JP2000151873A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (15)

In an information processing system in which an image supply device and a plurality of image output devices are connected to each other via a communication medium,
The image supply device,
Image input means for inputting an output image;
Device information storage means for holding information about the image output device connected to the communication medium,
Specifying means for specifying the number of image outputs;
Control means for distributing the image data input from the image input means to a plurality of the image output devices,
The control unit considers image output end times in the plurality of image output devices as an output destination of the number of images input from the designation unit according to the image output device information stored in the device information storage unit. An information processing system characterized in that the output destination of an image is sorted by using the same. The image supply device further comprises device management means for recognizing whether or not an image output operation is possible in the plurality of image output devices, and the control means recognizes that the device management device is operable. 2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the image output device is an output destination of the number of images specified by the specifying unit. 3. The image supply device according to claim 1, wherein the image supply device further includes a display unit configured to display the information on the plurality of image output devices allocated to the image supply device, and a destination of the distribution can be confirmed from the image supply device. 4. Information processing system. 4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the communication medium is a local area network. 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image supply device is an image information reading device that reads at least a document image, and the input unit is an image reading unit that reads a document image. system. The image output device is a printer connected to a communication medium, and the device information storage unit holds function information and operation state information of the printer connected to the communication medium. The information processing system according to claim 5. 7. The information processing system according to claim 6, wherein the number of image outputs designated by the designation means is the number of copies or the number of copies to be printed out from the printer. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit allocates image output destinations according to the image output device information stored in the device information storage unit such that image output end times of the plurality of image output devices are as equal as possible. The information processing system according to claim 1. An information processing method in an information processing system in which an image supply device and a plurality of image output devices are connected to each other via a communication medium, wherein the image supply device includes information related to the image output device connected to the communication medium. When the input image data is distributed to each image output device, the image output end time when the image to be output is distributed to the plurality of image output devices based on the information about the retained image output device. Information processing method, wherein the information is distributed to a plurality of the image output devices in consideration of the following. The image supply device further recognizes whether or not the plurality of image output devices can perform an image output operation, and sets the image output device recognized as operable as an output destination of an input image. The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein 11. The image supply device according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of pieces of image output device information further allocated are displayed on a display unit, and the allocation destination can be confirmed from the image supply device. 12. Information processing method. The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein the communication medium is a local area network. The information processing method according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the input image data distributed by the image supply device is a document image read by an image information reading device. The image output device is a printer connected to a communication medium, information about the image output device is function information and operation state information of the printer connected to the communication medium, and the plurality of images 14. The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein the image output destinations are sorted so that the image output end times in the output device are as similar as possible. 15. A computer-readable recording medium storing a computer program for realizing the functions according to any one of claims 1 to 14.