Method and system for print queue management
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsPeter Cech, Daniel Rupe, Matthew Lombardo
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Abstract
A method and system suitable for use with a plurality of multifunction devices (MFDs) for managing one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs, the system including a user interface application for permitting users to electronically communicate with a queue managing service (QMS); wherein the QMS automatically detects, identifies, and analyzes the one or more print queues associated with the plurality of MFDs in order to provide a status of the plurality of MFDs and continuously notify the users of the updates relating to the one or more print queues.
Claims17
A printing system comprising:
- a plurality of multifunction devices (MFDs) connected to a network;
- a client workstation comprising:
- a print queue managing service (QMS) connected to said network;
- and
- a user interface in communication with said QMS and comprising a display screen,
- said QMS automatically monitoring said network to detect all print queues associated with said MFDs on said network,
- said display screen displaying a first list of detected print queues with add buttons enabling selective installation of said detected print queues on said client workstation,
- said QMS further tracking availability status and relative usage frequency of all installed print queues on said client workstation, and
- said display screen further displaying a second list of said installed print queues with said availability status and said relative usage frequency and with delete buttons enabling selective deletion of said installed print queues from said client workstation.
A print queue management method comprising:
- monitoring, by a print queue managing service (QMS) on a client workstation, a network to detect all print queues associated with multifunction devices (MFDs) connected to said network;
- displaying, by a display screen of a user interface on said client workstation, a first list of detected print queues with add buttons enabling selective installation of said detected print queues on said client workstation;
- automatically tracking, by said QMS, availability status and relative usage frequency of all installed print queues on said client workstation;
- and
- displaying, by said display screen, a second list of said installed print queues with said availability status and said relative usage frequency of said print queues and with delete buttons enabling selective deletion of said installed print queues from said client workstation.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing programmable instructions configured for being executed by at least one processor to perform a print queue management method, said print queue management method comprising:
- monitoring, by a print queue managing service (QMS) on a client workstation, a network to detect all print queues associated with multifunction devices (MFDs) connected to said network;
- displaying, by a display screen of a user interface on said client workstation, a first list of detected print queues with add buttons enabling selective installation of said detected print queues on said client workstation;
- automatically tracking, by said QMS, availability status and relative usage frequency of all installed print queues on said client workstation;
- and
- displaying, by said display screen, a second list of said installed print queues with said availability status and said relative usage frequency and with delete buttons enabling selective deletion of said installed print queues from said client workstation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.