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Automatic load balancer for presses

  • US 9,760,325 B2
  • Filed: 09/25/2015
  • Issued: 09/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for load balancing presses, comprising:

  • identifying a highest priority print job in a post-raster image processor (RIP) queue;

    determining a required option for the identified highest priority print job;

    determining whether a press of a set of available presses is specified for the required option for the highest priority print job;

    in response to determining that no press is specified for the required option for the highest priority print job,identifying an additional set of the available presses specified as default for unspecified options;

    identifying a least loaded press from the additional set of the available presses; and

    allocating the highest priority print job to the least loaded press from the additional set of the available presses, wherein the highest print job is moved from the post-RIP queue to a press loader queue for the least loaded press from the additional set of the available presses; and

    printing, by the least loaded press from the additional set of the available presses, the highest priority print job.

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