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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2021
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Elizabeth M. Crossen, Churchville, NY (US);
Ron E. Dufort, Rochester, NY (US);
Dara N. Lubin, Pittsford, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Various systems and methods maintain a print job of a user in a print queue and identify the user approaching a printing device using a user identification device operatively connected to the printing device. Such systems/methods alter the position of the print job within the print queue (e.g., to a higher priority position) or even begin printing the print job when the user identification device identifies the user approaching the printing device (i.e., before the user reaches the printing device). Systems and methods can also identify the urgency of the user using the user identification device. The amount that the print queue is altered can be based on the amount that the urgency of the user is elevated.