Printing system with notification function
OwnerShell S. Simpson, Ward S. Foster +1inventors
InventorsShell S. Simpson, Ward S. Foster, Kris R. Livingston
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Abstract
A printing system that includes a computer and a printer is described. A user can interact with the computer to submit a print job that describes a document to the printer. The user can also request that a message be automatically transmitted when certain conditions exist, the conditions may include the document meets at least one criterion and the printer encounters an event while processing the print job.
Claims24
A method of transmitting a message, the method comprising:
- transmitting a message to a remote destination when each of a set of pre-determined conditions exist, the pre-determined conditions include:
- a device encounters an event while processing a job;
- and
- the job meets a pre-determined criterion.
A method of transmitting a message, comprising:
- (a) receiving input that specifies at least one print job criterion and an e-mail address;
- (b) submitting a print job to a printer for processing;
- (c) if the print job meets the at least one print job criterion and the printer encounters an event while processing the print job, then transmitting an e-mail message to the e-mail address.
A computer readable medium embodying a program of instructions for causing a computer to perform method steps, the method steps comprising:
- (a) receiving a request from a user to print a document:
- (b) in response to the request, performing the following substeps:
- (i) accessing the document to determine if the document has at least one characteristic;
- (ii) submitting a print job that describes the document to a printer;
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- (iii) if the print document has the at least one characteristic, commanding a device to transmit a message to a pre-determined address if the printer encounters an event while processing the print job.
A computing system, comprising:
- (a) means for receiving input from a user that specifies at least one print job criterion;
- (b) means for receiving a request from the user to submit a print job to a printer;
- (c) means for responding to the request by submitting the print job to the printer;
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- (d) means for transmitting a message to an address if the print job meets the at least one criterion and the printer encounters an event while processing the print job.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.