Methods of monitoring a media imaging system, media imaging monitoring systems, articles of manufacture
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring a media imaging system, the method comprising:
- providing image data comprising a plurality of image jobs configured to cause a plurality of media imaging devices of the media imaging system to generate a plurality of hard images upon media, wherein the image jobs correspond to respective ones of the media imaging devices;
reassigning at least one of the image jobs from one of the media imaging devices to correspond to another of the media imaging devices; and
obtaining performance data regarding imaging operations of the media imaging devices with respect to imaging of hard images upon media according to the image data after the reassigning.
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Abstract
Methods of monitoring a media imaging system, media imaging monitoring systems, articles of manufacture, and data signals are described. According to one aspect, a method of monitoring a media imaging system includes providing image data comprising a plurality of image jobs configured to cause a plurality of media imaging devices of the media imaging system to generate a plurality of hard images upon media, wherein the image jobs correspond to respective ones of the media imaging devices, reassigning at least one of the image jobs from one of the media imaging devices to correspond to another of the media imaging devices, and obtaining performance data regarding imaging operations of the media imaging devices with respect to imaging of hard images upon media according to the image data after the reassigning.
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29 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring a media imaging system, the method comprising:
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providing image data comprising a plurality of image jobs configured to cause a plurality of media imaging devices of the media imaging system to generate a plurality of hard images upon media, wherein the image jobs correspond to respective ones of the media imaging devices; reassigning at least one of the image jobs from one of the media imaging devices to correspond to another of the media imaging devices; and obtaining performance data regarding imaging operations of the media imaging devices with respect to imaging of hard images upon media according to the image data after the reassigning. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A media imaging monitoring system comprising:
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a communications interface configured to access image data configured to cause a plurality of media imaging devices of a media imaging system having a first configuration to generate a plurality of hard images upon media; and processing circuitry configured to access the image data and to simulate imaging operations of a plurality of media imaging devices of the media imaging system having a second configuration different than the first configuration with respect to imaging of hard images upon media according to the image data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A media imaging monitoring system comprising:
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means for accessing image data configured to cause a plurality of media imaging devices arranged according to a first configuration of a media imaging system to form a plurality of hard images upon media; means for accessing a second configuration of the media imaging system different than the first configuration and including at least some of the media imaging devices; and means for simulating imaging operations of the at least some media imaging devices of the second configuration of the media imaging system with respect to imaging of hard images upon media according to the image data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. An article of manufacture comprising:
a processor-usable medium comprising processor-usable code configured to cause processing circuitry to; access image data configured to cause a plurality of media imaging devices of a media imaging system having a first configuration to generate a plurality of hard images upon media; access a media imaging system having a second configuration different than the first configuration; and obtain performance data regarding imaging operations of the media imaging system having the second configuration with respect to the formation of hard images using the accessed image data. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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