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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2010
Toshiro Fujimori, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Geoff W. Harmon, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Rakesh Pandit, Irvine, CA (US);
Shigenori Matsubara, Irvine, CA (US);
Toshiro Fujimori, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Geoff W. Harmon, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Rakesh Pandit, Irvine, CA (US);
Shigenori Matsubara, Irvine, CA (US);
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for managing a plurality of print jobs is implemented in a print job management apparatus connected to printers. The method includes receiving print job, and visually presenting a display screen to a user, the display screen including first, second and third panels for classifying the received print jobs according to processing phase thereof, the first panel being provided for listing print jobs that are awaiting assignment of printers thereto for processing the print jobs, the second panel being provided for listing print jobs that have been assigned to printers and that have not been completed by the assigned printers, the third panel being provided for listing at least one of first and second categories of print jobs, the first category including print jobs that have been completed, the second category including print jobs that have been cancelled.