Print queue manager
AssigneeCanon Information Systems, Inc.
InventorsJohn D. Barnard, Don Hideyasu Matsubayashi, Don Francis Purpura, Steve Yasuhiro Muto, Allison Bajo, Ravichandran Ragunathan, Hye-Sook Kim Lee
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Abstract
Managing a plurality of printing devices on a network, including detecting a printing device connected on the network, requesting information from the detected printing device, receiving the requested information from the printing device, and creating a print queue for the printing device based on the received information.
Claims104
A method for managing print queues for a plurality of printing devices connected on a network, said method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a printing device connected on the network;
- requesting configuration information from the detected printing device;
- receiving the requested configuration information from the printing device;
- entering policy rules that govern how print queues are created and published, wherein the policy rules are entered by a system administrator;
- accessing the policy rules;
- creating a print queue for the printing device based on the received configuration information and based on the accessed policy rules;
- and
- publishing the print queue to the network according to the accessed policy rules,
- wherein the system administrator designates a maximum number of printing devices to be supported using a print queue management user interface, and a print queue is not created for a printing device once an existing number of print queues has reached the designated maximum number.
A network management device for managing print queues for a plurality of printing devices on a network, said network management device comprising:
- a program memory for storing process steps executable to perform a method comprising the steps of (a) detecting a printing device connected on the network, (b) requesting configuration information from the detected printing device, (c) receiving the requested configuration information from the printing device, (d) accepting entry of policy rules that govern how print queues are created and published, wherein the policy rules are entered by a system administrator, (e) accessing the policy rules, (f) creating a print queue for the printing device based on the received configuration information and based on the accessed policy rules, and (g) publishing the print queue to the network according to the accessed policy rules;
- and
- a processor for executing the process steps stored in said program memory,
- wherein the system administrator designates a maximum number of printing devices to be supported using a print queue management user interface, and a print queue is not created for a printing device once an existing number of print queues has reached the designated maximum number.
Computer-executable process steps stored on a computer-readable medium, said computer-executable process steps for managing print queues for a plurality of printing devices on a network, said computer-executable process steps executable to perform a method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a printing device connected on the network;
- requesting configuration information from the detected printing device;
- receiving the requested configuration information from the printing device;
- accepting entry of policy rules that govern how print queues are created and published, wherein the policy rules are entered by a system administrator;
- accessing the policy rules;
- creating a print queue for the printing device based on the received configuration information and based on the accessed policy rules;
- and
- publishing the print queue to the network according to the accessed policy rules,
- wherein the system administrator designates a maximum number of printing devices to be supported using a print queue management user interface, and a print queue is not created for a printing device once an existing number of print queues has reached the designated maximum number.
A computer-readable medium which stores computer-executable process steps, the computer-executable process steps to manage print queues for a plurality of printing devices on a network, said computer-executable process steps comprising process steps executable to perform a method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a printing device connected on the network;
- requesting configuration information from the detected printing device;
- receiving the requested configuration information from the printing device;
- accepting entry of policy rules that govern how print queues are created and published, wherein the policy rules are entered by a system administrator;
- accessing the policy rules;
- creating a print queue for the printing device based on the received configuration information and based on the accessed policy rules;
- and
- publishing the print queue to the network according to the accessed policy rules,
- wherein the system administrator designates a maximum number of printing devices to be supported using a print queue management user interface, and a print queue is not created for a printing device once an existing number of print queues has reached the designated maximum number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.