Printing – Processes
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-30
2005-08-30
Nolan, Jr., Charles H. (Department: 2854)
Printing
Processes
C101S484000, C400S061000, C400S070000, C400S076000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06935239
ABSTRACT:
There is provided an image forming system which is capable of performing image formation operations in an order identical or close to the order of reception of inputted print jobs even when some printers cannot output print jobs due to maintenance to thereby raise the operational efficiency. Scheduling is carried out to assign an inputted plurality of jobs to a plurality of image forming apparatuses. Respective maintenance times of the plurality of image forming apparatuses are monitored. When the result of monitoring is that the maintenance time of an image forming apparatus has been reached, scheduling is carried out to reassign unprocessed jobs out of the assigned jobs to image forming apparatuses other than the image forming apparatus for which the maintenance time has been reached. A CPU causes the other image forming apparatuses to perform image formation based on the reassigned unprocessed jobs.
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patent: 07-319338 (1995-12-01), None
Computer translation of JP 07-319338.
Fukushi Kenji
Hashimoto Tatsuaki
Mizuno Yoshio
Moriyama Tsuyoshi
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Nolan, Jr. Charles H.
Rossi Kimms & McDowell LLP
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