Printing manager system for a copier in a network

Details Printing manager system for a copier in a network Printing manager system for a copier in a network

1996-03-25

1998-08-25

Brier, Jeffery

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Plural display systems

Remotely located

399 8, G09G 500, G03G 1500

Patent

active

057987386

ABSTRACT:
A print manager system for a copying machine in a network which includes at least one copier machine, at least one terminal, and an object request broker. The copier machine has a CPU for controlling the copier, a memory for storing control programs and a copier machine's appearance data, and a communication device for transferring the appearance data. The appearance data may include a picture of the appearance of the copier, a picture of an operation panel of the copier, and specifications or status information of each device of the copier. The terminal is connected to the copier machine, and has a display device for displaying the data from the copier machine, a pointing device for pointing to a part of the displayed images of the display device, and a communication device for transferring coordinate numerical data of the part of the displayed images pointed to by the pointing device to the copier machine. The object request broker is connected to the copier machine and the terminal, and has a CPU controlling the object request broker, a memory storing control programs for controlling the object broker, and a service controller for controlling an interface between the copier machine and the terminal for selecting a best available copier machine for the terminal.

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