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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2011
Joan Stagaman Goddard, Boulder, CO (US);
Cosmin Andrei Grosan, Timisoara, RO;
Kumar V. Kadiyala, Boulder, CO (US);
Joan Stagaman Goddard, Boulder, CO (US);
Cosmin Andrei Grosan, Timisoara, RO;
Kumar V. Kadiyala, Boulder, CO (US);
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Systems and methods for identifying conflicts between the requirements of an incoming print job and the configuration of a printer that has been requested to print the job. The system receives a request to move a print job to a queue for a printer and identifies a requirement of the print job. The system analyzes a current and a scheduled configuration of the printer to determine whether the current configuration or the scheduled configuration of the printer can handle the print setting. Responsive to determining that the current and scheduled configuration of the printer cannot handle the print setting, the system analyzes configurations of at least one other printer to identify another printer having a current configuration or a scheduled configuration that can handle the print setting. Further, the system provides information identifying the other printer.