PRINTING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, SELF-PROPELLING PRINTER AND CONTROL DEVICE THEREOF

• Main Author: MIZOGUCHI SHIGERU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 10.05.2018
• 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 enable the performance of satisfactory printing in a printing distribution system using a plurality of self-propelling printers.SOLUTION: The printing distribution system including a plurality of self-propelling printers and a control device for controlling printing by the plurality of self-propelling printers to distribute printing to the plurality of self-propelling printers includes: an object determination part for determining characteristics about printing contents of each of a plurality of objects being printing objects; a profile determination part for determining characteristics about the printing capability of each of the plurality of self-propelling printers; and an allocation part for respectively determining self-propelling printers for printing the plurality of objects on the basis of the characteristics about the printing contents and the characteristics about the printing capability.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10 【課題】複数台の自走式プリンタを用いた印刷分配システムにおいて良好な印刷を行うことを可能とする。【解決手段】複数の自走式プリンタと複数の自走式プリンタによる印刷を制御する制御装置を有し、複数の自走式プリンタへの印刷の分配を行う印刷分配システムは、印刷対象である複数のオブジェクトそれぞれの印刷内容に関する特性を判定するオブジェクト判定部と、複数の自走式プリンタそれぞれの印刷能力に関する特性を判定するプロファイル判定部と、印刷内容に関する特性と印刷能力に関する特性に基づいて、複数のオブジェクトを印刷するための自走式プリンタをそれぞれ定める割り振り部と、を具える。【選択図】図１０