Encoding of requests for status in document assembly trees
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsGregg A. Bonikowski, Patrick T. Igoe, Michael P. Kirby
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Abstract
A digital printing system (10) includes a method to request and receive customized job status information. A document assembly tree (300) is extended to include the ability to enter status report frequency specifications at a compilation node (310), or at any other node, such as an intermediate sheet node (330) or sub-compilation node (342). The method consumes less control bus (31) bandwidth than other systems by providing only the required information at a configurable interval.
Claims7
In an electronic image processing apparatus comprising a plurality of machine modules for processing and/or producing printed media, a method for generating job status reports, the method comprising:
- generating a document assembly tree having nodes describing portions of a document;
- including in the node descriptions, keywords that specify a status report delivery interval, and;
- producing the job and status reports as indicated by the document assembly tree.
An apparatus comprising a plurality of machine modules for processing and/or producing printed media comprising:
- a first computing platform for, at least in part, generating a document assembly tree, the document assembly tree having nodes describing portions of a document and including in the descriptions, keywords that specify a status report delivery interval, and;
- a second computing platform for controlling the plurality of modules to produce or process the job and status reports as indicated by the document assembly tree.
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