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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2018
Applicants:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Jin Kamada, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1261 (2013.01); G06F 3/1212 (2013.01); G06F 3/1221 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of performing a print operation includes receiving a print request to perform a print operation on a first printer and identifying an error with respect to the first printer. In response to the error, a second printer is selected, which is currently powered OFF, to perform the print request, based on one or more criteria. The printer request is transmitted to the second printer. The second printer includes a network interface that receives the print request and, responsive thereto, causes the second printer to be powered ON to perform the print operation.


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