US Patent 7359098 System and method for testing scan and fax jobs

A system and method for testing scan and fax jobs includes receiving a job request from a user to scan or fax an image, the job request including one or more parameters, providing a test image based on the one or more parameters for the job request, generating a test job based on the identified test image and the one or more parameters for the job request, and processing the test job. Information regarding the result of the execution of the test job is stored. It is then determined if the job request can be executed correctly based on the stored information.