Method and apparatus of utilizing stored job information in an electronic reprographic printing system

A method of operating an electronic reprographic system capable of processing a plurality of jobs to be printed, wherein each job comprises a set of original documents, the method comprising the steps of:

• scanning each set of original documents to be printed;
• storing images of the scanned documents in memory in a controller component;
• converting the images to electronic pages for printing in a printing component;
• storing information in the printing component of the system regarding print features of all jobs entered into the system;
• monitoring the system for the detection of a crash in said system;
• providing for a series of crash recovery messages from the printing component to the controller component of said system.

A method of operating an electronic reprographic system capable of processing a plurality of jobs to be printed, wherein each job comprises a set of original documents, the method comprising the steps of:

• scanning each set of original documents to be printed;
• storing images of the scanned documents in memory, thereby forming a printing queue of all jobs to be printed;
• storing information in the system regarding print features of all jobs entered into the system;
• storing information regarding faulted print features which have occurred in the system;
• associating a faulted print feature to a job in said printer queue requiring said faulted print feature;
• and
• completing all jobs not requiring said faulted print feature up to a job requiring said faulted print feature.

An apparatus for operating an electronic reprographic system capable of processing a plurality of jobs to be printed, wherein each job comprises a set of original documents, the apparatus comprising:

• means for scanning each set of original documents to be printed;
• means for storing images of the scanned documents in memory, thereby forming a printer queue of all jobs to be printed;
• means for storing information in the system regarding print features of all jobs entered into the system;
• means for printing of said jobs in accordance with the print features stored in the system;
• means for monitoring the system for detection of a faulted feature of a job in said printer queue;
• and
• means for completing printing of all jobs in the printer queue not requiring the faulted feature up to the job requiring the faulted feature.

An apparatus for operating an electronic reprographic system capable of processing a plurality of jobs to be printed, wherein each job comprises a set of original documents, the apparatus comprising:

• means for scanning each set of original documents to be printed;
• means for storing images of the scanned documents in memory in a controller component;
• means for converting the images to electronic pages for printing in a printing component;
• means for storing information in the printing component of the system regarding print features of all jobs entered into the system;
• means for monitoring the system for the detection of a crash in said system;
• means for providing for a series of crash recovery messages from the printing component to the controller component of said system.

An apparatus for operating an electronic reprographic system capable of processing a plurality of jobs to be printed, wherein each job comprises a set of original documents, the apparatus comprising:

• means for scanning each set of original documents to be printed;
• means for storing images of the scanned documents in memory, thereby forming a printer queue of all jobs to be printed;
• means for storing information in the system regarding print features of all jobs entered into the system;
• means for storing information regarding faulted print features which have occurred in the system;
• means for associating a faulted print feature to a job in said printer queue requiring said faulted print feature;
• means for completing all jobs not requiring said faulted print feature up to a job requiring said faulted print feature.