Patent ID: 9007621
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for outputting a scheduled print job by a printing device connected to a client device over a network, comprising: generating, by the client device, the scheduled print job including print data and PJL commands/comments, the PJL commands/comments defining a predetermined destination, to which a message is to be sent, and a scheduled time the print data is to be printed, the predetermined destination being different from a destination of the client device identified to print the scheduled print job; transmitting, by the client device, a request to print the scheduled print job; receiving, by the printing device, the request to print the scheduled print job from the client device; storing, in a memory of the printing device, the scheduled print job; executing, by the printing device, the scheduled print job at the scheduled time; determining, by the printing device, whether the scheduled print job was outputted successfully by the printing device at the scheduled time; and sending, by the printing device, the message indicating whether the scheduled print job was outputted successfully by the printing device at the scheduled time, based on the determining step, to the predetermined destination.