Patent ID: 11960947
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for accelerated consumable use estimation in a printing system, the method comprising:
receiving a request for a consumable use estimation at an estimation system connected to a printing device within the printing system;
rendering variable content within a document for the print job;
estimating a variable consumable estimate based on the variable content for the print job;
determining static content within the document, wherein the static content is associated with a static consumable estimate stored at the estimation system based on the static contact being previously rendered;
retrieving the static consumable estimate from the estimation system;
processing the static consumable estimate for the static content within the document for the print job; and
determining the consumable use estimate for the print job according to the variable consumable estimate and the static consumable estimate.