PREEMPTIVE PAPER TRAY MANAGEMENT FOR PRINTING OPERATIONS

Abstract: a printing system includes a printing device having paper trays. each paper tray includes loaded paper and has one or more paper tray settings. the paper trays may be divided into paper tray groups. a number of job sheets needed to complete a current or subsequent print job is compared to the number of loaded sheets of paper in a paper tray group. if not enough loaded sheets are available, then the operator is prompted to load additional sheets. further, another paper tray can be added to the paper tray group. a paper queue also may specify a quantity of paper to be loaded onto the printing device.

Inventor(s): Javier A. MORALES

CPC Classification: G06F3/1204 ({resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data})

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