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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2006
Brian E. Blair, Raleigh, NC (US);
James D. Piette, Winooski, VT (US);
Robert D. Yoder, Cary, NC (US);
Brian E. Blair, Raleigh, NC (US);
James D. Piette, Winooski, VT (US);
Robert D. Yoder, Cary, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to resuming printing on a printer following a print interruption event. An apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a scanner configurable to communicate with a printer and a printing application, wherein the scanner is configured to scan a printing at the printer upon receipt of a printing error. A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving a printing error when printing a document; scanning the actual printing of the document at a printer; and notifying an application of results of the scanning.