Patent ID: 9525787
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for directing image forming operations in an image forming devices, comprising: receiving, in a first image forming device, a signal from an image source directing completion of an image forming operation in the first image forming device; determining that the first image forming device is in a stuck condition that precludes completion of the image forming operation in the first image forming device; reading, with at least one of a communicating device and a computing device only when the at least one of the communicating device and the computing device is in a physical proximity of the first image forming device, identifying information for the first image forming device only upon receiving the signal directing completion of the image forming operation in the first image forming device and determining that the first image forming device is in the stuck condition; reading, with the at least one of the communicating device and the computing device only when the at least one of the communicating device and the computing device is in a physical proximity of the second image forming device, identifying information for a second image forming device only upon receiving the signal directing completion of the image forming operation in the first image forming device and determining that the first image forming device is in the stuck condition; directing, only upon the at least one of the communicating device and the computing device being in a physical proximity of at least one of the first image forming device and the second image forming device, transfer of the image forming operation from the first image forming device to the second image forming device for completion; and completing the image forming operation in the second image forming device.