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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2016
Konica Minolta Laboratory U.s.a., Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Hidetaka Yoshida, Foster City, CA (US);
KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, job management apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for a job management apparatus, the job management apparatus managing a print job for at least one printer, wherein the code computer readable code configured to cause the job management apparatus to display a job scheduling screen. The process includes (a) obtaining first information on a job to be executed by the at least one printer; (b) obtaining second information on color reproduction state of the at least one printer; and (c) generating the job scheduling screen, wherein the job scheduling screen is a two dimensional chart in which a first axis indicates an execution length of time for the job or a number of sheets of paper to be used for the job, and in which a part of a second axis of the two dimensional chart indicates the color reproduction state of the at least one printer.