US 11,954,379 B2
Predicted print material usage adjustment
Jeffrey H. Luke, Boise, ID (US); Gabriel S. McDaniel, Boise, ID (US); and Scott K. Hymas, Boise, ID (US)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/921,119
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed May 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/034505
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/242217, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176796 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1219 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1211 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/1235 (2013.01); G06F 16/29 (2019.01); H04N 1/00814 (2013.01); H04N 1/6091 (2013.01); G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1218 (2013.01); G06F 3/1255 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by a processor, a location of a printing device when printing a print job;
determining, by the processor, that a likelihood the printing device was exposed to outside ambient environmental conditions at the determined location is lower than a threshold;
in response to determining that the likelihood is lower than the threshold, specifying, by the processor, environmental conditions in which the printing device operated when printing the print job as assumed controlled indoor environmental conditions;
determining, by the processor, an environmental adjustment factor for the printing device based on the determined environmental conditions; and
adjusting, by the processor, a predicted print material usage of the printing device in printing the print job, based on the determined environmental adjustment factor.