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US 2002/0118387 A1Published application
Priority interruptible printing system
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorRonnie N. Patton
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Abstract
A printing control system facilitating interruption of a currently printing job so that a higher priority job can be printed is disclosed.
Claims17
A printing method for a data processing system comprising the steps of:
- (a) processing a page of a first job for printing;
- (b) storing a printing status of said first job in response to a printing priority of a second job;
- (c) printing said second job, and
- (d) printing a next page of said first job.
1 more element
A printing method for a data processing system comprising the steps of:
- (a) processing a page of a first job for printing;
- (b) receiving a second job having a user designated printing priority;
- (c) setting a printing priority indicator in response to said printing priority designation for said second job;
- (d) placing said second job in a next job position in a print queue;
- (f) storing a printing status of said first job in response to a status of said printing priority indicator;
- (g) printing said second job, and
- (d) printing a next page of said first job.
4 more elements
A print control system for a data processing system, said print control system comprising:
- (a) a receiver to receive a print job including a printing priority designation;
- (b) a print job manager to establish an order for printing said print job;
- (c) a print queue table including an identity of at least one print job and said order of printing;
- (d) a printing processor to convert a print job to printable data;
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- (e) a printing priority checker responsive to a priority printing designation associated with a second print job to interrupt said conversion of a first print job by said printing processor to facilitate conversion of said second print job.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.