US 12,242,763 B1
Preemptive paper tray management for printing operations
Javier A. Morales, Rochester, NY (US)
Assigned to Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Aug. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/231,559.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1204 (2013.01) [G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/1254 (2013.01); G06F 3/126 (2013.01); G06F 3/1282 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for performing printing operations, the method comprising:
performing printing operations for a print job at a printing device, wherein the printing device includes a plurality of paper trays;
querying a paper queue for the printing device, wherein the paper queue includes an entry for a print media corresponding to the print job;
assigning a printing tray group among the plurality of paper trays to be used to complete the print job;
reviewing the entry to determining a number of job sheets of the print media needed to complete the print job;
determining a number of loaded sheets of the print media within the printing tray group;
determining the number of job sheets exceeds the number of loaded sheets;
prompting an operator to load additional sheets of the print media into a first printing tray of the printing tray group;
detecting the first printing tray is opened to load the additional sheets;
if the sheets of the first printing tray, after loaded, is insufficient to complete the print job, prompting an operator to load additional sheets of the print media in to a second printing tray of the printing tray group, and
assigning a printing tray from another printing tray group within the plurality of paper trays to the printing group if an additional printing tray is needed to complete the print job.