Variable cancel of future print jobs
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSamuel M. Lester, Jimmy Sfaelos
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Abstract
A printer is responsive to user input to cancel print jobs that are received after the user input. For example, the user input indicates a future job cancellation period during which any print jobs will be cancelled. Alternatively, the user indicates a job cancellation count, which is a number of current or future print jobs that are to be cancelled.
Claims30
A print device that receives multiple print jobs, comprising:
- a cancel input that is selectable by a user;
- and
- job cancellation logic that is responsive to selecting the cancel input continuously for a duration of time to cancel future print jobs in accordance with the duration of time the cancel input was selected continuously by the user.
A print device that receives multiple print jobs, comprising:
- a cancel input that is selectable continuously by a user for a variable duration of time;
- and
- job cancellation logic that is responsive to the cancel input to cancel print jobs during a cancellation period that increases as a function of the duration of time that the cancel input is selected continuously.
In a print device that receives multiple print jobs, a method comprising:
- initiating a job cancellation period in response to user selection of a cancel input;
- increasing the job cancellation period as a function of a duration of time that the cancel input is selected continuously;
- and
- canceling print jobs during the job cancellation period.
A print device that receives multiple print jobs, comprising:
- a cancel input that is selectable by a user continuously for a variable duration of time;
- and
- job cancellation logic that is responsive to the cancel input to cancel a number of print jobs that increases as a function of the duration of time that the cancel input is selected continuously.
In a print device that receives multiple print jobs, a method comprising:
- determining a number of print jobs to be canceled in response to user selection of a cancel input continuously for a duration of time;
- increasing the number of print jobs to be canceled as a function of the duration of time that the cancel input is selected continuously;
- and
- canceling the determined number of print jobs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.