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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2014
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Arun Bakthavachalu, Webster, NY (US);
Gavan Tredoux, Penfield, NY (US);
Peter Zehler, Penfield, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for implementing a streamlined scheme for transferring print jobs directly from the print queue of one image forming device to the print queue of another image forming device using mobile devices and tags, such as near field communication (NFC) tags, affixed to image forming devices. A user manipulated mobile device is employed to read a readable tag affixed to or nearby a particular image forming device as a source device in which a print job is stuck, the mobile device running a print-job transfer application. The user then walks up to a different (or destination) image forming device and 'touch' its tag, and confirm, for example, when prompted, to transfer the 'stuck' print job from the source to the destination image forming system or device.