Xerox Corporation

Steven T Schlonski

Michael H Wang

M Kerrigan Hawes

Krishna Kumar

Matthew Owen Scrafford

Matthew Harris DeRoller

Lawrence W Meyer

Kirk V Pothos

Jeffrey R Earl

Daniel J Stark

Michael Burkard

Craig H Mallery

Thomas Alan Silver

Michael G Leccarde

A port monitor allows a computer, digital camera, or other device to send a print job to a target printer, where the only known information about the printer is its network address. Communication is attempted to the network address, sequentially using each of a plurality of port numbers. If none of the plurality of port numbers is successful in initiating communication to the network address, communication to the network address is attempted using an LPR port number, sequentially using each of a plurality of LPR queue names.

System for determining communication parameters associated with an unknown digital printer

A server on a network controls a database which functions as an 'asset manager' for a large population of items or assets. For 'network' assets which are capable of electronically communicating data about themselves, such as computers and digital printers, relevant data is gathered over the network and entered into the database. For &#x201c;non-network&#x201d; assets which are not capable of electronic communication, such as typewriters and furniture, information is gathered into the database by other means. Within the database, the distinction between network and non-network assets is largely hidden.

Asset management system for network-based and non-network-based assets and information

In a network comprising printers and print servers which retain queues of print jobs, a user is able to survey and view selected portions of the network, either by enumerating printers to be queried directly, or by enumerating servers. By providing substantially simultaneous 'views' of printers and queues in servers, problems within a large network can be readily isolated.

System for managing digital printers and servers via a network

In the Microsoft&#xae; Windows 2000&#x2122; environment, ports for printers on a network can be created using an AddPort command and XcvData function. By placing pointers within XcvData to data structures, the process of adding ports can be made largely invisible to a user.

System for automatically installing digital printers on a network

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Webster, NY, United States of America

Steven T Schlonski