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Sort jobs in the print queue based on prepare time and print time

A technology for makeready time, print jobs, applied in the direction of digital output to printing units, etc., can solve problems such as reducing overall printing productivity

Active Publication Date: 2019-08-27
HP INDIGO BV
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This creates periods of downtime which reduce overall print productivity

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[0015] As noted above, digital printing presses are mostly idle (ie, not printing) during the print job preparation and approval process, which involves using sample prints to calibrate the press and verify each print job. In a general commercial printing (GCP) environment, a digital printer typically receives a set of different print jobs on a job list scheduled for printing. Before approving a job for printing, the press operator may be instructed to perform various proofing and / or preparation steps. Instructions for these steps are often referred to as "job tickets" and they are usually in the form of a physical collection of written instructions, which may also be accompanied by sample printing. These instructions may also appear to some extent in part or in whole in digital form attached to the digital work itself. As one example, a job ticket may instruct an operator to print a sample of the job, and to proof the sample. Standard proofing usually in...

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In an example implementation, a processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to receive a list of print jobs, and calculate a preparation time and a printing time for each job in the list. The instructions further cause the processor to generate an ordered print job queue that minimizes printing press downtime by maximizing an amount of the preparation time fulfilled during the printing time.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of printing machines, in particular to a printing machine for sorting jobs in a print queue based on preparation time and printing time. Background technique [0002] Print service providers typically process general commercial printing (GCP) jobs using a single printer, such as a digital LEP (liquid electrophotographic) printer. Digital presses are high-speed, digital, industrial inkjet printing solutions for printing a variety of GCP print jobs such as: high-volume transactional jobs, direct mail jobs, book jobs, and publishing jobs. Digital printing presses include web presses that print on a continuous media web supplied from a roll of media from an unwind device, and cut-to-size presses that print on a continuous media web supplied from one or more input media trays. Sheet-fed presses that print on cut media paper. [0003] The print data delivered to the printer typically includes several GCP print j...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F3/12
Inventor 伊德翁·阿米尔德罗尔·凯拉
Owner HP INDIGO BV