US 11,741,324 B1
Methods and printing system for intelligent offline ink estimation
Javier A. Morales, Rochester, NY (US)
Assigned to Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/700,955.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 15/12 (2006.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.