US 11,954,390 B2
Printing system for peer-to-peer output management
Javier A. Morales, Rochester, NY (US)
Assigned to Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/571,786.
Prior Publication US 2023/0221909 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1291 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/1231 (2013.01); G06F 3/1261 (2013.01); G06F 3/1262 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing printing operations, the method comprising:
connecting a digital front end (DFE) of a second printing device to a DFE of a first printing device to form a peer-to-peer network;
exchanging printing device information for the first printing device and the second printing device between the DFE of the first printing device and the DFE of the second printing device;
generating a printing device information data file including the printing device information for the first printing device and the printing device information for the second printing device;
storing the printing device information data file at the DFE of the first printing device and the DFE of the second printing device;
detecting a change in the printing device information by the DFE of the first printing device;
sending an instruction from the DFE of the first printing device to the DFE of the second printing device regarding the change in the printing device information; and
modifying an action within the DFE of the second printing device in response to the change indicated by the instruction received from the DFE of the first printing device.