Method and apparatus of utilizing stored job information in an electronic reprographic printing system
US5245368A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 28, 1990 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/0082
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating an electronic reprographic system providing for the storing of information in the system of the status of all jobs in the system, monitoring the system for faults, providing for crash recovery wherein communication between processing units of the system enables the system to recommence printing at the point at which a crash occurred, and allowing the system to tie a fault discovered in the system with a job containing a faulted feature so that the printing jobs may be completed sequentially up to a job requiring a faulted feature. Additionally, the system is capable of permitting a higher priority job to interrupt a currently printed job in order to be printed non-sequentially.
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