System and method for providing a printer maintenance calendar
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1. A method of providing a printer maintenance calendar for a printer in order to enable a user to plan printer maintenance, comprising the steps of:
- requesting a copy of the printer maintenance calendar via an activation event received by a maintenance calendar module;
querying the printer for a printer maintenance event using the maintenance calendar module;
combining the printer maintenance event data into a formatted printer maintenance calendar in the maintenance calendar module; and
printing the formatted printer maintenance calendar with the printer.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method of providing a printer maintenance calendar for a printer in order to enable a user to plan printer maintenance. The method can include the operation of requesting a copy of the printer maintenance calendar via an activation event received by a maintenance calendar module. The maintenance calendar module can query the printer for a printer maintenance event. The printer maintenance event can be combined into a formatted printer maintenance calendar. The printer can then print the formatted printer maintenance calendar.
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1. A method of providing a printer maintenance calendar for a printer in order to enable a user to plan printer maintenance, comprising the steps of:
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requesting a copy of the printer maintenance calendar via an activation event received by a maintenance calendar module;
querying the printer for a printer maintenance event using the maintenance calendar module;
combining the printer maintenance event data into a formatted printer maintenance calendar in the maintenance calendar module; and
printing the formatted printer maintenance calendar with the printer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A printing system configured to print a printer maintenance calendar for a printer to enable a user to plan printer maintenance, comprising:
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a printer maintenance module configured to identify at least one printer maintenance event for the printer;
a maintenance calendar module in communication with the printer maintenance module and configured to format the printer maintenance event into a printer maintenance calendar; and
a printer interface connected to the maintenance calendar module, said printer interface allowing a user to access the printer maintenance calendar in the maintenance calendar module. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for providing a printer maintenance calendar for a printer in order to enable a user to plan printer maintenance, the computer readable program code in the article of manufacture comprising;
computer readable program code for requesting a copy of the printer maintenance calendar via an activation event received by a maintenance calendar module;
computer readable program code for querying the printer with the maintenance calendar module for a printer maintenance event;
computer readable program code for combining the printer maintenance event into a formatted printer maintenance calendar in the maintenance calendar module; and
computer readable program code for printing the formatted printer maintenance calendar with the printer.
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30. A printing system configured to print a printer maintenance calendar for a printer to enable a user to plan printer maintenance, comprising:
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a printer maintenance means for identifying a printer maintenance event for the printer;
a maintenance calendar means in communication with the printer maintenance means for formatting the printer maintenance event; and
a printer interface means connected to the maintenance calendar means for accessing the printer maintenance calendar in the maintenance calendar means.
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