Patent ID: 8107115

Claim:
A method of synchronizing print queues, the method comprising: detecting a change in at least one setting of a first queue associated with a printing device capable of printing a print job, wherein the first queue is configured to queue print jobs of the printing device; determining a queue pool comprising the first queue that is affected by the change; identifying at least one additional queue in the queue pool, the at least one additional queue associated with an additional printing device capable of printing a print job; designating the first queue as a master queue of the queue pool and the at least one additional queue as a slave queue; analyzing configuration data of the at least one additional queue to determine a difference between the first queue and the at least one additional queue, wherein the configuration data comprises a set of printer settings of the additional printing device, and wherein the set of printer settings comprises at least one of operating systems support settings, driver support settings, duplex printing settings, color conversion settings, or image quality settings; translating the change, based on the difference, into a format recognized by the at least one additional queue; and propagating the translated change to the at least one additional queue, wherein the translated change is propagated from the first queue.