Predicting supplies required for completion of unattended print jobs

摘要

The amount of selected consumable supplies remaining is determined (205,213) and, based on the requirements of a submitted print job and historical data gathered over the lifetime of the printer, the amount of consumable supplies required for the print job is calculated and compared to the amount of consumable supplies available (207,217). If insufficient consumable supplies are available, the user is notified (209).