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.
申请公布号 US7936468(B2) 申请公布日期 2011.05.03
申请号 US20030673687 申请日期 2003.09.29
申请人 SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC. 发明人 FERLITSCH ANDREW RODNEY
分类号 G06F3/12;G06F15/00;H04N1/32 主分类号 G06F3/12
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