Patent ID: 9652190
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving a notification indicating that execution of a print job at a first printing device failed; in response to receiving the notification, displaying a network printing device map on a display unit, wherein the network printing device map is a graphical representation of a network topology of a plurality of printing devices within a local network; receiving an input gesture indicative of a selection of a second printing device of the plurality of printing devices with which to execute the print job; upon receiving the input gesture, causing the first printing device to transmit the print job to the second printing device; causing the first printing device to transmit discovery command packets to one or more printing devices of the plurality of printing devices; receiving, from the one or more printing devices, discovery response packets that each represent portions of the network topology of the plurality of printing devices within the local network; and generating the network printing device map based on the received discovery response packets.