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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Geoff W. Harmon, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Toshiro Fujimori, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Rakesh Pandit, Irvine, CA (US);
Shigenori Matsubara, Irvine, CA (US);
Geoff W. Harmon, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Toshiro Fujimori, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Rakesh Pandit, Irvine, CA (US);
Shigenori Matsubara, Irvine, CA (US);
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
An efficient and effective method for managing a plurality of print jobs is implemented on a print job management apparatus (e.g. a server) which is connected to a plurality of printing devices. The print job management apparatus groups the received print jobs into a number of groups based on various criteria, such as customer information, print priority, color settings, the number of copies, paper size, paper type, finishing options, etc., and submits each group of print jobs to one printing device for printing. Different groups of print jobs can be submitted to different printing devices, and each printing device prints the print jobs submitted to it. The print job management apparatus can also display the grouping result to an operator. The method allows the print job management apparatus and the operator to more efficiently manage the print jobs.