Patent · US Expired

System for diagnosing a source of malfunction resulting from the execution of a print job in a network printing system

US5825989A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 7, 1996
Grant dateOct 20, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/2221
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus is provided for diagnosing a selected print job transmitted to a printing system, the selected print job causing the printing system to malfunction when the selected print job is processed by the printing system. The diagnosing apparatus includes an apparatus for capturing the selected print job as it is transmitted to the printing system, and a storage section, communicating with the capturing arrangement, for holding the selected print job. A medium receives the selected print job from the storage section to transfer the selected print job to a diagnostic device for ascertaining the cause of the printing system malfunction with the selected print job.

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