Patent ID: 8619305

Claim:
A method of determining a print shop sustainability metric over a period of time, the method comprising: for each of a plurality of print devices in a print shop, determining, by a computing device, a low-activity state sustainability metric value associated with the print device operating in one or more low-activity states over a period of time; determining, by the computing device, a print shop low-activity state sustainability metric value associated with the print shop by summing the low-activity state sustainability metric values associated with each print device in the plurality of print devices; for each print device in the plurality of print devices, determining, by the computing device, a processing state sustainability metric value associated with the print device operating in a processing state over the period of time by; determining a processing time associated with the print device, wherein the processing time comprises an amount of time the print device processes one or more print jobs during the period of time, determining a processing rate associated with the print device, wherein the processing state rate comprises a measurement of the sustainability metric associated with the print device operating in a processing state over a second period of time, and multiplying the processing time by the processing rate; determining, by the computing device, a print shop processing state sustainability metric value associated with the print shop by summing the processing state sustainability metric values associated with each print device in the plurality of print devices; determining, by the computing device, a print shop sustainability metric value by summing the print shop sustainability metric value and the print shop processing state sustainability metric value; and displaying one or more of the low-activity state sustainability metric values, the processing state sustainability metric values, the print shop sustainability metric value, the print shop processing state sustainability metric value and the print shop sustainability metric value.