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US 12,159,075 B1Granted
Management of hot folders during printing operations
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsJavier A. Morales, Yoshihiro Osada
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Abstract
Printing operations may use a hot folder. The hot folder includes printing instructions that are applied to print jobs within the hot folder. A file for the print job is stored in the hot folder. More than one file can be retained. Modifications to the file are made while it is within the hot folder, if allowed. Once processing of the file for printing operations is complete, the file is removed from the hot folder.
Claims18
A method for performing printing operations, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a hot folder associated with a printing device, a file for a print job to be printed at the printing device;
- applying a privilege to the file from the hot folder, wherein the privilege is to restrict access to the file or allow certain operators to modify the file;
- processing the print job at a digital front end (DFE) of the printing device;
- retaining the file for the print job in the hot folder during the processing;
- determining that the processing is complete;
- and
- removing the file for the print job from the hot folder,
- wherein the privilege can be lifted or removed by applying another privilege to the file.
5 more elements
A method for performing printing operations, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a hot folder associated with a printing device, a file for a print job to be printed at the printing device;
- accessing the file for the print job stored in the hot folder;
- determining whether the file for the print job is available by determining whether a privilege for the file exists within the hot folder, wherein the privilege is to restrict access to the file or allow certain operators to modify the file;
- opening the file for the print job stored in the hot folder;
- modifying the file for the print job using an application;
- and
- saving the modified file for the print job within the hot folder when the application is closed.
4 more elements
A printing system comprising:
- a printing device having a digital front end (DFE);
- and
- a storage device accessible by the DFE, wherein the storage device includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed on the processor, configures the storage device to
- receive, at a hot folder associated with the printing device, a file for a print job to be printed at the printing device;
- applying a privilege to the file from the hot folder, wherein the privilege is to restrict access to the file or allow certain operators to modify the file;
- process the print job at a digital front end (DFE) of the printing device;
- retain the file for the print job in the hot folder during the processing;
- removing the file for the print job from the hot folder,
- applying another privilege to the file to lift or remove the privilege;
- determine that the processing is complete;
- and
- remove the file for the print job from the hot folder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.