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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
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
A method for managing printers, implemented in a print job management apparatus, is provided. The method includes displaying a list of the printers and a list of one or more virtual printing devices on a display monitor, each virtual printing device being defined by designating one or more of the printers together with pre-defined rules for processing a print job, receiving a command from a user to select a virtual printing device, and in response to said command, visually distinguishing the one or more of the printers designated by the selected virtual printing device among the printers listed on the display monitor.