Patent ID: 7929160

Claim:
A printing device that is capable of print engine management during page processing, the printing device comprising: an estimator operable to provide at least one time remaining estimate, the at least one time remaining estimate relating to an expected time to complete processing of at least one page, wherein the processing of the at least one page comprises formatting the at least one page; a print engine operable to be activated by at least one command; and a manager operable to: accept the at least one time remaining estimate from the estimator and to provide the at least one command to the print engine; spin up the print engine prior to completion of the processing of the at least one page if the print engine is inactive and the at least one time remaining estimate is less than or equal to a time to ready the print engine; keep the print engine spinning prior to completion of the processing of the at least one page if the print engine is active and the at least one time remaining estimate is less than or equal to a threshold ready state maintenance time; and spin down the print engine prior to completion of the processing of the at least one page if the print engine is active and the at least one time remaining estimate is greater than the threshold ready state maintenance time in order to reduce wear and tear on the print engine.