Patent ID: 9164715
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a print job, the method comprising: receiving a print job on an image forming apparatus, wherein the print job is described in a page description language (PDL) and comprises two or more pages; calculating, from the print job described in the PDL, an estimated processing time and an estimated delay to print time for each page of the print job; individually processing each page of the print job when the estimated processing time for a page of the print job and the estimated delay to print time for the page of the print job are equal, wherein the processing of each page of the print job comprises converting each page of the print job to a rasterized page; delaying the converting of each page of the print job to the rasterized page when the estimated delay to print time for the page of the print job is greater than the estimated processing time for the page of the print job; immediately releasing each of the rasterized pages of the print job to a print engine associated with the image forming apparatus for printing; and printing each of the pages of the print job on the image forming apparatus upon receipt by the print engine.