Sam I Chan

US Patent:

20070229878, Oct 4, 2007

Filed:

Mar 31, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/395518

Inventors:

Rakesh Pandit - Irvine CA, US
Toshiro Fujimori - Laguna Beach CA, US
Sam Chan - West Covina CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/12

US Classification:

358 115

Abstract:

A method used in a print shop for managing a print job submitted by a customer is described. The print shop includes a plurality of printers connected to a server and a client computer. The server generates a main job ticket based on the customer-submitted print job, and generates a plurality of sub-job tickets based on the main job ticket. The sub-jobs defined by the sub-job tickets collectively accomplish the print job submitted by the customer. The server maintains a database that stores the main job ticket and the sub-job tickets in association with the corresponding main job ticket. The server also monitors the status of the sub-jobs and updates the status of the main job ticket on a user interface of a client computer. When all the sub-jobs are complete, the main job ticket is displayed in the user interface as being complete.

US Patent:

20100073706, Mar 25, 2010

Filed:

Sep 22, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/235516

Inventors:

Sam Chan - West Covina CA, US

Assignee:

KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC. - Huntington Beach CA

International Classification:

G06F 3/12

US Classification:

358 115

Abstract:

A proof copy printing method implemented in a print shop. When a user desires to print a proof copy of a print job while reducing resource usage, the user activates a GUI screen, which allows the user to conveniently set multiple parameters that will achieve reduced resource usage. When printing the proof copy, the values set on the GUI screen are used to temporarily override the corresponding parameter values specified in the job ticket without modifying the job ticket itself. When the user desires to print the job normally, the user activates the GUI screen to cancel the proof mode. The system then prints the job using the job parameter values specified in the job ticket.