Inventors:
Julio Eloy Ruano - Round Rock TX, US
Javier Ricardo Torres - Austin TX, US
Paul Stuart Williamson - Round Rock TX, US
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 3/12
US Classification:
358 115, 358 113, 358 114, 358 116, 700291, 700295, 700296
Abstract:
An approach is provided that prints print jobs based on energy demand data. The print job manager, which is a software application running on an information handling system receives a print request, the print request including a print job. The print job manager retrieves energy demand data. The energy demand data corresponds to a power grid that is a power source for a printer accessible from the information handling system. If the energy demand data indicates a a non-elevated energy demand, then the print job is printed on the printer. On the other hand, if the energy demand data indicates an elevated energy demand, then the print request is stored in a storage and the process waits until the energy demand is not elevated, at which time the print job is printed on the printer.