Method and apparatus for operating an electronic reprographic printing system containing a job submit counter

Abstract

An apparatus provides for operating an electronic reprographic system containing a method for recovering from crashes in an electronic reprographic system in which multiple jobs are active concurrently. The system provides for the monitoring of jobs active in the system, and of the number of times a specific job is active and the system crashes. By comparing the number of times a crash occurs when a specific job is active with a predetermined threshold number the operator can evaluate whether the system may be corrupted by a specific job or by the concurrency of jobs. The method further provides the operator with instructions to activate the jobs one at a time to determine which job is corrupt and permits the operator to delete a corrupt job.

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