EP1856600A2 - Verfahren, computerprogramm und system zum bearbeiten von mehreren dokumentenverarbeitungsaufträgen - Google Patents
Verfahren, computerprogramm und system zum bearbeiten von mehreren dokumentenverarbeitungsaufträgenInfo
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- the invention relates to a method, a computer program and a document processing system for processing a plurality of document processing jobs.
- the invention relates to document processing systems in which document data is file by file as
- Orders are transmitted together with an order accompanying file to print ⁇ systems for printing and / or printed documents are processed with so-called finishing equipment in which they z. B. cut, folded, enveloped, bound or stapled. Fi nishing devices can be there riert in printing systems integ ⁇ or vice versa.
- WO 02/093354 A1 discloses a document production system for processing document data, in which document data is accepted by a data server and distributed from there to various high-performance printing devices. The printed documents can then be fed to finishing equipment.
- a printing system is known in which various print jobs are stored in a mass storage between ⁇ and printed according to predetermined criteria automatically or only after a user intervention.
- a digital printing and copying system is known in which pending stored print jobs can be processed automatically or initiated manually for printing. In the automatic In addition, the operator can change various print criteria.
- the Order Distribution System is also responsible for the central administration of the production variants. This includes the printing service for intranet and Internetbe ⁇ users.
- the order distribution system informs users about approved production variants, Druckaufträ ⁇ takes to ge including digital job ticket, the automatic processing causes to print.
- the order distribution system also monitors the correct execution of out ⁇ chose printing and finishing options.
- the Order Distribution System processes job instruction files, so-called job tickets.
- a job ticket is a file that is created by the user when creating the pressure on ⁇ Trages are included in all the information which are to be executed during the printing process.
- Conventional job tickets have unique instructions that entspre ⁇ are accordingly implemented.
- JDF Jobnachrich ⁇ tenformat
- Oce Print Exec Pro ® From the Oce Technologies B .V. , Netherlands is an output management system for print jobs with the trade name Oce Print Exec Pro ® known, in which it is provided that for print jobs with the submission of the order finished position appointments resp. times are given.
- JDF is an XML-based format in which the instructions for the printing process are arranged in a tree structure.
- Each node of the tree structure includes an instruction or set of instructions.
- the topmost node is called root bw. Root called.
- the end nodes at branches are called leaf nodes.
- the nodes are hierarchically structured, wherein in the tree structure at the top or. in the upper area there are product nodes, in a middle area process group nodes and in the lower area process nodes.
- JDF JDF
- intent nodes that contain a very general Anwei- solution for a printing process that clarifies who the to run on a device must be able ⁇ .
- product nodes are also referred to as product intent nodes.
- resolution Resolution
- This resolution can be gradual, d. H . in that a cascade of further nodes is gradually subordinated to an intent node, wherein the last node, the leaf node, contains the exact instructions for the device, in particular the printer.
- the resolution of the intent statements into more precise instructions up to the commands contained in the leaf nodes is done by means of programs similar to device drivers are trained and the general intent statements in more concrete Intent statements or. into concrete commands for a printer or a device.
- This implementation also takes into account information about resources contained in each node.
- resources are all things that are consumed or produced. They include physical Jacobs ⁇ tände such examples paper, ink, or data in the form of files or parameters.
- a resource has an XML ID that identifies it throughout the job ticket.
- a first aspect of the invention for processing a plurality of document processing jobs in a computer-aided document processing system to a document processing job in aterrorismge ⁇ bercomputer order accompanying data are generated which characterize a preferred over other job processing equipment of the same type job processing device.
- a printing apparatus z. B. was gone in particular from the consideration ⁇ , that it is advantageous for a user to edit his order for a device type does not provide a single device as a provision device, but to provide this device as the preferred device.
- further processing of the order can then on the basis of the degree of preference and, where appropriate other criteria, such as B. the availability of the jewei ⁇ ligen device and / or the capabilities of the device, be decided by which device the order is ultimately processed.
- the invention is particularly applicable to printing device and document type job processing devices.
- Finishing device usable usable.
- the apparatus referred to in the invention as the same types may vary depending on requirements and, in particular devices may be provided for the same type client side, in particular in a coating system and / or contractor side, in particular ⁇ sondere in a management freely configure Information System (MIS).
- MIS Information System
- finishing-binding machines not only glue-binding and / or spiral-binding devices can be configured, but also simple staplers.
- the invention can be used for order-related data of any kind, in particular for so-called job ticket data.
- job ticket data for the present invention, in particular JDF
- Order monitoring data to the invention can take particular data according to the JDF / JMF standard by ⁇ , and in particular with the JDF data of a Lock-source (device resource) in a product node, a processing node, a process group node or in a combined process nodes (combined process node ) as a unit.
- the invention is furthermore particularly advantageous for applications in which equal job-related data are provided and used for different print jobs.
- the utilization of the pressure equipment is thereby gleichmä ⁇ lar and their availability high.
- job-related data is sent from an originating computer to a job-receiving computer for processing a plurality of document-processing jobs in a computer-aided document processing system.
- the order-related data include scheduling data which can be used for a contractor-side scheduling with regard to the assignment of the orders to order processing devices and which are related to resources.
- the scheduling be optimized on the resources related scheduling data, assigned to the devices so that they are not blocked for short-term required orders .
- it is particularly advantageous ⁇ way to provide resource data such as the size of a job and / or to use a recording medium.
- Processing scheduling can be either automatic or manual.
- an automatic processing machine scheduling may, in particular a Ent ⁇ decision about the beginning and / or the assignment of a Do- kumenten kaues to a particular document-processing apparatus of the time required for the processing operation proces ⁇ be made on the basis.
- Further criteria for scheduling the processing of kumenten kauetzträgen can be the time when the urgency (priority) of an order, the rows ⁇ follow the input of the orders, the amount of Denden to USAGE ⁇ recording medium, a user selection and / or the identity of a user (client).
- An automatism or an operator who becomes effective on the contractor computer and determines the scheduling then decides when to execute a document processing job based on one or more of the above criteria.
- very large orders may be processed during the night, or jobs that use a particular, little-used parameter (such as a record carrier) may all work together in the same time frame or orders of a particular client, so that the orders are sent at the same time or be completed in close temporal correlation.
- a particular, little-used parameter such as a record carrier
- JDF specification as additional scheduling information to provide resource-related data.
- the time planning can be carried out in a resource - optimized manner and thus the availability of the device can be increased, because certain resources (for example a specific paper source ) can be used for several orders at the same time. used directly after each other by the orders. This makes it even better possible to group together document processing jobs in order to shorten the overall processing time.
- document data and order-related data are sent from a client computer to a contractor computer for processing document processing jobs in a computerized document processing system, wherein the illustratedbe ⁇ slid data for job processing parameters include, which can be used to control aladens kausgerä ⁇ tes, a users are assigned to the mandate from ⁇ bercomputers order processing parameter-specific rights.
- Feh ⁇ ler in order processing in a more complex document management processing system can be avoided if an authority in the definition of order processing parameters are given only to those parameters permissions for setting its typical tasks, or Knowledge. In this way, it can be avoided, in particular, that jobs must be repeatedly reprocessed because parameters were set incorrectly.
- the resource data are coded according to the JDF specification and the authorization is assigned by means of data that is compatible with the JDF
- Resource data is logically connected. Furthermore, it is advantageous in this case, data zerrechte about the users and their Benut ⁇ be made in a database and make them onssystem in a cross-process Managementinformati- (MIS) all of the components of the order processing system available. On the basis of the database can then be made in particular an authentication of the user to determine his rights in the system. In the system, such access control can take place, in particular, for each resource.
- MIS cross-process Managementinformati-
- the document processing jobs are each assigned to at least one processing device for processing,
- the document processing jobs are each assigned an attribute by their origin. Furthermore, information is provided for the processing device which indicates in which time intervals it is available for processing document processing jobs of specific origin.
- document processing orders with crosslinked proces ⁇ processing equipment characterized time- and resource optimizing proces ⁇ tet may be that the allocation of jobs to the Devices depending on the origin of the orders.
- origin-dependent provision of the equipment for processing orders at certain times of area-specific prioritization can be done on the one hand and on the other hand, a uniform utilization of the processing carried out ⁇ devices. For example, this allows large orders, which typically do not necessarily have to be completed on the same day, to be divisional.
- herauchsspe ⁇ be characterized zifisch and the sender of the orders will be made to a processing to times at which the processing devices are not required by more urgent, other areas allocated applications. In particular, when trying to z. B.
- the origin attribute comprises an identifier for a computer system that generates the document processing job and / or a program running in a computer, in particular for a program that generates the document processing job.
- the identifier can also be assigned to a functional and / or organizational area of a company as an alternative or in addition to the named identifiers.
- Such areas can, for. B. an office area (office) where individual documents are created by office staff, eg B. with known user programs such as PowerPoint, Word or Excel Microsoft.
- Another organizational and functional area can be z.
- Another area can z. B.
- ERP Electronic Resource Planning
- a sender of a ness Dokumentenverarbei- processing device the information on the temporal Available ⁇ of the processing apparatus is provided.
- the information from the processing device or a switching system such.
- B. a Dru ⁇ sugar driver is transmitted and shown on this to the user via a graphical user interface graphically arrival.
- the sender can be shown the closest availability time and / or an overview of availability periods.
- the Herauchsbe ⁇ rich can especially in the processing unit, a document output management system or be selectable in the view graphical interface for the user and / or freely established and /.
- the area-specific information about the device availability can be found in a controller of the device, in an external controller directly assigned to the device, and / or in a cross-device controller such as an external device.
- B. a document Output Management System resp. an order control ⁇ tion such.
- the router can execute a routing process in accordance with the JDF specification and receive or receive status information from the connected processing devices. recall .
- a fifth aspect of the invention which can be seen independently or together with the preceding aspects of the invention is to save at least one device that is provided for the processing of document processing requests an information which the Ver ⁇ availability of the device for document processing orders from predeterminable origin sources indicates for predeterminable time intervals.
- the allocation of the temporal availability is menu-controlled via a graphical user interface.
- the ⁇ se can be in particular a calendar function, and a functional assignment of the origin and establishing sources have.
- the source of origin may be a computer system and / or application program that can be identified in particular in a computer network and / or a functional and / or organizational unit of a superordinate system, in particular of a company, that can be assigned to a document generation system.
- FIG. 1 shows a complex document production system
- FIG. 2 shows a network with only four pressure devices
- Figure 3 is a user interface for aliesssys ⁇ system
- FIG. 4 shows the user interface of FIG. 3 adapted to the user
- FIG. 5 shows a document production system in one
- Figure 6 shows a user interface for a temporal
- Device allocation and Figure 7 is a user interface for sending a print job.
- FIG. 1 shows a document-printing production system 1 which comprises, on the one hand, a main-frame architecture 2 and, on the other hand, a network architecture 5, in each of which document data and / or document data.
- Document print data streams with ⁇ means user programs (tools) are generated.
- this print data is generated by a host computer 3, in particular as an AFP print data stream or as a line print data stream. From the host computer 3, the print data can optionally via a so-called.
- S / 370 channel 14a are transmitted directly to one or more pressure devices 6a, 6b.
- the print data can also be transmitted from the host computer 3 via a network 13 or a direct data connection 14b to a processing computer 4 in which the print data are temporarily stored (eg in an associated file server) and for subsequent output steps are processed.
- a processing computer 4 in which the print data are temporarily stored (eg in an associated file server) and for subsequent output steps are processed.
- print data streams are generated in such host computers 3, which from regular data bases (databases) regularly list printouts, invoices, consumption overviews (for telephone bills, gas bills, bank accounts), etc. put together.
- regular data bases databases
- Such applications are often already in use for many years and are still needed in more or less unchanged way (so-called legacy applications).
- the print production process is monitored by a monitoring system. It comprises a monitoring computer 7 which is coupled to a database 7b.
- the monitoring system is a factory Engineering Inc., and a print manager module 8 is connected to the host Compu ter ⁇ 3 as well as via a converter 9 with a V24 data line connected to the two pressure devices 6a, 6b Toggle couples.
- the converter 9 converts the V24 signals into DMI protocol signals of the device control network 15.
- SNMP protocol signals can be provided to the Device Manager DM as DMI protocol signals. directly as SNMP protocol signals.
- Print material 23 which was produced in the printers 6a, 6b from the document print data stream and on which barcodes are printed, can each be scanned with a manually movable, radio-controlled barcode reader IIa.
- the signals are transmitted by radio to the reading station 10a and into the device control network 15 or. transmitted to the monitoring system 7.
- readers can be used for one-dimensional and / or two-dimensional barcodes, so that different barcode systems can be read with one and the same reading device.
- the barcode reading system is particularly configurable, i. H . , to different, application specific codes resp. the appropriate control procedures apply.
- document data are generated by means of user programs (eg Microsoft WinWord®) in client computers 12, 12a, which are connected to one another via a client network 13 as well as to the processing computer (file server) 4.
- the file server thus serves as a central processing and Bear ⁇ beitungstenstelle for printing data of the entire print production system 1.
- control modules software programs
- Print production process resp. the entire Dokumentenbearbei ⁇ processing application-specific, production technology and device-te horrungs press is optimally adapted to the respective conditions.
- print streams found in this ar- chitecture typically PCL, PostScript, or PDF appli ⁇ dung.
- If an error occurs in the course of the further processing of the data in particular in the output of the data on one of the printing devices 6a, 6b, 6c or 6d, in one of the post-processing devices 22a, 22b or also in the print server 16, this can be done by the monitoring system 7 are detected on the basis inserted in the processing computer 4 control bar codes and reprinting of the affected by the fault documents (pages, sheets, mail Pieces) ⁇ be requested .
- This repeat print request is largely controlled in the editing computer 4.
- the digital printing devices 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d have printing equipmen ⁇ speeds of more than 30 pages per minute up to 1000 A4 pages per minute and are ddlingindi- vidually controllable with 600 dpi.
- Print data completed by the processing computer 4 is sent to the print server 16 via the print data line 14c. Its task is essentially to relieve the processing computer 4. This is done by buffering the finished print data until it is retrieved via the data line 14d to one or both printers 6c, 6d.
- the print server 16 is therefore integrated in the overall system primarily for reasons of performance (speed). In systems whose printing speed is less large, the print server 16 can also be dispensed with.
- the Druck Schemesteu ⁇ tion can also be done by a arranged outside or inside a printer controller.
- Document data which is sent to the printers 6c and / or. 6b are transmitted and printed thereon on a recording medium (eg paper), further processing stages, namely the cutting device 22a and the coating device 22b, are sent for further processing in the overall system. Since ⁇ with the printing production process is completed.
- the printed documents are printed on their processing path between the respective printing device 6a, 6b, 6c and. 6d and the last post-processing device 22b are tested for various criteria, namely by an optical test system 18 with regard to their optical print quality, with a barcode test system 19 with regard to their presence, consistency and / or order as well as with an MICR test system, if the printing by means of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition Toner.
- the data supplied by the measuring system 17 of the various test systems are transmitted from a common serial data acquisition module (serial delta acquisition module) 21 to the device control network 15 and fed to the monitoring system 7. There, the respective system data are recorded and the devices are checked in real time and the respective positions of the documents are tested with regard to their correctness with regard to the print job.
- serial delta acquisition module serial delta acquisition module
- the finished printed documents 23 can in turn be recorded with egg ⁇ nem barcode reader IIb, z. B. is radio-controlled connected to an associated control device 10b, which in turn delivers its data via the device control network 15 to the monitoring system 7.
- FIG. 2 shows a somewhat simpler Dokumenten wearingi ⁇ onssystem 25 shown, and so at the client computer 26a, 26b, 26c. is connected via a network 28 to a print server 27 and a plurality of printing devices 29, 30, 31 and 32. From the client computers 26a, 26b, 26c can document management production orders for printing and Nachbearbei ⁇ processing of documents (finishing) be discontinued.
- the printing devices 30 and 31 have already integrated finishing devices 34, 35, for example for stapling related sheets of a document.
- the two printers 30 (D2) and 31 (D3) are also identical in construction, whereby a document processing job, which is responsible for the ne device is provided, just as well in the other device from ⁇ can be performed.
- the printing device 29 also has a direct data connection 35 to the print server 27, by means of which, in particular, print jobs stored in the print server 27 can be used without use. Load the network 28 can be printed on the printer 29. Furthermore, a separate finishing device 33 is connected to the network 28, can be generated with the Doku ⁇ elements with an adhesive bond.
- a management information system (MIS) 36 runs on the print server 27, which processes the job-related data (job tickets), evaluates the status information provided by the various connected devices and finally determines which document production order with which device or device. with which devices is processed.
- MIS management information system
- the management information system 36 Based on the resultgebe of the client computers ⁇ nen job chaperone data, particularly regarding resources and / or time information, the management information system 36 also decides on what Dokumentenproduk- tion orders in the print server 27 cached ⁇ to how long they stored, if necessary ⁇ to and when they to suitable suitable resp. desired devices can be transmitted.
- the Festle ⁇ supply the timing at which the inertial Dokumenten compositionsauf- be forwarded to the appropriate devices, can be carried out by the management information system 36 based on the automatic rules or manually or by an administrator. Operator be made.
- Each of the printing devices 29, 30, 31, 32 also has a smaller input memory, in which assigned to him print jobs and / or parts of a larger print job are stored inter mediate ⁇ .
- FIG. 3 shows the user interface for a document production order system which can run on one of the above-mentioned client computers 12, 26a, 26b, 26c. It defines the parameters with which The production of documents in Druckrucszent ⁇ rum resp. is controlled by the printers and finishing devices.
- the data sets are fixed on this graphical user interface ⁇ Graphical User Interface (GUI) 36, then to the appropriate print server
- settings can be made for the four main parameters printer, finishing, medium, derivative and scheduling.
- the printing apparatus D3 see FIG. 2 35
- "Printer" is selected.
- the selection menu 37 for the priority of the printer. If the printer is to be selected only D3 as the preferred printer, it must in this menu, one of the settings 1 (low priority), 2 (average Prio ⁇ rity) or 3 (high priority) can be selected. If the printing device 3, however selected as mandatory equipment ⁇ to, so the setting needs to Priority 4 (must) BE DONE.
- printer D2 (FIGS. 2, 30) is additionally selected, but with only a low priority (level 1). This means that in the print server resp. with its management information system, the pressure primarily on
- Scheduling menu was made 38 in "3h", which means that the total order must be out within three hours of ⁇ . This means that at a temporary ⁇ continuous disturbance of the printing device can be D3 serviced with the execution of the print job, whether printer D3 ago From ⁇ course of the three-hour time limit is operational again and the job at the desired pressure unit D3 and in particular at the desired location where D3 is, from ⁇ can be performed.
- the finishing parameter can be set under the main parameter "Finishing.”
- the stapling is set, the setting "fold” is not selected, the setting "bind” is automatically crossed out by the application system 36 with a red bar and selectable marked as non-exclusive because it recognizes that neither pressure ⁇ device D2 still printing device D3 a binding function have.
- This information gets the application system 36 resp. the assigned client computers over the network 28 from the management information system 36 that the information
- the finishing device 33 would be provided with a bind function, which is why this function is always displayed in the order system 36, otherwise this function would be displayed on the graphical user interface not shown.
- the also Runaway ⁇ s The lower display "preferential device” indicates that also for the finishing binding devices 33 and 33a a preference. Priority setting is possible, as in the priority menu 37 for the pressure equipment.
- a display menu provided in the application system 36 the devices are displayed with the different status information, such as the current utilization training, detailed equipment trim levels and the like. Since it may be critical in a network to keep the status of these devices up-to-date, especially if the devices are selected from a variety of orders as desired or mandatory destination devices, it is particularly advantageous to use these devices only as preferred devices and not to select as zwin ⁇ ing certain devices when a job immediately to be executed. Immediate execution is indicated by the entry "no" in the main parameter "Scheduling" of the order system user interface. In this main parameter, you can also select the option "Detect", by which the user automatically receives a notification, especially by e-mail, when the order is completed.
- the management information system in the print server 16, 27 selects the one ultimately used for processing
- Printing or Finishing device taking into account the criteria of "user-selected preference, including level, if any", “current device capabilities” and “device availability”.
- the user can select the print media available in the printing devices D2 or D3, in this case paper sheets of the formats DIN-A4 or DIN-A3 or pre-printed check forms
- the client can further determine whether print jobs in the print server 16, 27 resp. be stored in the file server 4 for at least an hour, a day or a week.
- the graphical interface 36 which is shown in FIG. 3, gives the user a choice of a large number of selectable order processing devices and application parameters.
- the user in question has Accord--reaching user rights management information system under his user ID in Ma ⁇ 36 are stored.
- FIG. 4 shows a graphical user interface 39 of the same order system, in which both the device selection and the parameter selection are considerably reduced.
- This user is allocated less access rights in Managementinformati ⁇ onsystem 36 significantly. He can only select the printing devices Dl or D2, has only the option of stapling as a finishing option and may only use sheets of the formats DIN-A4 and DIN-A3 as media, but not, for example, the pre-printed check forms.
- a printer selection generally acts only optional, that is, that a job is not unbe ⁇ ding on exactly this printer output.
- Management Information System 36 are then made the decisions that documentation ten kaus jobs in which devices at what time ⁇ printed dot. To this end, there may be either automatic ⁇ tables rules for. B. that orders the agreed one be ⁇ exceed size and whose set Zeitpla ⁇ planning at least one day, are generally printed at night. Instead or in addition to the printing system 27 an administrator or. Operator manual intervention to assign the order processing equipment and theWhenbe ⁇ processing times make.
- a document production system 40 is shown in which various systems that generate documents are connected to systems that process documents via a data network 41.
- the input devices are assigned to organizational ⁇ innovative areas of a company and have correspondingly different functionalities.
- office staff create customized documents such showmansh ⁇ nen, single letters, messages, etc .. company data that are relevant for a large number of people or areas of the company are in files and in particular databases stored, have on many people access and from which typically standardized evaluation documents are generated, in which often a plurality of pages, eg. B. several hundred
- ERP area 43 for example, SAP programs.
- the various programs of Compu ⁇ ters are then programmatically as the areas or 42nd 43 to ⁇ ordered.
- Print Rooms are provided which are associated with devices in typically centralized settled Organi ⁇ sationshimen devices for generating and / or processing of documents include, for example, a multifunction ons réelle 44a, the scan, copy and print can and a scanner 44b. While devices 42a-42c and 43a-43c are typically used by a single user, devices 44a and 44b are typically shared by a plurality of users.
- the print jobs may optionally be sent to a print production system 45, which in particular has devices and control components according to the systems shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, or directly to the multifunction system 44a the print room area 44.
- the print production system 45 in turn has a Document Output Management System 45a, which includes a mass storage 45b in which print jobs can be stored.
- Print jobs are sent to the Document Output Management Sys ⁇ tem 45a, are of this according to the specified criteria of the print job and the output management system 45a made adjustments to the available printing device 45c, 45d, 45e, 45f or to the Multifunction device 44a forwarded.
- Print jobs in which post-processing of the documents is necessary are sent to the printing devices 45c or 45d, the corresponding post-processing devices 45g, 45h or to the multifunction device 44a, as far as this suitable post-processing facilities, such. B. a stapler, integrated.
- the job ent ⁇ neither automatically to another pre-determined specified training gabebêt sent as long as cached until the selected fixed (particularly in the order as preferred or unconditionally) Device is available and / or a graphically supported dialog has been started, with which the sender can alternatively be offered various editing options.
- a variant of this dialog will be described below to FIG.
- a user-zerdialog can be made as described in US-B2-6, 587, 861, in particular a slide ⁇ log corresponding to the local figures 67, 106, 113, 117 and 122) with the associated description when sending of the job. It is provided in particular, the user or.
- FIG. 6 shows a user interface 46, with which the temporal availability for different areas or different printing devices is shown.
- User categories can be made. Via a rider 47, the are selected advises, for which the settings Festge ⁇ places to be, in the illustrated case the printing device 1.
- the selection box 48 different areas can respectively.
- User categories In the present example, these are the area office (Office) entspre ⁇ accordingly the area 42, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) corresponding to the region 43 and Print Room (PRP) entspre ⁇ accordingly the area 44.
- a button 48a can always create more Areas resp. Categories are defined.
- Selection area 49 displays calendar pages that display months and days, respectively.
- the calendar pages can be changed to additional months via buttons 49a, 49b.
- a table is displayed for the selected day, in which for certain time ranges, which are freely adjustable, in a use column 50 the respectively unlocked fürsberei ⁇ che are set for the device.
- the printing device 1 is only made available for ERP applications in the time between 7:00 and 12:00 In the morning, on the other hand, for the office and PRP areas (printroom).
- the device In the time between 12: 00 noon and 1: 30 pm the device is not provided for any of the areas, because it must be kept free for maintenance ⁇ purposes (Maintenance).
- the emergency mode can be specific for certain areas
- FIG. 7 shows a menu 54 which, when a print job is sent by an area 42, 43 or 44, is displayed on the user's graphical user interface (GUI) when an adjustment according to FIG. 6 has been made ,
- GUI graphical user interface
- the customer is displayed in a region 55, which printing devices are currently available to him, in which room they are arranged and in an area "Select" given the opportunity to select the respective printer.
- a display area 56 of the user interface for the client those devices (printers) are displayed, which are currently not available to the user due to the valid range for him. It will also indicate in which room these printers are located and in a column “Next” the time at which this device will be available to the user again, in the column “Emergency” it will continue to show if for each printer for he emergency mode (emergency mode) is enabled, in which he can print on this printer exceptionally currently.
- Embodiments of the invention have been specified, it being understood that the person skilled in the art can indicate further developments at any time.
- a variety of other settings can be provided, such.
- the adjustment and control methods described are particularly suitable for use in connection with the o. g. JDF standard.
- Components are exchanged in all directions, eg. B. from a job send component (such as a user program or a suitable interface such as a printer driver) to the output management system (OMS) and from there or directly to the processing device and vice versa from the processing device to the OMS and from there or directly to the job send component.
- OMS output management system
- intelligent processing can use the "Device Status Information" provided in JDF or the options provided in the associated Job Messaging Format (JMF)
- JMF Job Messaging Format
- the invention is particularly suitable to be implemented as a Compu ⁇ terprogramm (software).
- You may as ⁇ with a computer program module as a file on a data medium such as a floppy disk, CD-ROM or DVD, or or as a file via a data.
- Communication network to be disseminated.
- Such and comparable computer program products or Computer program elements are embodiments of the dung OF INVENTION ⁇ .
- the process according to the invention can be used in a computer, in a printing device or in a printing system with upstream or downstream data processing devices. It is clear that corresponding Compu ⁇ or on which the invention is applied ter, further, per se known technical devices such as input means (keyboard, mouse, touchscreen), a microprocessor, a data. Control bus, a display device (monitor, display) and a working memory, a
- Hard disk space and a network card can be included.
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