CPC G06K 15/1823 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); G06F 3/1253 (2013.01); G06F 3/1296 (2013.01); G06K 15/129 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for estimating use of consumables for printing operations at a target printing device, the method comprising:
selecting the target printing device to receive a print job having print ticket settings;
retrieving digital front end (DFE) information, color setting information, and configuration setting information from the target printing device by an estimation device;
selecting a raster image processor (RIP) based on the DFE information from the target printing device, wherein the RIP is one of a plurality of RIPs available at the device;
configuring the RIP with the configuration setting information from the target printing device at the estimation device; and
estimating an amount of consumables for the print job using the configured RIP and the print ticket settings.
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