IMAGE PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, PRINTER SELECTION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PRINTER DRIVER

• Main Authors: ASAI SHINICHI, OIKAWA SO, IWAMOTO HIROSHI, KATO TOMOKAZU, KAWABATA MIE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.12.2010
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the following problem: when a plurality of PCs substantially simultaneously transmit print jobs to an MFP that is estimated to complete printing earlier on the basis of information on the number of jobs spooled therein, it takes more time than expected to complete prin...