Patent ID: 6252681
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
A method for a multifunctional printing system with a queue for holding a plurality of jobs in anticipation of processing the same, the multifunctional printing system including a controller, for facilitating placement of the plurality of jobs into the queue, and the queue receiving one or more jobs of a first user type or a second user type, comprising:a) placing a first job and a second job in the queue, each of the first and the second jobs being of the first user type;b) determining, with the controller, whether a third job is of the first user type or the second user type;c) in response to determining that the third job is of the first user type, processing the third job after each of the first and second jobs; andd) in response to determining that the third job is of the second user type, processing the third job prior to at least the second job.