Patent ID: 11922078
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A method for managing printing operations in a printing system, the method comprising:
enabling a printing device connectivity manager at a digital front end (DFE);
creating a printing connectivity module in the printing device connectivity manager, wherein the printing connectivity module corresponds to a printing device connected to the DFE;
loading a first plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs) at the printing device connectivity manager to implement the printing connectivity module;
installing the first plurality of APIs to the printing connectivity module, wherein the first plurality of APIs provides interfaces within the printing connectivity module to manage, handle, or transmit a translated print job within the DFE;
enabling a storage connectivity manager at the printing device connectivity manager;
creating a storage connectivity module in the storage connectivity manager, wherein the storage connectivity module corresponds to a data storage for the DFE;
loading a second plurality of application programming interfaces (APIs) at the storage connectivity manager within the printing device connectivity manager to implement the storage connectivity module;
installing the second plurality of APIs to the storage connectivity module, wherein the second plurality of APIs provides interfaces within the storage connectivity module to manage, handle, or transmit storable data related to the translated print job provided by the printing connectivity module within the DFE;
interacting with the data storage of the DFE using the storage connectivity module; and
providing the storable data to the data storage.