JP2004252505A - Printing processing system, printing processing method, printing processing program, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing processing system enabling editing of each printing instruction item and addition of a new item in formation of a job ticket. <P>SOLUTION: This printing processing system comprises a plurality of client PCs 22, 23 and 24 for generating the job ticket and raw data; a printing system server 21 for converting the raw data to printing data based on the job ticket received from each client PC, a system management mechanism 20 for managing the whole system, a printer 25 for printing the printing data based on the job ticket from the printing system server 21, and a network 26 for connecting the client PC 22, 23, and 24, the printing system server 21, the system management mechanism 20, and the printer 25. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a print processing system, and more particularly, to a method for generating and editing a job ticket.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a printer management system is used in a network environment including a server and a client, a job ticket is often used when instructing a printing method to each printer. For example, JP-A-5-204568 discloses a technique for filtering a job programming dialog displayed on a screen of a user interface connected to a client of a network printing system. According to the network printing system, a printer and a plurality of client inputs for providing an electronic document and a print command to form a plurality of prints having different job processing capacities, the electronic document constituting each print job, And dialog filtering that allows program selection on the integrated job ticket to be edited according to the processing capabilities of each printer.
"Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., 1996, Technical Report 7.4 (2) g" includes a search for documents to be output on demand on a SUN workstation and a PC, and a job ticket to create and output instructions. The client function to be performed is described.
[Patent Document 1] JP-A-5-204568 [Non-Patent Document 1] Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., 1996 Technical Report 7.4, (2) g
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 1 do not disclose a function for creating and adding a new item, although each item of the job ticket information can be edited.
An object of the present invention is to provide a print processing system that enables editing of each print instruction item and addition of a new item at the time of creating a job ticket.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the problem, the present invention is characterized in that, when a plurality of clients and a server and a printer that manage print control are connected via a network, and when the client issues a print instruction to the printer, A print processing system that prints print data using a job ticket indicating print instruction contents, wherein the client is a print instruction setting unit that sets print instruction contents of the job ticket, and is set by the print instruction setting unit. Job ticket generation means for generating a job ticket based on the print instruction, wherein the server controls the printer to start printing based on the job ticket generated by the job ticket generation means. And
The present invention includes means for setting a print instruction content of a job ticket on the client side, and a generation unit for generating a job ticket in accordance with the instruction. The sender name, the number of copies, the paper size, the paper type, and the like of the print data are set in the job ticket. Upon receiving the job ticket from the client, the server sends the contents of the job ticket and the raw data to the printer and prints the print data.
According to this invention, when a new job ticket is created, each print item can be arbitrarily specified by the user, so that a print result as specified by the user can be obtained.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, a plurality of clients, a printing system server for controlling printing, and a printer are connected via a network, and when the client issues a printing instruction to the printer, a job ticket indicating the content of the printing instruction is used. A print processing system that prints print data by using the job ticket selecting means for selecting an arbitrary job ticket from already generated job tickets; and a job ticket selected by the job ticket selecting means. Item selection means for selecting an item to be edited from among the items, and editing means for editing the item selected by the item selection means, wherein the server is configured to execute the processing based on the job ticket edited by the editing means. The printer is controlled to start printing.
There is a case where a predetermined job ticket is selected from the already generated job tickets, and it is desired to edit or change the items in the job ticket. According to the present invention, in such a case, first, a job ticket to be changed or edited is selected, and for example, a paper size item in the job ticket is selected and changed from A4 to A3. Thus, the once set job ticket items can be arbitrarily changed.
According to this invention, since the user can arbitrarily select a job ticket and arbitrarily edit each instruction item of the selected job ticket, it is possible for the user to change the once specified content, and thus the print data can be changed. Printing can be performed as desired by the user.
[0005]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of clients, a printing system server for controlling printing, and a printer are connected via a network, and when the client issues a printing instruction to the printer, a job ticket indicating the content of the printing instruction is used. A print processing system that prints print data by using the job ticket selecting means for selecting an arbitrary job ticket from already generated job tickets; and a job ticket selected by the job ticket selecting means. And a new item adding unit for adding a new item to the item (c), wherein the server controls the printer to start printing based on the job ticket to which the new item is added by the new item adding unit. It is characterized by.
In addition, there are cases where an item to be added to the once set job ticket item occurs. Therefore, in the present invention, first, a job ticket to which an item is added is selected, and a new item is added to the Nakano item. For example, if the sender name, the number of copies, the paper size, and the paper type of the print data have already been set as items, the receiver name of the print data is further added so that the print data is delivered to the receiver desired by the sender. Can be
According to this invention, it is possible to arbitrarily add a new item to the instruction items necessary for creating the job ticket later, and the user can print the print data as desired.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of clients, a server for controlling printing and a printer are connected via a network, and when the client issues a printing instruction to the printer, printing is performed using a job ticket indicating the content of the printing instruction. A print processing method for printing data, wherein the client sets print instruction contents of the job ticket, generates a job ticket based on the set print instruction, and generates the job ticket to the server. And the server controls the printer to start printing based on the job ticket received from the client.
According to this invention, the same operation and effect as those of the first aspect can be obtained.
[0006]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of clients are connected to a server and a printer that perform print control via a network, and when the client issues a print instruction to the printer, printing is performed using a job ticket indicating the content of the print instruction. A print processing method for printing data, wherein the client selects an arbitrary job ticket from already generated job tickets, and selects an item to be edited from the items of the selected job ticket. Editing the selected item, transmitting the edited job ticket to the server, and controlling the printer to start printing based on the job ticket received from the client. Features.
According to this invention, the same operation and effect as those of the second aspect can be obtained.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of clients, a server and a printer for controlling printing are connected via a network, and when the client issues a print instruction to the printer, printing is performed using a job ticket indicating the content of the print instruction. A print processing method for printing data, wherein the client selects an arbitrary job ticket from already generated job tickets, adds a new item to the selected job ticket item, and A job ticket with a new item added is transmitted to a server, and the server controls the printer to start printing based on the job ticket received from the client.
According to this invention, the same operation and effect as those of the third aspect can be obtained.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the print processing method according to any one of the fourth to sixth aspects is programmed so as to be controllable by a computer.
According to this invention, by programming the print processing method of the present invention in accordance with an OS controllable by a computer, a computer having the OS can be controlled by the same processing method.
An eighth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the print processing program according to the seventh aspect is recorded in a computer-readable format.
According to the invention, the print processing program is recorded on the recording medium in a computer-readable format, so that the print processing program can be operated anywhere by carrying the recording medium.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail using embodiments shown in the drawings. However, the components, types, combinations, shapes, relative arrangements, and the like described in this embodiment are not merely intended to limit the scope of the present invention but are merely illustrative examples unless otherwise specified. .
FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a print processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The print processing system includes a plurality of client PCs 22, 23, and 24 that generate job tickets and raw data, a print system server 21 that converts raw data to print data based on a job ticket received from the client PC, and A system management mechanism 20 for system management, a printer 25 for printing print data based on a job ticket from the printing system server 21, and client PCs 22, 23, 24, the printing system server 21, the system management mechanism 20, and the printer 25 And a network 26 for connection. Note that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the case where one printer 25 is used is described, but a plurality of printers 25 may be used.
The general operation of the print processing system is as follows. For example, when the client PC 22 prints data created on the PC by the printer 25, the print processing system of the present invention is first activated. Then, the user specifies the data to be printed and creates a job ticket indicating the contents of the print instruction. In the job ticket, a sender name, the number of copies, a paper size, a paper type, and the like of the print data are set. When the setting is completed, a job ticket is generated according to the setting. Then, when printing is started, the raw data and the job ticket are sent to the printing system server 21 via the network 26, and the printing system server 21 expands the raw data into print data based on the job ticket, and sends the data to the printer 25. The printer 25 records print data using a printer driver.
[0008]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the client PC and the printing system server 21 of the present invention. The client PC and the printing system server 21 are constituted by an LCD or the like, and display 30 for displaying data and icons, an I / F 31 for connecting a bus 41 to data, a CPU 32 for controlling the entire system, and a working system. A memory 33 serving as a memory and configured by a RAM or the like, a recording medium access device 35 for accessing an external recording medium (CD, MO, FD (registered trademark), etc.), and a bus 41 and data connection. I / F 34 for performing operations, a hard disk 36 for storing programs and data as an external storage device, an I / F 37 for performing data connection with the bus 41, a keyboard 39 for performing data input, a mouse 40, and a data connection for the bus 41. And an I / F 38 for performing the following. It is known that the client PC and the printing system server 21 having these configurations are controlled according to a program stored in the hard disk 36, and thus detailed operations are omitted.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the print processing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The print processing system includes a client 1, a server 10, and a printer 13. The client 1 includes a print instruction setting unit 2 for setting print instruction contents of a job ticket 4, and a print instruction set by the print instruction setting unit 2. A job ticket generating unit 3 for generating a job ticket based on an instruction.
FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of the print processing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and the operation will be described with reference to this flowchart. First, the print processing system according to the present embodiment is started (S1), the raw data to be printed created by the client 1 is specified, and the print instruction setting unit 2 issues a print finish instruction (S2). Here, the contents set in the job ticket include, for example, a sender name, the number of copies, a paper size, a paper type, and the like. When instructed in this way, the job ticket generation unit 3 generates a job ticket 4 (S3). Then, it is determined whether or not the client 1 issues a print start instruction (S4). If a print instruction is desired (YES route in S4), the job ticket 4 and the raw data 12 are sent to the server to start printing. 10 via the network. The server 10 receives the job ticket 11 and the raw data 12 therein, sends the data to the printer 13, and the printer 13 creates print data based on the printer driver and starts printing (S5). The result 14 is output.
[0009]
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a client of the print processing system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The same components have the same reference numbers. Although not shown, the client 1 selects a job ticket from among the already generated job tickets and a job ticket from the job ticket selected by the job ticket selecting unit. An item selection unit for selecting an item, and an editing unit for editing or changing the item selected by the item selection unit are provided.
FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of the print processing system according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and the operation will be described with reference to this flowchart. First, the print processing system according to the present embodiment is started (S11), and raw data to be printed created by the client 1 is designated, and an arbitrary job ticket is selected from the job tickets already generated by the job ticket selecting unit. (S12). Here, the contents set in the job ticket 4 include, for example, the sender name, the number of copies, the paper size, and the paper type. Next, an item to be edited or changed is selected from the items of the job ticket 4 by the item selection unit, and for example, the paper size 4a is selected and changed to the requirement 5a by the editing unit (S13). Then, it is determined whether or not the client 1 issues a print start instruction (S14). If a print instruction is desired (YES route in S14), the job ticket 5 edited to start printing and a job ticket 5 not shown are not shown. The raw data is transmitted to the server 10 of FIG. 3 via the network. The server 10 receives the job ticket 11 and the raw data 12 therein, sends the data to the printer 13, and the printer 13 creates print data based on the printer driver and starts printing (S15). The result 14 is output.
[0010]
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a client of the print processing system according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The same components have the same reference numbers. Although not shown, the client 1 includes a job ticket selecting unit for selecting an arbitrary job ticket from the already generated job tickets, and a new item for the job ticket selected by the job ticket selecting unit. And a new item addition section to be added.
FIG. 8 is an operation flowchart of the print processing system according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and the operation will be described with reference to this flowchart. First, the print processing system according to the present embodiment is started (S21), and the raw data to be printed generated by the client 1 is designated, and an arbitrary job ticket is selected from the job tickets already generated by the job ticket selecting unit. (S22). Here, the contents set in the job ticket 4 include, for example, the sender name, the number of copies, the paper size, and the paper type. Next, a new item is added to the items of the job ticket 4 by the new item adding unit (S23). For example, the job ticket 4 is obtained by adding the recipient name 6a of the print data to the job ticket 4. Then, it is determined whether or not the client 1 issues a print start instruction (S24). If the print instruction is desired (YES route in S24), the job ticket 6 to which a new item has been added to start printing is to be started. Is transmitted to the server 10 of FIG. 3 via the network. The server 10 receives the job ticket 11 and the raw data 12 therein, sends the data to the printer 13, and the printer 13 creates print data based on the printer driver and starts printing (S25). The result 14 is output.
[0011]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the first and fourth aspects of the present invention, when creating a new job ticket, the user can arbitrarily specify each print item, so that a print result as specified by the user can be obtained. Becomes possible.
According to the second and fifth aspects, since the user can arbitrarily select a job ticket and arbitrarily edit each instruction item of the selected job ticket, it is possible for the user to change the content once specified, so that printing can be performed. The data can be printed as desired by the user.
According to the third and sixth aspects, it is possible to arbitrarily add a new item later to the instruction items necessary for creating a job ticket, and the user can print the print data as desired.
According to the seventh aspect, by programming the print processing method of the present invention in accordance with an OS controllable by a computer, the computer having the OS can be controlled by the same processing method.
According to the eighth aspect, the print processing program is recorded on a recording medium in a format that can be read by a computer, so that the print processing program can be operated anywhere by carrying the recording medium.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a print processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal structure of a client PC and a print system server 21 of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a print processing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a client of a print processing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a client of a print processing system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of the print processing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of a print processing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is an operation flowchart of a print processing system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 20 system management mechanism, 21 printing system server, 22-24 client PC, 25 printer, 26 network

Claims (8)

A plurality of clients and a server and a printer for controlling printing are connected via a network, and when a print instruction is issued from the client to the printer, print data is printed using a job ticket indicating the content of the print instruction. A processing system,
The client includes: a print instruction setting unit configured to set a print instruction content of the job ticket; and a job ticket generation unit configured to generate a job ticket based on the print instruction set by the print instruction setting unit. A print processing system, wherein the printer is controlled to start printing based on a job ticket generated by the job ticket generation unit. A plurality of clients, a printing system server for controlling printing, and a printer are connected via a network, and when the client issues a print instruction to the printer, print data is printed using a job ticket indicating the content of the print instruction. A print processing system,
The client includes a job ticket selecting unit for selecting an arbitrary job ticket from the already generated job tickets, and an item for selecting an item to be edited from the items of the job ticket selected by the job ticket selecting unit. Selecting means, and editing means for editing the item selected by the item selecting means, wherein the server controls the printer to start printing based on the job ticket edited by the editing means. Characterized print processing system. A plurality of clients, a printing system server for controlling printing, and a printer are connected via a network, and when the client issues a print instruction to the printer, print data is printed using a job ticket indicating the content of the print instruction. A print processing system,
The client includes a job ticket selecting unit that selects an arbitrary job ticket from the already generated job tickets, and a new item adding unit that adds a new item to the job ticket item selected by the job ticket selecting unit. Wherein the server controls the printer so as to start printing based on the job ticket to which a new item has been added by the new item adding means. A plurality of clients and a server and a printer for controlling printing are connected via a network, and when a print instruction is issued from the client to the printer, print data is printed using a job ticket indicating the content of the print instruction. Processing method,
The client sets a print instruction content of the job ticket, generates a job ticket based on the set print instruction, transmits the generated job ticket to the server, and the server receives the job ticket from the client. And controlling the printer so as to start printing based on the completed job ticket. A plurality of clients and a server and a printer for controlling printing are connected via a network, and when a print instruction is issued from the client to the printer, print data is printed using a job ticket indicating the content of the print instruction. Processing method,
The client selects an arbitrary job ticket from the already generated job tickets, selects an item to be edited from the items of the selected job ticket, and edits the selected item, A print processing method, wherein the edited job ticket is transmitted to the server, and the server controls the printer to start printing based on the job ticket received from the client. A plurality of clients and a server and a printer for controlling printing are connected via a network, and when a print instruction is issued from the client to the printer, print data is printed using a job ticket indicating the content of the print instruction. Processing method,
The client selects an arbitrary job ticket from the already generated job tickets, adds a new item to the selected job ticket item, and adds a new item to the server. A print processing method, wherein a job ticket is transmitted, and the server controls the printer to start printing based on the job ticket received from the client. A print processing program, wherein the print processing method according to claim 4 is programmed to be controllable by a computer. A recording medium characterized by recording the print processing program according to claim 7 in a computer-readable format.

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