Patent ID: 8770704

Claim:
A system for reducing waste in a digital printer comprising: a web transport system for moving a print media through the digital printer at a first speed and which slows to a second speed prior the end of a first job; at least one printhead for printing the first job on a first section of the print media; at least one finishing device in a first configuration which acts on the print media downstream of the printhead and changes to a second configuration after the first job has passed the finishing device; a main controller for estimating a time to complete changing the finishing device from the first configuration to the second configuration and estimating a time for a second section of the print media containing the starting point of the second job to arrive at the finishing device; and wherein the printhead prints a second job on a second section of the print media prior to completion of the change from the first to second configuration based on the estimated time to completion and time for the second section to arrive at the finishing device.