Printing system and scheduling method

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2007-05-29

2007-05-29

Chen, Sophia S. (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Diagnostics

Document handling

C358S001150, C399S009000, C700S100000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11122420

ABSTRACT:
A printing system and method includes at least two modules, at least one of which is a marking engine module. In the method, one or more sheets to be printed are submitted. Available paths are determined for one of the one or more sheets and a preferred available path is determined and submitted to one or more of the plurality of modules. A reservation matrix representative of the one of the one or more sheets being scheduled on the preferred available path is updated. The steps of determining the available paths, determining a preferred available path, submitted the preferred available path and updating the reservation matrix are repeated for each subsequent sheet of the one or more sheets of the print job.

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