Patent ID: 7359098

Claim:
A method for testing one of a scan and a fax job which is processed with an agent in a multi-function peripheral (MFP), the agent being a mail agent, the method comprising: receiving a job request at the MFP from a workstation via a network to scan or fax an image, the job request including one or more parameters set in the workstation and a selection of the agent to process the job; identifying an applicable test image from a database of test images stored in the MFP based on the one or more parameters set in the workstation; generating a test job in the MFP based on the identified test image and the one or more parameters set in the workstation; transferring the test job to the agent to process the job; processing the test job with the agent receiving the transferred test job; storing result information of the test job processed by the agent, the result information including an error code; and transmitting result information to the workstation.