Patent ID: 7274473

Claim:
An imaging device, comprising: a processor adapted to compile error information when an error is detected, wherein the error is based on one or more imaging device processes; a print engine coupled to the processor and adapted to produce tangible output images; and a storage device coupled to the processor, wherein the storage device is a computer-usable medium and where the processer is adapted to store in the storage device the error information for two or more errors for one or more of transmission, retrieval, and disposal of the error information based on user criteria; wherein the error information stored by the processor in the storage device is selectable from two or more of a location where the error occured, a type of error detected, a program address where the error occured, contents of the file being processed when the error occured, sequence of events that led up to the error, type of file being processed when the error occured, size of the file being processed when the error occured, a page number, an error code, and a stack trace.