Patent ID: 6863455
Filing Date: 2005-03-08
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a printing system which comprises: building up a print queue by creating print jobs and appending each print job to the print queue as a print queue element, wherein print jobs are created by specifying for each print job, print data and a set of processing parameters; displaying a representation of the print queue on a display screen of a user interface, whereby the printing system successively handles the print queue elements in the order in which they appear in the print queue; creating, by means of the user interface a so-called “acting object”, said acting object being created by specifying one or more system commands without further specifying print data; inserting the acting object into the print queue as a print queue element; and distinguishably displaying the acting object as a member of the print queue on the display screen of the user interface, wherein the printing system, when the acting object comes into the stage of being handled, executes said one or more system commands specified in the acting object.