IP Library Granted Patent US 11,023,188
Granted Patent B2
US 11,023,188 · App. 16/108,149 · Granted Jun 1, 2021

Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium for presenting a schedule of plural print jobs

Inventor: Naoto Yamasaki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,023,188
App. No.
16/108,149
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a generator and a presenter. The generator generates a schedule of plural print jobs to be processed in a subject printer device. Concerning a print job in which an error or a user intervention will occur, the presenter presents the print job in a different mode from another print job by using the schedule.

Claims (30)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a generator that generates a schedule of a plurality of print jobs to be processed in a subject printer device,

wherein the schedule indicates the order of processing of the print jobs;

an error-occurrence prediction module that predicts, for each of the print jobs for which scheduling has been made by the generator, whether an error will occur when a corresponding print job is executed by the printer device;

an intervention-occurrence prediction module that predicts, for each of the print jobs for which scheduling has been made by the generator, whether a user intervention will occur when a corresponding print job is executed by the printer device; and

a presenter that presents, concerning the print job in which the error-occurrence prediction module predicted an error will occur, or the print job in which the intervention-occurrence prediction module predicted a user intervention will occur, the print job in a different mode from another print job by using the schedule.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a regenerator that regenerates a schedule of the plurality of print jobs including a print job in which an error or a user intervention will occur so that no user intervention will occur or a time for which the subject printer device is unavailable will be decreased.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the regenerator regenerates a schedule so that a function to be used in a first print job will be different from a function to be used in a second print job, the second print job being executed subsequent to the first print job.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the regenerator regenerates a schedule by applying at least one of rules:

(1) a rule that a printed-material output location to be used in the first print job is different from a printed-material output location to be used in the second print job;

(2) a rule that a recording-medium feeder to be used in the first print job is different from a recording-medium feeder to be used in the second print job; and

(3) a rule that a toner type to be used in the first print job is different from a toner type to be used in the second print job.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the presenter provides a first presentation that makes it possible to receive a first instruction to transfer a print job in which an error or a user intervention will occur to a different printer device.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the presenter provides a different presentation that makes it possible to receive a second instruction to transfer a print job which will be executed more efficiently by using a different printer device than by using the subject printer device to the different printer device, the different presentation being provided in a different mode from the first presentation.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein, upon receiving the first instruction or the second instruction, the presenter presents a schedule to be used in the different printer device before the print job corresponding to the first instruction or the second instruction is transferred to the different printer device.

8. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a generator that generates a schedule of processing for generating images of a plurality of print jobs to be printed by a subject printer device,

wherein the schedule indicates the order of processing of the print jobs;

an error-occurrence prediction module that predicts, for each of the print jobs for which scheduling has been made by the generator, whether an error will occur when a corresponding print job is executed by the printer device; and

a presenter that presents, concerning the print job in which the error-occurrence prediction module predicted an error will occur, the print job in a different mode from another print job by using the schedule.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the presenter provides a first presentation that makes it possible to receive a first instruction to transfer a print job in which an error will occur to a different printer device.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the presenter provides a different presentation that makes it possible to receive a second instruction to transfer a print job which will be executed more efficiently by using a different printer device than by using the subject printer device to the different printer device, the different presentation being provided in a different mode from the first presentation.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein, upon receiving the first instruction or the second instruction, the presenter presents a schedule to be used in the different printer device before the print job corresponding to the first instruction or the second instruction is transferred to the different printer device.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

generating a schedule of a plurality of print jobs to be processed in a subject printer device,

wherein the schedule indicates the order of processing of the print jobs;

predicting, for each of the print jobs for which scheduling has been made, whether an error will occur when a corresponding print job is executed by the printer device;

predicting, for each of the print jobs for which scheduling has been made, whether a user intervention will occur when a corresponding print job is executed by the printer device; and

presenting, concerning the print job in which a prediction has been made that an error will occur, or the print job in which a prediction has been made that a user intervention will occur, the print job in a different mode from another print job by using the schedule.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2018
From: YAMASAKI, NAOTO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046656/0372 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-170468 · Sep 5, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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