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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
May. 28, 2014
Gary Alan Koets, Longmont, CO (US);
Gary Alan Koets, Longmont, CO (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
User-specified instructions for documents processed from a hot folder. A print server monitors hot folders for retrieval of files to be processed in a print system based on settings of the hot folders. The print server is detects a management file in a hot folder that indicates a number of documents to print over a period of time, retrieves documents from the hot folder for printing based on instructions in the management file, and initiates scheduling of the retrieved documents with a printer of the print system. The print server also determines a total of documents printed after expiration of the period of time, determines whether the total of documents printed corresponds with the number indicated in the management file, and sends a notification to a user of the hot folder when the total does not correspond with the number indicated in the management file.