Method and system for print queue management
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsPeter Cech, Daniel Rupe, Matthew Lombardo
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Abstract
A method and system suitable for use with a plurality of multifunction devices (MFDs) for managing one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs, the system including a user interface application for permitting users to electronically communicate with a queue managing service (QMS); wherein the QMS automatically detects, identifies, and analyzes the one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs in order to provide a status of the plurality of MFDs and continuously notify the users of the updates relating to the one or more print queues.
Claims15
A printing system suitable for use with a plurality of multifunction devices (MFDs) for managing one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs, the system comprising:
- a user interface application for enabling users to electronically communicate with a queue managing service (QMS);
- wherein the QMS automatically detects, identifies, and analyzes the one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs in order to provide a status of the plurality of MFDs and continuously notify the users of the updates relating to the one or more print queues.
The system according to claim 3, wherein the QMS permits the users to (i) determine whether to install the additional print queues, (ii) to set and view print queue properties associated with the one or more print queues, and (iii) to selectively register for additional desired services associated with the plurality of MFDs.
A method for managing one or more print queues associated with a plurality of MFDs suitable for use in a printing system, the method comprising the steps of:
- enabling users to electronically communicate with a queue managing service (QMS) via a user interface application;
- automatically detecting the one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs;
- automatically identifying the one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs;
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- automatically analyzing the one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs in order to provide a status of the plurality of MFDs and continuously notify the users of the updates relating to the one or more print queues.
A computer-readable medium storing programmable instructions configured for being executed by at least one processor for managing one or more print queues associated with a plurality of MFDs suitable for use in a printing system, the method comprising the steps of:
- enabling users to electronically communicate with a queue managing service (QMS) via a user interface application;
- automatically detecting the one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs;
- automatically identifying the one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs;
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- automatically analyzing the one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs in order to provide a status of the plurality of MFDs and continuously notify the users of the updates relating to the one or more print queues.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.