Patent ID: 9535641
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G03G,G06F

Claim:
1. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to: access a list of print jobs for printing; determine a healthy area of an image transfer blanket, wherein the healthy area represents an area of the image transfer blanket that is to transfer images from a photo imaging plate to a print media without transferring defects from the image transfer blanket to the print media; for each print job in the list of print jobs, calculate an image risk area (IRA) based on the determined healthy area, wherein the IRA is an amount of an image area of the print job that falls on the image transfer blanket outside of the healthy area of the image transfer blanket; rank each print job in the list of print jobs in a print order according to the calculated IRA of the print job; and control a printing device to print the print jobs from the list of print jobs according to the ranked print order.