Title:
DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001109602
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To improve throughput by remarkably shortening entire processing time required for plural printing jobs in comparison with the case of processing the printing jobs in the order of receiving.
When plural printing jobs inputted from a host device are stored in a buffer area on a RAM 19, a CPU 12 determines and controls the processing order of respective printing jobs so as to most shorten printing processing time by predicting the printing processing time of respective printing jobs.
Inventors:
UTSUNOMIYA KEN
Application Number:
JP28621099A
Publication Date:
April 20, 2001
Filing Date:
October 07, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CANON KK
International Classes:
G06F3/12; B41J29/38; (IPC1-7): G06F3/12; B41J29/38
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masataka Kobayashi
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