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US 6,914,689 · App. 10/650,898 · Granted Jul 5, 2005

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Patent No.
US 6,914,689
App. No.
10/650,898
Granted
Jul 5, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and corresponding methods that facilitate printing and controlling the printing process for multiple documents on a printing apparatus are provided. Multiple users may select a document for printing by interacting with control menus available at the printing site. In one embodiment, a printing system for processing one or more print requests includes: a print queue for storing data associated with one or more print requests, the print requests stored in a queue in the order received; a display screen for displaying the content of the print queue; control interface for controlling the processing order of the print requests in the queue; and executable code stored in a memory, wherein execution of the code by a processor causes the processor to process the print requests stored in the queue in response to user interaction with the control interface.

Claims (25)

1. A printer for servicing one or more print requests comprising:

a print queue for storing data, associated with one or more print requests;

a display screen for displaying the content of said one or more print requests; and

control interface for controlling the processing of the print requests.

2. The printer of claim 1 , further comprising executable code stored in a memory, wherein execution of the code by a processor causes the processor to:

in response to user interaction with the control interface, display on the display screen the print requests stored in a first order.

3. The printer of claim 2 , wherein execution of the code by a processor causes the processor to:

in response to user interaction with the control interface, rearrange the order of requests stored in the queue.

4. The printer of claim 3 , wherein execution of the code by a processor causes the processor to:

in response to user interaction with the control interface, select a print request stored in the queue.

5. A method for processing one or more print requests submitted to a printer, said printer having a queue, a display, and user interface, said method comprising:

storing the print requests in the queue;

displaying the print requests stored in the queue;

reconfiguring the order of the print requests stored in the queue, in response to user interaction with the user interface;

selecting a print request stored in the queue, in response to user interaction with the user interface; and

printing the selected print request, in response to user interaction with to user interface.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

deleting the selected print request, in response to user interaction with the user interface.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

displaying the content of the file associated with the selected print request on the display; in response to user interaction with the user interface.

8. A printer for processing one or more printing requests, comprising:

means for storing data associated with said one or more print requests in a first order;

means for storing data associated with said one or more print requests in a second order;

means for displaying the content of the storing means; and

means for displaying the content of said one or more print requests.