JP2000035869A - Job server, data processor, print server, print system, data processing method for job server, data processing method for data processor, data processing method of print server, data processing method for print system and storage medium for storing computer readable program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently perform print job distribution service that is adapted to a work environment even under such a work environment where a requester for a print job frequently moves on a network. SOLUTION: A job server 1070 temporarily takes charge of print jobs from each data processor 1010 and 1020 which is arranged at an optional position on a network 1080, attaches print job identification information to them and performs storage management. And, when print job identification information attached by a print server intended by a user coincides with the managed print job identification information on the network 1080, it is read whenever necessary and is distributed to the print server.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a job server, a data processing apparatus, a print server, a print system, a job server data processing method, and a data of a print system in which at least one or more computers and printers are connected to a network. The present invention relates to a processing method and a storage medium storing a computer-readable program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a printing process between a computer and a printer connected via a network is performed by first designating a queue provided in a print server for sequentially processing print data from each computer for each printer. And
A print job generated on a computer is registered in a queue, and print control is executed via the queue.

The designation of a printer as an output destination is performed by designating this queue at the start of printing processing.

[0004]

Since the conventional printing system is configured as described above, it is necessary to specify a printer to be output at the start of the printing process, and to change the printer to be output after the printing process is started. Could not.

[0005] Further, even though the computers are connected to a network, the positions where the computers are arranged are not always fixed. Recently, a mobile personal computer that is carried by a person and can move with the movement of the person has been put to practical use.

[0006] Therefore, when a user tries to obtain a printed material by printing while moving or at a destination, an available printer is searched for near the point, and the printer is connected to which print server, and I needed to know if I was connected to the queue named.

If the operator who instructs the generation of a print job is different from the person who receives the print result from the printer, the operator needs to know in advance which printer the recipient uses.

[0008] In particular, if the recipient wants to receive a printed product when he is out of his usual location, he must notify the operator of what queue nearby available printers are connected to. And the print job could not be generated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to allow a job server to print a print job from each data processing device located at an arbitrary position on a network. The print job identification information is temporarily stored, stored and managed, and if the print job identification information provided by the print server intended by the user on the same network matches the managed print job identification information, the print job is By reading and distributing the print job to the print server, the job server temporarily stores the print job from each data processing device arranged at an arbitrary position on the network, adds print job identification information, stores and manages the print job,
If the print job identification information assigned by the print server intended by the user on the same network and the managed print job identification information match, the print job is read out at any time and delivered to the print server. Server and data processing apparatus, print server, print system, and data processing of print server and job server that can efficiently perform a print job distribution service adapted to the work environment even in a work environment where the user frequently moves on a network An object of the present invention is to provide a data processing method of a data processing apparatus, a data processing method of a print server, a data processing method of a printing system, and a storage medium storing a computer-readable program.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication system for communicating with a network system including a plurality of data processing apparatuses and a plurality of print servers for controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses via a predetermined communication medium. A possible job server, data storage means for temporarily storing the first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from any of the data processing devices, and transfer from any of the data processing devices Notification means for notifying the first job identification information given at the time of accumulation of the print job to be transmitted to the transfer source data processing apparatus of the print job, and receiving the print job request accompanied by the second job identification information, A determining unit that determines whether a unique print job to which the first job identification information that matches the second job identification information is added is stored; Ri when the unique print job is determined to be accumulated, and has a transfer means for transferring the unique print job to the requesting print server of the print job is read out from said data storage means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the data storage means stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer.

In a third aspect of the present invention, the data storage means stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language which can be analyzed by the printer. It accumulates.

[0013] In a fourth aspect of the present invention, the data storage means prints the first job identification information assigned to the received print job and management data for managing the storage position of the print job. It has a job management table.

A fifth invention according to the present invention comprises a deletion means for searching for a print job which has passed a designated effective management period among print jobs stored in the data storage means and automatically deleting the print job. is there.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data processing apparatus capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of print servers controlling respective printing apparatuses and a job server managing print jobs via a predetermined communication medium. Transfer means for transferring a print job generated based on an input print request to the job server, and job display means for receiving identification information notified from the job server and displaying it on a display unit It has.

A seventh invention according to the present invention is a print server communicable with a network system including a job server that manages a print job via a predetermined communication medium and a plurality of data processing apparatuses, A print job requesting unit for notifying a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server together with the identification information notified to one of the data processing apparatuses from the server, and receiving a print job transferred from the job server A print unit that generates print data that can be printed by the printing unit; and an output unit that outputs the print data generated by the generation unit to a printing unit.

An eighth invention according to the present invention is a printing system in which a plurality of data processing apparatuses, a plurality of print servers controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses, and a job server can communicate with each other via a predetermined communication medium. Wherein the job server adds first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from one of the data processing devices and temporarily stores the job information; Notification means for notifying the data processing apparatus of the transfer source of the print job of the first job identification information given when the print job is stored, and receiving the print job request with the second job identification information. Determining means for determining whether a unique print job to which first job identification information matching the second job identification information has been added is stored; and A first transfer unit that reads out the unique print job from the data storage unit and transfers the unique print job to the print server that has requested the print job when it is determined that a desired print job is stored. A second transfer unit configured to transfer a print job generated based on a print request input to the data processing apparatus to the job server, and a job configured to receive identification information notified from the job server and display the identification information on a display unit A print job requesting unit, comprising: a display unit, wherein each printer server notifies a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server together with identification information notified from the job server to any one of the data processing apparatuses. Generating means for receiving a print job transferred from the job server and generating print data printable by a printing unit, and the generating means In which an output means for outputting the print data more generated in the printing unit.

In a ninth aspect according to the present invention, the data storage means stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer.

In a tenth aspect according to the present invention, the data storage means stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language which can be analyzed by the printer. It accumulates.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, the data storage means includes a print job for managing first job identification information given to the received print job and management data for managing a storage position of the print job. It has a job management table.

A twelfth invention according to the present invention comprises a deletion means for searching for a print job which has passed a designated effective management period among print jobs stored in the data storage means and automatically deleting the print job. is there.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data processing method for a job server capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of data processing apparatuses and a plurality of print servers controlling each printing apparatus via a predetermined communication medium. A method for providing a first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from any of the data processing devices and temporarily storing the job in a memory resource, and a method for transferring the print job from any of the data processing devices A notification step of notifying the first job identification information given at the time of accumulation of the print job to be transmitted to the transfer source data processing apparatus of the print job, and receiving a print job request with the second job identification information. A determining step of determining whether a unique print job to which the first job identification information matching the second job identification information is assigned is stored; Transferring the unique print job from the memory resource and transferring the unique print job to the print server that has requested the print job when it is determined that the unique print job is stored in the determining step. .

In a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the data storing step, a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer is stored in the memory resource. It is.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the data storing step, the print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer is provided. It is stored in the memory resource.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, in the data storage step, the print job for managing first job identification information given to the received print job and management data for managing the storage position of the print job is provided. A job management table is created in the memory resource.

A seventeenth invention according to the present invention comprises a deletion step of searching for a print job that has passed a designated effective management period in a print job stored in the data storage step and automatically deleting the print job. is there.

According to an eighteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data processing apparatus capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of print servers controlling respective printing apparatuses and a job server managing print jobs via a predetermined communication medium. Transferring a print job generated based on an input print request to the job server, receiving identification information notified from the job server, and displaying the received information on a display unit. And a job display step.

According to a nineteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data processing method for a print server capable of communicating with a network system including a job server for managing a print job and a plurality of data processing devices via a predetermined communication medium. A print job requesting step of notifying a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server together with the identification information notified from the job server to any of the data processing apparatuses; The method includes a generation step of receiving a print job and generating print data that can be printed by a printing unit, and an output step of outputting the print data generated by the generation step to a printing unit.

According to a twentieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing system comprising: a plurality of data processing apparatuses, a plurality of print servers controlling each printing apparatus, and a job server which can communicate with each other via a predetermined communication medium; A data storage step of providing first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from any of the data processing apparatuses and temporarily storing the same in a memory resource; The first assigned when storing the transferred print job
Notification step of notifying the job processing information of the print job to the data processing apparatus that has transmitted the print job, and receiving a print job request accompanied by the second job identification information when the first job identification information coincides with the second job identification information. A determining step of determining whether a unique print job to which job identification information has been added is stored; and determining that the unique print job is stored by the determining step, determining whether the unique print job is stored. A first transfer step of reading from a memory resource and transferring the print job to a print server that has requested the print job; and a second transfer step of transferring a print job generated based on a print request input to each data processing apparatus to the job server. 2 transfer steps;
A job display step of receiving the identification information notified from the job server and displaying it on a display unit, and the identification information notified to any of the data processing devices from the job server, and stored in the job server. A print job requesting step of notifying a transfer request of a print job, a generating step of receiving a print job transferred from the job server and generating print data printable by a printing unit, and And an output step of outputting print data to a printing unit.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, in the data storing step, a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer is stored in the memory resource. It is.

According to a twenty-second aspect of the present invention, in the data storing step, the print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer is provided. It is stored in the memory resource.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, in the data storage step, the print job for managing first job identification information given to the received print job and management data for managing the storage position of the print job is provided. A job management table is created in the memory resource.

A twenty-fourth invention according to the present invention includes a deletion step of searching for a print job that has passed a designated effective management period in a print job stored in the data storage step and automatically deleting the print job. is there.

According to a twenty-fifth aspect of the present invention, a job server capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of data processing apparatuses and a plurality of print servers controlling each printing apparatus via a predetermined communication medium is controlled. A data storage step in which a computer readable program is stored and a first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from one of the data processing devices is added and temporarily stored in a memory resource. A notification step of notifying the first job identification information given at the time of accumulating the print job transferred from any one of the data processing apparatuses to the data processing apparatus which is the transfer source of the print job; and a second job identification information Unique print job to which first job identification information matching the second job identification information is added when a print job request accompanied by A determination step of determining whether or not the print job is stored; and, if the determination step determines that the unique print job is stored, the unique print job is read from the memory resource to determine a request source of the print job. A computer-readable program having a transfer step of transferring to a print server is stored in a storage medium.

According to a twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention, in the data storage step, the computer stores, in the memory resource, a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer. Are readable programs stored in a storage medium.

According to a twenty-seventh aspect of the present invention, in the data storing step, the print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer is provided. It is stored in the memory resource.

[0037] In a twenty-eighth aspect of the present invention, in the data storage step, the print job for managing first job identification information given to the received print job and management data for managing the storage position of the print job is provided. A computer readable program that creates a job management table in the memory resource is stored in a storage medium.

According to a twenty-ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer provided with a deletion step of searching for a print job which has passed a designated effective management period in a print job stored in the data storage step and automatically deleting the print job. A readable program is stored in a storage medium.

According to a thirtieth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data processing apparatus capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of print servers controlling respective printing apparatuses and a job server managing print jobs via a predetermined communication medium. Transferring a print job generated based on an input print request to the job server, and identifying the job from the job server A computer-readable program having a job display step of receiving information and displaying the information on a display unit is stored in a storage medium.

According to a thirty-first aspect of the present invention, a computer which controls a print server capable of communicating with a network system including a job server for managing print jobs and a plurality of data processing devices via a predetermined communication medium reads out. A print job request for notifying a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server together with identification information notified from the job server to any one of the data processing devices, the storage medium storing a possible program. And a generating step of receiving a print job transferred from the job server and generating print data printable by a printing unit; and an output step of outputting the print data generated by the generating step to a printing unit. Is stored in a storage medium.

A thirty-second invention according to the present invention relates to a printing system in which a plurality of data processing apparatuses, a plurality of print servers controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses, and a job server can communicate with each other via a predetermined communication medium. A storage medium storing a program that can be read by a controlling computer,
A data storing step of temporarily storing the print job transferred from any of the data processing apparatuses by adding first job identification information for identifying the print job transferred from any of the data processing apparatuses and temporarily storing the data in a memory resource; A notifying step of notifying the first job identification information given at the time of accumulation to the data processing apparatus which is the transfer source of the print job; and a step of receiving the print job request accompanied by the second job identification information, A determining step of determining whether a unique print job to which the first job identification information matching the information is assigned is stored; and determining that the unique print job is stored by the determining step. A first transfer step of reading the unique print job from the memory resource and transferring the read print job to the print server requesting the print job; A second transfer step of transferring a print job generated based on a print request to the job server, a job display step of receiving identification information notified from the job server and displaying the identification information on a display unit, A print job requesting step of notifying a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server together with the identification information notified to one of the data processing apparatuses from the server, and receiving a print job transferred from the job server A computer-readable program including a generation step of generating print data that can be printed by a printing unit and an output step of outputting the print data generated by the generation step to a printing unit. Things.

According to a thirty-third aspect of the present invention, in the data storing step, the computer stores the print job including the attribute data of the printer to be output and the raster image data printable by the printer in the memory resource. Are readable programs stored in a storage medium.

According to a thirty-fourth aspect of the present invention, in the data storage step, a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language which can be analyzed by the printer is provided. A computer-readable program stored in the memory resource is stored in a storage medium.

In a thirty-fifth aspect according to the present invention, in the data storage step, the print job for managing first job identification information given to the received print job and management data for managing the storage position of the print job is provided. A computer readable program that creates a job management table in the memory resource is stored in a storage medium.

A thirty-sixth invention according to the present invention is directed to a computer which comprises a deletion step of searching for a print job that has passed a designated effective management period in a print job stored in said data storage step and automatically deleting it. A readable program is stored in a storage medium.

[0046]

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a printing system to which a data processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention can be applied.

In the figure, reference numerals 1010 and 1020 denote computers (Host), which issue a print processing start request and generate a print job. Print servers 1030 and 1050 receive print jobs,
Send to any printer connected printable above.

Printers 1040 and 1060 are connected to the print servers 1030 and 1050, respectively. Reference numeral 1070 denotes a print job server.
The print jobs generated in steps 10 and 1020 are temporarily stored until requested by the print servers 1040 and 1060. 1080 is a network, which is a computer 10
10, 1020, print servers 1030, 1050,
A job server (JobServer) 1070 is communicably connected by a predetermined protocol. Note that a plurality of protocols may exist.

FIG. 2 shows the computer 101 shown in FIG.
It is a block diagram explaining the structure of 0,1020.

In the figure, reference numeral 2010 denotes a central processing unit (CP
In U), control calculations and the like of each unit are performed based on the program. Reference numeral 2020 denotes a ROM, which is a non-volatile memory that stores a program executed by the central processing unit 2010.
Reference numeral 2030 denotes a RAM, which functions as a main storage area for storing data.

Reference numeral 2040 denotes a network interface which connects the computers 1010 and 1020 to the network 1
080. 2060 is a display (display unit)
To display the data. Reference numeral 2070 denotes an input unit for inputting data. Reference numeral 2080 denotes a secondary storage unit including a hard disk, which stores an OS, application programs, printer drivers, created data files, and the like.

FIG. 3 shows the print server 10 shown in FIG.
It is a block diagram explaining the structure of 30 and 1050.

In the figure, reference numeral 3010 denotes a central processing unit (CP
In U), control calculations and the like of each unit are performed based on the program. Reference numeral 3020 denotes a ROM, which is a nonvolatile memory that stores a program executed by the central processing unit 3010.

Reference numeral 3030 denotes a RAM, which functions as a main storage area for storing data. A network interface 3040 connects the servers 1030 and 1050 to the network 1080. Reference numeral 3060 denotes a display unit for displaying the processing status of the printer and data. An input unit 3070 includes a keyboard and a pointing device, and inputs data and commands. Reference numeral 3080 denotes a secondary storage unit constituted by a hard disk or the like.
It stores form data, OS, and the like. A printer unit 3090 prints data on recording paper.

FIG. 4 shows the print job server 1 shown in FIG.
FIG. 070 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of 070.

In the figure, reference numeral 4010 denotes a central processing unit (CP
In U), control calculations and the like of each unit are performed based on the program. Reference numeral 4020 denotes a ROM, which is a non-volatile memory that stores a program executed by the central processing unit 4010.

Reference numeral 4030 denotes a RAM, which functions as a main storage area for storing data. A network interface 4040 connects the server 1070 to the network 1080
Connect to Reference numeral 4080 denotes a secondary storage unit constituted by a hard disk or the like, which stores an OS and application programs, and temporarily stores print jobs from the computers 1010 and 1020.

FIG. 5 shows the secondary storage unit 4080 shown in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job management table stored in the print job management table.

In the figure, computers 1010, 10
The print job received from the printer 20 is managed by a job number and a print job pointer, and the print job is instructed and searched by the print job pointer. F
11, F12 are fields.

FIG. 6 shows the computer 101 shown in FIG.
It is a figure showing an example of a dialog displayed on display part 2060 of 0,1020.

In the figure, M1 is a job message screen corresponding to a state where a print job number transmitted from the job server 1070 and a print expiration date calculated based on the print job number are displayed.

Hereinafter, the characteristic configuration of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

A plurality of data processing devices (host computers 1010 and 1020) and a plurality of printing devices for controlling a plurality of printing devices (printers 1040 and 1060) via a predetermined communication medium (network 1080) configured as described above. A job server 1070 communicable with a network system including the servers 1030 and 1050, the data being temporarily added with first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from any of the data processing apparatuses. A storage unit (secondary storage unit 2080) and a notification for notifying the first job identification information given when a print job transferred from one of the data processing devices is stored, to the data processing device that is the transfer source of the print job Means (CPU
2010 executes the control program stored in the ROM 2020 and the secondary storage unit 2080 to perform the notification processing via the network interface 2040), and receives the print job request accompanied by the second job identification information.
Determining means for determining whether or not a unique print job to which the first job identification information matching the job identification information of (1) is stored is stored (the CPU 2010 determines whether
The control program stored in the secondary storage unit 2080 is executed to perform the determination process). If the determination unit determines that the unique print job is stored, the unique print job is stored in the data storage unit. Transfer means (the CPU 2010 reads from the ROM 2020, the secondary storage unit 208
0, which executes the control program stored in the network interface 2040 and performs a transfer process via the network interface 2040). The print job transfer request is sent to the data processing apparatus of the print job transfer destination, and the user who has issued the print request of the print job is located at a desired print server. When the job identification information provided is input, a print job distribution service for distributing print jobs provided with matching job identification information to the print server to which the job identification information is input is freely performed. Can be.

The data storage means (secondary storage unit 2)
080) stores the print job including the attribute data of the printer to be output (including the presence / absence of color, paper size, etc.) and the raster image data that can be printed by the printer. The raster image data stored together with the attribute information can be transferred, and a print job with a small drawing processing load on the print server can be reliably delivered.

The data storage means (secondary storage unit 2080) stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer. Therefore, the page description language data stored together with the attribute information set for the print server can be transferred, and the print server can convert the print data into specific intermediate data and connect the printer to a print job capable of high-speed processing. Can be reliably delivered.

The data storage means (secondary storage unit 2)
080) includes a print job management table for managing the first job identification information given to the received print job and management data for managing the storage position of the print job. , The print job requested to be transferred from the print server can be efficiently searched.

Further, a deletion means (CPU 20) for searching for a print job that has passed the designated effective management period in the print jobs stored in the data storage means and automatically deleting the print job.
10 executes the control program stored in the ROM 2020 and the secondary storage unit 2080 to compare the date and time at the time of registration with the current date and time to delete the searched print job. Even in this case, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a new print job from each data processing device cannot be stored by being occupied by an unnecessary print job whose expiration date has passed, and a request from each data processing device within a finite memory capacity. An environment that can reliably accumulate the print jobs to be performed can be prepared.

Further, a predetermined communication medium (the network 10
80), a data processing device (host computer 1010, 1) capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of print servers 1030, 1050 for controlling each printing device and a job server 1070 for managing print jobs.
020), a transfer unit (the CPU 2010 stores the ROM 2020, the secondary storage unit 20) for transferring a print job generated based on an input print request to the job server.
Executing the control program stored in the network interface 80 and performing the transfer processing via the network interface 2040).
A job display unit (display unit 2060) for receiving the identification information notified from the job server and displaying the identification information on the display unit, so that the print job stored in the job server 1070 can be stored at a desired position. And valid job identification information that can be requested for distribution at any time.

Further, a predetermined communication medium (network 1
080) to manage print jobs
070 and a plurality of data processing devices (host computer 1
010, 1020), which can communicate with a network system including
The job server 107 together with the identification information notified from the job server to any of the data processing apparatuses.
Print job request means for notifying a transfer request of the print job stored in the ROM 3020
Executing the control program stored in the secondary storage unit 3080 and performing transfer processing via the network interface 3040), and receiving the print job transferred from the job server and generating print data printable by the printing unit. (The CPU 3010 executes a control program stored in the ROM 3020 and the secondary storage unit 3080 and performs generation processing (including the case of using a printer driver) via the network interface 3040), and Output means (CPU 3010) for outputting the print data to a printing unit (printer 3090)
Executes the control program stored in the ROM 3020 and the secondary storage unit 3080 to execute the network interface 3
040), the print job is transferred from any of the data processing devices to the job server, and the intended job is stored as needed based on the job identification information input from the desired print server. Upon receiving the distribution of the print job, the print result of the print job can be reliably received from the printer controlled by the print server.

Further, a predetermined communication medium (network 10
80), a plurality of data processing apparatuses (host computers 1010 and 1020), a plurality of print servers 1030 and 1050 for controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses, and a job system 1070 can communicate with each other. A data storage unit (secondary storage unit 2080) for temporarily storing the job server by assigning first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from one of the data processing apparatuses; Notification means for notifying the data processing apparatus of the transfer source of the print job of the first job identification information given at the time of accumulation of the print job transferred from the control program stored in the ROM 2020 and the secondary storage unit 2080 To perform notification processing via the network interface 2040) and the second job Upon receiving a print job request with a different information, determining means for determining whether the unique print job first job identification information is given to matching the second job identification information is stored (CPU 2010
Executes the control program stored in the ROM 2020 and the secondary storage unit 2080), and when the determination unit determines that a unique print job is stored, the unique print job is stored in the storage unit 2080. A first transfer unit (the CPU 2010 reads the data from the data storage unit and transfers the print job to the print server that has requested the print job;
20, and executes a control program stored in the secondary storage unit 2080 to perform a transfer process via the network interface 2040). A second transfer unit (CPU 2010) for transferring the job to the job server;
Executes the control program stored in the ROM 2020 and the secondary storage unit 2080 to execute the network interface 2
040), and a job display means (display unit 2060) for receiving the identification information notified from the job server and displaying the identification information on a display unit. Print job requesting means (the CPU 3010 is provided with the ROM 30) for notifying the transfer request of the print job stored in the job server 1070 together with the identification information notified to the data processing device of
20, executing the control program stored in the secondary storage unit 3080 and performing transfer processing via the network interface 3040), and receiving print jobs transferred from the job server and printing data printable by the printing unit. Generating means (CPU 3010 is ROM 3020,
Executing the control program stored in the secondary storage unit 3080 and performing generation processing (including the case of using a printer driver) via the network interface 3040);
An output unit (CPU 30) for outputting the print data generated by the generation unit to a printing unit (printer 3090)
10 executes a control program stored in the ROM 3020 and the secondary storage unit 3080 and performs an output process via the network interface 3040), so that it is possible to read out any print job received from any of the data processing apparatuses at any time. The job ID is assigned to the data processing device that is the transfer source of the print job, and the user who has issued the print request for the print job is located at an arbitrary position. When the job identification information provided by the desired print server disposed is input, the print server to which the matching job identification information is added to the print server to which the job identification information is input is delivered to distribute the stored print job. Job distribution service can be freely performed.

In addition, it is possible to reliably provide valid job identification information that can request distribution of a print job stored in the job server 1070 at any time from a print server located at a desired position.

Further, after the print job is transferred from any of the data processing devices to the job server, the intended print job stored based on the job identification information input from the desired print server is received as needed. The print result of the print job can be reliably received from the printer controlled by the print server.

Further, the data storage means (secondary storage unit 4080) stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data which can be printed by the printer. The raster image data stored together with the set attribute information can be transferred, and a print job with a small drawing processing load on the print server can be reliably delivered.

The data storage means (secondary storage unit 4)
080) stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer.
The page description language data stored together with the attribute information set for the print server can be transferred,
It is possible to reliably deliver a print job that can be processed at high speed by a printer that is converted into specific intermediate data by the print server and connected.

Further, the data storage means (secondary storage section 4080) stores a print job for managing first job identification information given to the received print job and management data for managing the storage position of the print job. Since the management table is provided, it is possible to efficiently search for a print job requested to be transferred from the print server based on the job identification information based on the job identification information.

The data storage means (secondary storage unit 4)
080), there is provided a deletion unit for searching and automatically deleting print jobs that have passed the specified validity management period in the print jobs stored in step 080). It is possible to avoid a situation where a new print job from each data processing device cannot be stored due to being occupied by unnecessary print jobs, and to reliably store a print job requested from each data processing device within a finite memory capacity. The environment can be improved.

First, processing for starting printing will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a first data processing procedure in the data processing apparatus according to the present invention.
20 corresponds to the flow of a program executed on the PC 20. In addition, (1) to (5) indicate each step.

First, in step (1), for example, on the computer 1010, the operator instructs printing of a document by input from the input unit 4070. At this time, as a print destination, one job server 1070 is selected from a print job server group connected to the network 1080, and the job server is designated as a virtual queue.

When printing is instructed, the central processing unit 1010 generates print job data from the document data stored in the secondary storage unit 1080.

The document data is stored in the secondary storage unit 1
080 is a language for describing print data that can be interpreted by a printer by a print data generation program (a so-called printer driver) stored in PDL (P
age Description Language:
(Page description language), and temporarily stored in the secondary storage device 2080 as print job data together with the attributes of the printer to be printed (paper size, presence or absence of color, etc.).

Next, in step (2), the print job data stored in the secondary storage device 2080 is transmitted to the job server 1070 via the network interface 2040. Next, in step (3), the process waits for a print job number corresponding to the transmitted print job data to be sent from the job server 1070.

When it is detected that the print job number has been returned from the job server 1070 via the network interface 4040, step (4) is performed.
, The print job number is received via the network interface 2040. Next, in step (5), the expiration date is calculated from the sent print job number, and the operator is notified of the print job number and the expiration date by displaying the dialog screen shown in FIG. 6 on the display unit 2060. Then, the process ends.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the second data processing procedure in the data processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the flow of a program executed by the job server 1070. Note that (1) to (4) show each step.

First, in step (1), it waits for a print job to be sent from the computers 1010 and 1020 on the network 1080 via the network interface 4040. Then, when it is detected that the print job has been sent, the print job is received in step (2), and the received print job data is stored in the secondary storage unit 4 in the table format shown in FIG.
080.

In this embodiment, the expiration date of the print job is set to, for example, 7 days (a desired number of days can be set by a system administrator as appropriate).

Next, in step (3), a print job number consisting of a two-digit date and a six-digit print job number consisting of the first print job of the day being "1" and sequentially incrementing by one is added to the received print job. Individually.

For example, the 1234th job on the 12th is given a print job number “10012234”. This number is the field F of the job number shown in FIG.
11 is set. Further, when the first job is registered after the date is changed, a table in which the date portion of the print job number has passed 7 days (expiration date has passed) is searched from the table shown in FIG. ,delete.

Next, in step (4), the print job number is sent back to the computers 1010 and 1020 via the network interface 4040.

Next, the processing at the time of print output will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 9 shows the print server 10 shown in FIG.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message displayed on the display unit 3060 of each of the print servers 30 and 1050, and FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of keys arranged on the input unit 3070 of the print servers 1030 and 1050 illustrated in FIG. Yes, corresponding to the case where a numeric keypad and a print key are provided.

The user operates the numeric keypad shown in FIG. 10 while the message shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the display unit 3060 of the print servers 1030 and 1050, and inputs the print job number. Further, when the print key is instructed to be pressed, a transmission request of print job data including the print job number is notified to the job server 1070,
In response to the print job data transmission request, the job server 1
The print job data stored in the secondary storage device 4080 is transferred to the requesting print server.
Hereinafter, the transfer processing of the print job data will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of a third data processing procedure in the data processing apparatus according to the present invention. The print servers 1030 and 10 shown in FIG.
The flow corresponds to the flow of a program executed on 50. In addition, (1) to (5) indicate each step.

First, in step (1), for example, a display screen 3060 of the print server 1030 displays a dialog screen shown in FIG. 9 for prompting the operator to input a print job number and press a print key. In this state, the operator operates the numeric keypad of the input unit 3070 shown in FIG. 9 to input a print job number, and waits for a print key to be pressed.

When the print job number and the print key are pressed and the input is completed, in step (2), a print job data transmission request is assigned to the print job number and transmitted to the job server 1070 via the network interface 3040. Is done.

In this embodiment, the print server 1
Job server 1 for which services 030, 1050, etc. receive services
070 exists on the network 1080, and its network address is the print server 1030,1.
050 are respectively stored.

Subsequently, in step (3), the print server 1030 waits for a response to the transmitted print job transmission request to be returned from the print job server 1070. If it is detected that a reply has been returned from the print job server 1070, the process proceeds to step (3), where it is determined whether the reply (status) sent is correct or an error code. Displays a message to that effect on the display unit 3060, and ends the process.

On the other hand, in step (4), the job server 1
If it is determined that the reply (status) sent from the server 070 is correct, the process proceeds to step (5), the print job data is received from the job server 1070 via the network interface 3040, and the print job data is transmitted to the printer 4090. Printing is performed, and the printing process ends.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the fourth data processing procedure in the data processing apparatus according to the present invention, and corresponds to the flow of a program executed on the job server 1070 shown in FIG. In addition, (1)-
(6) shows each step.

First, in step (1), a print job transmission request is sent from the print server 1030 or the print server 1050 via the network interface 4040, and for example, a print job transmission request is sent from the print server 1030. Then, in step (2), a print job transmission request is received via the network interface 4040.

Next, in step (3), the expired print job is searched for and deleted. In step (4), for example, the print job number of the print job transmission request sent from the print server 1030 is It is checked whether it is valid or not, and if it is determined that it is not valid, the process proceeds to step (6), an error code is returned to the print server 1030, and the process returns to step (1).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step (4) that the print job number of the print job transmission request sent from the print server 1030 is valid, then in step (5), the print job shown in FIG. The job management table is searched to find a column in which the print job number of the sent print job transmission request is stored, and the print job data is read from the secondary storage device 4080 from the print job pointer in that column, and The message is transmitted to the server 1030, and the process returns to step (1).

In the first embodiment, the number of print job servers is one, so the print job number is the date and the sequential number of the day. However, if there are a plurality of print job servers, each print job server By adding the address on the network, the server number, and the like to the print job number, the print job can be uniquely specified on the network.

In addition, numbers are assigned based on the time at which the print job is received, not the sequential number,
For example, a print job received at 15:43:12 on the 9th can be given a number such as 091541212.

Further, it is also possible to assign a number for specifying the operator in advance, and generate a print job number from the operator number, date, and sequential number.

In the present embodiment, the print server and the printer are integrated (connected as a local printer of the print server). However, the print server and the printer are separate, and are connected via a network. Even in a configuration in which they are connected to each other, it is possible to construct the print system of the present invention only in that print job data is sent from a print server to a printer via a network, which is different from this embodiment.

Further, in the present embodiment, the print job server is provided. However, the print job server is not provided, the print job is stored on each computer, and the print server directly obtains the print job data from the computer. It is possible to construct the print system of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the print key is configured to be able to be pressed unconditionally. However, by combining with a cash input machine, etc., it is possible to confirm the payment of the print price before permitting the press of the print key. It is also possible to transfer the price by the user.

[Second Embodiment] Hereinafter, a second embodiment will be described.

In the second embodiment, the overall system configuration and the configuration of the job server 1070 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and are shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, respectively.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a data processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
The same components as those described above are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The difference from the first embodiment is that a memory card 2090 which is a non-volatile storage means to which a storage medium can be attached and detached and a storage medium can be carried is provided.
The other configuration has the same configuration as the computers 1010 and 1020 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a data processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
The same components as those described above are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The difference from the first embodiment is that a memory card 3100 which is a non-volatile storage means to which a storage medium can be attached and detached and a storage medium can be carried is provided.
The other configuration has the same configuration as the print servers 1030 and 1050 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

Hereinafter, only the portions different from the first embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings shown in the first embodiment.

First, the only difference in the processing at the time of starting printing is the step (4) shown in FIG. 7. In this step, the print job number sent from the job server 1070 is not displayed. After being stored in the memory card 13010, the expiration date and the job number are displayed on the screen shown in FIG.
To the operator.

Next, only the step (1) shown in FIG. 11 differs in the process at the time of print output. In this step, instead of the step (1) shown in FIG. 11, the print server 1030, 1050, a message prompting insertion of a memory card storage medium is displayed, and the operator inserts the memory card storage medium into the print server 1030, 1050 card insertion, and the program is displayed on the memory card storage medium. Is confirmed, the print job number stored in the memory card 3100 is taken out and used for the subsequent processing.

By performing such a configuration and processing, the input operation of the print job number can be eliminated.

In this embodiment, a memory card is used for storing and transporting print job numbers. However, the present invention can be applied to any removable and rewritable nonvolatile storage medium such as a floppy disk. It is possible to implement.

Further, the print job number is stored in the secondary storage unit 2080 which is a nonvolatile storage means of the computer without using a special storage medium, and the print server 1030, 1050
And print data using a one-to-one communication path such as an infrared ray or a serial cable.
It is also possible to implement the present invention by sending from 0,1020 to the print servers 1030,1050.

[Third Embodiment] Hereinafter, a third embodiment will be described.

In the third embodiment, the entire system configuration, job server 1070, print server 103
0, 1050, and the configuration of the job server 1070 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and are shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.

FIG. 15 shows the computer 1 shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows an example of the user number input prompting screen displayed on the display part 2060 of 010,1020.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a print job management table in the data processing apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention, which is stored in the secondary storage unit 4080 of the job server 1070 shown in FIG. Corresponds to the print job management table.

FIG. 17 shows the print server 1 shown in FIG.
FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a print job selection screen displayed on the display unit 3060 of 030 or 1050, which is displayed based on the job number list notified from the job server 1070 in response to the print job number shown in FIG. Is done.

Hereinafter, of the processing flows shown in FIGS. 7, 8, 11 and 12 used in the description of the first embodiment, only the parts different from the first embodiment will be described with reference to the corresponding drawings. explain.

First, in step (1) shown in FIG. 7, after a print job is generated, a user number input prompting screen shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the display unit 2060 of the computer 1010, 1020 or the like. By displaying this panel, the operator is prompted to input a user number registered in advance through the input unit 2070.

Then, the input user number is stored in the secondary storage unit 2080 together with the print job data.

Subsequently, in step (2) shown in FIG. 7, the user number is sent to the job server 1070 together with the print job data. In the job server 1070,
In step (2) shown in FIG. 8, the user number is received together with the print job data. Then, in step (3), the registered print job numbers are managed for each user number by the table in the format shown in FIG. 16 and stored in the secondary storage unit 4080 so that the print job data can be searched from the print job number. Is stored.

Next, at the time of printout, in step (10) shown in FIG. 11, the user number input prompt screen shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the print servers 1030 and 1050.
Is displayed on the display unit 3060 to prompt the user to input a user number. When the operator inputs a user number from the input unit 3070, the job server 1070 inquires of the job number of the print job registered for the input user number. Using the job number list sent from the server 1070, a print job selection screen as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the display unit 3060 of the print server 1030, 1050, etc., to urge the user to select a print job. Using the print job number corresponding to the number input by the operator, FIG.
In step (2) shown in FIG. 1, a print job is requested to the job server 1070.

In this way, it is possible to specify a print job from a user number registered in advance and execute printing.

In this embodiment, the operator inputs the user number from the input section. However, as in the second embodiment, the operator can specify the user number by using a memory card storing the user number. Good, computer 101
The user number may be directly notified from 0,1020 to the job server 1070.

In this embodiment, a user number is used to identify a user. However, data of any format such as a user name may be used as long as the user can be identified. Furthermore, in order to check whether the entered user identification information is the identity of the person, input information that only the person can know, such as a password, or information that can identify an individual, such as a fingerprint or retina, to prevent unauthorized use, It is also possible to charge the user.

Further, in the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, PDL and printer attribute information are used as print job data. However, information that can uniquely specify a document to be printed on a network (for example, on the Internet) If the document data is described in a standard format (for example, HTML or the like), the document data is acquired from the storage destination of the document from the print server 1030 or 1050, and the print server It is also possible to convert document data into PDL on 1030 and 1050 and print it.

[Fourth Embodiment] Hereinafter, a fourth embodiment will be described.

In the fourth embodiment, the overall system configuration and the configurations of the print servers 1030 and 1050 and the job server 1070 are the same as those of the first embodiment, and are respectively shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4. Is shown.

When printing is started, the computer 101
0, 1020 and the processing performed by the job server 1070 are the same as in the first embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a view showing an example of a print job processing screen in the data processing apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and shows the computers 1010 and 102 shown in FIG.
0 is displayed on the display unit 2060.

In the figure, ITF1 to ITF4 are fields, information for specifying a job server is input in a field ITF1, information for specifying a print job ID is input in a field ITF2, and a field ITF1 is input.
In the field 3, information for specifying a print server is input, and in the field ITF4, information for specifying a printer is input.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart showing an example of a fifth data processing procedure in the data processing apparatus according to the present invention, wherein the computers 1010 and 102 shown in FIG.
This corresponds to the data processing procedure on the 0 side. (1),
(2) shows each step.

First, in step (1), the print job processing screen shown in FIG.
When the print job processing screen is displayed, the operator is notified to the job server 1070 in which the print jobs corresponding to the fields ITF1 to ITF4 are stored.
Prompts you to specify the network address of the printer, the print job number on the job server, and the network address of the printer server to which the printer you want to print is connected, and the name of the connected printer (actually, the name of the queue). .

Then, each field ITF1 to ITF4
When the setting of various information for the
When the user presses (clicks on) the print button BT with a cursor (not shown) or the like by pressing the button 70, the process proceeds to step (2), where the printer name and print information are sent to the print server having the address designated on the screen shown in FIG. Send the job server address and print job number, and send
The processing on 010, 1020, etc. is terminated.

Thus, the computer 1010,
The print server 1030,1 which receives the printer name, job server address, and print job number from 1020 or the like
050 and the like perform processing according to the flow in the first embodiment shown in FIG.

Specifically, in step (1) shown in FIG. 11, in the first embodiment, the screen is displayed and the print job number is designated, but in the present embodiment, the print job number is sent from the computer. Use data.

In step (2) shown in FIG. 11, a request for transmission of print job data is sent to the job server 1070 having the address sent from the computer 1010, 1020 or the like.
20 with the print job number sent from 20 or the like. Subsequent processing is the same as in the first embodiment, and will not be described here.

As described above, in the present invention, it is also possible to issue a print instruction from the computers 1010, 1020 and the like.

Hereinafter, the characteristic configuration of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 7, 8, 11, 12 and the like.

A plurality of data processing apparatuses (host computers 1010 and 1020) and a plurality of print servers 1030 and 1 controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses via a predetermined communication medium (network 1080) configured as described above.
050, a network server including a plurality of data processing apparatuses and a plurality of print servers controlling each printing apparatus via a predetermined communication medium. A storage medium storing a program readable by a computer that controls a communicable job server, wherein a memory resource is provided with first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from any of the data processing apparatuses. And a first job identification information assigned when a print job transferred from any of the data processing apparatuses is stored, and a transfer source of the print job. A notification step (step (2) in FIG. 8) for notifying the data processing apparatus of the second printing apparatus and a print job with the second job identification information. A determination step (step (4) in FIG. 12) for determining whether a unique print job to which the first job identification information matching the second job identification information is added when receiving the request is stored. In the case where it is determined in the determination step that the unique print job is stored, the unique print job is read from the memory resource and transferred to the print server that has requested the print job (see FIG. 12). (5)), a print job received from any one of the data processing apparatuses is assigned a job identification number that is readable at any time, and the print job is centrally managed, and the assigned job identification number is assigned to the print job. Notifying the transfer source data processing apparatus, the user who has issued the print request of the print job is assigned from a desired print server located at an arbitrary position. If you enter a job identification information, it is possible to perform a print job distribution service for distributing print jobs job identification information is stored after being granted that matches the print server entering the job identification information freely.

In the data storage step, a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer is stored in the memory resource. It is possible to transfer the raster image data stored together with the attribute information, and to reliably deliver a print job with a small drawing processing load on the print server.

Further, in the data storing step, a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer is stored in the memory resource. The page description language data stored with the attribute information set to the print server can be transferred, and the print server converts the page description language data into specific intermediate data to ensure that the connected printer can execute high-speed print jobs. Can be delivered to

The data storing step includes storing a print job management table for managing first job identification information given to the received print job and management data for managing a storage position of the print job in the memory resource. Therefore, the print job requested to be transferred from the print server based on the job identification information can be efficiently searched for.

Furthermore, since a deletion step of searching for a print job that has passed the designated effective management period in the print jobs stored in the data storage step and automatically deleting the print job is provided, the print job once stored is not deleted. However, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a new print job from each data processing device cannot be accumulated by being occupied by an unnecessary print job whose expiration date has passed, and is required by each data processing device within a finite memory capacity. An environment in which print jobs can be reliably stored can be provided.

Also, a predetermined communication medium (network 10
80) a data processing device (host computer 1010, 1020) capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of print servers 1030, 1050 controlling each printing device and a job server managing print jobs.
A print job generated based on an input print request by the job server 1070.
(Steps (1) and (2) in FIG. 7)
And a job display step (steps (4) and (5) in FIG. 7) of receiving the identification information notified from the job server and displaying the received information on the display unit. , It is possible to reliably provide valid job identification information that can be requested for distribution at any time from the print server arranged at the position.

Further, a predetermined communication medium (network 1
080) to manage print jobs
070 and a plurality of data processing devices (host computer 1
010, 1020), the print servers 1030, 1050 capable of communicating with a network system including the identification information notified from the job server to any one of the data processing apparatuses, and stored in the job server. Print job requesting process for notifying the requested print job transfer request (step (1) in FIG. 11)
Generating a print data that can be printed by a printing unit by receiving a print job transferred from the job server (step (5) in FIG. 11); and generating the print data generated by the generation process. Since there is an output step (step (5) in FIG. 11) for outputting to the printing unit, after transferring the print job from any of the data processing apparatuses to the job server, the job identification information input from the desired print server as needed Receiving the intended print job accumulated based on the print job, the print result of the print job can be reliably received from the printer controlled by the print server.

A data processing system of a printing system in which a plurality of data processing apparatuses 1010 and 1020, a plurality of print servers 1030 and 1050 controlling each printing apparatus, and a job server 1070 can communicate with each other via a predetermined communication medium. A computer-readable program for controlling a printing system, which is a method or a plurality of data processing devices, a plurality of print servers controlling each printing device, and a job server via a predetermined communication medium. A data storage step of adding first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from one of the data processing devices and temporarily storing the print job in a memory resource (step (FIG. 8) 2)) and the first job assigned when the print job transferred from any of the data processing devices is stored. A notification step (step (4) in FIG. 8) for notifying the identification information to the transfer source data processing apparatus of the print job, and the second job identification when receiving the print job request accompanied by the second job identification information. A determining step (step (4) in FIG. 12) for determining whether a unique print job to which the first job identification information that matches the information is added is stored; If it is determined that the print job has been performed, a first transfer step (step (5) in FIG. 12) of reading the unique print job from the memory resource and transferring the read print job to the print server that has requested the print job; A second transfer step (steps (1) and (2) in FIG. 7) in which the data processing apparatus transfers a print job generated based on the input print request to the job server; A job display step (steps (4) and (5) in FIG. 7) of receiving the identification information notified from the server and displaying the identification information on the display unit; and the identification information notified to any of the data processing apparatuses from the job server. A print job requesting step of notifying a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server (FIG. 1)
(1) Steps (1) and (2)) and a generating step (Step (5) in FIG. 11) of receiving a print job transferred from the job server and generating print data printable by a printing unit. An output step (step (5) in FIG. 11) for outputting the print data generated in the generation step to a printing unit, so that the print data can be read out at any time from each print job received from any of the data processing apparatuses. A job identification number is assigned and managed in a unified manner, the assigned job identification number is notified to the data processing apparatus that is the transfer source of the print job, and the user who has issued the print request for the print job is located at an arbitrary position. When the user inputs the job identification information given by the desired print server, the matching job identification information is given to the print server to which the job identification information is input and stored. Print job distribution service for distributing a print job can be carried out freely was. Also,
It is possible to reliably provide valid job identification information that can request distribution at any time from a print server arranged at a desired position for a print job stored in the job server.

Further, after the print job is transferred from any of the data processing devices to the job server, the intended print job stored on the basis of the job identification information input from the desired print server is distributed as needed. The print result of the print job can be reliably received from the printer controlled by the print server.

In the data storage step, a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer is stored in the memory resource. It is possible to transfer the raster image data stored together with the attribute information, and to reliably deliver a print job with a small drawing processing load on the print server.

Further, in the data storing step, a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer is stored in the memory resource. The page description language data stored with the attribute information set to the print server can be transferred, and the print server converts the page description language data into specific intermediate data to ensure that the connected printer can execute high-speed print jobs. Can be delivered to

The data storage step includes storing a print job management table for managing first job identification information given to the received print job and management data for managing a storage position of the print job in the memory resource. Therefore, the print job requested to be transferred from the print server based on the job identification information can be efficiently searched for.

Further, since a delete step of searching for a print job that has passed the designated effective management period in the print jobs stored in the data storage step and automatically deleting the print job is provided, the print job once stored is not deleted. However, it is possible to avoid a situation in which a new print job from each data processing device cannot be accumulated by being occupied by an unnecessary print job whose expiration date has passed, and is required by each data processing device within a finite memory capacity. An environment in which print jobs can be reliably stored can be provided.

Hereinafter, the configuration of a data processing program readable by a printing system to which the data processing apparatus according to the present invention can be applied will be described with reference to a memory map shown in FIG.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a memory map of a storage medium that stores various data processing programs that can be read by a printing system to which the data processing apparatus according to the present invention can be applied.

Although not shown, information for managing a group of programs stored in the storage medium, for example, version information, a creator and the like are also stored, and information dependent on the OS or the like on the program reading side, for example, a program is stored in the storage medium. An icon or the like for identification display may also be stored.

Further, data dependent on various programs is also managed in the directory. In addition, a program for installing various programs on a computer or a program for decompressing a program to be installed when the program to be installed is compressed may be stored.

In this embodiment, FIG. 7, FIG. 8, FIG.
The functions shown in FIG. 12 may be performed by a host computer by a program installed from the outside. In this case, the present invention is applied even when a group of information including a program is supplied to the output device from a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, a flash memory, or an FD, or from an external storage medium via a network. Things.

As described above, the storage medium storing the program codes of the software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to the system or the apparatus, and the computer (or CPU or MP) of the system or the apparatus is supplied.
It goes without saying that the object of the present invention is also achieved when U) reads and executes the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, C
DR, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, RO
M, EEPROM and the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. ) And the like perform part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instructions of the program code, The CPU provided in the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing,
It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by the processing is also included.

According to the above-described embodiment, the user can operate without specifying a specific printer at the time of starting the printing operation of the document, and can specify the printer at the time of actual printing, so that the print job data can be obtained from the data storage means. Printers can print from printers anywhere.
In addition, the printing process can be started without worrying about the output destination printer at the time of starting printing.

[0172]

As described above, the first embodiment according to the present invention is described.
According to the invention, a job server communicable with a network system including a plurality of data processing apparatuses and a plurality of print servers for controlling each printing apparatus via a predetermined communication medium, wherein the job server includes any one of the data processing apparatuses Data storage means for temporarily storing the first job identification information for identifying the print job transferred from the printer, and the first job provided when the print job transferred from any of the data processing devices is stored A notifying unit for notifying the data processing apparatus of the transfer source of the print job of the identification information, and a first job identification matching the second job identification information when receiving a print job request accompanied by the second job identification information. Determining means for determining whether a unique print job to which information has been added is stored, and determining that the unique print job is stored by the determining means Transfer means for reading out the unique print job from the data storage means and transferring the print job to the print server requesting the print job. A job identification number that can be read is assigned and centrally managed, the assigned job identification number is notified to the data processing apparatus that is the transfer source of the print job, and a user who has issued a print request for the print job When the job identification information given by the desired print server arranged at the position is input, the print server to which the job identification information is input is distributed with the matching job identification information and distributed. Print job distribution service can be performed freely.

According to the second aspect, the data storage unit stores the print job including the attribute data of the printer to be output and the raster image data that can be printed by the printer. The raster image data stored together with the attribute information thus obtained can be transferred, and a print job with a small drawing processing load on the print server can be reliably delivered.

According to the third aspect, the data storage unit stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer. Therefore, the stored page description language data can be transferred to the print server together with the set attribute information, and the print server can convert the print data into specific intermediate data and execute a print job capable of high-speed processing by the connected printer. It can be delivered reliably.

According to the fourth aspect, the data storage means manages the first job identification information given to the received print job and the management data for managing the storage position of the print job. Since the table is provided, it is possible to efficiently search for a print job requested to be transferred from the print server based on the job identification information based on the job identification information.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since the print job stored in the data storage means is provided with the deletion means for searching for the print job which has passed the specified effective management period and automatically deleting the print job, the print job is temporarily stored. Even if the print job is
It is possible to avoid a situation in which new print jobs from each data processing device cannot be accumulated by being occupied by unnecessary print jobs whose expiration date has passed, and the print jobs requested from each data processing device within a finite memory capacity can be stored. An environment that can reliably accumulate can be maintained.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data processing device capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of print servers for controlling each printing device and a job server for managing print jobs via a predetermined communication medium. Transfer means for transferring a print job generated based on an input print request to the job server; and job display means for receiving identification information notified from the job server and displaying the identification information on a display unit. Therefore, it is possible to reliably provide valid job identification information that can request distribution of the print job stored in the job server at any time from a print server arranged at a desired position.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print server capable of communicating with a network system including a job server for managing a print job and a plurality of data processing devices via a predetermined communication medium. Along with the identification information notified to any of the data processing devices,
Print job requesting means for notifying a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server; generating means for receiving a print job transferred from the job server and generating print data printable by a printing unit; An output unit that outputs the print data generated by the generation unit to a printing unit, so that a print job is transferred from any of the data processing devices to a job server, and then a job input from a desired print server Upon receiving the distribution of the intended print job stored based on the identification information, the print result of the print job can be reliably received from the printer controlled by the print server.

According to the eighth invention, there is provided a printing system in which a plurality of data processing apparatuses, a plurality of print servers controlling each printing apparatus, and a job server can communicate with each other via a predetermined communication medium, A data accumulating unit for temporarily storing the job server by assigning first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from any of the data processing apparatuses; and a print job transferred from any of the data processing apparatuses. Notification means for notifying the data processing apparatus of the transfer source of the print job of the first job identification information given at the time of storage of the print job, and receiving the print job request with the second job identification information, Determining means for determining whether or not a unique print job to which first job identification information matching the identification information is assigned is stored; A first transfer unit that reads out the unique print job from the data storage unit and transfers the print job to the print server that has requested the print job when it is determined that the print job is stored. A second transfer unit configured to transfer a print job generated based on a print request input to the apparatus to the job server; and a job display unit configured to receive identification information notified from the job server and display the received identification information on a display unit. Print job requesting means for notifying each print server of a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server, together with identification information notified from the job server to any data processing device, Generating means for receiving a print job transferred from a job server and generating print data printable by a printing unit; Output means for outputting the print data obtained to the printing unit, so that each print job received from any one of the data processing devices is assigned a job identification number that is readable at any time, and the print job is centrally managed and assigned. To the data processing apparatus that is the transfer source of the print job, and the user who has made the print request for the print job has the job identification information given by a desired print server located at an arbitrary position. Is input, the print server to which the job identification information has been input can freely perform a print job distribution service for distributing a print job stored with matching job identification information.

In addition, it is possible to reliably provide valid job identification information that can request distribution of a print job stored in a job server at any time from a print server located at a desired position.

Further, after the print job is transferred from any of the data processing devices to the job server, the intended print job stored based on the job identification information input from the desired print server is received as needed. The print result of the print job can be reliably received from the printer controlled by the print server.

According to the ninth aspect, the data storage unit stores the print job including the attribute data of the printer to be output and the raster image data that can be printed by the printer. The raster image data stored together with the attribute information thus obtained can be transferred, and a print job with a small drawing processing load on the print server can be reliably delivered.

According to the tenth aspect, the data storage unit stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer. Therefore, the stored page description language data can be transferred to the print server together with the set attribute information, and the print server can convert the print data into specific intermediate data and execute a print job capable of high-speed processing by the connected printer. It can be delivered reliably.

According to the eleventh aspect, the data storage means manages the first job identification information assigned to the received print job and management data for managing the storage position of the print job. Since the table is provided, it is possible to efficiently search for a print job requested to be transferred from the print server based on the job identification information based on the job identification information.

According to the twelfth aspect, since the print job stored in the data storage means is provided with the deletion means for searching for the print job which has passed the specified effective management period and automatically deleting the print job, the print job is temporarily stored. Even if the print job has been completed, it is occupied by unnecessary print jobs whose expiration date has passed.
A situation in which a new print job from each data processing device cannot be stored can be avoided, and an environment can be provided in which a print job requested from each data processing device can be reliably stored within a finite memory capacity.

According to the thirteenth and twenty-fifth aspects, the data of the job server which can communicate with a network system including a plurality of data processing apparatuses and a plurality of print servers controlling each printing apparatus via a predetermined communication medium. A computer readable program that is a processing method or a computer that controls a job server that can communicate with a network system including a plurality of data processing apparatuses and a plurality of print servers that control each printing apparatus via a predetermined communication medium. A data storage step of providing first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from one of the data processing devices and temporarily storing the same in a memory resource, The first job identification information given when the print job transferred from the processing device is stored is the transfer source of the print job. A notification step of notifying the data processing apparatus, and upon receiving a print job request accompanied by the second job identification information, a unique print job to which the first job identification information matching the second job identification information is added is transmitted. A determination step of determining whether or not the print job is stored; and, if the determination step determines that the unique print job is stored, the unique print job is read from the memory resource to determine a request source of the print job. And a transfer step of transferring the print job to the print server. The user who requested the printing of the print job by notifying the data processing apparatus of the transfer source of the print job has the desired print located at an arbitrary position. When the job identification information provided by the server is input, the print job distribution service for distributing the stored print job provided with the matching job identification information to the print server to which the job identification information is input can be freely performed. It can be carried out.

According to the fourteenth and twenty-sixth aspects, in the data storing step, a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer is stored in the memory resource. Therefore, it is possible to transfer the raster image data stored together with the set attribute information to the print server, and it is possible to reliably deliver a print job with a small drawing processing load on the print server.

According to the fifteenth and twenty-seventh aspects, the data storage step includes a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer. Is stored in the memory resource, the page description language data stored together with the attribute information set for the print server can be transferred, and the printer is connected to the print server by converting it into specific intermediate data. Can reliably deliver print jobs that can be processed at high speed.

According to the sixteenth and twenty-eighth aspects, the data storage step manages first job identification information given to the received print job and management data for managing the storage position of the print job. Since the print job management table is created in the memory resource, it is possible to efficiently search for a print job requested to be transferred from the print server based on the job identification information.

According to the seventeenth and twenty-ninth aspects, since the print job stored in the data storage step is provided with a deletion step of searching for a print job that has passed the designated effective management period and automatically deleting the print job. Even if a print job is stored once, it is occupied by an unnecessary print job whose expiration date has passed, and it is possible to avoid a situation in which a new print job from each data processing device cannot be stored, and a finite memory capacity is required. Thus, an environment in which print jobs requested from each data processing device can be reliably stored can be provided.

According to the eighteenth and thirtieth aspects, data processing capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of print servers controlling respective printing apparatuses and a job server managing print jobs via a predetermined communication medium. An apparatus data processing method, comprising: a computer that controls a data processing apparatus that can communicate with a network system including a plurality of print servers that control each printing apparatus and a job server that manages print jobs via a predetermined communication medium. Is a storage medium storing a readable program, and a transfer step of transferring a print job generated based on an input print request to the job server; and receiving identification information notified from the job server. And a job display step of displaying the print job on the display unit. Legitimate job identification information that can be at any time delivery request from the print server located in location can be reliably awarded.

According to the nineteenth and thirty-first inventions, there is provided a data processing method for a printer server capable of communicating with a network system including a job server for managing a print job and a plurality of data processing devices via a predetermined communication medium. A storage medium storing a computer-readable program for controlling a print server capable of communicating with a network system including a job server for managing a print job and a plurality of data processing devices via a predetermined communication medium. A print job requesting step of notifying a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server together with the identification information notified from the job server to any of the data processing apparatuses; A generating step of receiving the print job and generating print data printable by the printing unit; Since an output step of outputting the print data generated by the serial generation step to the printing unit,
After the print job is transferred from any of the data processing apparatuses to the job server, the print server controls the print server upon receiving the distribution of the intended print job accumulated based on the job identification information input from the desired print server as needed. The print result of the print job can be reliably received from the printer.

According to the twentieth and thirty-second aspects, a printing system capable of mutually communicating with a plurality of data processing apparatuses, a plurality of print servers controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses, and a job server via a predetermined communication medium. Or a computer controlling a printing system capable of mutually communicating with a plurality of data processing apparatuses, a plurality of print servers controlling each printing apparatus, and a job server via a predetermined communication medium. A storage medium storing a possible program, a data storage step of temporarily storing in a memory resource by adding first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from any of the data processing apparatuses;
Notifying the first job identification information given at the time of accumulating the print job transferred from any of the data processing devices to the transfer source data processing device of the print job; Upon receiving a print job request,
A determining step of determining whether a unique print job to which the first job identification information matching the second job identification information is added is stored; and the unique print job is stored by the determining step. A first transfer step of reading the unique print job from the memory resource and transferring the print job to the print server that has requested the print job, and based on a print request input by each data processing apparatus. A second transfer step of transferring the generated print job to the job server, a job display step of receiving identification information notified from the job server and displaying the identification information on a display unit, and any data from the job server A print job requesting step of notifying a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server together with the identification information notified to the processing device, A print unit that receives a print job transferred from the job server and generates print data that can be printed by a print unit; and an output step that outputs the print data generated by the generation process to a print unit. ,
Each print job received from any one of the data processing devices is assigned a job identification number that can be read out at any time, is centrally managed, and the assigned job identification number is notified to the print job transfer source data processing device. When the user who has made a print request for the print job inputs the job identification information provided by a desired print server located at an arbitrary position, the print server matches the print server to which the job identification information has been input. It is possible to freely perform a print job distribution service for distributing a print job stored with job identification information. Further, it is possible to reliably provide valid job identification information that can request distribution of a print job stored in the job server from a print server arranged at a desired position at any time.

Further, after the print job is transferred from any of the data processing devices to the job server, the intended print job stored based on the job identification information input from the desired print server is received as needed. The print result of the print job can be reliably received from the printer controlled by the print server.

According to the twenty-first and thirty-third inventions, in the data storing step, a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer is stored in the memory resource. Therefore, it is possible to transfer the raster image data stored together with the set attribute information to the print server, and it is possible to reliably deliver a print job with a small drawing processing load on the print server.

According to the twenty-second and thirty-fourth aspects, the data storage step includes a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer. Is stored in the memory resource, the page description language data stored together with the attribute information set for the print server can be transferred, and the printer is connected to the print server by converting it into specific intermediate data. Can reliably deliver print jobs that can be processed at high speed.

According to the twenty-third and thirty-fifth aspects, the data storage step manages first job identification information given to the received print job and management data for managing the storage position of the print job. Since the print job management table is created in the memory resource, it is possible to efficiently search for a print job requested to be transferred from the print server based on the job identification information.

According to the twenty-fourth and thirty-sixth inventions, the print job stored in the data storage step is provided with a deletion step of searching for a print job that has passed the designated effective management period and automatically deleting the print job. Even if a print job is stored once, it is occupied by an unnecessary print job whose expiration date has passed, and it is possible to avoid a situation in which a new print job from each data processing device cannot be stored, and a finite memory capacity is required. Thus, an environment in which print jobs requested from each data processing device can be reliably stored can be provided.

Therefore, the job server temporarily stores the print job from each data processing device arranged at an arbitrary position on the network, adds the print job identification information to the job server, and stores and manages the print job. If the print job identification information given by the intended print server matches the managed print job identification information, it is read out and delivered to the print server at any time, so the requester of the print job frequently moves on the network. Even under such a work environment, there is an effect that a print job distribution service adapted to the work environment can be efficiently performed.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of a print system to which a data processing device according to a first embodiment of the present invention can be applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a computer illustrated in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a print server illustrated in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the job server illustrated in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job management table stored in a secondary storage unit illustrated in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a dialog displayed on a display unit of the computer shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a first data processing procedure in the data processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a second data processing procedure in the data processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message displayed on a display unit of the print server illustrated in FIG. 3;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a key provided in an input unit of the print server shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a third data processing procedure in the data processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a fourth data processing procedure in the data processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a data processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a data processing device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

15 is a diagram showing an example of a user number input prompting screen displayed on the display unit of the computer shown in FIG.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job management table in a data processing device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job selection screen displayed on the display unit of the print server illustrated in FIG. 3;

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job processing screen in a data processing device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a fifth data processing procedure in the data processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a memory map of a storage medium that stores various data processing programs that can be read by a printing system to which the data processing device according to the present invention can be applied.

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Claims (36)

[Claims] 1. A job server capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of data processing apparatuses and a plurality of print servers controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses via a predetermined communication medium, wherein the job server includes: Data storage means for temporarily storing the first job identification information for identifying the print job transferred from the printer, and the first job provided when the print job transferred from any of the data processing devices is stored Notifying means for notifying the data processing apparatus of the transfer source of the print job of the identification information, and a first job identification matching the second job identification information when receiving a print job request accompanied by the second job identification information Determining means for determining whether a unique print job to which information is added is stored; and determining that the unique print job is stored by the determining means. If was boss, job server, characterized by having a transfer means for transferring to the requesting print server of the print job is read out from said data storage means the unique print job. 2. The job server according to claim 1, wherein the data storage unit stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer. 3. The data storage means stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer. Item 1. The job server according to item 1. 4. A print job management table for managing first job identification information assigned to a received print job and management data for managing a storage position of the print job. The job server according to claim 1, wherein 5. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a deletion unit configured to search for a print job that has passed a designated effective management period in the print jobs stored in the data storage unit and automatically delete the print job. Job server. 6. A data processing device capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of print servers that control each printing device and a job server that manages print jobs via a predetermined communication medium, the data processing device comprising: Transfer means for transferring a print job generated based on the request to the job server; and job display means for receiving identification information notified from the job server and displaying the received information on a display unit. Data processing device. 7. A print server capable of communicating with a network system including a job server that manages a print job via a predetermined communication medium and a plurality of data processing devices, wherein the job server is configured to communicate with any one of the data processing devices. A print job requesting unit for notifying a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server together with the identification information notified to the print server, and a printing unit capable of receiving the print job transferred from the job server and printing A print server comprising: a generation unit that generates print data; and an output unit that outputs the print data generated by the generation unit to a printing unit. 8. A printing system in which a plurality of data processing apparatuses, a plurality of print servers controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses, and a job server can communicate with each other via a predetermined communication medium. Data storage means for temporarily storing the first job identification information for identifying the print job transferred from one of the data processing apparatuses, and the first job identification information for storing the print job transferred from one of the data processing apparatuses. Notification means for notifying the data processing apparatus of the transfer source of the print job of the first job identification information, and matching the second job identification information when receiving a print job request with the second job identification information. Determining means for determining whether a unique print job to which the first job identification information is assigned is stored; and storing the unique print job by the determining means. And a first transfer unit that reads the unique print job from the data storage unit and transfers the read print job to the print server that has requested the print job when it is determined that the print job has been executed. A second transfer unit for transferring a print job generated based on a received print request to the job server; and a job display unit for receiving identification information notified from the job server and displaying the received identification information on a display unit. Along with identification information that each of the print servers is notified from the job server to any of the data processing devices,
A print job request unit that notifies a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server; a generation unit that receives a print job transferred from the job server and generates print data printable by a printing unit; An output unit that outputs the print data generated by the generation unit to a printing unit. 9. The printing system according to claim 8, wherein the data storage unit stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer. 10. The data storage unit stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer. Item 10. The printing system according to Item 8. 11. The data storage unit includes a print job management table for managing first job identification information given to a received print job and management data for managing a storage position of the print job. 9. The printing system according to claim 8, wherein: 12. The printing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a deletion unit that searches for a print job that has passed a designated effective management period in the print jobs stored in the data storage unit and automatically deletes the print job. Printing system. 13. A job server data processing method capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of data processing apparatuses and a plurality of print servers controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses via a predetermined communication medium. A data storage step of adding first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from one of the data processing devices and temporarily storing the print job in a memory resource; and storing a print job transferred from one of the data processing devices. A notifying step of notifying the assigned first job identification information to the data processing apparatus which is the transfer source of the print job; and a step of receiving the print job request accompanied by the second job identification information, A determining step of determining whether a unique print job to which the matching first job identification information is assigned is stored; Transferring the unique print job from the memory resource when it is determined that the print job is stored, and transferring the read unique print job to the print server requesting the print job. Data processing method. 14. The data storage step according to claim 13, wherein a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer is stored in the memory resource. Job server data processing method. 15. The data storing step stores a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer in the memory resource. 14. The data processing method for a job server according to claim 13, wherein: 16. The data storage step according to claim 1, wherein a print job management table for managing first job identification information given to the received print job and management data for managing a storage position of the print job is stored in the memory resource. 14. The data processing method for a job server according to claim 13, wherein the data is created. 17. The method according to claim 13, further comprising a deletion step of searching for a print job that has passed a designated effective management period in the print jobs stored in the data storage step and automatically deleting the print job. Job server data processing method. 18. A data processing method for a data processing device capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of print servers controlling each printing device and a job server managing a print job via a predetermined communication medium, A transfer step of transferring a print job generated based on an input print request to the job server; and a job display step of receiving identification information notified from the job server and displaying the received information on a display unit. A data processing method for a data processing device, comprising: 19. A data processing method for a print server capable of communicating with a network system including a job server that manages a print job via a predetermined communication medium and a plurality of data processing devices, the method comprising: A print job requesting step of notifying a transfer request of the print job stored in the job server together with the identification information notified to the data processing apparatus of the above, and a print unit receiving the print job transferred from the job server. A print server that generates print data that can be printed, and an output step that outputs the print data generated by the generation step to a printing unit. 20. A data processing method for a printing system in which a plurality of data processing apparatuses, a plurality of print servers controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses, and a job server can communicate with each other via a predetermined communication medium, A data storage step of temporarily storing the print job transferred from one of the data processing apparatuses by adding first job identification information for identifying the print job transferred from the data processing apparatus and temporarily storing the print job in a memory resource Notification step of notifying the first job identification information given at the time to the data processing apparatus which is the transfer source of the print job; and receiving the print job request accompanied by the second job identification information, the second job identification information Determining whether a unique print job to which the first job identification information matching with the first job identification information is added is stored; A first transfer step of reading the unique print job from the memory resource and transferring it to the print server requesting the print job when it is determined that the job has been stored; A second transfer step of transferring a print job generated based on the requested print request to the job server; a job display step of receiving identification information notified from the job server and displaying the identification information on a display unit; A print job requesting step of notifying a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server together with identification information notified from the job server to any of the data processing apparatuses; and a print job transferred from the job server. A generating step of receiving and generating print data printable by a printing unit; and outputting the print data generated by the generating step to a printing unit. Data processing method for the printing system characterized by an output step of. 21. The data storage step, wherein a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer is stored in the memory resource. Data processing method of the printing system. 22. The data storage step, wherein a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer is stored in the memory resource. The data processing method for a printing system according to claim 20, wherein: 23. The data storage step, wherein a print job management table for managing first job identification information given to a received print job and management data for managing a storage position of the print job is stored in the memory resource. 21. The data processing method for a printing system according to claim 20, wherein the data is created. 24. The method according to claim 20, further comprising a deletion step of searching for a print job that has passed a designated effective management period in the print jobs stored in the data storage step and automatically deleting the print job. Data processing method of the printing system. 25. A program readable by a computer controlling a job server capable of communicating with a network system including a plurality of data processing apparatuses and a plurality of print servers controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses via a predetermined communication medium. A data storage step of providing a first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from any of the data processing devices and temporarily storing the print job in a memory resource; A notification step of notifying the first job identification information given at the time of accumulating the print job transferred from the apparatus to the data processing apparatus of the transfer source of the print job; Sometimes, a unique print job to which the first job identification information matching the second job identification information is added is stored. A determination step of determining whether a unique print job is stored in the determination step, and reading the unique print job from the memory resource and transferring the read unique print job to a print server that has requested the print job. A storage medium storing a computer-readable program. 26. The data storage step according to claim 25, wherein a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer is stored in the memory resource. A storage medium storing a computer-readable program for the computer. 27. The data storage step, wherein a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer is stored in the memory resource. 26. A storage medium storing a computer readable program according to claim 25. 28. The data storage step, wherein a print job management table for managing first job identification information given to a received print job and management data for managing a storage position of the print job is stored in the memory resource. 26. A storage medium storing a computer-readable program according to claim 25, wherein the program is created. 29. The method according to claim 25, further comprising a deletion step of searching for a print job that has passed a designated effective management period in the print jobs stored in the data storage step and automatically deleting the print job. A storage medium that stores a computer-readable program. 30. A computer that controls a data processing device that can communicate with a network system including a plurality of print servers that control each printing device and a job server that manages print jobs via a predetermined communication medium. A storage medium storing a program, wherein a transfer step of transferring a print job generated based on an input print request to the job server; and receiving identification information notified from the job server, A storage medium storing a computer-readable program, comprising: displaying a job. 31. A storage medium storing a computer readable program for controlling a print server capable of communicating with a network system including a job server for managing a print job via a predetermined communication medium and a plurality of data processing devices. A print job requesting step of notifying a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server together with identification information notified from the job server to any of the data processing apparatuses; Receiving a print job to be generated and generating print data printable by a printing unit; and an output step of outputting the print data generated by the generation process to a printing unit. A storage medium that stores a computer-readable program. 32. A computer-readable program for controlling a printing system capable of mutually communicating with a plurality of data processing devices, a plurality of print servers controlling a plurality of printing devices, and a job server via a predetermined communication medium. A data storage step of providing first job identification information for identifying a print job transferred from one of the data processing devices and temporarily storing the same in a memory resource, A notification step of notifying the first job identification information given at the time of accumulating the print job transferred from the processing apparatus to a data processing apparatus which is a transfer source of the print job; and a print job request including the second job identification information. At the time of reception, it is determined whether a unique print job to which first job identification information matching the second job identification information has been added is stored. A determining step of determining, and, when determining in the determining step that a unique print job is stored, reading the unique print job from the memory resource and transferring the read unique print job to a print server that has requested the print job. 1 transfer step, a second transfer step of transferring a print job generated based on a print request input by each of the data processing devices to the job server, and receiving identification information notified from the job server And a print job request for notifying a transfer request of a print job stored in the job server together with identification information notified from the job server to any one of the data processing apparatuses. And a generating step of receiving a print job transferred from the job server and generating print data printable by a printing unit; Storage medium from which a computer stores readable program characterized by an output step of outputting the print data generated by the serial generation step to the printing unit. 33. The data storage step according to claim 32, wherein a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and raster image data printable by the printer is stored in the memory resource. A storage medium storing a computer-readable program for the computer. 34. The data storage step, wherein a print job including attribute data of a printer to be output and page description language data based on a predetermined page description language that can be analyzed by the printer is stored in the memory resource. 33. A storage medium storing a computer-readable program according to claim 32. 35. The data storage step, wherein a print job management table for managing first job identification information given to a received print job and management data for managing a storage position of the print job is stored in the memory resource. 33. A storage medium storing a computer-readable program according to claim 32, wherein the program is created. 36. The method according to claim 32, further comprising a deletion step of searching for a print job that has passed a designated effective management period in the print jobs stored in the data storage step and automatically deleting the print job. A storage medium that stores a computer-readable program.