Integrated printer monitoring
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorAndrew Rodney Ferlitsch
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Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring the despooling of a print job. In particular, the present invention relates to systems and methods for providing an integrated printer capabilities/status monitor having a front end and a back end of the printing process for identifying printers, printing capabilities, and status of printers, and for providing a printing device switchout and job completion notification, such that the capabilities and the printing process may be determined and monitored in a unified manner throughout the processing of the print job.
Claims20
In a printing system that includes a computer device, a method for providing integrated printer monitoring, the method comprising the steps for:
- providing a print job;
- identifying one or more printing devices;
- identifying one or more printer drivers for use in processing the print job;
- identifying at least one of:
- (i) one or more capabilities of the one or more printing devices for use in processing the print job;
- and
- (ii) a status of the one or more printing devices for use in processing the print job;
- monitoring a despooling of the print job;
- monitoring a progress of the print job on the one or more printing devices;
- and
- monitoring completion of the print job.
An integrated printer monitoring system comprising:
- a front end;
- a back end;
- a printer monitor integrated with the front end and the back end, and wherein the printer monitor is configured to recover a print job from a failed printing device.
A computer program product for implementing within a computer system a method for providing integrated printer monitoring, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable medium for providing computer program code means utilized to implement the method, wherein the computer program code means is comprised of executable code for implementing the steps for:
- providing a print job;
- identifying one or more printing devices;
- identifying one or more printer drivers for use in processing the print job;
- identifying at least one of:
- (i) one or more capabilities of the one or more printing devices for use in processing the print job;
- and
- (ii) a status of the one or more printing devices for use in processing the print job;
- monitoring a despooling of the print job;
- monitoring a progress of the print job on the one or more printing devices;
- and
- monitoring completion of the print job.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.