Job interrupt system for multifunctional printing system

A method of interrupting a job currently in the process of being printed from a print queue of a multifunctional printing system with an interrupt job having its origin in one of a first service and a second service, the job currently in the process of being printed including a page boundary, a set boundary and a job boundary, the first service both including a first input device disposed locally with respect to the multifunctional printing system and communicating with a first memory section having one or more jobs developed with the first input device, the second service both including a second input device disposed remotely of the multifunctional printing system and communicating with a second memory section having one or more jobs developed with the second input device, the multifunctional printing system including a controller for facilitating insertion of the interrupt job into a selected location of the print queue for the purpose of interrupting the job currently in the process of being printed, comprising:

• a) employing a user interface communicating with the multifunctional printing system, selecting a job from one of the first memory section and the second memory section and designating the selected job as an interrupt job;
• b) transmitting the interrupt job from the one of the first memory section and the second memory section to the print queue;
• c) inserting the interrupt job into the print queue at one of the page boundary, the set boundary and the job boundary such that processing of the interrupt job commences when a presence of the interrupt job is detected;
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• d) in conjunction with commencing said processing of the interrupt job, establishing an open state with the user interface such that printing of a job other than an interrupt job is prohibited until the open state is removed.

An interrupt system for interrupting a job currently in the process of being printed from a print queue of a multifunctional printing system with an interrupt job having its origin in one of a first service and a second service, the job currently in the process of being printed including a page boundary, a set boundary and a job boundary, the first service both including a first input device disposed locally with respect to the multifunctional printing system and communicating with a first memory section having one or more jobs developed with the first input device, the second service both including a second input device disposed remotely of the multifunctional printing system and communicating with a second memory section having one or more jobs developed with the second input device, comprising:

• a) a user interface, communicating with the multifunctional printing system, for designating one of the jobs in the first memory section or the second memory section as an interrupt job;
• b) wherein the interrupt job is transmitted from one of the first memory section and the second memory section to the print queue;
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• c) a controller for facilitating insertion of the interrupt job into a selected location of the print queue for the purpose of interrupting the job currently in the process of being printed, said controller,
• i) inserting the interrupt job into the print queue at one of the page boundary and the set boundary when the interrupt job is created at the first service and a preselected condition is met such that processing of the job currently in the process of being printed is interrupted by the interrupt job at a page boundary or set boundary prior to completion thereof, and
• ii) inserting the interrupt job into the print queue at the job boundary when the interrupt job is created at the second service such that processing of the job currently in the process of being printed is completed prior to commencing the process of printing the interrupt job.

An interrupt system for interrupting a job currently in the process of being printed from a print queue of a multifunctional printing system with an interrupt job having its origin in one of a first service and a second service, the job currently in the process of being printed including a page boundary, a set boundary and a job boundary, the first service both including a first input device disposed locally with respect to the multifunctional printing system and communicating with a first memory section having one or more jobs developed with the first input device, the second service both including a second input device disposed remotely of the multifunctional printing system and communicating with a second memory section having one or more jobs developed with the second input device, comprising:

• a) a user interface, communicating with the multifunctional printing system, for designating one of the jobs in the first memory section or the second memory section as an interrupt job;
• b) wherein the interrupt job is transmitted from one of the first memory section and the second memory section to the print queue;
• c) a controller for facilitating insertion of the interrupt job into a selected location of the print queue for the purpose of interrupting the job currently in the process of being printed, said controller,
• i) inserting the interrupt job into the print queue at one of the page boundary, the set boundary and the job boundary such that processing of the interrupt job commences when a presence of the interrupt job is detected, and
• ii) in conjunction with commencing said processing of the interrupt job, establishing an open state with the user interface such that printing of a job other than an interrupt job is prohibited until the open state is removed.