EP0410668A2
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Queue management process
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1990-07-23
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2010-07-23
Abstract
Abstract A multi-mode machine having copying, printing, and facsimile transmission and reception modes for processing copy, print, and facsimile jobs, with a queue-management process for ordering printing of the jobs in a strict FIFO order or in a modified FIFO order in which printing of facsimile jobs is deferred, with the deferred facsimile jobs having printing priority over any copy and print jobs to be printed.
Inventors
- 👤 Elizabeth M. Paradise
- 👤 Edwin R. Monkelbaan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 17:10
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F9/00; G06F9/06; G06F9/46; G06F9/48; G06F9/4806; G06F9/4843; G06F9/4881; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00912; H04N1/00915; H04N1/32; H04N1/32496; H04N1/32561
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
236 words
A queue-management process for a multi-mode machine (5) having copying, printing, and facsimile transmission and reception modes for processing copy, print, and facsimile jobs, the machine including a printer for making prints in response to a demand for copies, prints, and prints of facsimile transmissions; a job-printing queue (310), and a job-holding queue (315), comprising the steps of: (a) in one machine mode, inserting all copy, print, and facsimile jobs into the printing queue, with the jobs being arranged for printing in the order in which they are received; and (b) in a second operating mode 1) inserting all copy and print jobs (300, 303) into printing queue, with the jobs being arranged for printing in the order in which they are received; 2) inserting all facsimile jobs (305) not to be printed into the job-holding queue, with the facsimile jobs being arranged in the queue in the order in which they are received; 3) transferring at least one of the facsimile jobs from the holding queue to the printing queue; 4) interrupting the printing order of any of the copy and print jobs currently in the printing queue, and placing the transferred facsimile job ahead of any copy or print job in the printing queue, whereby the transferred facsimile job is printed first, and 5) following printing of the transferred facsimile job, resuming printing of the next copy and print job in the printing queue.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
236 words
A queue-management process for a multi-mode machine (5) having copying, printing, and facsimile transmission and reception modes for processing copy, print, and facsimile jobs, the machine including a printer for making prints in response to a demand for copies, prints, and prints of facsimile transmissions; a job-printing queue (310), and a job-holding queue (315), comprising the steps of: (a) in one machine mode, inserting all copy, print, and facsimile jobs into the printing queue, with the jobs being arranged for printing in the order in which they are received; and (b) in a second operating mode 1) inserting all copy and print jobs (300, 303) into printing queue, with the jobs being arranged for printing in the order in which they are received; 2) inserting all facsimile jobs (305) not to be printed into the job-holding queue, with the facsimile jobs being arranged in the queue in the order in which they are received; 3) transferring at least one of the facsimile jobs from the holding queue to the printing queue; 4) interrupting the printing order of any of the copy and print jobs currently in the printing queue, and placing the transferred facsimile job ahead of any copy or print job in the printing queue, whereby the transferred facsimile job is printed first, and 5) following printing of the transferred facsimile job, resuming printing of the next copy and print job in the printing queue.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
The process according to claim 1, including the step of: where multiple facsimile jobs are transferred from the holding queue to the printing queue, placing the multiple facsimile jobs in the printing queueahead of the next copy or print job to be printed, with the facsimile jobs being retained in the same order they were in before transfer from said holding queue.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The system according to claim 1 or 2, including the step of: completing printing of any copy or print job in process before starting printing of any one facsimile job transferred from the holding queue.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
30 words
The system according to claim, any preceding including the step of: transferring all of the fax jobs to the output queue in the event that the holding queue is filled.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
23 words
The system according to any preceding claim, including the step of: displaying a warning message in response to the holding queue becoming full.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
174 words
A queue-management process for a multi-mode machine having copying, printing, and facsimile transmission and reception modes for processing copy, print, and facsimile jobs, the machine including a printer for making prints in response to a demand for copies, prints, and prints of facsimile transmissions; a job-printing queue, and a job-holding queue, comprising the steps of: a) arranging the copy and print jobs in the printing queue in a first in-first out printing order; b) placing the facsimile jobs in the holding queue in a first in-first out order; c) when printing of at least one of the facsimile jobs in the holding queue is desired, moving the facsimile job from the holding queue to the printing queue, and d) intervening in the first in-first out printing order for copy and/or print jobs in the printing queue by placing the facsimile job from the holding queue ahead of the next copy or print job to be printed in the printing queue, so that the facsimile job is printed before the next copy or print job.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
174 words
A queue-management process for a multi-mode machine having copying, printing, and facsimile transmission and reception modes for processing copy, print, and facsimile jobs, the machine including a printer for making prints in response to a demand for copies, prints, and prints of facsimile transmissions; a job-printing queue, and a job-holding queue, comprising the steps of: a) arranging the copy and print jobs in the printing queue in a first in-first out printing order; b) placing the facsimile jobs in the holding queue in a first in-first out order; c) when printing of at least one of the facsimile jobs in the holding queue is desired, moving the facsimile job from the holding queue to the printing queue, and d) intervening in the first in-first out printing order for copy and/or print jobs in the printing queue by placing the facsimile job from the holding queue ahead of the next copy or print job to be printed in the printing queue, so that the facsimile job is printed before the next copy or print job.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The process according to claim 6, including the step of: when the holding queue is full, transferring at least one of the facsimile jobs from the holding queue to the printing queue.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
73 words
The process according to claim 6, including the step of: when plural facsimile jobs are moved from the holding queue to the printing queue, intervening in the first in-first out printing order for copy and/or print jobs by placing the plural facsimile jobs ahead of the next copy or print job to be printed in the printing queue, so that the plural facsimile jobs are printed before the next copy or print job.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process according to claim 8, including the step of: retaining the first in-first out order of the plural facsimile jobs in the holding queue on transfer of the plural facsimile jobs from the holding queue to the printing queue.
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