Copier/printer with print queue disposed remotely thereof

摘要

A printing system with a digital reproduction system communicating with a remote document processing station by way of a print server is provided. The printing system includes a first queue of first jobs to be executed with the digital reproduction system maintained at the print server and a second queue of second jobs to be executed with the digital reproduction system maintained at the digital reproduction system. The printing system further includes a queue process communicating with both the first and second queues for forming a composite queue to reflect an order in which the first and second jobs of the first queue and the second queues are to be executed with the digital reproduction system. In practice, the composite queue is formed by initiating development of the composite queue in response to a request signal with the request signal being generated on the basis of input from the remote document processing station, automatically, electronically obtaining a first set of information reflecting an order of the first jobs in the first queue and a second set of information reflecting an order of the second jobs in the second queue, and merging the first set of information with the second set of information in accordance with a selected criterion for providing the composite queue. A representation of the composite queue is then displayed at a user interface disposed at the remote document processing station.