US 11,966,646 B1
Method of selecting and displaying a print job on a user interface
Martinus G. M. Lange, Venlo (NL); Eduardus J. W. Van Vliembergen, Venlo (NL); Andrea E. J. Meessen, Venlo (NL); Arjan Kroes, Venlo (NL); Bastiaan J. Hermus, Venlo (NL); and Tim F. P. Paffen, Venlo (NL)
Assigned to CANON PRODUCTION PRINTING HOLDING B.V., Venlo (NL)
Filed by Canon Production Printing Holding B.V., Venlo (NL)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/386,874.
Claims priority of application No. 22207954 (EP), filed on Nov. 17, 2022.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1256 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); G06F 3/125 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for selecting a print job and displaying the print job on a second window, the print job comprising a digital image to be printed on an image receiving medium by a digital printer having a user interface comprising a first window representing a waiting room for the print job which is selectable to be printed, and the second window for displaying a virtual representation of the image receiving medium, the method comprising the steps of:
displaying a corner indication on the second window, the corner indication indicating a location where a top left corner of the digital image of the print job will be placed on the image receiving medium;
selecting the print job in the first window;
upon selection of the print job in the first window, replacing the corner indication by a canvas item with a size of a layout of the digital image of the selected print job;
moving or copying the selected print job from the first window to the second window;
upon moving or copying the selected print job from the first window to the second window, replacing the canvas item by a preview image of the digital image of the selected print job of the same size as the layout; and
moving the corner indication to a location on the virtual representation where a next to be selected print job will originate.