Apparatus and method for saving/storing job run information generated by processing a job on a printing machine
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorRandall R. Hube
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Abstract
There is provided a printing machine for producing prints from a job, the printing machine including a first memory section for storing the job and a printing section with a second memory section. The second memory section communicates with the first memory section for receiving a copy of the job, the copy of the job being printed at the printing section so that job run information is created in response to the printing of the copy of the job. The created job run information is stored in a third memory section, the third memory section being linked with the first memory section by way of a reference for maintaining a record of the printing operations performed on the job.
Claims17
A printing system, including a print engine and a user interface with a screen display, for producing prints from copies of a parent job including a plurality of attributes defined by a first set of print-related values, comprising:
- a nonvolatile memory section for storing the parent job;
- a print queue, communicating with said nonvolatile memory section for receiving, from said nonvolatile memory section, a first copy of the parent job at a first time (t.sub.1) and a second copy of the parent job at a second time (t.sub.2), the first copy of the parent job and the second copy of the parent job being respectively provided with a second set of print-related values and a third set of print-related values, the first copy of the parent job being printed, with the print engine, at a third time (t.sub.3) in accordance with the second set of print-related values, and the second copy of the parent job being printed at a fourth time (t.sub.4) in accordance with the third set of print-related values, wherein a first subset of the second set of values is created in response to the printing of the first copy of the parent job at t.sub.3 and a second subset of the third set of values is created in response to the printing of the second copy of the parent job at t.sub.4, the first and second subsets respectively describing a record of prior printing operations for the first copy of the parent job and a a record of prior printing operations for the second copy of the parent job;
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- a database, formed in a second nonvolatile memory section, for storing the first and second subsets, each of the first and second subsets being referenced to the parent job so that values for each of the first and second subsets are accessible, for display on the screen display, in a minimum amount of access time.
A printing system, including a first print engine, a second print engine and a user interface with a screen display, for producing prints from copies of a parent job including a plurality of attributes defined by a first set of print-related values, comprising:
- a nonvolatile memory section for storing the parent job;
- a first print queue, communicating with said nonvolatile memory section for receiving, from said nonvolatile memory section, a first copy of the parent job at a first time (t.sub.1), the first copy of the parent job being provided with a second set of print-related values, the first copy of the parent job being printed, with the first print engine, at a third time (t.sub.3) in accordance with the second set of print-related values, wherein a first subset of the second set of print-related values is created in response to the printing of the first copy of the parent job at t.sub.3, the first subset describing a record of prior printing operations for the first copy of the parent job;
- a second print queue, communicating with said nonvolatile memory section for receiving, from said nonvolatile memory section, a second copy of the parent job at a second time (t.sub.2), the second copy of the parent job being provided with a third set of print-related values, the second copy of the parent job being printed, with the second print engine, at a fourth time (t.sub.4) in accordance with the third set of print-related values, wherein a second subset of the third set of print-related values is created in response to the printing of the second copy of the parent job at t.sub.4, the second subset describing a record of prior printing operations for the second copy of the parent job;
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- a database, formed in a second nonvolatile memory section, for storing the first and second subsets, each of the first and second subsets being referenced to the parent job so that values for each of the first and second subsets are accessible, for display on the screen display, in a minimum amount of access time.
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