Patent ID: 7804611
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for redirecting a print job comprising: providing a network comprising a plurality of printers, each printer being independently capable of executing print jobs by printing on print media, each printer being associated with a negotiator operating on one or more computational machines, the negotiators each being configured for utilizing constraint services which ensure that constraints associated with an outsource request are met, each of the constraint services applying a different set of constraints, the constraint services comprising: with a computer processor, conducting at least one negotiation for the redirection of the print job between a first negotiator associated with a first printer of the plurality of printers and at least one another negotiator associated with another of the plurality of printers, including: redirecting the print job to at least one other printer of the plurality of printers with which an agreement has been made through negotiation between its negotiator and the first negotiator.