Patent ID: 8218174

Claim:
A method for reassigning a job output destination, after the job output destination has been assigned by a server, the method comprising: submitting an original job having a predetermined number of units to be output to a system comprising at least two different devices that are each capable of performing a same function, the system automatically assigning a number of units to be output to each of the at least two different devices, obtaining an available capacity information for each of the at least two different devices, the available capacity information including the assigned number of units to be output, creating a mimic of the obtained available device capacity on a display device for each of the at least two different devices, wherein the mimic is a representation of at least the available device capacity and is updated in substantially real time during running of the at least two different devices, and overriding the automatic assignment of the number of units to be output for each of the at least two different devices by changing the number of units to be output to each of the at least two different devices using the mimic, wherein the capacity information of each of the at least two devices is updated before the override is performed and the mimic shows the updated capacity information before the override is performed, and wherein a previously submitted job, that was at least partially split among each of the at least two different devices, is re-routed to only one of the at least two different devices.