Patent ID: 11954390
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for managing printing operations, the method comprising:
connecting a digital front end (DFE) of a second printing device to a DFE of a first printing device to form a peer-to-peer network;
exchanging printing device information for the first printing device and the second printing device between the DFE of the first printing device and the DFE of the second printing device;
generating a printing device information data file including the printing device information for the first printing device and the printing device information for the second printing device;
storing the printing device information data file at the DFE of the first printing device and the DFE of the second printing device;
detecting a change in the printing device information by the DFE of the first printing device;
sending an instruction from the DFE of the first printing device to the DFE of the second printing device regarding the change in the printing device information; and
modifying an action within the DFE of the second printing device in response to the change indicated by the instruction received from the DFE of the first printing device.