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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Toshiro Fujimori, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Geoff W. Harmon, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Rakesh Pandit, Irvine, CA (US);
Shigenorl Matsubara, Irvine, CA (US);
Toshiro Fujimori, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Geoff W. Harmon, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Rakesh Pandit, Irvine, CA (US);
Shigenorl Matsubara, Irvine, CA (US);
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
Print management apparatus and method for managing a print shop system are described. A server defines one or more virtual queues as a virtual printing device to which print jobs may be submitted. Each virtual queue designates a physical printer and has a set of pre-defined job parameters (parameters that define how a print job will be printed) associated with it. Each print job managed by the server also has a set of job parameters associated with it to define how the print job is to be printed. When a print job is submitted to a virtual queue for printing, the server overrides the job parameters of the submitted print job, and prints the job on the printer designated by the virtual queue using the job parameters associated with the virtual queue. A warning message may be displayed before the server proceeds with the printing to alert the operator.