US5815764A
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Document job routing system for a printing system
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1996-09-26
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Granted: 1998-09-29
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Expires: 2016-09-26
Abstract
Abstract A system for routing a document job in a printing system with a print engine. The routing system includes a controller providing a set of information including an indication to a user of the printing system that the print engine is busy producing a first set of prints from a first set of image data. The set of information is received at a user interface and the user, in response to receiving the set of information, directs the controller, by way of the user interface, to cause a second set of prints, representative of a second set of image data developed at the printing system while the first set of prints is being produced by the print engine, to be (i) produced subsequent to the producing of the first set of prints and (ii) delivered to one of one or more mailbox bins.
Inventors
- 👤 Ronald S. Tomory
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:44
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32561; B; B65; B65H; B65H31/00; B65H31/24; G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/50; G03G15/65; G03G15/6538; G06; G06K; G06K15/00; B65H2405/00; B65H2405/10; B65H2405/12; B65H2405/121; B65H2511/00; B65H2511/40; B65H2511/412; B65H2801/00; B65H2801/03; B65H2801/06; G03G2215/00; G03G2215/00025; G03G2215/00126; G03G2215/00362; G03G2215/00886; G03G2215/00907; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/12; G06F3/1297; G06K2215/00; G06K2215/0082; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/0077; H04N2201/0081; H04N2201/0082; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3285; H04N2201/3288; H04N2201/3297
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
295 words
In a printing system having a plurality of output areas and an image capture subsystem for reading a hardcopy document with image related information, the printing system further including a first memory location at which a first job, including a first set of image data, is stored and a print engine for producing a first set of prints based on the first set of image data stored at the first memory location, a method for routing a second set of image data of a second job to a second memory location for eventual output at a selected one of the plurality of output areas while the prints of the first set of prints are being produced with the first set of image data of the first memory location, comprising the steps of: a) directing the image capture subsystem to create the second set of image data of the second job from a hardcopy document having image related information; b) receiving, at a user interface associated with the printing system, a set of information indicating to a user of the printing system that the print engine is busy producing the first set of prints with the first set of image data of the first memory location; and c) in response to receiving the set of information, a user of the printing system directing a controller associated with the printing system to, (i) cause a second set of prints, representative of the second set of image data, to be produced subsequent to producing the first set of prints from the first set of image data, and (ii) cause the prints of the second job to be delivered to the selected one of the plurality of output areas, subsequent to said producing of the first set of prints.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
295 words
In a printing system having a plurality of output areas and an image capture subsystem for reading a hardcopy document with image related information, the printing system further including a first memory location at which a first job, including a first set of image data, is stored and a print engine for producing a first set of prints based on the first set of image data stored at the first memory location, a method for routing a second set of image data of a second job to a second memory location for eventual output at a selected one of the plurality of output areas while the prints of the first set of prints are being produced with the first set of image data of the first memory location, comprising the steps of: a) directing the image capture subsystem to create the second set of image data of the second job from a hardcopy document having image related information; b) receiving, at a user interface associated with the printing system, a set of information indicating to a user of the printing system that the print engine is busy producing the first set of prints with the first set of image data of the first memory location; and c) in response to receiving the set of information, a user of the printing system directing a controller associated with the printing system to, (i) cause a second set of prints, representative of the second set of image data, to be produced subsequent to producing the first set of prints from the first set of image data, and (ii) cause the prints of the second job to be delivered to the selected one of the plurality of output areas, subsequent to said producing of the first set of prints.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 1, in which the selected one of the plurality of output areas includes a private mailbox bin, further comprising prohibiting delivery of the second set of prints to the private mailbox bin unless the printing system user provides an identifier number.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising notifying the printing system user that the second set of prints has been delivered to the selected one of the plurality of output areas.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the set of information with an estimate as to an earliest time at which production of the first job can be interrupted.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the set of information with an indication as to a source of the first job.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 1, in which the selected one of the plurality of output areas comprises a first mailbox bin, further comprising causing a copy of the second set of prints to be delivered to a second mailbox bin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising configuring the selected one of the plurality of output areas as a mailbox bin.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 7, in which the mailbox bin is a private mailbox bin, further comprising prohibiting delivery of the second set of prints to the private mailbox bin unless the printing system user provides an identifier number.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1, in which the printing system is a network printing system, further comprising disposing the image capture subsystem remotely of the selected one of the plurality of output areas on the network.
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