Patent ID: 8693032

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving status information for print jobs that are being handled by a print server; using the status information to determine a state for each job that indicates the type of processing being performed on that job; using the status information to determine a sub-state for each job that further describes the state of that job; and generating a status report for the print server at a display, the status report comprising: graphical objects that each represent a state and each include a number showing an amount of print jobs in that state; graphical objects that each represent a sub-state and each include a number showing an amount of print jobs in that sub-state, where each graphical object for a sub-state is nested within a graphical object for a state; and graphical indicators that are placed between the graphical objects for states and that visually indicate how print jobs flow between the states, wherein graphical objects for sub-states of a state form portions of a shape, and the portions of the shape are each sized to represent a percentage of a number of print jobs in that state.