PRINT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PRINT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS

• Main Authors: FUJITA ETSUSHI, YAMAGUCHI TETSUHIRO, HAKAMADA HAYAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 15.11.2018
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience of printing based on a print output request to which a deletion condition relating to time is added.SOLUTION: A print management apparatus comprises: a communication unit that accepts a print output request for not specifying an output printing machine from a terminal; a transmission control unit that transmits the print output request, to which a deletion condition relating to time is added, to a specific printing machine and holds data of the print output request, in response to accepting the print output request; and a retransmission control unit that transmits the print output request to the specific printing machine when an output instruction for the print output request is received from the specific printing machine.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】時間に関する削除条件が付加された印刷出力依頼に基づく印刷の利便性を向上することを目的とする。【解決手段】印刷管理装置は、端末からの出力印刷機を特定しない印刷出力依頼を受け付ける通信部と、前記印刷出力依頼の受信に応じて、前記印刷出力依頼を特定の印刷機に、時間に関する削除条件を付加して送信するとともに、前記印刷出力依頼のデータを保持する制御を行う送信制御部と、前記特定の印刷機から前記印刷出力依頼の出力指示を受けた場合、前記印刷出力依頼を前記特定の印刷機に送信する再送制御部と、を含む。【選択図】図２