Patent ID: 6856413

Claim:
An information processing system comprising: at least one workstation in which a processor unit, a screen, and an operator-control device are operatively connected; a plurality of printers, each, provided with a control unit; and a digital network to which said workstation and said printers are operatively connected, wherein said workstation is provided with a program personalized for a specific user for communication with at least one of said printers for sending print jobs to said printer and for calling up or receiving status information from said printer, wherein said program includes means for collecting information concerning the status of print jobs of the specific user at a predetermined plurality of said printers, means for updating an actualized list of the print jobs of the specific user, and means for presenting at the workstation screen the actualized list of print jobs of the specific user, including, for each print job, at least an identification of the printer in which that print job is processed.