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Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 20, 2017
Applicants:

Jayasimha Nuggehalli, Cupertino, CA (US);

Daren Gilmore, White Lake, MI (US);

Kazutaka Oba, John's Creek, GA (US);

Inventors:

Jayasimha Nuggehalli, Cupertino, CA (US);

Daren Gilmore, White Lake, MI (US);

Kazutaka Oba, John's Creek, GA (US);

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1261 (2013.01); G06F 3/126 (2013.01); G06F 3/1207 (2013.01); G06F 3/1222 (2013.01); G06F 3/1227 (2013.01); G06F 3/1258 (2013.01); G06F 3/1259 (2013.01); G06F 3/1267 (2013.01); G06F 3/1268 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01); G06F 3/1287 (2013.01); G06F 3/1298 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for printing a scheduled print job by a printing device connected to a client device over a network. The method includes transmitting, by the client device, a request to print the scheduled print job to the printing device. The scheduled print job include print data and schedule data corresponding to a scheduled time the print data is to be printed. The printing device obtains the print job from cloud storage or from local storage depending on a storage selection indicator, and executes the scheduled print job at the scheduled time. A determination is made as to whether the scheduled print job was printed successfully at the scheduled time. Further, a message indicating whether the scheduled print job was printed successfully, based on the determination, is sent to a predetermined device.


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