Patent ID: 7986421

Claim:
A method for real-time monitoring of remote printing operations, said method comprising: executing a first printing operation on a first print job via a printer, said printer being at a printing location that is remote from an end user submitting the printing request, said executing the first printing operation comprising said printer generating printed output consisting of a plurality of output pages for the first print job, each output page having printed content thereon; a scanner coupled to the printer selectively scanning the printed output with selectivity as to the output pages and/or the printed content on the output pages; evaluating a result of said selectively scanning with respect to an objective print standard; ascertaining from said evaluating that an unsatisfactory print quality of the printed output exists; responsive to said ascertaining, halting said executing the first printing operation; notifying the end user of said halting; responsive to said halting, executing a second printing operation on a second print job via the printer and adjusting print parameters of the first print job to prevent a re-occurrence of the unsatisfactory print quality after said executing the first printing operation is subsequently resumed, wherein said executing the second printing operation and said adjusting print parameters of the first print job are performed concurrently; responsive to completion of said adjusting print parameters of the first print job, switching out said executing the second printing operation even though said executing the second printing operation has not been completed; and responsive to said switching out said executing the second printing operation, resuming said executing the first printing operation, wherein said resuming said executing the first printing operation comprises tagging the first print job to convey that the first print job had been previously halted.