Apparatus and method for determining printer option availability and representing conflict resolution in a combination of print job selections
First Claim
1. A printing system having a printer bank with a plurality of printers, the printers being respectively associated with printer profiles, each of the printer profiles having a set of printer properties available at the printer with which the printer profile is associated, comprising:
- an input section, being remote from the printer bank, including;
means for programming a combination of print jobselections, anda memory section for storing a selected one of the printerprofiles; and
means for comparing the programmed combination of print job selections from said programming means with a subset of the set of printer properties available in the selected one of the printer profiles from said memory section, wherein the set of printer properties available in the selected one of the printer profiles comprises a hierarchical list of the print job selections, the combination of print job selections being transmitted to one of the plurality of printers associated with the selected one of the printer profiles when the combination of print job selections corresponds with the subset of the set of printer properties available at the one of the plurality of printers associated with the selected one of the printer profiles.
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Abstract
A printing arrangement of the type having a printer bank with a plurality of printers which are respectively associated with printer profiles and each of the printer profiles has a list of printer properties available at the printer with which the printer profile is associated. The printing arrangement includes: an input section, located remotely from the printer bank, with a user interface for programming a combination of print job selections and a memory section for storing a selected one of the printer profiles; and a combination examiner for comparing the programmed combination of print job selections from the user interface with a combination of printer properties available in the selected one of the printer profiles from the memory section. The combination of print job selections is transmitted to one of the plurality of printers associated with the selected one of the printer profiles when the combination of print job selections corresponds with the combination of printer properties available at the selected printer.
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18 Claims
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1. A printing system having a printer bank with a plurality of printers, the printers being respectively associated with printer profiles, each of the printer profiles having a set of printer properties available at the printer with which the printer profile is associated, comprising:
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an input section, being remote from the printer bank, including; means for programming a combination of print job selections, and a memory section for storing a selected one of the printer profiles; and means for comparing the programmed combination of print job selections from said programming means with a subset of the set of printer properties available in the selected one of the printer profiles from said memory section, wherein the set of printer properties available in the selected one of the printer profiles comprises a hierarchical list of the print job selections, the combination of print job selections being transmitted to one of the plurality of printers associated with the selected one of the printer profiles when the combination of print job selections corresponds with the subset of the set of printer properties available at the one of the plurality of printers associated with the selected one of the printer profiles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of transmitting a print job, including electronic documents and a combination of print job selections, from a selected one of a client and a server to a selected one of a plurality of printers, the client including a user interface and the plurality of printers being associated with printer profiles, each of the printer profiles having a set of printer properties available at the printer with which the printer profile is associated, comprising the steps of:
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programming the combination of print job selections with the user interface; selecting one of the plurality of printers and accessing the printer profile associated with the selected printer; interrelating the printer properties of the accessed printer profile with a set of rules relating to selected ones of media and finishing options available at the selected printer; comparing a subset of the set of printer properties of the accessed printer profile with the programmed combination of print job selections to determine whether the combination of print job selections corresponds with the subset of the set of printer properties; and transmitting the combination of print job selections from the selected one of the client and the server to the selected printer when the programmed combination of print job selections corresponds with the subset of the set of printer properties. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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