JP2003330669A - Method for automatically selecting printing device connected to network - Google Patents
Method for automatically selecting printing device connected to networkInfo
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Description
【０００１】[0001]
【発明の属する技術分野】本発明は、ネットワークに接
続されたプリンタを選択する方法に関するものである。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for selecting a printer connected to a network.
【０００２】[0002]
【従来の技術】従来、ネットワーク接続されたコンピュ
ータからの印刷を行う際、ネットワークに接続された複
数のプリンタから適当なものを選択する場合、ユーザは
それぞれのプリンタの特性を把握しその中から最適と思
われるものを各自の判断で選択したいた。また、半自動
的に選択を行うような場合でも、プリンタの印刷単価を
考慮することはなかった。2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when printing from a computer connected to a network and selecting an appropriate printer from a plurality of printers connected to the network, the user grasps the characteristics of each printer and selects the optimum one from them. It was at their discretion to choose what they believed to be. Further, even in the case of semi-automatic selection, the printing unit price of the printer was not considered.
【０００３】[0003]
【発明が解決しようとする課題】しかしながら、上記従
来例では、ユーザが各自の判断で最適と思われるプリン
タを選択するため、ユーザは各プリンタの性能を正確に
把握する必要があり、ネットワーク上のプリンタの総
数、種類が増えるに従いユーザの負担が増加するという
欠点がある。また、プリンタの選択を自動で行う場合で
も、自動選択を行う処理が印刷単価を考慮していないた
め、不必要な印刷コストが発生するという欠点があっ
た。However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, since the user selects the printer that seems to be the most suitable by his / her own judgment, it is necessary for the user to accurately grasp the performance of each printer. There is a drawback that the burden on the user increases as the total number and types of printers increase. Further, even when the printer is automatically selected, the process of performing the automatic selection does not consider the printing unit price, so that there is a disadvantage that unnecessary printing cost occurs.
【０００４】[0004]
【課題を解決するための手段】上記目的を達成するた
め、本出願に係る第１の発明は、ネットワークに接続さ
れた複数のプリンタと、上記プリンタの性能・印刷単価
情報を管理する手段と、ユーザからの印刷単価を含む各
種条件の入力に従い、上記管理手段より上記ネットワー
クに接続されたプリンタの性能・印刷単価情報に基づき
演算を行い自動的に最適なプリンタを選択する手段を設
けたことを特徴とする。In order to achieve the above object, a first invention of the present application is to provide a plurality of printers connected to a network, a means for managing performance / print unit price information of the printer, According to the input of various conditions including the printing unit price from the user, the management means performs the calculation based on the performance / printing unit price information of the printer connected to the network, and automatically provides the means for selecting the optimum printer. Characterize.
【０００５】本出願に係る第２の発明は、第１の発明に
於いて、プリンタが複数の印刷条件を持ち、各印刷条件
に対して印刷単価が異なる場合、上記プリンタの各条件
及び単価をプリンタの性能・印刷単価情報として管理す
る手段を設けたことを特徴とする。According to a second invention of the present application, in the first invention, when the printer has a plurality of printing conditions and the printing unit price is different for each printing condition, each condition and unit price of the printer are It is characterized in that a means for managing as printer performance / print unit price information is provided.
【０００６】[0006]
【発明の実施の形態】（第一の実施形態）図１は本発明
の特徴を最もよく表す図面であり、同図において１０１
はネットワークに接続されたコンピュータ、１０２はネ
ットワークに接続されたプリンタの性能・印刷単価を管
理するサーバ・コンピュータ、１０２、１０３、１０４
はネットワークに接続されたそれぞれ性能の異なるプリ
ンタである。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a drawing best showing the features of the present invention. In FIG.
Is a computer connected to the network, 102 is a server computer that manages the performance / printing unit price of the printer connected to the network, 102, 103, 104
Are printers with different capabilities connected to the network.
【０００７】ネットワーク上に接続されたプリンタ１０
３、１０４、１０５の性能、印刷単価情報は管理サーバ
１０２で例えば図２の表に示すように管理されている。
ここで、画質、速度共に数が大きいほど高機能である。Printer 10 connected on the network
The performances 3, 104, and 105 and the print unit price information are managed by the management server 102 as shown in the table of FIG.
Here, the higher the image quality and the higher the number, the higher the function.
【０００８】ユーザがコンピュータ１０１からネットワ
ーク上のプリンタに印刷を行う場合、ユーザは図３に示
す様なプリンタの選択画面から目的とする印刷の条件を
入力する。入力された条件はネットワークを介してサー
バ１０２に送られる。サーバ１０２は送られてきた条件
に基づき特定の演算を行い条件に近い順番プリンタを列
挙し、これをコンピュータ１０１に返信する。コンピュ
ータ１０１はサーバ１０２より送られた上記プリンタの
リストを表示し、ユーザはこの中から目的とするプリン
タを選択し、選択されたプリンタを用いてコンピュータ
１０１は文書を印刷する。When the user prints from the computer 101 to a printer on the network, the user inputs the desired printing conditions from the printer selection screen as shown in FIG. The entered conditions are sent to the server 102 via the network. The server 102 performs a specific calculation based on the sent conditions, enumerates printers in order of closeness to the conditions, and sends them back to the computer 101. The computer 101 displays the list of printers sent from the server 102, the user selects a target printer from the list, and the computer 101 prints a document using the selected printer.
【０００９】条件に近いプリンタを選択する演算として
は、例えば、図２の様な管理データが存在し、図３に示
すような条件入力に於いて、「印刷単価」「印刷速度」
「印刷画質」の様なスライドバーで値を取るものの場
合、その最大値、即ち図においてスライドが一番上に来
た場合を１００、一番下に来た場合を０、「カラー」
「印刷」の様なオン・オフの値を取るものはオンの場合
に１、オフの場合に０を取るとして、次の様な計算式の
結果の数値の大きい順番に条件に近いと見做すというよ
うなものが考えられる。
Ａ＝（プリンタの速度×プリンタ選択の印刷速度の値／
印刷速度の最大値）×定数１＋（プリンタの画質×プリ
ンタ選択の画質の値／画質の最大値）×定数２
Ａがゼロの場合、Ａ＝１とする。（１０１−プリンタの
印刷単価×プリンタ選択の印刷単価の値／印刷単価の最
大値）×Ａ×（プリンタ選択のカラーの値がオフの場合
は１、オンの場合、プリンタのカラー値）×（プリンタ
選択の両面の値がオフの場合は１、オンの場合は、プリ
ンタの両面値）
プリンタ選択の為の条件としては他に、「ソータ付きか
否か」「Ａ３印刷可能か否か」等が挙げられる。As a calculation for selecting a printer close to the conditions, for example, management data as shown in FIG. 2 exists, and in the condition input as shown in FIG. 3, "print unit price" and "print speed" are input.
In case of taking a value with a slide bar such as "print image quality", the maximum value, that is, 100 when the slide comes to the top in the figure, 0 when the slide comes to the bottom, "color"
It is assumed that the ones that take on / off values such as “print” take 1 when on and 0 when off, and are considered to be closer to the conditions in descending order of the numerical values of the following calculation formulas. Something like that is possible. A = (printer speed x printer selection print speed value /
Maximum value of print speed × constant 1+ (image quality of printer × value of image quality selected by printer / maximum value of image quality) × constant 2 If A is zero, A = 1. (101-Print unit price of printer x printer selected print unit price / maximum print unit price) x A x (1 when the printer selected color value is off, the printer color value when it is on) x ( (If the value of both sides of the printer selection is off, it is 1; if it is on, the value of both sides of the printer.) Other conditions for selecting the printer are "whether sorter is included", "whether A3 printing is possible", etc. Is mentioned.
【００１０】（第二の実施形態）第一の発明において、
例えばプリンタ１０３が複数の印刷モードを持つ場合、
それぞれの印刷モードを管理サーバ１０２に図４に示す
ように登録する。ある特定の印刷モードが選択された場
合、コンピュータ１０１はプリンタに対して選択された
モードで文書を印刷するよう指示する。(Second Embodiment) In the first invention,
For example, if the printer 103 has multiple print modes,
Each print mode is registered in the management server 102 as shown in FIG. When a particular print mode is selected, the computer 101 instructs the printer to print the document in the selected mode.
【００１１】[0011]
【発明の効果】以上説明したように、本出願に係る第１
の発明によれば、印刷単価を含めたネットワークに接続
されたプリンタの性能を一元管理し、ユーザが入力した
条件を元に最適なプリンタを自動選択する手段を設けた
ことにより、ユーザはネットワーク上に接続されたプリ
ンタの印刷単価、性能を把握する必要がなく、プリンタ
の選択に印刷単価情報を含めることにより、印刷に係る
経費を削減できる、という効果がある。As described above, the first aspect of the present application
According to the invention, the performance of the printers connected to the network including the printing unit price is centrally managed, and the means for automatically selecting the optimum printer based on the conditions input by the user is provided. There is an effect that it is not necessary to grasp the printing unit price and performance of the printer connected to the printer, and the printing cost can be reduced by including the printing unit price information in the selection of the printer.
【００１２】また、本出願に係る第２の発明によれば、
第１の発明に加えて、ネットワーク上に接続されたプリ
ンタの複数の印刷モードに関する印刷単価、性能情報を
含めたプリンタの情報を一元管理する手段を設け、ユー
ザにより指定された印刷モードで文書を印刷する手段を
設けることにより、ユーザはプリンタの持つ複数の印刷
モードを把握する必要がなくなり、各自の条件にあった
印刷モードを自動的に選択されるようになる、という効
果がある。According to the second invention of the present application,
In addition to the first invention, means for centrally managing printer information including printing unit price and performance information regarding a plurality of printing modes of a printer connected on the network is provided, and a document is printed in a printing mode designated by a user. By providing the printing means, the user does not need to know the plurality of print modes of the printer, and the print mode that meets his or her own conditions can be automatically selected.
【図１】本発明の第一の実施形態に係るネットワークを
説明する図である。FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a network according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
【図２】本発明の第一の実施形態に於いて、サーバによ
り管理されるネットワークに接続されたプリンタの情報
管理表の例である。FIG. 2 is an example of an information management table of printers connected to a network managed by a server in the first embodiment of the present invention.
【図３】本発明の第一の実施形態に於いて、ユーザが目
的とするプリンタの条件を入力する画面の例である。FIG. 3 is an example of a screen for a user to input desired printer conditions in the first embodiment of the present invention.
【図４】本発明の第二の実施形態に於いて、サーバによ
り管理されるネットワークに接続されたプリンタの情報
管理表の例である。FIG. 4 is an example of an information management table of printers connected to a network managed by a server according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
１０１ ネットワークに接続されたユーザが使用するコ
ンピュータ
１０２ ネットワークに接続され、ネットワークに接続
されたプリンタを一元管理するサーバ
１０３、１０４、１０５ ネットワークに接続されたプ
リンタ101 computer used by user connected to network 102 server connected to network and centrally managing printer connected to network 103, 104, 105 printer connected to network
Claims (2)
刷単価・性能情報を一元管理する手段と、印刷に際して
ユーザが印刷のための条件を入力する手段と、上記入力
された条件に近いプリンタを上記一元管理された情報を
基に演算し列挙する手段と、演算の結果をユーザに通知
しユーザにプリンタの選択を行わせる手段と、上記選択
されたプリンタに文書を印刷する手段を設けたことを特
徴とする、ネットワークに接続された印字装置の自動選
択方法。1. A unit for integrally managing printing unit price / performance information of a printer connected to a network, a unit for a user to input conditions for printing at the time of printing, and a unit for printers close to the input conditions. A means for calculating and enumerating based on the managed information, a means for notifying the user of the result of the calculation and causing the user to select a printer, and a means for printing a document on the selected printer are provided. A method for automatically selecting a printing device connected to a network.
に接続されたプリンタが複数の印刷モードを持ち各印刷
モードに対する印刷単価・性能情報が異なる場合、印刷
単価・性能情報として、これらの情報を含めて管理する
ことを特徴とする、ネットワークに接続された印字装置
の自動選択方法。2. The printer according to claim 1, wherein a printer connected to a single network has a plurality of print modes and printing unit price / performance information for each printing mode is different, these information are used as the printing unit price / performance information. An automatic selection method of printers connected to the network, which is characterized by including and managing.
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