JP2001180084A - Output unit and output controller, information processing system, and output control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance convenience by minimizing the sorting work of output sheet. SOLUTION: A print job provided with identification information is received from a host computer (S1) and stored (S2). The identification information is then extracted (S3) and a decision is made whether current identification information matches previous identification information or not (S4). If they do not match each other, current identification information is stored and print results are sectioned and outputted (S5→S6→S7). If they match each other, print results are not sectioned but the print job is printed out, as it is, (S7) and the processing is ended.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an output device, an output control device, an information processing system, and an output control method. More particularly, the present invention is connected to a plurality of information processing devices via a network, and the plurality of information processing devices are connected. Output device such as a printing device or an output control device such as a print control device, an information processing system in which an information processing device and an output device or / and an output control device are connected via a network, and an output control method About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A plurality of host computers (information processing devices) and printers (printing devices) are connected to a LAN (Local Area Network).
In general, in an information processing system in which a plurality of host computers share a single printing device and are connected to each other via a network such as an E.T.E. It is common to sequentially print out to a tray.

Therefore, a user who has issued a print request to the printer needs to identify an output sheet corresponding to a desired print request from a large number of output sheets stacked on a paper output tray of the printer. For this reason, conventionally, a technique has been known in which such identification work can be reduced and an output sheet for a desired print request can be easily obtained.

FIGS. 9 to 11 are diagrams showing a conventional sorting method (first to third prior arts) for printing results.

In other words, when each chapter in a document constitutes one print job, the first prior art uses, for example, a method for identifying the first to fourth chapters as shown in FIG. The heading page 101 is printed out so as to be inserted at the beginning or end of each chapter (each print job) in the document, thereby identifying each chapter in the text.

In the second prior art, as shown in FIG. 10, an output direction is set so that document data is rotated by 180 ° and output for each print job (each chapter in a document). Identifies each chapter in the text.

Further, in the third prior art, a dedicated paper discharge mechanism is provided in the printing apparatus, and as shown in FIG. 11, the paper discharge tray is shifted little by little for each print job and output, whereby the recording paper is printed. Make it easy to identify.

As described above, according to the first to third prior arts, when an unspecified number of users transmit a print job to a shared printer connected via a network, a heading page is output for each print job. , Or changing the print direction of the output page for each print job, or shifting the output position for each print job, thereby facilitating the sorting operation of the print results output to the paper output tray.

[0009]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, output data is sorted for each print job, so that a print result requested by the user and a print result requested by another person can be easily selected. However, since the sorting operation is performed by dividing the output paper for every print job, if the same user executes a plurality of print jobs continuously, there is a problem that the usability is rather deteriorated.

That is, when the same user processes a plurality of print jobs continuously, one document file is often composed of a plurality of print jobs, and it is more convenient for the user not to divide the print jobs. Often.

However, in the first prior art,
Since the heading pages are inserted and output for each print job, the heading pages must be removed from the output sheet on the output tray after the printing process is performed, and these heading pages are unnecessary. However, there is a problem in that the recording paper is wasted as a result of being discarded as a wasteful page, which is against the demand for resource saving.

In the second prior art, since output data is output to the discharge tray in the reverse direction for each print job, the output paper must be manually reversed for each print job. However, there was a problem that it was troublesome.

Further, in the third prior art, since the recording paper is discharged with a shift for each print job, there is a problem that the output recording paper needs to be rearranged.

In particular, when one print job has only one page or several pages, the job efficiency is reduced because the jobs are separated by the method of the first to third prior arts described above. And it is not easy to use.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an output apparatus, an output control apparatus, and an information processing system capable of improving convenience by minimizing an output paper sorting operation to a necessary minimum. And an output control method.

[0016]

In order to achieve the above object, an output apparatus according to the present invention comprises a print job receiving means for receiving print jobs transferred from a plurality of information processing apparatuses, and a print job receiving means. An output device comprising: a print job separating unit that separates a plurality of received print jobs from each other; and a print job output unit that outputs the print job in a state separated by the print job separating unit. Determining whether the received print job includes identification information for identifying the plurality of information processing apparatuses and whether the identification information of the previously executed print job matches the identification information of the currently executed print job. Means for determining whether the previous identification information coincides with the current identification information by the determination means; It is characterized in that it comprises a delimiter process prohibiting means for prohibiting execution.

Further, the output control apparatus according to the present invention includes a print job receiving means for receiving print jobs transferred from a plurality of information processing apparatuses, and a plurality of print jobs received by the print job receiving means. An output control device comprising: a print job separating unit that separates each other; and an output instruction unit that instructs an output device to output the print job in a state where the print job is separated by the print job separating unit. Determining whether the received print job includes identification information for identifying the plurality of information processing apparatuses and whether the identification information of the previously executed print job matches the identification information of the currently executed print job. Means for determining whether the previous identification information and the current identification information coincide with each other. It is characterized in that it comprises a delimiter process prohibiting means for prohibiting the execution of the unit.

Further, the information processing system according to the present invention comprises:
In an information processing system in which a plurality of information processing apparatuses and an output apparatus are connected via a network, the information processing apparatus includes a print job transmitting unit configured to transmit a print job including identification information to the output apparatus, An output device configured to receive the print job transferred from the information processing device; a print job separating unit configured to separate a plurality of print jobs received by the print job receiving unit from each other; A print job output unit that outputs the print job in a state where the print job is separated by the print job separation unit, and a determination that determines whether the identification information of the previously executed print job matches the identification information of the currently executed print job. Means, when it is determined by the determination means that the previous identification information and the current identification information match, A print job separating means for prohibiting execution of the print job separating means, wherein a plurality of information processing apparatuses and an output control apparatus are connected via a network, and the output control apparatus is exclusively used. In an information processing system connected to an output device via an interface, the information processing device has a print job transmitting unit that transmits a print job including identification information to the output control device, and the output control device is A print job receiving unit that receives the print job transferred from the information processing apparatus; a print job separating unit that separates a plurality of print jobs received by the print job receiving unit; and a print job separating unit that is separated by the print job separating unit. Output instruction means for instructing the output device to output the print job in a state, and a print job executed last time. Means for judging whether or not the identification information of the print job and the identification information of the print job to be executed this time match. If the judgment means determines that the previous identification information and the current identification information match, And a separation processing prohibition unit for prohibiting execution of the print job separation unit.

Further, the output control method according to the present invention is directed to an output control method for outputting each print job while performing a print job partitioning process for partitioning a plurality of print jobs transferred from a plurality of information processing apparatuses. Receiving a print job including identification information from the information processing apparatus, determining whether the identification information of the previously executed print job matches the identification information of the currently executed print job, and When it is determined that the identification information matches the current identification information, execution of the print job partitioning process is prohibited.

The other features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments of the present invention.

[0021]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing system according to the present invention. The information processing system includes a plurality of host computers (in this embodiment, first to third host computers). Computers 1a to 1c);
The network printer 2 and the print server 3 are LA
The print server 3 is connected to a printer 6 via a dedicated cable 5.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the internal structure of the network printer 2. In this embodiment, a laser beam printer is used.

That is, the network printer 2 includes an operation panel 8 having a switch section, an LED display section, and the like provided on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 7, a printing main body section 9 for performing a predetermined printing operation, and input character data. And a print control unit 10 for analyzing printing data and control data to control the printing operation of the printing main body unit 9.

The printing main body 9 stores predetermined recording paper (cut paper) and supplies the recording paper via a paper feed cassette 12 having a paper feed roller 11 and an appropriate number of transport rollers 13. An electrostatic drum 14 to be irradiated, an optical system 15 for irradiating the electrostatic drum 14 with laser light, a developing device 16 containing toner of a predetermined color and disposed around the electrostatic drum 14, A fixing unit 17 for fixing the toner image developed by the developing unit 16; and a paper discharge unit 19 for discharging document data and the like printed on the recording paper to the outside of the apparatus via a paper discharge roller 18.
Consists of

The optical system 15 includes a semiconductor laser 20 for emitting laser light of a predetermined wavelength,
0, a laser driver 21 that drives
And a reflecting mirror 23 that reflects the laser light that enters through the rotating polygon mirror 22 and supplies the laser light onto the electrostatic drum 14.

In the laser beam printer 2 configured as described above, the video signal from the print control unit 10 is input to the laser driver 21 and the on / off of the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser 20 in accordance with the video signal. Switch off. The laser light is swung right and left by the rotating polygon mirror 22 to scan on the electrostatic drum 14, and an electrostatic latent image such as a character pattern is formed on the electrostatic drum 14. The image is developed via the developing device 16. Then, the toner image attached on the electrostatic drum 14 is
2 is transferred to the recording paper fed from
7, the toner image is fixed on the recording paper, and the recording paper is discharged to a paper discharge unit 19 via a paper discharge roller 18.

FIG. 3 shows the host computer 1 (1a to 1a).
3C is a block diagram showing details of the network printer 2 and the host computer 1 as described above.
Is connected to the network printer 2 via the LAN 4, and an external storage device 39 such as a flexible disk or a hard disk is connected to the network printer 2, and the external storage device 39 stores identification information and a print job described later. It is possible.

More specifically, the host computer 1 has a keyboard 24 to which arbitrary predetermined information is input by an operator.
And a display unit (CRT) 25 for displaying the predetermined information and the like.
And an external storage device 26 such as a flexible disk or a hard disk in which a boot program, various application programs, font data, user files, and editing files are stored, and an information control device 27.

The information control device 27 includes a keyboard 2
And a keyboard controller (KBC) 28 for controlling key input information from the PC 4 and input information specified by a pointing device (not shown), and a CR for controlling the CRT 25.
T controller (CRTC) 29 and external storage device 26
Disk controller (DK) that controls access to
C) 30, a printer controller (PRTC) 31 for executing a communication control process with the network printer 2,
A RAM 32 that stores input information and has a function as a work area, a ROM 33 in which predetermined information is stored in advance, and a CPU 35 that is connected to the above-described components via a system bus 34 and controls these components. Consists of

The ROM 33 stores a font R for storing font data and the like used in document processing.
An OM 36, a program ROM 37 in which a predetermined document processing program is stored, and a data ROM 38 in which various data used when performing the document processing are stored.

Further, the CPU 35 executes a document process in which graphics, images, characters, tables (including spreadsheets, etc.) are mixed.
Execute AM32 as a work area. That is, C
The PU 35 executes a process of developing (rasterizing) the outline font in the display information area provided in the RAM 32, and performs a WYSIWY operation on the CRT 25.
G: What You See Is What You Get
The information displayed at T25 is printed out as it is. Further, the CPU 35 opens various registered windows based on command information specified by a pointing device or the like, and executes various data processing.

On the other hand, the print control unit 10 stores the print job (including the identification information) created by the host computer 1 in the LA.
A receiving unit 40 for sequentially receiving data via the N4;
A print main body interface 41 for controlling an interface operation between the printer main body, a disk controller (DKC) 42 for controlling access to the external storage device 39, and a RAM 43 having an output information development area, an environment information storage area, an NVRAM, and the like. RO in which predetermined information is stored in advance
M44 and a CPU 46 connected to each of the above components via a system bus 45 and controlling these components.

The ROM 44 includes a font ROM 47 in which font data and the like used when generating output information to the printing main body 9 are stored, a program ROM 48 in which a predetermined print processing program is stored, and And a data ROM 49 in which various information used in the host computer 1 is stored in accordance with the data ROM.

The RAM 43 includes a print job storage unit 50 for temporarily storing the print job received by the input unit 40, and an identification information storage unit 51 for storing the identification information of the print job stored in the print job storage unit 50. And
The RAM 43 can be added via an additional port (not shown), and the memory capacity can be expanded.

The CPU 46 has an identification information processing section 52, an identification information determination section 53, a control section 54, and a print result division processing section 55.

The identification information processing section 52 receives, from the control section 54, the identification information of the print job to be subjected to the current printing process among the print jobs temporarily stored in the print job storage section 50, and performs printing based on the identification information. Outputs identification information indicating the name of the executed host computer, user name, and the like.

The identification information judging section 53 includes an identification information processing section 5
2 and the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit 51 are received from the control unit 54,
It is determined whether the two pieces of identification information match each other. If the two pieces of information match, the control unit 54 is notified that the print result division processing is not necessary. The information is stored in the identification information storage unit 51, and the control unit 54 is notified that the print result division processing is necessary.

The control unit 54 controls a processing instruction through the transfer of a print job with each processing unit, an access to the print job storage unit 50, and the like.

The print result separation processing section 55 executes a print result separation process when receiving a notification from the control section 54 that the print result separation processing is necessary.

Incidentally, a plurality of external storage devices 39 can be connected. That is, a plurality of external storage devices 39 storing an optional font card and a plurality of emulation programs in addition to the built-in fonts can be connected. Also, the external storage device 39 has NVRAM,
The printer setting information from the operation panel 8 may be stored.

FIG. 4 is a data structure diagram showing an example of a print job created by the host computer 1. The print job 56 includes a print source such as a user name, a user number, a host computer name, and a host computer number. An identification information section 57 in which identification information for specifying
The network printer 2 has a print data section 58 in which document data and image data are written, and the network printer 2 can specify a user name or a host computer name instructing output of a print job by referring to the identification information. .

Note that the identification information is not limited to the information shown in FIG. 4, but may be any information that can specify a user name or a host computer name.

In this print processing system,
The host computer 1 adds the above-described identification information to the print job at the time of executing printing and transmits the print job with the identification information to the network printer 2. If the identification information matches, the print job is output to the paper output unit 19 without dividing the print result by the print result division process. On the other hand, if the identification information does not match, the print result is separated by the print result separation processing, and the print job is separated from the other print results output to the discharge unit 19 in a state where the print job can be separated.
Is output to

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the output control method of the network printer 2.

First, in step S 1, the print job with identification information output from the host computer 1 is received by the receiving unit 4.
In step S2, the received print job is temporarily stored in the print job storage unit 50, and the print job is set in a print standby state. Next, in step S3, the control unit 54
Extracts the identification information in the print job, and then, in step S4, the identification information output from the identification information processing unit 52 by the identification information determination unit 53 (hereinafter, referred to as “current identification information”).
And the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit 51 (hereinafter, referred to as “previous identification information”) from the control unit 54, and determines whether or not both match. And
If the answer is negative (No), that is, if the current identification information does not match the previous identification information, the storage content of the identification information is updated in step S5, the current identification information is stored in the identification information storage unit 51, and then the process proceeds to step S6. To perform print result division processing. As the print result separation processing, specifically, as described in the section of [Prior Art], a method of inserting a heading page between print jobs, and a method of ° There is a method of inverting, or a method of shifting the print job and the print job from each other,
A desired partitioning process is performed. After that, the printing process of the print job is performed (step S7), and the process ends.

Thus, for example, a heading page is inserted between the print jobs, and the recording paper is output to the paper output unit 19 of the network printer 2.

On the other hand, if the answer in step S4 is affirmative (Yes),
That is, when the current identification information and the previous identification information match, it is determined that there is no need to perform the delimiting process, and the process proceeds to step S7, where the print job is output as it is, and the process ends.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the state of lamination of printed recording paper. FIG. 6 (a) is the present embodiment, and FIG. 6 (b).
Shows a conventional example.

That is, in the conventional example (FIG. 6B), since the heading pages 101a to 101e are inserted between all the jobs, a plurality of continuous print jobs are related to each other, so that the separation processing is performed for the same user. Even if it is not desired to perform the printing, the separation processing is performed. As a result, it is complicated to arrange the printing result, and the usability is deteriorated. On the other hand, in the present embodiment (FIG. 6A), it is determined whether or not to perform the separation process based on the identification information such as the user name, and only when the previous identification information is different from the current identification information, the header is determined. Since the pages 60a to 60c are inserted, if the print jobs to be processed successively are of the same user, the delimiting process is not performed, and the convenience for the user is improved.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the host computer 1 transmits a print job with identification information,
Upon receiving the print job, the network printer 2 extracts the identification information of the print job by the identification information processing unit 52, and compares the extracted current identification information with the previous identification information stored in the identification information storage unit 51. If not, the print job is printed after performing the print result separation process, and if the current identification information matches the previous identification information,
Since the print data is output as it is without performing the delimiting process, the paper is not wasted and contributes to resource saving, and the work efficiency is improved and the convenience can be improved.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an information processing system according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, the output control of the print data described above is performed by the print server 3 as an output control device. It is carried out.

That is, the print server 3 stores a keyboard 90 into which arbitrary predetermined information is input by an operator, a display unit (CRT) 61 for displaying the predetermined information, and print data and identification information. An external storage device 62 such as a flexible disk or a hard disk, and a server control unit 63 are provided.

The server control unit 63 stores the print job (including the identification information) created by the host computer 1 in L
A receiving unit 64 for sequentially receiving data via the AN 4; a keyboard controller (KBC) 65 for controlling key input information from the keyboard 90 and input information specified by a pointing device (not shown); and a C for controlling the CRT 61.
RT controller (CRTC) 66 and external storage device 6
Controller (DK) that controls access to
C) 67, a transmission unit 68 for transmitting a print job to the printer 6, an output information development area, an environment information storage area, and an NV.
A RAM 69 having a RAM or the like, a ROM 70 in which predetermined information is stored in advance, and a C which is connected to the above-mentioned components via a system bus 71 and controls these components.
PU72.

The ROM 70 includes a font ROM 73 and a program ROM similar to those of the network printer 2.
74 and a data ROM 75.

The RAM 69 includes a print job storage unit 76 and an identification information storage unit 77, like the network printer 2.

Similarly to the network printer 2, the CPU 72 has an identification information processing section 78, an identification information determination section 79, a control section 80, and a print result division processing section 81.

The printer 6 includes a printer receiving unit 82 for receiving a print job transferred from the print server 3 via the dedicated cable 5, a print job control unit 83 for controlling the output of the print job, a print data And a data printing unit 84 for printing out the data.

In this information processing system, when printing is performed, the host computer 1 adds the identification information to the print job and transmits the print job to the print server host 3. The present identification information is compared with the previous identification information. If the identification information matches, the print job is transmitted to the printer 6 without performing the print result dividing process, and the print result is output to the printer 6. If the identification information does not match, the print job subjected to the desired print result separation processing is transmitted to the printer 6, and
The printer 6 outputs print data in a state where it can be distinguished from other print results.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the output control method according to the second embodiment.
In the embodiment of the present invention, when the current identification information and the previous identification information match in step S4, a print job print command is issued to the printer 6 without performing the delimiting process, and the current identification information and the previous identification information are compared. If they do not match, the current identification information is stored in the identification information storage unit 77 (step S
5) A print result separation process is performed (step S6). After that, in step S11, the print job control unit 83 is instructed to perform the separation process at the time of output, and then the print job is output from the data print unit 84 of the printer 6. (Step S7), the process ends.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Although a laser beam printer is used as the network printer 2 in the above embodiment, a printer of another printing method such as an ink jet printer may be used, and the present invention can be applied to an output device such as a copying machine or a facsimile machine.
Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied irrespective of the type of printing mode such as color printing and monochrome printing.

[0062]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, when a plurality of information processing devices share an output device or an output control device, it is determined whether or not an output request is from the same user or the same information processing device. Discrimination is performed based on the identification information included in the print job. If the previous identification information is different from the current identification information, the print job is separated, and if the previous identification information and the current identification information are the same, the print job is Since the recording paper is output without performing the separation processing between print jobs, when the same user or the same information processing apparatus processes a plurality of print jobs continuously, the print jobs are not partitioned,
The user does not need to spend effort on organizing the output sheets, and the work efficiency is improved and the convenience of the apparatus is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal structural diagram of a laser beam printer as a network printer.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing details of a first embodiment of the information processing system.

FIG. 4 is a data structure diagram illustrating an example of a print job.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a first embodiment of a processing procedure of output control.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an output result of the present invention in comparison with a conventional example.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating details of a second embodiment of the information processing system.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a second embodiment of the output control processing procedure.

FIG. 9 is a first conventional example showing an output result of a print job.

FIG. 10 is a second conventional example showing an output result of a print job.

FIG. 11 is a third conventional example showing an output result of a print job.

[Explanation of symbols]

1a to 1c Host computer (information processing device) 2 Network printer (output device) 3 Print server (output control device) 19 Paper discharge unit (print job output unit) 40, 64 Receiving unit (print job receiving unit) 53, 79 Identification Information judging section (judging means) 54, 80 Control section (separation prohibiting means) 55, 81 Print result separation processing section (print job separating means)

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Claims (15)

[Claims] A print job receiving unit that receives print jobs transferred from a plurality of information processing apparatuses; a print job separating unit that separates a plurality of print jobs received by the print job receiving unit from each other; An output device comprising: a print job output unit that outputs the print job in a state where the print job is separated by the print job separation unit.
Determining means for determining whether or not the identification information of the previously executed print job and the identification information of the currently executed print job match each other, including identification information for identifying the plurality of information processing apparatuses; and An output apparatus comprising: a separation processing prohibition unit that prohibits execution of the print job separation unit when it is determined that the previous identification information matches the current identification information. 2. A print job separating unit, wherein when the determination unit determines that the previous identification information and the current identification information do not match, the print job separation unit stores the current identification information in a storage unit. 2. The output device according to claim 1, wherein the print job dividing process is performed. 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the identification information includes at least one of information processing apparatus identification information for identifying the information processing apparatus and user identification information for identifying a user. The output device according to claim 1 or 2. 4. A print job receiving means for receiving a print job transferred from a plurality of information processing apparatuses, a print job separating means for separating a plurality of print jobs received by the print job receiving means from each other, An output control device comprising: an output instructing unit that instructs an output device to output the print job in a state where the print job is separated by the print job separating unit.The print job received by the print job receiving unit includes:
Determining means for determining whether or not the identification information of the previously executed print job and the identification information of the currently executed print job match each other, including identification information for identifying the plurality of information processing apparatuses; and An output control device comprising: a separation processing prohibition unit that prohibits execution of the print job separation unit when it is determined that the previous identification information matches the current identification information. 5. The print job separating means stores the current identification information in a storage means when the determination means determines that the previous identification information and the current identification information do not match with each other. 5. The output control device according to claim 4, wherein the print job dividing process is executed. 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification information includes at least one of information processing device identification information for identifying the information processing device and user identification information for identifying a user. The output control device according to claim 4 or 5. 7. An information processing system in which a plurality of information processing apparatuses and an output apparatus are connected via a network, wherein the information processing apparatus transmits a print job including identification information to the output apparatus. A print job receiving unit that receives the print job transferred from the information processing device; and a print job partition that separates a plurality of print jobs received by the print job receiving unit from each other. Means, a print job output means for outputting the print job in a state where the print job is separated by the print job separating means, and whether or not the identification information of the previously executed print job and the identification information of the currently executed print job match. Determining means that determines that the previous identification information and the current identification information match with each other. The information processing system characterized in that it and a delimiter process prohibiting means for prohibiting execution of the print job separator means. 8. The print job separating means stores the current identification information in a storage means when the determination means determines that the previous identification information does not match the current identification information, and stores the current identification information in a storage means. 8. The information processing system according to claim 7, wherein the print job dividing process is performed. 9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the identification information includes at least one of information processing apparatus identification information for identifying the information processing apparatus and user identification information for identifying a user. An information processing system according to claim 7. 10. An information processing system in which a plurality of information processing devices and an output control device are connected via a network, and wherein the output control device is connected to the output device via a dedicated interface. Has print job transmitting means for transmitting a print job including identification information to the output control device, and the output control device has a print job receiving means for receiving the print job transferred from the information processing device; ,
A print job separating unit that separates a plurality of print jobs received by the print job receiving unit from each other, and an output instruction that instructs the output device to output the print job in a state separated by the print job separating unit. Means for determining whether or not the identification information of the previously executed print job and the identification information of the currently executed print job match, and the determination means makes the previous identification information and the current identification information match. An information processing system comprising: a separation processing prohibition unit that prohibits the execution of the print job separation unit when it is determined that the printing job separation unit has performed. 11. The print job separating means stores the current identification information in the storage means when the determination means determines that the previous identification information does not match the current identification information, and performs a predetermined printing operation. The information processing system according to claim 10, wherein a job separation process is performed. 12. The identification information includes at least one of information processing device specifying information for specifying the information processing device and user specifying information for specifying a user. Claim 10 or Claim 1
1. The information processing system according to 1. 13. An output control method for outputting each print job while performing a print job partitioning process for partitioning a plurality of print jobs transferred from a plurality of information processing devices from each other, comprising the steps of: The print job includes the print job including the print job, and determines whether or not the identification information of the print job executed last time matches the identification information of the print job executed this time. Wherein the execution of the print job partitioning process is prohibited. 14. When it is determined that the previous identification information and the current identification information do not match, the current identification information is stored in a storage unit, and a predetermined print job partitioning process is executed. The information processing system according to claim 13, wherein 15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the identification information includes at least one of information processing apparatus specifying information for specifying the information processing apparatus and user specifying information for specifying a user. Or the information processing system according to claim 14.