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Method and system for the automatic transmission of printing data and particularly for mirroring printing orders

US8373872B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 20, 2007
Grant dateFeb 12, 2013
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Expiry dateJun 3, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/2076
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method or system for reception from a sender of a print data with a print job by a print server of a first printing system from a sender, with the print server of the first printing system acknowledging to the sender correct receipt of a predetermined data unit of print data according to a predetermined protocol. With the print server of the first printing system copying the print data to a mirror print server of a second printing system separate from the print server of the first printing system before execution of the respective acknowledgement for the predetermined data unit, and automatically using as a print server for continued execution of the print job given problems in storage of the print data on the print server of the first printing system, said mirror print server of the second printing system.

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