METHOD FOR MONITORING A PRINTER

A method is disclosed to monitor print job status. A list of available printers is determined, and network printers or local printers are determined. The printer status is queried before sending data to a printer. Meta-information is inserted into the print data to know when a document starts to pri...

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Main Authors TANG WENG SING, THIO FU WANG, VU KHANH TUNG
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 27.01.2011
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A method is disclosed to monitor print job status. A list of available printers is determined, and network printers or local printers are determined. The printer status is queried before sending data to a printer. Meta-information is inserted into the print data to know when a document starts to print and when the document finishes printing. The printer is queried regarding status of the print job as well as printer status.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20090934776