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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:
Jun. 03, 2008

Filed:

Sep. 05, 2002
Applicants:

Toshihisa Motosugi, Okazaki, JP;

Akio Nakajima, Toyokawa, JP;

Kazuyuki Kawabata, Toyokawa, JP;

Kenichi Matsumoto, Toyokawa, JP;

Inventors:

Toshihisa Motosugi, Okazaki, JP;

Akio Nakajima, Toyokawa, JP;

Kazuyuki Kawabata, Toyokawa, JP;

Kenichi Matsumoto, Toyokawa, JP;

Assignee:

Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

There is provided a printer management method in a computer system of the present invention, which controls a plurality of printers connected to a network, including acquiring information related to an elapsed time from the time when each printer made a transition to the power save mode, and selecting a printer based on the acquired information related to the elapsed time. According to the present invention, a printer can be appropriately selected even when printers are waiting in the power save mode.


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