Patent ID: 11890775
Assignee: TILIA LABS INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. A method of industrial print job imposition that employs cutters and media comprising:
receiving a print order including a requisite number of print products; receiving a specification of available equipment, the specification including
characteristics of a plurality of available cutters associated with the print products in the print order and characteristics of a plurality of available printing apparatus;
identifying a first printing apparatus of the plurality of available printing apparatus and a first cutter of the plurality of available cutters;
generating a first planning scheme and a first imposition scheme based on the first printing apparatus and the first cutter, wherein, when executed, the planning scheme and imposition scheme comprise print instructions to complete the print order; and
ranking the first planning scheme and the first imposition scheme against a plurality of other planning and imposition schemes based on a predicted efficiency based on the specification of available equipment, said ranking based on a converted estimated cost of labor, materials, and equipment operation.