JP2003263297A - Printing machine, printing control device, printing system, and printing control method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing control technique, capable of quickly and properly coping with difficulties when obstacles, such as lack of papers or the like. <P>SOLUTION: A printing control device comprises a process of storing printing paper information, such as kinds, sizes, and directions of papers to be used including specific formats and printing data into database, a process of transmitting to a printing machine side by assembling the printing paper information and printing data, and a process of displaying both printing status information and printing paper information, by receiving the printing status information of the printing data and printing paper information, including difficulties such as lack of papers or the like and including information for the kinds and sizes of the papers which cause difficulties from the printing machine side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a print control technique when print data transmitted from a print control device is received by a print device and printed on a predetermined sheet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a printing apparatus related to the present invention, a computer (host computer) is connected by a dedicated cable or a network, and print data sent from the computer is printed.
If the paper runs out (= runs out of paper) before or during printing, a buzzer sounds in the printer to warn the user and a panel (display unit) inside the printer indicates that the paper has run out. , And the tray (cassette) or paper size that caused the paper out. Further, as a technique for transmitting the paper information to the host computer side when the paper runs out, for example, there is a technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-65441. According to this publication, when a paper run-out occurs in the printing apparatus, the CPU of the printing apparatus sends the paper information from the cassette detector to the CP of the host computer.
A technique is described in which, by notifying U, printing data of another file is transmitted from the host computer to the printing apparatus, and printing is performed on a sheet of a cassette that is out of paper.

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional panel display and sheet information transmitted by the printing apparatus are such that when printing on a special format sheet such as a preprint sheet or a sheet prepared for business use, There was no information about which paper should be replenished even if the paper runs out.
Therefore, only the operator who has issued the print instruction knows which sheet should be replenished, and in such a case, it was difficult for another operator to promptly replenish the predetermined sheet. . In some cases, even if an operator other than the operator who has issued the print instruction replenishes the paper, the prescribed paper of the special format may not be replenished. In this case, the operator who issued the print instruction is asked to replenish the prescribed paper. After that, the printing operation has to be redone, and it takes time to restart the printing operation, resulting in poor usability. In view of the situation of the above-mentioned conventional technology, the problem of the present invention is that, even when printing using a special format paper, when a failure such as paper exhaust occurs, not only the operator who issued the print instruction but also another person Also, it is to make it possible to immediately know the failure information such as what kind of paper should be replenished, and to promptly respond to a failure such as prompt replenishment of proper paper.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, as a print control device for transmitting print data to a printing device, the type, size, orientation, etc. of paper including a special format, etc. The printing paper information and the printing data are stored in a database, the printing paper information and the printing data are combined and transmitted to the printing apparatus side, and the printing status of the printing data is sent from the printing apparatus side. It is configured to receive the information, the failure such as the paper out, and the print paper information such as the type and size of the paper in which the failure has occurred, analyze the content, and display the content. In addition, the printing device analyzes the printing paper information received from the printing control device side, and the printing paper information including the paper type, size, and orientation of the printing paper set in the paper feeding means and the analyzed printing paper information. The information is compared to identify whether the two pieces of printing paper information match, and when it is determined that the two pieces of printing paper information match,
When the printing paper is fed and printing is started, and it is detected that there is no printing paper during the printing operation, the received printing paper information indicates a failure such as a paper shortage and the failure paper. Fault information of printing paper information such as type and size is formed, the fault content is displayed in the device itself, and the fault information is also transmitted to the print control device side. When a terminal device such as a computer is connected to the print control device, the failure content of the printing device can be displayed on the terminal device. By displaying fault information such as the type and size of the faulty paper, not only the operator who issued the print instruction but also the person near the printing device or the print control device can include the specially formatted paper. It becomes possible to promptly supply appropriate paper.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a printing system as an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG.
Reference numeral 100 is a first computer that issues a print instruction as a print control device, 200 is a printing device, 300 and 400 are second computers as external terminal devices, and 110 in the first computer 100 is a print instruction unit, 111. Is a display control unit, 112 is a data transmission unit, 113 is an event reception unit, 114 is a status instruction unit, 115 is an event transmission unit that transmits a request for the printing status of the printing apparatus 200 as an event, 120 is a display, and 130 is a job. Definition file database that stores print information for each
Reference numeral 131 denotes a print data database, 210 in the printing apparatus 200 denotes a print processing unit that prints print data, 211
Is a paper identification processing unit, 212 is a display control unit, 213 is a failure determination unit, 214 is a data receiving unit that receives data from a computer, 215 is printing to the first computer 100 and the second computers 300 and 400, etc. Event transmitting unit for transmitting the report information of 216, an event receiving unit for receiving a signal requesting the printing status information from the first computer 100, 220 for a warning buzzer, 221
Is a display panel, 31 in the second computer 300
Reference numeral 0 is a print designation unit, 311 is a display control unit, 312 is an event receiving unit, 313 is a status request unit for grasping the printing status, 320 is a display, and the second computer 40.
Reference numeral 410 in 0 indicates a print designation unit, 411 indicates a display control unit, 41
Reference numeral 2 is an event receiving unit, 413 is a status requesting unit for grasping the printing status, and 420 is a display. In the above, the definition file database 130 stores print paper information including the types, sizes, and orientations of print papers including preprint papers, professional papers, and irregular papers, and the print data database 131 includes The print data for printing on the print paper is stored. In the first computer 100, the print instruction unit 110 combines and outputs the print sheet information stored in the definition file database 130 and the print data stored in the print data database 131. Data transmission unit 112
Transmits the combined data to the printing apparatus 200 side. The status instruction unit 114 forms and outputs a signal requesting the printing status information and the printing paper information of the printing data in the printing apparatus 200. The event transmitter 115
The request signal is transmitted to the printing apparatus 200 side. The event receiving unit 113 moves from the printing apparatus 200 to the printing apparatus 20.
The print status information and print sheet information of the print data on the 0 side are received. The display control unit 111 analyzes the content of the received information and controls the display 120 to display an event such as the end of printing or running out of paper. Further, in the printing apparatus 200, the data receiving unit 214
Receives data that is a combination of the printing paper information of the designated printing paper including the paper type, size, and orientation and the printing data. The print processing unit 210 analyzes the received print paper information and feeds paper (not shown).
The received print data is printed on the print paper fed from the printer. The paper identification processing unit 211 compares the analyzed print paper information with the print paper information including the paper type, size, and orientation of the print paper set in the paper feeding unit, and outputs both print paper information. It is discriminated whether or not they match, and the information of the discrimination result is supplied to the paper feeding unit and the print processing unit 21.
Output to 0. The failure determination unit 213 detects the presence or absence of printing paper to be fed in the paper feeding means during or before the printing operation, and if the result of the detection indicates that there is no printing paper, the printing paper information is displayed. Based on the above, it is formed and output as fault information. The failure information output from the failure determination unit 213 is input to the display control unit 212, the information content is analyzed, and the failure content is displayed on the panel 221. In addition, the buzzer 220 sounds according to the output failure information. The fault information that is output is displayed on the panel 221 and the alarm on the buzzer 220, and is sent from the event transmission unit 215 to the print control apparatus 100 side or the second computer 30.
It is also transmitted to the 0 and 400 sides and displayed on the displays 320 and 420, respectively. The print designation unit 310, the display control unit 311, the event reception unit 312, and the status request unit 313 in the second computer 300, the print designation unit 410, and the display control unit 4 in the second computer 400.
11, the event receiving unit 412, and the status requesting unit 413 are mainly used for the second computers 300 and 400, respectively.
At, the processing related to printing is performed. That is, control is performed to send the data to be printed to the printing apparatus, control to determine whether the printing has been completed correctly, and a request for the printing status to the printing apparatus 100.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the contents of a definition file that defines information according to the work to be printed. In FIG. 2, 500 is the definition file itself, 501 is a type A job in which the paper type is format A, paper size is A4, and paper orientation is vertical, and 502 is paper type B, paper size B4, paper A B-type job whose orientation is horizontal, and 503 a C-type job. By defining the type and information of printing work in the definition file 500,
Print data and job type information are added and sent to the printer.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a first failure information display example in the printing apparatus. 6 is a display example of a panel 221 of the printing apparatus 200, in which the position of the sheet feeding unit is displayed, the manual feeding method of the sheet feeding unit is performed according to a print instruction from the first computer 100 and the second computers 300 and 400. The following is a panel display of the printing apparatus when paper is run out from the paper feed unit and paper runs out during printing.
Reference numeral 600 denotes a panel itself, 601 a message for notifying an operator, 602 a sheet feeding unit configuration, 603 a manual sheet feeding unit, 604 a sheet feeding unit 1, 605 a sheet feeding unit 2, 606.
Indicates the paper feed unit 3, and indicates that the paper feed unit 603 has run out of paper during printing. In FIG. 3, a message 601 is displayed.
By displaying, it becomes clear that it is sufficient to vertically set the A4 size paper in the format A in the manual paper feeding unit 603.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a second failure information display example in the printing apparatus. In the printing apparatus that displays the position of the paper feeding unit of the paper feeding unit, in the middle of printing by feeding paper from the paper feeding unit 2 according to a print instruction from the first computer 100 and the second computers 300 and 400. The panel display of the printing device when paper shortage occurs in. This indicates that the paper supply unit 2 (605) has run out of paper during printing. Reference numerals 600 to 606 indicate the same parts as in FIG. In FIG. 4, by displaying the message 601, it becomes clear that it is sufficient to laterally set the format B and the B4 size paper in the paper feed unit 2.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a third failure information display example in the printing apparatus. In the printing apparatus 200 that does not display the position of the paper feed unit, paper is fed from the manual paper feed unit according to a print instruction from the first computer 100 and the second computers 300 and 400, and the paper runs out during printing. An example of a panel display of the printing apparatus 200 when the printing is performed is shown. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 700 denotes a message for notifying an operator or the like. By displaying the message 700, it becomes clear that it is sufficient to set the A4 size paper of the format A vertically in the manual paper feeding unit.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a fourth failure information display example on the printing apparatus. In the printing apparatus 200 that does not display the position of the paper feeding unit, the paper is fed while the paper is being fed from the paper feeding unit 2 according to a print instruction from the first computer 100 and the second computers 300 and 400. 7 shows a panel display of the printing apparatus 200 when a break occurs. In FIG. 6, 700 shows a message. By displaying the message 700, it becomes clear that the format B and the size B4 size paper may be horizontally set in the paper feed unit 2.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a first display example of failure information on the first and second computers. Printing device 20
0 shows the display display of the first computer 100 and the second computer 300, 400 when the paper runs out while the paper is fed from the manual paper feeding unit and printed. In FIG. 7, 800 is a message. By displaying the message 800, it becomes clear that A4 size paper of format A may be vertically set in the manual paper feeding unit.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a second failure information display example on the first and second computers. 7 shows a display on the display of the first computer 100 and the second computer 300, 400 when a paper shortage occurs during printing while feeding the paper from the paper feeding unit 2 in the printing apparatus. In FIG. 8, 800 indicates a message. By displaying the message 800, it becomes clear that the format B and the size B4 size paper may be horizontally set in the paper feed unit 2.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a first print status display example on the first and second computers. The display on the display when the printing status is referred to by the first computer 100 and the second computers 300 and 400 is shown. 900 is the content of the display. In FIG. 9, 901 is a print data name, 902 is a paper type, and 903.
Is the print status, 904 is the print data name 901 is the job 1, the paper type 902 is the format A, and status 9
03 indicates that there is no paper, 905 indicates that the print data name 901 is job 2, the paper type 902 is format B, and the status 903 is waiting for printing. By displaying the display 900, the printing status of the printing apparatus can be understood.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a second print status display example on the first and second computers. First computer 100 and second computers 300, 400
Shown on the display when the print status is referenced in.
900 shows the contents of the display. In FIG.
901 is print data name, 902 is paper type, 903 is printing status, 904 is print data name 901 is job 3, paper type 902 is format C, status 90
3 indicates that printing is in progress, and 905 indicates print data name 9
01 is job 1 and paper type 902 is format A
And the status 903 indicates that printing is waiting. By displaying the display 900, even a person other than the operator can easily understand the printing status of the printing apparatus 200.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the procedure of print control in the embodiment of FIG.
Reference numeral 108 indicates a transition by the execution step. In FIG. 11, the process of step ST100 is mainly performed by the print instruction unit 1.
10, the processing of step ST101 is mainly the print processing section 210, the sheet identification processing section 211, and the processing of step ST102 is mainly the failure determination section 213, step ST103.
Is mainly performed by the print processing unit 210, step ST10.
4 is mainly performed by the event transmission unit 215, step S
The processing of T105 is mainly performed by the display control units 111 and 212,
The process of step ST106 is mainly performed by the display 12
0, the panel 221, the process of step ST107 is mainly performed by the buzzer 220, and the process of step ST108 is mainly performed by the event transmitting unit 215.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing a procedure for grasping the printing status of the printing apparatus 200 in the embodiment of FIG. 1, and ST200 to ST203 show transitions by execution steps. In FIG. 12, step ST20
The processing of 0 is mainly the status requesting sections 313 and 413 and the status instructing section 114, the processing of steps ST201 and 202 is mainly the printing processing section 210, the sheet identification processing section 211, and the processing of step ST203 is mainly the event transmitting section 215.
, Respectively.

In the print control according to the present invention, print sheet information of a definition file defined for each type of print job and print data are combined in the print instruction unit 110 (step ST100), and combined from the data transmission unit 112. The combined data is transmitted to the printing apparatus 200. The data receiving unit 214 of the printing apparatus 200 receives the data sent from the first computer 100, and the print processing unit 210 analyzes the print information of the data (step ST10).
1). The contents to be analyzed are the paper type, paper size, paper orientation, and paper feed unit. The specified sheet is identified by the sheet identification processing unit 211, and when the specified sheet size and orientation of the sheet match, the sheet is fed (step ST1).
If 02 is present, printing is executed (step ST10).
3). However, in this case, it is premised that the intended paper format is set in the paper feed unit in advance.
When the printing is completed, the failure determination unit 213 determines that the printing is normally completed, and then the event transmission unit 2 outputs information about the normal completion.
15, the event is transmitted to the first computer 100 and the second computers 300 and 400 (step ST104). In the first computer 100 and the second computers 300, 400, events from the printing apparatus 200 are received by the event receiving units 113, 312, 412, and then the display control units 111, 311, 41.
In 1, the content of the event is analyzed and the content is displayed on the displays 120, 320, 420. Failure determination unit 213
In step ST10, it is determined that there is no paper before printing, or there is no paper during printing.
2), the display control unit 212 edits the content displayed on the panel 221 from the print information in the data transmitted from the first computer 100 (step S
(T105), the content of the failure and the coping method are displayed on the panel 221 (step ST106). FIGS. 3 and 4 show examples of panel displays that display the position of the sheet feeding unit at this time, and FIGS. 5 and 6 show examples of panel display that does not display the position of the sheet feeding unit. Further, by sounding the alarm buzzer 220, the operator or other person in the vicinity is notified (step ST
107). In addition, the failure determination unit 213 sends an event of abnormal termination to the event transmission unit 215 and transmits event information to the first computer 100 and the second computers 300 and 400 (step ST108). First computer 100 and second computers 300, 40
0, event information from the printing apparatus 200 is received by the event receiving units 113, 312, and 412, respectively, and then the display control units 111 and 31 are received.
The contents of the event information are analyzed at 1 and 411, and the contents are displayed on the respective displays 120, 320 and 420. As a result, the type, size, orientation, paper feed unit, etc. of the print paper to be replenished are displayed on the panel 221 and the paper feed unit even if the paper runs out in the paper feed unit of the paper feed unit in the printing apparatus 200 before printing and during printing. Since it is possible to make an immediate judgment only by looking at the display contents of the displays 120, 320, 420, it is possible to perform an efficient printing operation without supplying wrong paper.

The status requesting unit 313 of the second computer 300, the status requesting unit 413 of the second computer 400, or the status instructing unit 114 of the first computer 100 grasps the printing status of the printing apparatus 200. If there is a request (step ST200),
Event information to that effect is transmitted from the event transmission unit 115 to the printing apparatus 200. When the event receiving unit 216 of the printing apparatus 200 receives the event information, it prints out what kind of print data is currently in what kind of print status (printing, waiting to print, out of paper, etc.). The analysis is performed by the section 210 (step ST201). afterwards,
First computer 100, second computer 30
In response to a request from 0 or 400, the print status is edited (step ST202), the edited result is sent as event information to the event transmitting unit 215, and the event information is sent to the requesting computer (step ST203). .
The first computer 100 and the second computer 100 that have issued a request for the printing status of the printing apparatus 200 to the printing apparatus 200.
Computer 300 or second computer 40
At 0, the event information from the printing apparatus 200 is received by the event receiving unit 113, 312, or 412, and then the content of the event information is analyzed by the display control unit 111, 311 or 411, and the content is displayed on the display 12.
It is displayed at 0, 320 or 420. Examples of the contents of the display are the contents shown in FIGS. By displaying the display shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, it is possible to grasp the current printing status, and thereby it is possible to confirm the validity of the printing instruction, grasp the printing completion time, etc., and perform efficient printing. it can.

According to the above-described embodiment, even if a failure such as a pre-print sheet or a special format sheet such as a business-specific sheet runs out before or during the printing, the buzzer 220 in the printing apparatus 200 can operate. In addition to the alarm, the contents of the failure (event) including the paper information, the printing device 2
00 panel 221, the display 120 of the first computer 100 as a print control device, and the displays 320 and 420 of the second computers 300 and 400 as external terminal devices. The content of the failure (event) is recognized. For this reason, not only the operator who issued the print instruction, but also another person can appropriately take measures such as paper supply.
As a result, it is possible to improve the usability of the printing apparatus 200, the first computer 100 as the printing control apparatus, and the printing system including them, and perform efficient printing work.

[0020]

According to the present invention, even when a trouble such as a paper shortage occurs, it is possible to promptly respond to the trouble such as prompt replenishment of proper paper.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a printing system as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of contents of a definition file.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a first failure information display example on the printing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a second failure information display example on the printing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a third failure information display example on the printing apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a fourth failure information display example on the printing apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a first failure information display example on the first and second computers.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a second failure information display example on the first and second computers.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a first print status display example on the first and second computers.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a second print status display example on the first and second computers.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a print control procedure.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of an example of a procedure for grasping a print status.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 ... First computer, 110 ... Print instruction unit,
111, 212, 311, 411 ... Display control unit, 1
12 ... Data transmitter, 113, 216, 312, 41
2 ... Event receiver, 114 ... Situation indicator, 11
5, 215 ... Event transmission unit, 120, 320, 42
0 ... Display, 130 ... Definition file database, 131 ... Print data database, 200
... printer, 210 ... print processing unit, 211 ... paper identification processing unit, 212 ... display control unit, 213 ... failure determination unit, 214 ... data receiving unit, 220 ... buzzer, 2
21 ... Panel, 300, 400 ... Second computer, 310 ... Print designation section, 313, 413 ... Status request section, 413 ... Status request section, 420 ... Display.

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A print control device for transmitting print data to a printing device, the first database storing print paper information including paper type, size and orientation, and the print data. A second database; a first means for combining the print sheet information read from the first database and print data read from the second database; and transmitting the combined data; Second means for transmitting to the printing apparatus a signal requesting the printing status information and printing paper information of the printing data in the apparatus; and receiving the printing status information and printing paper information of the printing data from the printing apparatus. A third means for performing content analysis and displaying the result of the analysis, and forming and transmitting the print data together with printing paper related to the printing device. When a failure occurs, the print control apparatus is characterized in that the failure information can be received and displayed. 2. The print control according to claim 1, wherein the first database stores print sheet information including preprint sheet information, business-specific sheet information, and irregular sheet information as print sheet information. apparatus. 3. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the third means has a configuration for displaying at least information of waiting for printing, printing, printing completed, or no paper as the printing status information. 4. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second means has a configuration capable of supplying a signal requesting the print status information and print sheet information from a plurality of external terminal devices. 5. A printing device for printing print data received from the outside on a specified printing paper, the printing paper information of the specified printing paper including paper type, size, and orientation, and the printing data. A receiving unit that receives data that is a combination of the data, a paper feeding unit that feeds the specified printing paper when the printing paper is set, and a paper feeding unit that analyzes the received printing paper information. Print processing means for printing the received print data on paper, the analyzed print paper information, and print paper information including the paper type, size, and orientation of the print paper set in the paper supply means. The identification processing means for comparing and identifying whether or not the two pieces of printing paper information match and outputting the information of the identification result to the paper feeding means and the print processing means, and the printing paper to be fed. Mark presence or absence When there is no printing paper detected during operation or before printing operation, means for forming and outputting failure information based on the received printing paper information, and display means for displaying the failure content based on the failure information, A transmission means for transmitting the failure information to the outside, and when the match between the specified print paper information and the print paper information of the print paper set in the paper supply means is identified, the paper feed is performed. The printing apparatus is configured to perform the printing process, and when there is no printing paper to be fed, display that there is no printing paper and send the information to the outside. 6. A printing system for performing printing by transmitting print data from a print control device to a printing device, wherein the print control device stores print paper information including paper type, size, and orientation. A first database, a second database that stores the print data, print paper information read from the first database, and print data read from the second database are combined, and the combination is obtained. Means for transmitting the data, the second means for transmitting a signal requesting the printing status information and the printing sheet information of the printing data in the printing device to the printing device, and the printing device for printing Receiving the print status information and print sheet information of the business data, analyzing the contents, and displaying a result of the analysis, Along with the formation and transmission, when a fault related to printing paper occurs in the printing device, the fault information can be received and displayed, and the printing device receives the data transmitted from the print control device. Means, a paper feed means for feeding the designated print paper with the print paper set, and analyzing the received print paper information, and printing the received print data on the supplied print paper. The print processing means, the analyzed print paper information, and the print paper information including the paper type, size, and orientation of the print paper set in the paper feed means are compared, and the two print paper information match each other. Identify whether or not
An identification processing unit that outputs the information of the identification result to the paper feeding unit and the print processing unit, and the presence or absence of the printing paper to be fed is detected during the printing operation or before the printing operation, and there is no printing paper. Comprises means for forming and outputting trouble information based on the received print sheet information, display means for displaying trouble contents based on the trouble information, and transmitting means for transmitting the trouble information to the outside. When a match between the specified print paper information and the print paper information of the print paper set in the paper feeding unit is identified, the paper is fed, the print process is executed, and the print paper to be fed When there is no
A printing system configured to display that there is no paper and to transmit the information to the outside. 7. A print control method when print data transmitted from the print control device is received by the print device and printed on a predetermined paper, wherein the print control device has the type and size of the paper. , A first step of storing printing paper information including orientation in a first database, and a second step of storing the printing data in a second database
And a third step of combining the print paper information read from the first database with the print data read from the second database and transmitting the combined data; A fourth step of transmitting a signal requesting print status information and print sheet information of the print data to the printing device side; and a step of receiving the data transmitted from the print control device on the printing device side. The step 5 and the received print paper information are analyzed, and the analyzed print paper information is compared with the print paper information including the paper type, size, and orientation of the print paper set on the printer side. And the sixth step of identifying whether or not they match each other, and as a result of the above identification, when both the print sheet information match, the print sheet is fed to perform the printing. When the printing of the printing data is started on a sheet of paper and the two pieces of printing paper information do not match, failure information to that effect is formed, the failure content is displayed in the printing device, and the failure information is displayed as described above. A seventh step of transmitting to the print control device side, an eighth step of receiving the failure information from the printing device side in the print control device, performing a content analysis, and displaying a result of the analysis, A print control method comprising performing print control via the above. 8. A print control method for receiving print data transmitted from the print control device side on a print device side and printing the print data on a predetermined sheet, wherein the print control device side sets the type and size of the sheet. , A first step of storing printing paper information including orientation in a first database, and a second step of storing the printing data in a second database
And a third step of combining the print paper information read from the first database with the print data read from the second database and transmitting the combined data; A fourth step of transmitting a signal requesting print status information and print sheet information of the print data to the printing device side; and a step of receiving the data transmitted from the print control device on the printing device side. The step 5 and the received print paper information are analyzed, and the analyzed print paper information is compared with the print paper information including the paper type, size, and orientation of the print paper set on the printer side. And the sixth step of identifying whether or not they match each other, and as a result of the above identification, when both print sheet information match, the print sheet is fed, A seventh step of printing the print data whose serial received to the print paper, when it is detected there is no printing paper during printing operation,
Eighth step of forming fault information indicating that the paper has run out based on the received print sheet information, displaying the fault content based on the fault information, and transmitting the fault information to the print control device side. And a ninth step of receiving the failure information from the printing apparatus side and displaying the content of the failure in the print control apparatus, and the print control is performed. Control method.