Patent ID: 7894739
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: B65H,G03G,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of employing low-speed finishers to finish pages output from a high-speed marking system, comprising: receiving print job information describing one or more print jobs to be executed; planning and scheduling the one or more print jobs; determining a number of low-speed finishers to be employed to finish printed pages output by the marking system; interleaving pages as they are output from the high-speed marking system to at least two low-speed finishers arranged in a tandem configuration; and routing odd pages to a first finisher and even pages to a second finisher when all pages of a job are the same; wherein the print job information comprises job composition information and user preference information; wherein the job composition information comprises a number of jobs to be printed, a number of sets of pages in each job, and a number of pages in each set and wherein the user preference information comprises information related to page ordering, set ordering and job ordering.