Print auditing network
First Claim
1. A print auditing network, comprising:
- a client that originates a print job for printing, the print job including parametric data associated with the print job;
a printer in data communication with the client that is employed to print the print job, the print job being transmitted from the client to the printer;
a print job aggregator in data communication with the client and the printer;
a client agent executed in the client to provide a first report of the parametric data associated with the print job to the print job aggregator; and
a print agent executed in the printer to provide a second report of the parametric data associated with the print job to the print job aggregator, where the print job aggregator stores the first and second reports of the parametric data in a memory.
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Abstract
Various system, methods, and programs embodied in a computer-readable medium are provided for the auditing of print jobs in a network. In one representative embodiment, the network includes a client that originates a print job for printing and a printer in data communication with the client that it employed to print the print job. In addition, a print job aggregator is in data communication with the client and the printer. The client originates a print job for printing and the print job includes parametric data associated with the print job. A client agent is executed in the client to provide a first report of the parametric data associated with the print job to the print job aggregator before the print job is transmitted to the printer. A printer agent is executed in the printer to provide a second report of the parametric data associated with the print job to the print job aggregator after the print job has been completed.
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29 Claims
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1. A print auditing network, comprising:
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a client that originates a print job for printing, the print job including parametric data associated with the print job;
a printer in data communication with the client that is employed to print the print job, the print job being transmitted from the client to the printer;
a print job aggregator in data communication with the client and the printer;
a client agent executed in the client to provide a first report of the parametric data associated with the print job to the print job aggregator; and
a print agent executed in the printer to provide a second report of the parametric data associated with the print job to the print job aggregator, where the print job aggregator stores the first and second reports of the parametric data in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for auditing a print job within a network, the method comprising:
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originating a print job in a client to be printed;
associating parametric data with the print job, the parametric data describing the print job;
transmitting a first report of the parametric data from the client to a print job aggregator;
transmitting the print job from the client to a printer;
printing the print job in the printer; and
transmitting a second report of the parametric data from the printer to the print job aggregator after the print job is printed by the printer;
- View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A program embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising:
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code that originates a print job in a client to be printed;
code that associates parametric data with the print job, the parametric data describing the print job; and
code that transmits a report of the parametric data from the client to a print job aggregator. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A program embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising:
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code that identifies parametric data associated with a print job received from a client, the parametric data describing the print job;
code that updates the parametric data received from the client;
code that transmits a report of parametric data to a print job aggregator; and
code that transmits the print job to a printer. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A program embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising:
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code that identifies parametric data associated with a print job, the parametric data describing the print job;
code that updates the parametric data that is subject to change based on a printing of the print job by the printer; and
code that transmits a report of parametric data from the printer to a print job aggregator after the print job is printed by the printer. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A print auditing network, comprising:
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a client that originates a print job for printing, the print job including parametric data associated with the print job;
a printer in data communication with the client that is employed to print the print job, the print job being transmitted from the client to the printer;
a print job aggregator in data communication with the client and the printer;
means in the client for providing a first report of the parametric data associated with the print job to the print job aggregator; and
means in the printer for providing a second report of the parametric data associated with the print job to the print job aggregator, where the print job aggregator stores the first and second reports of the parametric data in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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