US 12,093,582 B2
Methods and printing system for peer-to-peer resource 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 Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/994,533.
Application 17/994,533 is a continuation of application No. 17/523,328, filed on Nov. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,544,018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146892 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1225 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1292 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing printing operations, the method comprising:
connecting a controller of a second printing device to a controller of a first printing device to form a peer-to-peer network, wherein the controller of the first printing device stores a first set of printing resources and the controller of the second printing device stores a second set of printing resources, and
wherein the first printing device and the second printing device process incoming print jobs separately;
synchronizing printing device information between the controller of the first printing device and the controller of the second printing device to generate a printing device information data file, wherein the printing device information data file includes the first set of printing resources and the second set of printing resources;
detecting a change in the first set of printing resources stored at the first printing device;
updating the printing device information data file stored at the controller of the first printing device with the change in the first set of printing resources; and
updating the printing device information data file stored at the controller of the second printing device with the change in the first set of printing resources.