Method and System for Managing Print Jobs for a Shared Printer
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1. A system for managing print jobs for a shared printer, the system comprising a plurality of computers, a hub and a printer;
- wherein each of the computers coupled to the hub store a print control program for generating print jobs and sending the print jobs to the printer through the hub in response to print requests received from the computers automatically;
wherein the print control program generates an error printing control function when the printer fails to process the print jobs, and a temporary storage function for temporary storing the print job when the printer is busy.
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The present invention provides a method and system for managing print jobs for a shared printer. The system comprises a plurality of computers, a hub and a printer. Each of the computers coupled to the hub store a print control program for generating print jobs and sending the print jobs to the printer through the hub in response to print requests received from the computers automatically. The print control program generates an error printing control function when the printer fails to process the print jobs, and a temporary storage function when the printer is busy.
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1. A system for managing print jobs for a shared printer, the system comprising a plurality of computers, a hub and a printer;
- wherein each of the computers coupled to the hub store a print control program for generating print jobs and sending the print jobs to the printer through the hub in response to print requests received from the computers automatically;
wherein the print control program generates an error printing control function when the printer fails to process the print jobs, and a temporary storage function for temporary storing the print job when the printer is busy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- wherein each of the computers coupled to the hub store a print control program for generating print jobs and sending the print jobs to the printer through the hub in response to print requests received from the computers automatically;
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7. A method for managing print jobs for a shared printer, the method comprising:
- installing a print control program in a plurality of computers;
providing print requests to the computers;
generating print jobs according to the print requests and sending the print jobs to the printer;
checking the printer'"'"'s status and generating an error printing control function for warning when the printer'"'"'s status is fail and generating a temporary storage function for temporary storing the print job when the printer'"'"'s status is busy; and
processing the print jobs;
wherein the print control program checks if the printer'"'"'s status busy or not again and again and the printer processes the print jobs until the printer'"'"'s status is not busy. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
- installing a print control program in a plurality of computers;
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