JP2006192733A - Printing system, printing control program, method of printing, printer, printer control program, method of controlling printer, printing controller, printing controller control program, and method of controlling printing controller - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing system suitable for suppressing damage such as wasting of a printing resource due to misprinting or leakage of confidential information, a printing control program, a method of printing, printer, a printer control program, a method of controlling printer, a printing controller, a printing controller control program, and a method of controlling a printing controller. <P>SOLUTION: This printing system 100 comprises an information processor 10 that forms a print job, transmits the formed print job to the printer 30 via the printing controller 20 and carries out processing of confirming the content of the print job to a user, the printing controller 20 that predicts the damage which occurs on the failure of processing of printing the print job and judges whether or not the confirmation processing is to be performed based on the predicted result, and the printer 30 that performs the processing of printing according to the print job. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing system, and in particular, a printing system, a printing control program, a printing method, a printing apparatus, a printing apparatus control program suitable for reducing damage such as waste of printing resources and leakage of confidential information due to a printing mistake, The present invention relates to a printing apparatus control method, a printing control apparatus, a printing control apparatus control program, and a printing control apparatus control method.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a printer and an information processing apparatus such as a PC (Personal Computer) that gives a print instruction to the printer are connected via a network such as a LAN, and the printer responds to the print instruction from the information processing apparatus. There is a printing system that performs printing on a print medium. In this printing system, if the system user sends a print instruction (print job) with incorrect contents from the information processing apparatus to the printer, the printer side immediately executes the printing process after receiving the print instruction. In many cases, the system user would print the wrong content without stopping printing. In particular, when complicated print settings are performed, the number of times of failed printing (such as printing with the wrong setting contents) increases considerably. Such repeated failed printing causes a waste of printing resources such as printing paper and ink, and is one factor that increases running costs.

Furthermore, on the printer side, as print processing, warm-up and processing to expand print data into raster data are executed according to the print instruction received from the information processing apparatus. There was also a problem that would occur.
As conventional techniques for solving the above problems, there are a shared printing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, a serial printer control apparatus described in Patent Document 2, and a print processing determination system described in Patent Document 3.

The common printing device of Patent Literature 1 and the control device of the serial printer of Patent Literature 2 perform control to stop the printing process when there is an error in the grammar of the page description language constituting the print job. If it is not correct, the printing process is not performed, so that waste of printing resources and wasteful consumption of power can be reduced.
Further, the print processing determination system of Patent Document 3 has a function of saving resources and saving power such as not retransmitting a print job with the same content to a printer by analyzing the print content.
JP-A-8-63309 JP-A-10-193750 JP 2004-302654 A

However, in the prior arts of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 described above, it is not an error in the description language of the print job, and if the user makes a mistake in print settings such as paper size settings or print configuration settings, printing is performed. Since the process is executed without being stopped, it is not possible to prevent a printing process with incorrect contents other than a description language error.
In addition, since the conventional technology disclosed in Patent Document 3 does not have a function of detecting the setting contents of the print settings, an error in the description language, or the like, it is possible to prevent execution of print processing for a print job having an incorrect content. There wasn't.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made paying attention to such unsolved problems of the conventional technology, and is suitable for reducing damages such as waste of printing resources and leakage of confidential information due to printing mistakes. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing system, a printing control program, a printing method, a printing apparatus, a printing apparatus control program, a printing apparatus control method, a printing control apparatus, a printing control apparatus control program, and a printing control apparatus control method.

[Mode 1] In order to achieve the above object, a printing system according to mode 1 includes:
Printing means for executing print processing based on a print job;
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the printing process of the print job in the printing means;
And a printing process control means for controlling the printing process based on the prediction result of the damage.

With such a configuration, it is possible to execute the printing process based on the print job by the printing unit, and the damage caused by executing the printing process of the print job in the printing unit by the damage prediction unit. The contents can be predicted, and the print processing can be controlled by the print processing control means based on the prediction result of the damage.
Therefore, since the contents of damage caused by the execution of the printing process are predicted and the printing process is controlled based on the prediction result, when the damage is predicted to be large, before executing the printing process. It is possible to control the system user to modify the settings of the print job and to cancel the print processing of the print job, and financial resources such as waste of print resources and waste of power due to wasteful print processing. The effect that damage etc. can be reduced is acquired. Furthermore, when the damage is small (such as when the print result can be used as it is), the print process can be executed as it is, and the print process can be executed without bothering the system user by unnecessary printing stop or content correction. An effect is also obtained.

  Here, the print job includes a variety of information related to print processing. For example, information on a system user who gives an instruction for printing, print processing such as color printing, monochrome printing, and high-quality printing. Information including the setting information relating to the contents of the image data, image data actually printed on a print medium such as print paper, and print data bodies such as document data. The same applies to the following forms of the printing system, the printing control program, the printing method, the printing apparatus, the printing apparatus control program, the printing apparatus control method, the printing control apparatus, the printing control apparatus control program, and the printing control apparatus control method.

  In addition, the contents of the damage include a printing error that occurs because various settings in the printing process such as the number of copies, print quality, front / back paper, paper size, and print layout are incorrect. Setting mistakes related to security, such as grammatical errors in the document, improper textual expression, etc. caused by the contents of the print data itself, confidential documents that should not be printed by ordinary printing devices, etc. For example, financial damage due to waste of printing resources such as printing paper, ink, etc., financial damage such as waste of power due to wasteful printing processing, leakage of confidential information to rival companies, etc. Including monetary damages (including loss of credit). The same applies to the following forms of the printing system, the printing control program, the printing method, the printing apparatus, the printing apparatus control program, the printing apparatus control method, the printing control apparatus, the printing control apparatus control program, and the printing control apparatus control method.

[Mode 2] Further, in order to achieve the above object, a printing system according to mode 2 includes:
Print job acquisition means for acquiring a print job;
Printing means for executing print processing based on the acquired print job;
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the printing process of the print job in the printing means;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Content determination processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And print processing control means for controlling the print processing of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation processing.

  With such a configuration, the print job can be acquired by the print job acquisition unit, and the printing process can be executed based on the acquired print job by the print unit. , It is possible to predict the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job in the printing means, and the system related to the print job based on the content of damage predicted by the confirmation presence / absence determining means It is possible to determine whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for the user, and when the content confirmation processing execution unit determines to confirm the content, the system user The content confirmation processing can be executed on the basis of the confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation processing by the print processing control means. It is possible to control the printing process of the print job.

  Therefore, the content of damage caused by the execution of the printing process is predicted, and whether to confirm the printing process content to the system user based on the prediction result is determined. Since the print processing is controlled based on the confirmation result, the print job of the wrong print job is stopped before the print processing is executed, and the print job corrected by the system user is executed. It is possible to perform control such as performing the printing process, and it is possible to reduce monetary damage such as waste of printing resources and waste of power due to wasteful printing process. In addition, when the damage is small (such as when the print result can be used as it is), the system user is not checked, so printing can be performed without bothering the system user by unnecessary printing suspension or content correction. The effect that processing can be executed is also obtained.

  Here, the content confirmation process allows the system user to confirm the content of the print job that is predicted to be damaged, for example, if there is an error, correct the content, or cancel printing. This is a process that makes a decision, etc., and causes the system user to perform the above-described process, such as an information processing apparatus that the system user has sent a print job. It is. Each form of a printing system, a printing control program, a printing method, a printing apparatus, a printing apparatus control program, a printing apparatus control method, a printing control apparatus, a printing control apparatus control program, and a printing control apparatus control method according to the following content confirmation processing The same.

[Mode 3] Further, in order to achieve the above object, a printing system according to mode 3 includes:
A printing instruction device and a printing device;
Connecting the printing instruction device and the printing device so that data communication is possible;
The printing instruction device
A print job generating means for generating a print job;
The printing apparatus includes:
Print job receiving means for receiving the print job;
Printing means for executing a printing process based on the received print job,
Print job information acquisition means for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Content determination processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And print processing control means for controlling the print processing of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation processing.

With such a configuration, the print instruction apparatus can generate a print job by the print job generation unit.
Further, the printing apparatus can receive a print job by the print job receiving unit, and can execute a printing process based on the received print job by the printing unit.

  Further, the printing system can acquire print job information related to the contents of the print job by the print job information acquisition unit, and the print processing of the print job based on the print job information acquired by the damage prediction unit. It is possible to predict the content of damage caused by executing the print job, and the print job print processing to the system user related to the print job based on the content of damage predicted by the confirmation presence / absence determining means It is possible to determine whether or not to confirm the contents, and when it is determined by the contents confirmation processing execution means to confirm the contents, it is possible to execute the contents confirmation processing for the system user The print processing control means controls the print processing of the print job based on the confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation processing. It is possible.

  Therefore, the content of damage caused by the execution of the printing process is predicted, and whether to confirm the printing process content to the system user based on the prediction result is determined. Since the print processing is controlled based on the confirmation result, the print job of the wrong print job is stopped before the print processing is executed, and the print job corrected by the system user is executed. It is possible to perform control such as performing the printing process, and it is possible to reduce monetary damage such as waste of printing resources and waste of power due to wasteful printing process. In addition, when the damage is small (such as when the print result can be used as it is), the system user is not checked, so printing can be performed without bothering the system user by unnecessary printing suspension or content correction. The effect that processing can be executed is also obtained.

[Form 4] Furthermore, in order to achieve the above object, the printing system of form 4 includes:
A printing instruction device, a printing device, and a printing control device;
The print instruction device and the printing device are connected so that data communication is possible, and the print instruction device and the print control device are connected so that data communication is possible,
The printing instruction device
Print job generation means for generating a print job;
Print job transmission means for transmitting the print job to the printing apparatus;
Print job information transmitting means for transmitting print job information relating to the contents of the print job to the print control apparatus;
Content confirmation processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing based on the execution information of the content confirmation processing received from the print control device;
Confirmation result information transmission means for transmitting confirmation result information for the content confirmation processing to the print control device,
The printing apparatus includes:
Print job receiving means for receiving the print job transmitted from the print instruction device;
Printing means for executing a printing process based on the received print job,
The print control device includes:
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of the print job in the printing apparatus based on the print job information received from the print instruction apparatus;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Execution information transmitting means for transmitting execution information for performing the processing content confirmation processing to the print instruction device when it is determined to perform the confirmation;
Print processing control means for controlling print processing of the print job based on the confirmation result of the content confirmation processing received from the print instruction apparatus.

  With this configuration, the print instruction apparatus can generate a print job by the print job generation unit, and can transmit the print job to the printing apparatus by the print job transmission unit. Print job information related to the contents of the print job can be transmitted to the print control apparatus by the print job information transmission means. The contents confirmation processing execution means receives the contents confirmation processing execution information received from the print control apparatus. Based on this, it is possible to execute the content confirmation process, and it is possible to transmit the confirmation result information for the content confirmation process to the print control apparatus by the confirmation result information transmission unit.

In addition, the print job receiving unit can receive the print job transmitted from the print instruction apparatus, and the printing unit can execute print processing based on the received print job.
In addition, the print control apparatus can predict the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job in the printing apparatus based on the print job information received from the print instruction apparatus by the damage prediction unit. It is possible to determine whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job with respect to the system user related to the print job by the confirmation presence / absence determination unit based on the predicted damage content. In addition, the print processing control means can control the print processing of the print job based on the confirmation result of the content confirmation processing received from the print instruction apparatus.

  Therefore, the content of damage caused by the execution of the printing process is predicted, and whether to confirm the printing process content to the system user based on the prediction result is determined. Since the print processing is controlled based on the confirmation result, the print job of the wrong print job is stopped before the print processing is executed, and the print job corrected by the system user is executed. It is possible to perform control such as performing the printing process, and it is possible to reduce monetary damage such as waste of printing resources and waste of power due to wasteful printing process. In addition, when the damage is small (such as when the print result can be used as it is), the system user is not checked, so printing can be performed without bothering the system user by unnecessary printing suspension or content correction. The effect that processing can be executed is also obtained.

[Form 5] Furthermore, the printing system of form 5 is the printing system of any one of forms 2 to 4,
The print job information includes setting information related to execution contents of the print processing,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on the setting information,
The confirmation presence / absence determination means determines whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.

  With such a configuration, the damage prediction means, based on the setting information related to the execution contents of the print processing, for example, if the setting contents of the print job are incorrect, the amount of damage caused by the print processing of the print job In addition, since the numerical value related to the magnitude is calculated and whether or not the content confirmation processing is performed is determined based on the numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage caused by the damage, there are various factors. Since the contents of the damage caused by the evaluation can be evaluated based on the magnitude of the numerical value, the system user can be confirmed with respect to the more appropriate damage contents predicted in advance.

  Here, the numerical value related to the magnitude of damage is, for example, how much damage is caused when incorrect print processing is performed with these settings when focusing on the number of copies and print quality set for a print job. For example, you can calculate the loss amount from the amount of money per sheet of printing paper, the ink fee for printing per character, the electricity cost, etc. The total of this score is calculated with respect to the content and amount of A printing system, a printing control program, a printing method, a printing apparatus, a printing apparatus control program, a printing apparatus control method, a printing control apparatus, a printing control apparatus control program, and This is the same in each form of the printing control apparatus control method.

[Mode 6] Furthermore, the printing system of mode 6 is the printing system of mode 5,
The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on information related to the number of printed sheets.
With such a configuration, it is possible to calculate a numerical value related to the amount of damage based on information related to the number of printed sheets. It is possible to calculate a numerical value related to the amount of loss from the amount per sheet of printing paper as a loss amount, and it is possible to perform confirmation processing when this amount of damage is large, so it is more appropriate The effect that confirmation processing can be performed on the contents of damage can be obtained.

[Mode 7] Furthermore, the printing system of mode 7 is the printing system of mode 5 or 6,
The print job information includes information of a system user related to the print job,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on the information of the system user,
The confirmation presence / absence determination means determines whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to calculate a numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage based on information of the system user related to the print job. For example, the nature of a system user such as a careless person, Set points for each cause of damage (print settings, etc.) according to information such as job titles of system users such as general employees and managers. Whether to perform confirmation processing according to each system user by calculating the value of the amount of damage of each different value according to the above-mentioned system user information Since it becomes possible to determine, the effect that a more suitable confirmation process can be performed is acquired.

[Mode 8] Further, the printing system of mode 8 is the printing system of any one of modes 2 to 7,
The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
The damage prediction means predicts the contents of the damage based on the contents of the data body.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to have the system user confirm the contents before the printing process for errors in the contents of the print data such as grammatical errors and inappropriate description contents. It is possible to reduce the financial damage such as waste of printing resources and waste of electric power due to printing mistakes caused by this mistake.

[Mode 9] Furthermore, the printing system of mode 9 is the printing system of any one of modes 2 to 8,
Based on the determination result of the confirmation presence / absence determination unit, the printing apparatus includes a print job content notification unit that notifies the system user of the content of the print job for which the confirmation process has been executed in the past.
With such a configuration, the system user is notified in advance of the contents of mistakes that are likely to occur in the settings related to print processing, etc., and the advance confirmation of the settings is aroused to reduce the occurrence of printing mistakes in advance. The effect that it can be obtained.

[Mode 10] Furthermore, the printing system according to mode 10 is the printing system according to any one of modes 2 to 9,
Prior to the execution of the confirmation process, a preceding print processing unit for performing a part of the print process for the print job in the printing unit in advance is provided.
With such a configuration, it is possible to perform part of print processing such as warm-up processing, rendering processing, rasterization processing, etc. prior to execution of confirmation processing. When there is no error, it is possible to immediately drive the print head to perform printing on the print medium without performing warm-up processing, rendering processing, rasterization processing, etc. The effect that the printing waiting time can be reduced is obtained.

[Mode 11] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a print control program according to mode 11
A printing step for executing a printing process based on the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job in the printing means;
And a program used for causing a computer to execute a process including a print process control step for controlling a print process of the print job based on the content of the damage predicted in the damage predicting step.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operation and effect as those of the printing system according to mode 1 can be obtained.

[Mode 12] Furthermore, in order to achieve the above object, a print control program according to mode 12 includes:
A printing step for executing a printing process based on the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job in the printing means;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And a program used for causing a computer to execute a process including a print process control step for controlling a print process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operation and effect as those of the printing system according to mode 2 can be obtained.

[Mode 13] Furthermore, the print control program of mode 13 is the same as the print control program of mode 12.
The print job information includes setting information related to execution contents of the print processing,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the setting information,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing system according to mode 5 can be obtained.

[Form 14] Furthermore, the print control program of form 14 is the same as the print control program of form 12 or 13,
The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value relating to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on information relating to the number of printed sheets.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing system according to mode 6 can be obtained.

[Mode 15] Furthermore, the print control program of mode 15 is the same as the print control program of mode 13 or 14,
The print job information includes information of a system user related to the print job,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the information of the system user,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operation and effect as those of the printing system according to mode 7 can be obtained.

[Mode 16] Furthermore, the print control program of mode 16 is the print control program of any one of modes 12 to 15,
The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
In the damage prediction step, the content of the damage is predicted based on the content of the data body.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing system according to mode 8 are obtained.

[Mode 17] Furthermore, the print control program of mode 17 is the print control program of any one of modes 12 to 16,
A program used for causing a computer to execute a print job content notifying step for notifying the system user of the content of the print job that has been executed in the past based on the determination result in the confirmation presence determination step. It is characterized by including.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing system of mode 9 are obtained.

[Mode 18] Further, the print control program of mode 18 is the print control program of any one of modes 12 to 17,
Before executing the confirmation process, the program includes a program used to cause the computer to execute a preceding print processing step for performing a part of the print process for the print job in the printing unit in advance.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing system according to mode 10 are obtained.

[Form 19] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a printing method of form 19 includes:
A printing step for executing a printing process based on the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job in the printing means;
A printing process control step for controlling the printing process of the print job based on the contents of the damage predicted in the damage prediction step.
As a result, the same effect as that of the printing system of form 1 can be obtained.

[Mode 20] Further, in order to achieve the above object, a printing method according to mode 20 includes:
A printing step for executing a printing process based on the print job;
A print job information acquisition step for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of the print job in a printing unit based on the acquired print job information;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And a print processing control step for controlling print processing of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation processing.
As a result, the same effect as that of the printing system of form 2 can be obtained.

[Form 21] Furthermore, the printing method of form 21 is the printing method of form 20,
The print job information includes setting information related to execution contents of the print processing,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the setting information,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
As a result, the same effect as that of the printing system of form 5 can be obtained.

[Form 22] Furthermore, the printing method of form 22 is the printing method of form 21,
The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value relating to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on information relating to the number of printed sheets.
Thereby, the same effect as that of the printing system of mode 6 can be obtained.

[Form 23] Furthermore, the printing method of form 23 is the printing method of form 21 or 22,
The print job information includes information of a system user related to the print job,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the information of the system user,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing system according to mode 7 can be obtained.

[Form 24] Furthermore, the printing method of form 24 is the printing method of any one of forms 20 to 23,
The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
In the damage prediction step, the content of the damage is predicted based on the content of the data body.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing system according to mode 8 can be obtained.

[Form 25] Furthermore, the printing method of form 25 is the printing method of any one of forms 20 to 24,
A program used for causing a computer to execute a print job content notifying step for notifying the system user of the content of the print job that has been executed in the past based on the determination result in the confirmation presence determination step. It is characterized by including.
Thereby, the same effect as that of the printing system of form 9 can be obtained.

[Form 26] Furthermore, the printing method of form 26 is the printing method of any one of forms 20 to 25,
Before executing the confirmation process, the program includes a program used to cause the computer to execute a preceding print processing step for performing a part of the print process for the print job in the printing unit in advance.
Thereby, the same effect as that of the printing system of form 10 is obtained.

[Mode 27] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a printing apparatus according to mode 27
Print job acquisition means for acquiring a print job;
Printing means for executing print processing based on the acquired print job;
Print job information acquisition means for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job in the printing means based on the acquired print job information;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Content determination processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And print processing control means for controlling the print processing of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation processing.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of mode 2 can be obtained.

[Form 28] Furthermore, in order to achieve the above object, a printing apparatus of form 28 includes:
Print job receiving means for receiving the print job sent to the own apparatus;
Printing means for executing print processing based on the received print job;
Print job information acquisition means for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Content determination processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And print processing control means for controlling the print processing of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation processing.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of mode 3 can be obtained.

[Mode 29] Furthermore, the printing apparatus of mode 29 is the printing apparatus of mode 27 or 28,
The print job information includes setting information related to execution contents of the print processing,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on the setting information,
The confirmation presence / absence determination means determines whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With such a configuration, the same effects as those of the printing system according to mode 5 can be obtained.

[Mode 30] Furthermore, the printing apparatus of mode 30 is the printing apparatus of mode 29,
The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on information related to the number of printed sheets.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of mode 6 is obtained.

[Form 31] Furthermore, the printing apparatus of form 31 is the printing apparatus of form 29 or 30,
The print job information includes information of a system user related to the print job,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on the information of the system user,
The confirmation presence / absence determination means determines whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system according to mode 7 can be obtained.

[Mode 32] Furthermore, the printing apparatus according to mode 32 is the printing apparatus according to any one of modes 27 to 31,
The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
The damage prediction means predicts the contents of the damage based on the contents of the data body.
With such a configuration, the same effects as those of the printing system according to mode 8 can be obtained.

[Form 33] Furthermore, the printing apparatus of form 33 is the printing apparatus of any one of forms 27 to 32,
Based on the determination result of the confirmation presence / absence determination unit, the printing apparatus includes a print job content notification unit that notifies the system user of the content of the print job for which the confirmation process has been executed in the past.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of mode 9 is obtained.

[Form 34] Furthermore, the printing apparatus of form 34 is the printing apparatus of any one of forms 27 to 33,
Prior to the execution of the confirmation process, a preceding print processing unit for performing a part of the print process for the print job in the printing unit in advance is provided.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of form 10 is obtained.

[Mode 35] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a printing apparatus control program according to mode 35
A printing step for executing a printing process based on the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job in the printing means;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And a program used for causing a computer to execute a process including a print process control step for controlling a print process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operation and effect as those of the printing apparatus of form 27 are obtained.

[Mode 36] Further, in order to achieve the above object, a printing apparatus control program according to mode 36 includes:
A print job receiving step for receiving a print job sent to the printing device;
A printing step for executing a printing process based on the received print job;
A print job information acquisition step for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And a program used for causing a computer to execute a process including a print process control step for controlling a print process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing apparatus of form 28 are obtained.

[Mode 37] Further, the printing device control program of mode 37 is the printing device control program of mode 35 or 36,
The print job information includes setting information related to execution contents of the print processing,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the setting information,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing apparatus of form 29 are obtained.

[Mode 38] Further, the printing apparatus control program according to mode 38 is the same as the printing apparatus control program according to mode 37.
The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value relating to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on information relating to the number of printed sheets.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing apparatus of form 30 are obtained.

[Mode 39] Furthermore, the printing device control program of mode 39 is the printing device control program of mode 37 or 38,
The print job information includes information of a system user related to the print job,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the information of the system user,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing apparatus of form 31 are obtained.

[Mode 40] Furthermore, the printing apparatus control program according to mode 40 is the printing apparatus control program according to any one of modes 35 to 39.
The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
In the damage prediction step, the content of the damage is predicted based on the content of the data body.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing apparatus of mode 32 are obtained.

[Form 41] Furthermore, the printing apparatus control program according to form 41 is the printing apparatus control program according to any one of forms 35 to 40.
A program used for causing a computer to execute a print job content notifying step for notifying the system user of the content of the print job that has been executed in the past based on the determination result in the confirmation presence determination step. It is characterized by including.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing apparatus of form 33 are obtained.

[Form 42] Furthermore, the printing apparatus control program according to form 42 is the printing apparatus control program according to any one of forms 35 to 41.
Before executing the confirmation process, the program includes a program used to cause the computer to execute a preceding print processing step for performing a part of the print process for the print job in the printing unit in advance.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing apparatus of form 34 are obtained.

[Mode 43] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a printing apparatus control method according to mode 43 includes:
A printing step for executing a printing process based on the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job in the printing means;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And a print processing control step for controlling print processing of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation processing.
Thereby, the same effect as that of the printing apparatus of form 27 is obtained.

[Form 44] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a printing apparatus control method according to form 44 includes:
A print job receiving step for receiving a print job sent to the printing device;
A printing step for executing a printing process based on the received print job;
A print job information acquisition step for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And a print processing control step for controlling print processing of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation processing.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing apparatus of form 28 is obtained.

[Form 45] Furthermore, the printing apparatus control method of form 45 is the printing apparatus control method of form 43 or 44,
The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value relating to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on information relating to the number of printed sheets.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing apparatus of form 29 is obtained.

[Form 46] Furthermore, the printing apparatus control method of aspect 46 is the same as the printing apparatus control method of aspect 45,
The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value relating to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on information relating to the number of printed sheets.
Thereby, the same effect as that of the printing apparatus of form 30 is obtained.

[Form 47] Furthermore, the printing apparatus control method of form 47 is the printing apparatus control method of form 45 or 46,
The print job information includes information of a system user related to the print job,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the information of the system user,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
Thereby, the same effect as that of the printing apparatus of form 31 is obtained.

[Form 48] Furthermore, the printing apparatus control method of form 48 is the printing apparatus control method of any one of forms 43 to 47,
The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
In the damage prediction step, the content of the damage is predicted based on the content of the data body.
Thereby, the same effect as that of the printing apparatus of form 32 is obtained.

[Form 49] Furthermore, the printing apparatus control method according to form 49 is the printing apparatus control method according to any one of forms 43 to 48.
The method further includes a print job content notifying step of notifying the system user of the content of the print job for which the confirmation processing has been executed in the past based on the determination result in the confirmation presence / absence determining step.
Thereby, the same effect as that of the printing apparatus of form 33 is obtained.

[Mode 50] Further, the printing apparatus control method according to mode 50 is the printing apparatus control method according to any one of modes 43 to 49.
Prior to the execution of the confirmation process, the printing apparatus further includes a preceding printing process step for performing in advance a part of the printing process for the print job in the printing unit.
Thereby, the same effect as that of the printing apparatus of form 34 is obtained.

[Form 51] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a print instruction apparatus of form 51 includes:
Print job generation means for generating a print job;
Print job information acquisition means for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Content determination processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And print processing control means for controlling the print processing of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation processing.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of mode 2 can be obtained.

[Mode 52] Furthermore, the printing system of mode 52 is the printing instruction apparatus of mode 51,
The print job information includes setting information related to execution contents of the print processing,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on the setting information,
The confirmation presence / absence determination means determines whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With such a configuration, the same effects as those of the printing system according to mode 5 can be obtained.

[Form 53] Furthermore, the printing system of form 53 is the printing instruction apparatus of form 52,
The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on information related to the number of printed sheets.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of mode 6 is obtained.

[Form 54] Furthermore, the printing system of form 54 is the print instruction apparatus according to any one of forms 52 or 53.
The print job information includes information of a system user related to the print job,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on the information of the system user,
The confirmation presence / absence determination means determines whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system according to mode 7 can be obtained.

[Mode 55] Furthermore, the printing system of mode 55 is the print instruction apparatus according to any one of modes 51 to 54,
The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
The damage prediction means predicts the contents of the damage based on the contents of the data body.
With such a configuration, the same effects as those of the printing system according to mode 8 can be obtained.

[Mode 56] Furthermore, the printing system of mode 56 is the print instruction apparatus according to any one of modes 51 to 55.
Based on the determination result of the confirmation presence / absence determination unit, the printing apparatus includes a print job content notification unit that notifies the system user of the content of the print job for which the confirmation process has been executed in the past.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of mode 9 is obtained.

[Mode 57] Furthermore, the printing system of mode 57 is the print instruction apparatus according to any one of modes 51 to 56.
Prior to the execution of the confirmation process, the printing apparatus further includes a preceding print processing unit that makes the print unit prepare for execution of the print job.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of form 10 is obtained.

[Form 58] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a print instruction apparatus control program according to form 58 includes:
A print job generation step for generating a print job;
A print job information acquisition step for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And a program used for causing a computer to execute a process including a print process control step for controlling a print process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operation and effect as those of the print instruction apparatus according to the form 51 are obtained.

[Form 59] Furthermore, the print instruction apparatus control program according to form 59 is the same as the print instruction apparatus control program according to aspect 58.
The print job information includes setting information related to execution contents of the print processing,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the setting information,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the print instruction apparatus according to the form 52 are obtained.

[Form 60] Furthermore, the print instruction apparatus control program of form 60 is the same as the print instruction apparatus control program of form 59,
The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value relating to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on information relating to the number of printed sheets.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operation and effect as those of the printing instruction apparatus according to mode 53 are obtained.

[Form 61] Further, the print instruction apparatus control program of form 61 is the same as the print instruction apparatus control program of form 59 or 60,
The print job information includes information of a system user related to the print job,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the information of the system user,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operation and effect as those of the printing instruction apparatus according to form 54 are obtained.

[Mode 62] Furthermore, the print instruction apparatus control program according to aspect 62 is the print instruction apparatus control program according to any one of aspects 58 to 61.
The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
In the damage prediction step, the content of the damage is predicted based on the content of the data body.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing instruction apparatus according to mode 55 are obtained.

[Mode 63] Further, the print instruction apparatus control program according to aspect 63 is the print instruction apparatus control program according to any one of aspects 58 to 62.
A program used for causing a computer to execute a print job content notifying step for notifying the system user of the content of the print job that has been executed in the past based on the determination result in the confirmation presence determination step. It is characterized by including.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operation and effect as those of the printing instruction apparatus according to mode 56 are obtained.

[Mode 64] Furthermore, the print instruction apparatus control program according to aspect 64 is the print instruction apparatus control program according to any one of aspects 58 to 63.
Before executing the confirmation process, the program includes a program used to cause the computer to execute a preceding print processing step for performing a part of the print process for the print job in the printing unit in advance.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operation and effect as those of the print instruction apparatus according to mode 57 can be obtained.

[Mode 65] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a print instruction control method according to mode 65 includes:
A print job generation step for generating a print job;
A print job information acquisition step for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And a print processing control step for controlling print processing of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation processing.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to the form 51 is obtained.

[Mode 66] Furthermore, the printing instruction apparatus control method of aspect 66 is the same as the printing paper own apparatus control method of aspect 65,
The print job information includes setting information related to execution contents of the print processing,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the setting information,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to the form 52 is obtained.

[Mode 67] Furthermore, the printing instruction apparatus control method of aspect 67 is the same as the printing paper own apparatus control method of aspect 66,
The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value relating to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on information relating to the number of printed sheets.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to mode 53 is obtained.

[Mode 68] Furthermore, the printing instruction apparatus control method of aspect 68 is the same as the printing paper own apparatus control method of aspect 66 or 67,
The print job information includes information of a system user related to the print job,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the information of the system user,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to mode 54 is obtained.

[Mode 69] Further, the printing instruction apparatus control method of aspect 69 is the printing paper own apparatus control method of any one of aspects 65 to 68,
The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
In the damage prediction step, the content of the damage is predicted based on the content of the data body.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus of form 55 is obtained.

[Mode 70] Further, the printing instruction apparatus control method of aspect 70 is the printing paper own apparatus control method of any one of aspects 65 to 69,
The method further includes a print job content notifying step of notifying the system user of the content of the print job for which the confirmation processing has been executed in the past based on the determination result in the confirmation presence / absence determining step.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to mode 56 is obtained.

[Form 71] Furthermore, the printing instruction apparatus control method of aspect 71 is the printing paper own apparatus control method of any one of aspects 65 to 70,
Prior to the execution of the confirmation process, the printing apparatus further includes a preceding printing process step for causing a printing unit to prepare for execution of the printing process for the print job in advance.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to aspect 57 is obtained.

[Mode 72] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a print instruction apparatus according to mode 72 includes:
Print job generation means for generating a print job;
Print job transmission means for transmitting the print job to a printing apparatus;
Print job information transmitting means for transmitting print job information relating to the contents of the print job to a print control apparatus;
Content confirmation processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing based on the execution information of the content confirmation processing received from the print control device;
And a confirmation result information transmitting means for transmitting confirmation result information for the content confirmation processing to the print control apparatus.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of mode 4 is obtained.

[Mode 73] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a print instruction apparatus control program according to mode 73
A print job generation step for generating a print job;
A print job transmission step of transmitting the print job to a printing apparatus;
A print job information transmission step of transmitting print job information relating to the contents of the print job to a print control device;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing based on the execution information of the content confirmation processing received from the print control device;
It includes a program used for causing a computer to execute a process including a confirmation result information transmission step of transmitting confirmation result information for the content confirmation process to the print control apparatus.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operation and effect as those of the print instruction apparatus according to mode 72 are obtained.

[Form 74] In order to achieve the above object, a print instruction control method according to form 74 includes:
A print job generation step for generating a print job;
A print job transmission step of transmitting the print job to a printing apparatus;
A print job information transmission step of transmitting print job information relating to the contents of the print job to a print control device;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing based on the execution information of the content confirmation processing received from the print control device;
A confirmation result information transmission step of transmitting confirmation result information for the content confirmation processing to the print control apparatus.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to the form 72 is obtained.

[Mode 75] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a print control apparatus according to mode 75
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of a print job related to the print job in the printing apparatus based on the print job information received from the print instruction apparatus;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Execution information transmitting means for transmitting execution information for performing the processing content confirmation processing to the print instruction device when it is determined to perform the confirmation;
Print processing control means for controlling the print processing of the print job based on the confirmation result of the confirmation processing received from the print instruction apparatus.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of mode 4 is obtained.

[Mode 76] Furthermore, the printing control apparatus of mode 76 is the printing control apparatus of mode 75,
The print job information includes setting information related to execution contents of the print processing,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on the setting information,
The confirmation presence / absence determination means determines whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With such a configuration, the same effects as those of the printing system according to mode 5 can be obtained.

[Mode 77] Further, the printing control apparatus of mode 77 is the printing control apparatus of mode 76,
The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on information related to the number of printed sheets.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of mode 6 is obtained.

[Form 78] Furthermore, the print control apparatus of form 78 is the print control apparatus of form 76 or 77,
The print job information includes information of a system user related to the print job,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on the information of the system user,
The confirmation presence / absence determination means determines whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system according to mode 7 can be obtained.

[Mode 79] Further, the print control apparatus according to mode 79 is the print control apparatus according to any one of modes 75 to 78.
The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
The damage prediction means predicts the contents of the damage based on the contents of the data body.
With such a configuration, the same effects as those of the printing system according to mode 8 can be obtained.

[Mode 80] Furthermore, the print control apparatus according to mode 80 is the print control apparatus according to any one of modes 75 to 79.
Based on the determination result of the confirmation presence / absence determination unit, the printing apparatus includes a print job content notification unit that notifies the system user of the content of the print job for which the confirmation process has been executed in the past.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of mode 9 is obtained.

[Mode 81] Furthermore, the print control apparatus according to mode 81 is the print control apparatus according to any one of modes 75 to 80.
Prior to the execution of the confirmation process, a preceding print processing unit is provided that causes the printing unit to prepare for execution of the print process of the print job in advance.
With such a configuration, an operational effect equivalent to that of the printing system of form 10 is obtained.

[Form 82] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a print control apparatus control program according to form 82
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of a print job related to the print job in the printing apparatus based on the print job information received from the print instruction apparatus;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
An execution information transmission step of transmitting execution information for performing the processing content confirmation processing to the print instruction device when it is determined to perform the confirmation;
A program used for causing a computer to execute a process including a print process control step for controlling a print process of the print job based on a confirmation result of the confirmation process received from the print instruction apparatus. .
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing control apparatus of form 75 are obtained.

[Form 83] Furthermore, the print control apparatus control program of form 83 is the same as the print control apparatus control program of form 82,
The print job information includes setting information related to execution contents of the print processing,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the setting information,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With this configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operation and effect as those of the printing control apparatus according to mode 76 are obtained.

[Form 84] Furthermore, the print control apparatus control program of form 84 is the print control apparatus control program of form 83,
The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value relating to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on information relating to the number of printed sheets.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing control apparatus according to mode 77 are obtained.

[Mode 85] Furthermore, the print control apparatus control program of mode 85 is the print control apparatus control program of mode 83 or 84,
The print job information includes information of a system user related to the print job,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the information of the system user,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing control apparatus of form 78 are obtained.

[Mode 86] Furthermore, the print control apparatus control program according to mode 86 is the print control apparatus control program according to any one of modes 82 to 85.
The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
In the damage prediction step, the content of the damage is predicted based on the content of the data body.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the print control apparatus of mode 79 are obtained.

[Mode 87] Further, the print control apparatus control program according to mode 87 is the print control apparatus control program according to any one of modes 82 to 86.
The method further includes a print job content notifying step of notifying the system user of the content of the print job for which the confirmation processing has been executed in the past based on the determination result in the confirmation presence / absence determining step.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing according to the read program, the same operation and effect as those of the printing control apparatus according to form 80 are obtained.

[Mode 88] Furthermore, the print control apparatus control program according to aspect 88 is the print control apparatus control program according to any one of forms 82 to 87.
Prior to the execution of the confirmation process, the printing apparatus further includes a preceding printing process step for causing a printing unit to prepare for execution of the printing process for the print job in advance.
With such a configuration, when the program is read by the computer and the computer executes processing in accordance with the read program, the same operations and effects as those of the printing control apparatus of mode 81 are obtained.

[Mode 89] On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, a printing control apparatus control method according to mode 89 includes:
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of a print job related to the print job in the printing apparatus based on the print job information received from the print instruction apparatus;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
An execution information transmission step of transmitting execution information for performing the processing content confirmation processing to the print instruction device when it is determined to perform the confirmation;
And a print processing control step for controlling the print processing of the print job based on the confirmation result of the confirmation processing received from the print instruction apparatus.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to aspect 75 is obtained.

[Mode 90] Furthermore, the printing control apparatus control method of mode 90 is the same as the printing control apparatus control method of mode 89,
The print job information includes setting information related to execution contents of the print processing,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the setting information,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to mode 76 is obtained.

[Form 91] Furthermore, the print control apparatus control method of form 91 is the same as the print control apparatus control method of form 90,
The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value relating to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on information relating to the number of printed sheets.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to mode 77 is obtained.

[Mode 92] Furthermore, the printing control apparatus control method of mode 92 is the same as the printing control apparatus control method of mode 90 or 91,
The print job information includes information of a system user related to the print job,
In the damage prediction step, a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage is calculated based on the information of the system user,
In the confirmation presence / absence determination step, it is characterized in that it is determined whether or not to perform the confirmation based on the calculated numerical value relating to the magnitude of damage.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to form 78 is obtained.

[Mode 93] Furthermore, the printing control apparatus control method according to mode 93 is the printing control apparatus control method according to any one of modes 89 to 92.
The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
In the damage prediction step, the content of the damage is predicted based on the content of the data body.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to mode 79 is obtained.

[Mode 94] Furthermore, the printing control apparatus control method according to mode 94 is the printing control apparatus control method according to any one of modes 89 to 93.
The method further includes a print job content notifying step of notifying the system user of the content of the print job for which the confirmation processing has been executed in the past based on the determination result in the confirmation presence / absence determining step.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to mode 80 can be obtained.

[Mode 95] Further, the printing control apparatus control method according to mode 95 is the printing control apparatus control method according to any one of modes 89 to 94.
Prior to the execution of the confirmation process, the printing apparatus further includes a preceding printing process step for causing a printing unit to prepare for execution of the printing process for the print job in advance.
Thus, the same effect as that of the printing instruction apparatus according to mode 81 is obtained.

[First Embodiment]
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 21 illustrate a printing system, a printing control program, a printing method, a printing apparatus, a printing apparatus control program, a printing apparatus control method, a printing control apparatus, a printing control apparatus control program, and a printing control apparatus control method according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows 1st Embodiment.

First, the configuration of the printing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is an overview diagram showing a configuration of a printing system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the printing system 100 generates a print job, transmits the generated print job to the printing apparatus 30 via the print control apparatus 20, and performs a print job content confirmation process for the user. A plurality of information processing apparatuses 10 (three in the figure) to be executed, and a damage that is caused when a print job from the information processing apparatus 10 fails to be printed, and whether or not to execute a confirmation process based on the prediction result. The print control device 20 to be determined, the print device 30 that executes print processing based on the print job, the information processing device 10, the print control device 20 and the print device 10 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other. The network 40 is included.

Here, as shown in FIG. 1, the printing system 100 includes three information processing apparatuses 10, but is not limited to three, and may include two or less, or four. You may comprise above. Similarly, the printing control apparatus 20 and the printing apparatus 30 are not limited to one, and may be configured with two or more.
Further, a detailed configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the information processing apparatus 10.

As shown in FIG. 2, the information processing apparatus 10 includes a data communication unit 10a, a data control unit 10b, a print job generation unit 10c, a confirmation processing execution unit 10d, and a data storage unit 10e. ing.
The data communication unit 10a transmits the print job generated in its own apparatus to the print control apparatus, receives confirmation information from the print control apparatus 20, and the like via the network 40. Has a function of transmitting and receiving data.

  The data control unit 10b stores data acquired from the print control apparatus via the data communication unit 10a in the data storage unit 10e, transmits various data stored in the data storage unit 10e to each component, The flow of data in the information processing apparatus 10 is controlled such as controlling data exchange between components or transmitting a print job generated in the print job generation unit 10c to the print control apparatus 20 via the data communication unit 10a. It has a function to control overallity.

  The print job generation unit 10c generates print data by reading data corresponding to the print instruction from the data storage unit 10e in response to a print instruction from the user via an editor or the like that generates document data or image data (page description Information generated by the user (for example, user name, department, job title (general, manager), etc.), and print processing set by the user. The setting content information is added to generate a print job. When the print job is generated, the print job is transmitted to the print control apparatus 20 via the data control unit 10b.

  The confirmation processing execution unit 10d prints the contents of the printing process accompanied by displaying a message or the like on a display unit (not shown) based on the confirmation information for the print job transmitted from the own apparatus received from the print control apparatus 20 via the data communication unit 10a. Has a function of executing the confirmation process. In the present embodiment, a user who has given a print instruction looks at information displayed on the display unit to check whether or not there is an error in print processing contents, and an input device such as an attached keyboard or mouse (not shown) When there is an error, an instruction to cancel printing is given, and when there is no error, an instruction to execute printing is given. The instruction information is transmitted to the print control apparatus 20 via the data control unit 10b and the data communication unit 10a.

The data storage unit 10e includes, in addition to document data and image data generated by an editor, data necessary for print job generation processing such as user information and setting information for generating a print job, from the print control device 20 In accordance with the confirmation information, various data necessary for executing the confirmation process are stored.
Here, the information processing apparatus 10 includes a processor (not shown), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which a dedicated program is stored, and the processor executes the dedicated program. In this way, the functions of the above-described parts are achieved. In addition, the above-described units include a combination of a dedicated program that fulfills its function and a dedicated program that controls the hardware to fulfill its function.

Further, a detailed configuration of the print control apparatus 20 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the print control apparatus 20.
As shown in FIG. 3, the print control apparatus 20 includes a data communication unit 20a, a data control unit 20b, a damage prediction unit 20c, a confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d, and a data storage unit 20e. Yes.

  The data communication unit 20a receives a print job or confirmation result information from the information processing apparatus 10, transmits confirmation information generated in the own apparatus to the information processing apparatus 10, or receives preceding processing information generated in the own apparatus. It has a function of transmitting and receiving data between the information processing apparatus 10 and the printing apparatus 30 via the network 40, such as transmitting to the printing apparatus 30 and receiving response information of printing processing from the printing apparatus 30. is doing.

  The data control unit 20b stores data acquired from the information processing apparatus 10 and the printing apparatus 30 via the data communication unit 20a in the data storage unit 20e, and stores various data stored in the data storage unit 20e in each device. Transmitting to the constituent elements, controlling data exchange between the constituent elements, transmitting confirmation information and preceding process information generated in the confirmation presence / absence determining section 20d to the information processing apparatus 10 via the data communication section 20a For example, it has a function of controlling the data flow in the print control apparatus 20.

  The damage prediction unit 20c analyzes the print job acquired from the information processing apparatus 10 via the data communication unit 20a and the data control unit 20b, and the damage caused when the print job print process is executed based on the analysis result. It has a function of predicting this by calculating the degree of damage. And the information of this prediction result is transmitted to the confirmation presence determination part 20d via the data control part 20b.

  Based on the prediction result from the damage prediction unit 20c, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d determines whether or not to execute the print processing content confirmation processing for the user who has issued a print job print instruction, and determines that it is to be executed. In the case where it is done, it has a function of generating confirmation information and preceding process information according to the contents of the prediction result. Then, the generated confirmation information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 10 via the data control unit 20b and the data communication unit 20a, and the preceding process information is transmitted to the printing apparatus 30. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no need to execute the confirmation process, the print job is transmitted to the printing apparatus 30 via the data control unit 20b and the data communication unit 20a.

Here, the confirmation information is information according to the content of the print job, and is information for causing the user to confirm whether or not there is print processing content for the print job.
Further, the preceding processing information is based on the degree of damage, and the preprocessing necessary for printing on the printing medium such as warm-up processing, rendering processing, rasterizing processing, etc., in the printing apparatus 30 prior to execution of the confirmation processing. This is information for executing.

In addition to the print job acquired from the information processing apparatus 10, the data storage unit 20e includes information for calculating the degree of damage at the time of damage prediction, information for comparison necessary for processing such as determination of presence / absence of confirmation, and a confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d. It has a function of storing various data such as information of the determination result.
Here, the print control apparatus 20 includes a processor, a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which a dedicated program is stored (not shown), and the processor executes the dedicated program. In this way, the functions of the above-described parts are achieved. In addition, the above-described units include a combination of a dedicated program that fulfills its function and a dedicated program that controls the hardware to fulfill its function.

Further, a detailed configuration of the printing apparatus 30 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the printing apparatus 30.
As shown in FIG. 4, the printing apparatus 30 includes a data communication unit 30a, a data control unit 30b, a data storage unit 30c, and a print processing unit 30d.
The data communication unit 30a receives various data such as confirmation information, preceding process information, and a print job from the print control apparatus 20, and transmits response information of the print process result to the print control apparatus 20, etc. And a function of transmitting / receiving data to / from the print control apparatus 20.

  The data control unit 30b stores various data such as a print job and advance processing information acquired from the print control apparatus 20 via the data communication unit 30a in the data storage unit 30c, and various data stored in the data storage unit 30c. Are transmitted to each component, data exchange between the components is controlled, response information generated in the print processing unit 30d is transmitted to the print control device 20 via the data communication unit 30a, etc. It has a function of controlling the data flow in the printing apparatus 30.

The data storage unit 30c has a function of storing data necessary for each process such as a print job acquired from the print control apparatus 20 and information for executing the print process.
The print processing unit 30d has a function of performing print processing based on each setting information, print data, and the like included in the print job. In the present embodiment, the printing process is not limited to the process of printing characters and pictures on a print medium (paper, CD, DVD media surface, etc.) based on the print data and outputting them. Warm-up processing that is performed when returning from a document, rendering processing that converts a document file or image file (print data body) converted into an intermediate language description into image data for printing (for example, bitmap data), and image data And rasterizing processing for converting character data and the like into dot pattern data for printout.

  Here, the printing apparatus 30 includes a processor (not shown), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which a dedicated program is stored, and the processor executes the dedicated program. By fulfilling the functions of the above-mentioned parts. In addition, the above-described units include a mixture of a unit that fulfills its function with only a dedicated program, a unit that performs hardware control by a dedicated program, and the like.

Furthermore, the information processing apparatus 10 starts a predetermined program stored in a predetermined area of the ROM by the CPU, and executes the print instruction information transmission process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5 according to the program. .
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing print instruction information transmission processing in the information processing apparatus 10.

The print instruction information transmission process is a process for generating a print job in response to a print instruction from the user, transmitting the print job to the print control apparatus 20, and executing a process content confirmation process for the print job. When executed by the CPU, as shown in FIG. 5, first, the process proceeds to step S100.
In step S100, the data control unit 10b determines whether there is a print instruction from the user via the input device or the like. If it is determined that there is a print instruction (Yes), the process proceeds to step S102; In case (No), the determination process is continued until a print instruction is issued.

  When the process proceeds to step S102, in the print job generation unit 10c, from the data storage unit 10e via the data control unit 10b, the main body of the print data such as user information, image data, document data, setting contents of the print processing, etc. The print data is read and the process proceeds to step S104. Here, the print processing setting information includes information on the printing request destination printing apparatus (IP address, model number, etc.), if the printing medium is printing paper, paper size (A4, B4, etc.), number of copies, number of copies, It shall include information such as margin information, page number, print quality, and color printing. In the present embodiment, the information on the printing request destination printing apparatus is information on the printing apparatus 30 because there is only one printing apparatus 30 in the system 100.

In step S104, the print job generation unit 10c generates a print job based on the print data read in step S102, and proceeds to step S106.
In step S106, the print job generated in step S104 is transmitted to the print control apparatus 20 via the data control unit 10b and the data communication unit 10a, and the process proceeds to step S108.

In step S108, the data control unit 10b determines whether or not the content confirmation information from the print control apparatus 20 has been received via the data communication unit 10a. If it is determined that the data has been received (Yes), the process proceeds to step S110. If not (No), the process proceeds to step S120.
When the process proceeds to step S110, the confirmation processing execution unit 10d displays the print processing content, an example of an erroneous print processing, or the like on a display unit (not shown), and allows the user to confirm the print processing content. The process is executed and the process proceeds to step S112.

  In step S112, the confirmation processing execution unit 10d determines whether or not the confirmation processing has been completed by inputting the confirmation result from the user via an input device or the like. If it is determined that the confirmation processing has been completed (Yes), step S114 is performed. If not (No), the process proceeds to step S110 to continue the confirmation process. In the present embodiment, the confirmation result is either printing execution or printing cancellation, and is input by the user's judgment.

When the process proceeds to step S114, the confirmation process execution unit 10d transmits the confirmation result information input in step S112 to the print control apparatus 20 via the data control unit 10b and the data communication unit 10a, and then proceeds to step S116. Transition.
In step S116, if the confirmation result input in step S112 is the content for canceling the printing process (Yes), the process proceeds to step S100 to wait for a new print instruction, and if not (No). The process proceeds to step S118.

When the process proceeds to step S118, the data control unit 10b determines whether or not the print completion response information has been received from the print control apparatus 20 via the data communication unit 10a. If “Yes”, it is determined that the printing process has been completed, and the process proceeds to step S100. If not (No), it is determined that the printing process has not been completed, and the determination process is continued.
On the other hand, if the process proceeds to step S120 without receiving the content information in step S108, it is determined whether or not response information indicating completion of printing has been received. If it is determined that the response has been received (Yes), the printing process is performed. If it is not (No), it is determined that the printing process is not completed, and the determination process is continued.

Furthermore, the print control apparatus 20 is configured to activate a predetermined program stored in a predetermined area of the ROM by the CPU and execute the print control process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6 according to the program.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a print control process in the print control apparatus 20.
The print control process analyzes the print job acquired from the information processing apparatus 10, calculates the degree of damage when executing the print process of the print job, predicts the magnitude of the damage, and based on the prediction result, When the CPU controls the printing process and is executed by the CPU, first, as shown in FIG. 6, the process proceeds to step S200.

  In step S200, the data control unit 20b determines whether a print job has been received from the information processing apparatus 10 via the data communication unit 20a. If it is determined that the print job has been received (Yes), the data control unit 20b determines that the print job has been received. The data is stored in the data storage unit 20e and transmitted to the damage prediction unit 20c, and the process proceeds to step S202. If not (No), the determination process is continued until reception.

When the process proceeds to step S202, the damage prediction unit 20c analyzes the print job acquired via the data control unit 20b, extracts user information, setting information, the main body of the print data, and the like, and proceeds to step S204. .
In step S204, based on the information extracted in step S202 and the damage degree calculation information stored in the data storage unit 20e, the magnitude of damage that occurs when the print processing of the received print job is executed. The degree of damage shown is calculated, and the calculation result is transmitted as a damage prediction result to the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d via the data control unit 20b, and the process proceeds to step S206.

In step S206, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d reads the information for comparison from the data storage unit 20e via the data control unit 20b, and compares the read information with the prediction result acquired from the damage prediction unit 20c. Then, the process for determining whether or not to execute the print process confirmation process is performed for the user, and the process proceeds to step S208.
In step S208, in the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d, if it is determined by the determination process in step S206 that the confirmation process is to be executed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S210. If not (No), the process proceeds to step S232.

When the process proceeds to step S210, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d determines whether or not to cause the printing apparatus (here, the printing apparatus 30) to execute the printing process to execute the preceding process based on the degree of damage. If it is determined to be executed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S212. If not (No), the process proceeds to step S214.
When the process proceeds to step S212, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d generates the preceding process information corresponding to the magnitude of the damage, and the process proceeds to step S214.

In step S214, in the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d, the preceding process information generated in step S212 is transmitted to the printing apparatus 30 via the data control unit 20b and the data communication unit 20a, and the process proceeds to step S216.
In step S216, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d generates confirmation information, which is information for executing confirmation processing, based on the print job to be processed and information on the past determination results stored in the data storage unit 20e. The process proceeds to step S218.

Here, the confirmation information includes information that the user wants to confirm, such as setting contents and print data contents, and information such as setting contents that have been subjected to confirmation processing in the past. It is possible to confirm whether or not the contents of the print job are present while looking at past information.
In step S218, the confirmation information determination unit 20d transmits the confirmation information generated in step S216 to the information processing apparatus 10 that is the transmission source of the print job via the data control unit 20b and the data communication unit 20a, and the process proceeds to step S220. To do.

In step S220, the data control unit 20b determines whether confirmation result information is received from the information processing apparatus 10 via the data communication unit 20a. If it is determined that the confirmation result information is received (Yes), the process proceeds to step S222. If not (No), the determination process is continued until reception.
When the process proceeds to step S222, the data control unit 20b determines whether or not the user determines to cancel printing based on the confirmation result received at step S218. The process proceeds to S224, and if not (No), the process proceeds to Step S226.

  When the process proceeds to step S224, the data control unit 20b transmits the print cancellation information to the printing apparatus 30 via the data communication unit 20a, and the process proceeds to step S200. Here, in the present embodiment, the print cancellation information transmission process is performed only when the image data expansion process is executed in the preceding process, and otherwise, the process proceeds to step S200 without performing the transmission process. Transition.

On the other hand, when the process proceeds to step S226, the data control unit 20b transmits print execution information to the printing apparatus 30 via the data communication unit 20a, and the process proceeds to step S228.
If the process proceeds to step S228, the data control unit 20b determines whether or not response information indicating completion of the printing process is received from the printing apparatus 30 via the data communication unit 20a. ) Proceeds to step S230, otherwise (No) proceeds to step S220.

When the process proceeds to step S230, the data control unit 20b transmits the response information received in step S228 to the information processing apparatus 10 via the data communication unit 20a, and the process proceeds to step S200.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S208 that the confirmation process is not to be executed and the process proceeds to step S232, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d transmits the print job to the printing apparatus 30 via the data control unit 20b and the data communication unit 20a. Then, the process proceeds to step S228.

Further, the printing apparatus 30 is configured to activate a predetermined program stored in a predetermined area of the ROM by the CPU and execute the print control process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7 according to the program.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a printing process in the printing apparatus 30.
The print process is a process for preparing for the print process based on the preceding process information acquired from the print control apparatus 20 or executing the print process based on the print job or the print execution information acquired from the print control apparatus 20. When executed by the CPU, as shown in FIG. 7, first, the process proceeds to step S300.

  In step S300, the data control unit 30b determines whether a print job has been received from the print control apparatus 20 via the data communication unit 30a. If it is determined that the print job has been received (Yes), the received print job is determined. Is stored in the data storage unit 30c and transmitted to the print processing unit 30d according to the processing status, and the process proceeds to step S302. Otherwise (No), the process proceeds to step S304.

When the process proceeds to step S302, the print processing unit 30 executes a normal print process based on the print job, and the process proceeds to step S300.
On the other hand, if the process proceeds to step S304, the data control unit 20b determines whether or not the preceding process information has been received from the print control apparatus 20 via the data communication unit 30a. ) Transmits the preceding process information to the print processing unit 30d and proceeds to step S306. Otherwise (No), the process proceeds to step S300.

When the process proceeds to step S306, the print processing unit 30d executes part of the printing process based on the preceding process information acquired from the data control unit 30b, and the process proceeds to step S308.
Here, part of the printing process is a process performed before printing on a print medium, such as a warm-up process, a rendering process, and a rasterizing process, as described above.

In step S308, the data control unit 30b determines whether print execution information is received from the print control apparatus 20 via the data communication unit 30a. If it is determined that the print execution information is received (Yes), the print execution information is determined. Is transferred to the print processing unit 30d, and the process proceeds to step S310. Otherwise (No), the process proceeds to step S312.
When the process proceeds to step S310, the print processing unit 30d executes all remaining printing processes according to the print execution information acquired from the data control unit 20b, and then proceeds to step S300.

On the other hand, when the process proceeds to step S312, the data control unit 30b determines whether or not the print stop information is received from the print control apparatus 20 via the data communication unit 30a. ) Transmits the print cancellation information to the print processing unit 30d and proceeds to step S314. Otherwise (No), the process proceeds to step S316.
When the process proceeds to step S314, the print processing unit 30d stops the print process for the print job that has been processed by the preceding process until the development of the image data, and the process proceeds to step S300.

On the other hand, when the process proceeds to step S316, the print processing unit 30d determines whether or not a part of the printing process is completed. When it is determined that the process is completed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S308. When that is not right (No), it transfers to step S306 and continues a process.
Next, based on FIG. 8, the damage degree calculation process in step S204 will be described in detail.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a damage degree calculation process in the damage prediction unit 20 c of the print control apparatus 20.

  This damage degree calculation processing is performed by the printing apparatus 30 using a numerical value and a magnification that are set in advance for each piece of information such as user information, setting information, and print data content included in the print job. This is a process for calculating the degree of damage for predicting the magnitude of damage that occurs when the process is executed. When executed in step S204, as shown in FIG. 8, first, the process proceeds to step S400. It has become.

In step S400, the numerical value of the damage calculation variable is initialized to 0, and the process proceeds to step S402.
In step S402, user information included in the job information is acquired, and the process proceeds to step S404.
In step S404, a numerical value corresponding to preset user information is added to the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable, and the process proceeds to step S406.

In step S406, various setting information of the printing process other than the user information included in the job information is acquired, and the process proceeds to step S408.
In step S408, based on the acquired content in step S406, it is determined whether or not the print layout is double-sided / upper binding (Yes). If yes (Yes), the process proceeds to step S410. If not (No). The process proceeds to step S416.

When the process proceeds to step S410, the numerical value set in advance for the double-sided / upper binding of the print layout is added to the current value of the variable for calculating the damage level, and the process proceeds to step S412.
In step S412, it is determined from the analysis result in step S406 whether the number of pages of the print layout and print data body is double-sided, copy unit, and the total number of pages is an odd number. If yes (Yes), the process proceeds to step S414. If not (No), the process proceeds to step S416.

When the process proceeds to step S414, the numerical values set in advance for the double-sided, copy-unit, and odd-numbered pages of the total number of pages of the print layout and the print data body are added to the current value of the variable for calculating the damage level. The process proceeds to step S416.
In step S416, it is determined whether the file constituting the print data included in the print job is a document file. If it is determined that the file is a document file (Yes), the process proceeds to step S418; otherwise (No). Proceeds to step S426.

In step S418, a process of correcting the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable according to the number of characters protruding from the layout frame is executed, and the process proceeds to step S420.
In step S420, a process of correcting the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable according to the number of errors in the text included in the print data body is executed, and the process proceeds to step S422.
In step S424, processing for correcting the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is executed in accordance with whether or not the document file of the print data is a confidential document, and the process proceeds to step S426.

In step S426, the numerical value of the current damage degree calculation variable is doubled by a preset multiple of the print mode information which is one of the setting information from the analysis result of step S406, and the process proceeds to step S428.
In step S428, based on the result of analysis in step S406, in accordance with the number of printed sheets, which is one of setting information, the numerical value of the current damage degree calculation variable is doubled with the number of printed sheets, and the process proceeds to step S430.

In step S430, from the analysis result in step S406, according to the number-of-prints information which is one of the setting information, the current value of the damage degree calculation variable is doubled by the number of prints, and a series of processing is finished, and the original processing is completed. Return to processing.
Next, based on FIG. 9, the damage level correction processing in step S418 will be described in detail.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of correcting the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable in accordance with the number of protruding characters in the damage prediction unit 20c of the print control apparatus 20.

  The process for correcting the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable according to the number of protruding characters is performed when the characters in the document file that constitutes the print data body included in the print job are printed according to the setting contents of the setting information. FIG. 9 shows a process of counting the number of protrusions out of the layout frame and correcting the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable according to the counted number, and when executed in step S418, as shown in FIG. First, the process proceeds to step S500.

In step S500, the value of the protruding number counting variable is initialized to 0, and the process proceeds to step S502.
In step S502, a page that has not been processed for counting the number of protrusions is selected from the document file, and the process proceeds to step S504.
In step S504, it is determined whether or not there is a layout frame in the page selected in step S502. If it is determined (Yes), the process proceeds to step S506, and if not (No), step S522 is performed. Migrate to

When the process proceeds to step S506, an unprocessed layout frame is selected from the page selected in step S504, and the process proceeds to step S508.
In step S508, area information (for example, coordinate information) of the layout frame selected in step S506 is acquired, and the process proceeds to step S510.
In step S510, an unprocessed sentence is selected from the layout frame selected in step S506, and the process proceeds to step S512.

In step S512, information (for example, coordinate information) of the text selected in step S510 is acquired, and the process proceeds to step S514.
In step S514, it is determined from the information acquired in step S512 whether or not the sentence selected in step S510 protrudes from the layout frame selected in step S506. The process proceeds to S516, and if not (No), the process proceeds to Step S518.

When the process proceeds to step S516, 1 is added to the value of the current protrusion number counting variable, and the process proceeds to step S518.
In step S518, it is determined whether or not the processing in steps S512 to S516 has been completed for all the sentences corresponding to the layout frame selected in step S506. If it is determined that the processing has ended (Yes), step S520 is performed. If not (No), the process proceeds to step S524.

In step S520, it is determined whether or not the processing in steps S508 to S518 has been completed for all layout frames included in the page selected in step S502. If it is determined that the processing has ended (Yes), step S522 is performed. If not (No), the process proceeds to step S506.
When the process proceeds to step S522, it is determined whether or not the processes of steps S504 to S520 have been completed for all pages of the document file. When it is determined that the process has been completed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S524. If not (No), the process proceeds to step S502.

When the process proceeds to step S524, a result obtained by doubling the numerical value of the current protrusion number counting variable by a numerical value set in advance with respect to the protrusion from the layout frame is added to the current numerical value of the damage calculation variable. Then, the series of processing is finished and the processing returns to the original processing.
Next, based on FIG. 10, the damage level correction processing in step S420 will be described in detail.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a process of correcting the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable in accordance with the number of grammatical errors in the damage prediction unit 20c of the print control apparatus 20.

  The process of correcting the numerical value of the damage calculation variable according to the number of grammatical errors counts the number of sentences with incorrect grammar in the document file included in the print data included in the print job. Thus, the process of correcting the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable in accordance with the counted number, and when executed in step S420, first proceeds to step S600 as shown in FIG. It has become.

In step S600, the numerical value of the grammatical error count counting variable is initialized to 0, and the process proceeds to step S602.
In step S602, a page that has not been processed for counting the number of errors is selected from the document file, and the process proceeds to step S604.
In step S604, an unprocessed sentence is selected from the page selected in step S602, and the process proceeds to step S606.

In step S606, the sentence selected in step S604 is divided into clauses, a grammar list is generated by arranging the parts of speech of words constituting each clause, and the grammar is checked based on the order of parts of speech based on the grammar list. Then, the process proceeds to step S608.
In step S608, it is determined by the grammar check in step S606 whether or not the sentence selected in step S602 has a grammatical error. If it is determined (Yes), the process proceeds to step S610; otherwise (No ) Proceeds to step S612.

When the process proceeds to step S610, 1 is added to the numerical value of the current grammatical error count counting variable, and the process proceeds to step S612.
In step S612, it is determined whether or not the processing in steps S606 to S610 has been completed for all sentences on the page selected in step S602. If it is determined that the processing has been completed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S614. Otherwise (No), the process proceeds to step S604.

When the process proceeds to step S614, it is determined whether or not the processing of steps S602 to S612 has been completed for all pages included in the document file. If it is determined that the process has been completed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S616. If not (No), the process proceeds to step S602.
When the process proceeds to step S616, the result of doubling the current numerical value of the grammatical error count variable by the numerical value set in advance for the grammatical error is added to the current numerical value of the variable for calculating the degree of damage. End the process and return to the original process.

Next, based on FIG. 11, the damage level correction process in step S422 will be described in detail.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process of correcting the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable in accordance with whether or not the document is a confidential document in the damage prediction unit 20c of the print control apparatus 20.
The processing for correcting the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable according to whether or not the document is a confidential document is a confidential document by determining whether or not the document file included in the print job and constituting the print data body is a confidential document. If it is determined that the value of the variable for calculating the degree of damage is corrected, if it is executed in step S422, the process first proceeds to step S700 as shown in FIG.

In step S700, the confidential document flag is initialized to “false” (for example, numerical value 0), and the process proceeds to step S702.
In step S702, an unprocessed page is selected from the document file, and the process proceeds to step S704.
In step S704, an unprocessed sentence is selected from the page selected in step S702, and the process proceeds to step S706.

In step S706, the word / phrase included in the sentence selected in step S704 is compared with the word / phrase set in advance as a confidential term to determine whether or not there is a match. If “Yes”, the process proceeds to step S708; otherwise (No), the process proceeds to step S716.
If the process proceeds to step S708, the confidential document flag is changed to “true (for example, numerical value 1)”, and the process proceeds to step S710.

In step S710, the confidential document flag is confirmed with the current value, and the process proceeds to step S712.
In step S712, it is determined whether or not the confidential document flag is “true”. If it is determined to be “true” (Yes), the process proceeds to step S714. If not (No), a series of processing is performed. End and return to the original process.

When the process proceeds to step S714, the numerical value set in advance for the confidential document is added to the current numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable to correct the damage degree, and the series of processes is terminated to return to the original process. Return.
On the other hand, if no secret term is included in step S706 and the process proceeds to step S716, it is determined whether or not the process in step S706 has been completed for all sentences on the page selected in step S702. If it is determined that the process has been completed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S718; otherwise (No), the process proceeds to step S704.

When the process proceeds to step S718, it is determined whether or not the processing of steps S704 to S706 has been completed for all pages of the document file. If it is determined that the process has been completed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S710. If not (No), the process proceeds to step S702.
Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  Here, FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job. FIG. 13A is a diagram illustrating an example of items to be calculated for the damage level and the content of the calculation, and FIG. 13B is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the damage level and the control content of the printing process. It is. FIG. 14A is a diagram illustrating an example of frame information, and FIG. 14B is a diagram illustrating an example of character data information. FIG. 15A is a diagram showing an example of a vocabulary database used when correcting the degree of damage according to the number of grammatical errors, and FIG. 15B is a diagram showing an example of a grammar database. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a specific configuration of grammar data. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a confidential vocabulary database used when correcting the degree of damage depending on whether the document is a confidential document. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of calculating the degree of damage. FIGS. 19 to 21 are diagrams illustrating examples of confirmation screens displayed during the setting content confirmation process of the printing process.

  First, in the information processing apparatus 10, when a user issues a print instruction on an application program such as a document editor or an image editor (step S100), the print job generation unit 10c uses an editor from the data storage unit 10e. Data to be printed such as created documents and images, user information (for example, general, managerial positions, etc.), print data such as print setting information are read (step S102), and a print job is executed based on the read print data. Generate (step S104). Then, the generated print job is transmitted to the print control apparatus 20 connected to the network 40 via the data control unit 10b and the data communication unit 10a (step S106).

On the other hand, when the print control apparatus 20 receives a print job from the information processing apparatus 10 (step S200), the damage prediction unit 20c analyzes the received print job and obtains user information, setting information, print target data, and the like. Extract (step S202).
Here, as shown in FIG. 12, the data structure of the print job is described in XML, and the entire structure is sandwiched between <print job> and </ print job> of tags. Between the two tags, <print option> and </ print option> of the tag are described, and between these two tags, the user name, title (general user in the figure), and file name (ABC.doc in the figure) ), Monochrome / color settings (set to color in the figure), print mode settings (set to clean mode in the figure), duplex printing (enabled in the figure), group printing (enabled in the figure), close settings (Set up in the figure), layout setting (set up on the 2nd page in the figure), number of copies (5 in the figure) and number of pages (3 in the figure) are described. Yes.

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, the data structure of the print job includes a tag <document content PDL> in addition to the description of the print option between the two tags <print job> and </ print job>. And </ document content PDL> are described, and the contents of the print target data are described in the page description language between the two tags.
Therefore, in the analysis process, the contents of the XML file are analyzed, and the contents of the print option and the data to be printed are extracted.

  Then, the damage level is calculated based on the extracted information and the damage level calculation information stored in the data storage unit 20e (step S204). In other words, in the present embodiment, by calculating the damage level based on the damage level calculation information prepared in advance, the damage caused when the print process of the print job is incorrect with respect to the print process at the printing shop. Is predicted as the numerical value.

  Here, as information for calculating the degree of damage, as shown in FIG. 13A, it corresponds to each content of the print option, the content of the document data (presence of confidential terms, number of grammatical errors, etc.), etc. The calculation content is set, and in FIG. 5B, the control content of the printing process for the degree of damage calculated from the extracted content and the calculation content of (a) is set. Moreover, as calculation contents, there are a case where a setting value corresponding to each option setting content is simply added, and a case where the degree of damage is doubled by a predetermined magnification. In particular, in the present embodiment, the calculated contents for the number of printed sheets and the number of printed copies are such that the degree of damage is simply doubled by the set number, so that the degree of damage increases as the set number increases. Become bigger. This is a setting based on the premise that all pages are reprinted after correction.When considering the case where only the page of the corrected part is reprinted, do not simply double the number of settings. For example, only pages that may cause errors are counted, and the count value is doubled.

  In the damage prediction unit 20c, when the damage degree calculation process is started, first, the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is initialized to “0” (step S400). When the damage degree calculation variable is initialized, user information is acquired from the extraction result (step S402), and the acquired user information is compared with each item shown in FIG. For example, when “general user” is acquired as user information, the calculation content corresponding to “general user” is “+50” from FIG. “50” is added to “0” (step S404). Therefore, the current numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is updated to “50”.

  Next, each setting information other than the user information is acquired from the extraction result (step S406). First, it is determined whether the double-sided printing setting and the binding margin are the upper binding setting (step S408). In the case of the upper binding setting, as shown in FIG. 13A, since the calculation content for double-sided / upper binding is “+10”, the current damage degree calculation variable value “50” is set to “10”. "Is added (step S410). Therefore, the current numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is updated to “60”.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the total number of pages to be printed, duplex printing, and print target is an odd page (step S412). For example, in the case of double side, copy unit, and odd page, FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, since the calculation content for the double-sided, the copy unit, and the odd-numbered page is “+20”, “20” is added to the current numerical value “60” for the damage degree calculation variable (step S414). Therefore, the current numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is updated to “80”.

Further, it is determined whether or not the data to be printed is a document file (step S416). For example, when the print target is a document file, the number of characters that make up the frame set in the print document protrudes from the frame. And the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is corrected according to the calculation content corresponding to the count number (step S418).
When the damage degree correction process corresponding to the number of protrusions is started, first, the value of the protrusion number counting variable is initialized to “0” (step S500), and then the number of protrusions is counted from the document file. An unprocessed page is selected (step S502), and it is determined whether or not a layout frame exists in the page (step S504). For example, if there is a layout frame, an unprocessed layout frame is further selected from the page (step S506), and area information of the selected layout frame is acquired (step S508). Here, in the present embodiment, the region information is, for example, coordinates (X, Y) on the document image, a size (number of dots) such as a width and a height, as shown in FIG. It consists of information indicating the page number.

  Further, an unprocessed text is selected from the selected layout frame based on the area information (step S510), and information on the selected text (hereinafter referred to as text information) is acquired (step S512). Here, in the present embodiment, the sentence information includes, as shown in FIG. 14B, the font type (for example, Mincho, Gothic, etc.) of the characters that constitute each sentence, and the font size (points). , And information indicating the width and height (number of dots).

When the sentence information is acquired, based on the acquired sentence information and the area information of the acquired layout frame, it is determined whether or not the selected sentence protrudes from the layout frame (step S514). For example, when it protrudes, “1” is added to the numerical value of the current protrusion number counting variable.
Then, by performing the above-described series of processing for all the pages of the document file, the value of the protruding number counting variable at the end of processing becomes the sum of the protruding numbers of the entire document file. As shown in FIG. 13A, the calculation content corresponding to the protrusion from the frame is “+20” per protrusion number, and for example, the total number of protrusions is “3”. In this case, the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is corrected by adding “3 × 20 = 60” to the current numerical value “80” of the damage degree calculation variable (step S524). Accordingly, the current numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is updated to “140”.

When the correction of the damage level based on the number of protrusions from the frame is completed, the number of grammatical errors in the sentences that make up the document file is counted, and the numerical value of the damage level calculation variable is corrected according to the calculation content corresponding to the count number. Is performed (step S420).
When the correction process of the degree of damage according to the number of grammatical errors is started, first, the numerical value of the grammatical error number counting variable is initialized to “0” (step S600), and then the number of grammatical errors from the document file. A page that has not yet been counted is selected (step S602), and a sentence that has not yet been counted from the selected page is counted (step S604), and the grammar of the selected sentence is selected. Check processing is performed (step S606).

  In this grammar check process, a sentence is first segmented into phrases, and the phrase for each segment is compared with the phrase in the vocabulary database shown in FIG. Thus, the part of speech of each word is analyzed, and a grammar list is created by converting each word constituting the sentence into a part of speech. When the grammar list is generated, the grammar list is compared with the grammar list for correct / incorrect comparison registered in the grammar database shown in FIG. Is determined (step S608).

  Here, the grammar list for correct / incorrect comparison stored in the grammar database shown in FIG. 15 (b) has a configuration in which the correct part-of-speech arrangement is in a tree shape, as shown in FIG. As a rule, a noun or pronoun, and a particle or case particle are always selected for comparison. That is, if the part-of-speech sequence in the grammar list of the selected sentence is different from any part-of-speech sequence in the grammar list for correct / wrong comparison, it is determined that there is an error in the grammar.

If it is determined by this comparison processing that there is a grammatical error, for example, “1” is added to the current numerical value of the grammatical error count variable (step S610).
Then, by performing the above-described series of processing on all pages of the document file, the numerical value of the grammatical error count counting variable at the end of the processing becomes the total number of grammatical errors of the entire document file. As shown in FIG. 13A, the calculation content for the grammatical error is “+10” per grammatical error number. For example, when the total number of grammatical errors is “5”. Adds “5 × 10 = 50” to the numerical value “140” of the current damage degree calculation variable to correct the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable (step S616). Therefore, the current numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is updated to “190”.

When the correction of the damage level based on the number of grammatical errors is completed, it is next determined whether or not the confidential words are included in the sentences that make up the document file, and the damage level calculation variable is determined according to the determination result. Processing for correcting the numerical value is performed (step S422).
When the damage level correction process according to the presence or absence of a confidential term is started, the confidential document flag value is first initialized to false (step S700), and then the confidential document presence / absence confirmation process is not yet performed from the document file. A page to be processed is selected (step S702), a sentence that has not been subjected to the confidential document presence confirmation process is selected from the selected page (step S704), and words included in the sentence and damage degree calculation data are selected. The confidential term registered in the confidential vocabulary database, which is one of the above, is compared to determine whether there is a matching confidential term, thereby determining the presence or absence of the confidential term (step S706).

  For example, if it is determined that there is a confidential term, the value of the confidential document flag is changed to true (step S708), and the value of the confidential document flag is fixed to the current value (step S710). In the present embodiment, when the value of the confidential document flag is determined, the process for confirming whether or not there is a confidential term is terminated. Since the value of the confidential document flag thus determined is true as described above, according to the calculation content “+30” for the confidential document shown in FIG. By adding “30” to “,” the numerical value of the variable for calculating the degree of damage is corrected (step S714). Therefore, the current numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is updated to “220”.

  When the damage level correction process according to the presence / absence of the confidential document is completed, a damage level correction process is performed according to the print mode information (clean / fast) (step S424). As shown in FIG. 13A, for the print mode information, when the print mode is “pretty”, the calculated content is “× 2”, while the print mode is “fast”. The calculation content is “× 1”. For example, if the print mode is “beautiful”, the numerical value “220” of the current damage degree calculation variable is doubled to correct the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable. Therefore, the current numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is updated to “440”.

  When the damage level correction process corresponding to the print mode information is completed, the damage level correction process corresponding to the page number information is performed (step S426). As shown in FIG. 13A, for the page number information, the calculation content is “× number of sheets”. For example, if the number of pages is 5, the current value of the damage degree calculation variable “440” is doubled 10 times to correct the value of the damage degree calculation variable. Therefore, the current numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is updated to “4400”.

  When the damage level correction process corresponding to the page number information is completed, finally, the damage level correction process corresponding to the copy number information is performed (step S428). As shown in FIG. 13A, for the number of copies information, the calculation content is “× number of copies”. For example, assuming that the number of copies is five, the numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is corrected by doubling the current numerical value “4400” of the damage degree calculation variable. Therefore, the final numerical value of the damage degree calculation variable is “22000”, and this numerical value is transmitted to the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d via the data control unit 20b as the damage level for the print job.

  On the other hand, in the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d, when the calculated damage degree is acquired, printing is performed based on the magnitude of the damage degree and the relationship between the damage degree shown in FIG. While determining the control content of a process, it is determined whether a confirmation process is performed and whether a preceding process is performed (steps S206 to S210). For example, as shown in the above example, when the final damage degree is “22000”, the “22000” and the damage degree shown in FIG. The control content is execution of a confirmation process for the user in the information processing apparatus 10 and execution of a warm-up process in the printing apparatus 30.

  Accordingly, a confirmation process for the user is executed (step S208) and a preceding process is executed in the printing apparatus 30 (step S210). First, execution information for the preceding process is generated (step S212). The execution information of the preceding process is information including the execution instruction and the content of the preceding process to be executed (such as an identification number). In the above example, only the warm-up process is executed. Pre-processing information including information on a process execution instruction is generated. Then, the generated preceding process information is transmitted to the printing apparatus 30 via the data control unit 20b and the data communication unit 20a (step S214). Here, as shown in FIG. 13B, the preceding process includes a process of sending the print data to the printing apparatus 30 to develop the image data.

  After transmitting the preceding process information or when it is determined not to execute the preceding process, next, confirmation information corresponding to the calculated damage level and the content of the print job is generated (step S216). For example, when the damage level calculation contents shown in FIG. 18 are obtained for each item in the damage level calculation, the confirmation information is a confirmation process of the setting contents of these items and a history of past confirmation processes for the user. Therefore, the information processing apparatus 10 displays information such as error contents that are likely to occur for each setting item. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the print control apparatus 20 stores a history of confirmation processing contents executed so far in the data storage unit 20e. When the confirmation information is generated, the confirmation information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 10 that is the transmission source of the print job via the data control unit 20b and the data communication unit 20a (step S218).

On the other hand, when receiving the preceding process information from the print control apparatus 20 (step S304), the printing apparatus 30 executes a part of the printing process such as the warm-up process and the image data development process based on the received preceding process information. (Step S306).
Further, when the information processing apparatus 10 receives the confirmation information from the print control apparatus 20 (step S108), the confirmation processing execution unit 10d executes confirmation processing of the print processing content for the user based on the received confirmation information. (Step S110). For example, as shown in FIG. 19, the confirmation processing includes an error with respect to the current setting content and each of these setting items with respect to the setting items for both sides and upper closing, and the setting items for both sides, copies, and odd pages. An easy-to-understand example is displayed, and the user is caused to determine whether to perform printing with the current settings or to correct the settings. Similarly, for example, when there is a possibility that characters may protrude from the layout frame, as shown in FIG. 20, a message prompting confirmation of whether or not there is a character in the layout frame is displayed, An example that protrudes from the layout frame is displayed. Similarly, for example, when there is an error in the grammar, as shown in FIG. 20, a message indicating the content of the grammatical error is displayed and the sentence of the erroneous part is displayed. Similarly, when the document file constitutes a document including registered confidential terms, a message indicating that confidential terms are included is displayed as shown in FIG. Display sentences that contain.

  The determination with respect to the confirmation process is performed by the user pressing either “print as it is” or “reset settings” buttons at the top of the confirmation screen shown in FIGS. When this button is pressed, information of the determination result (confirmation result) is automatically generated by dedicated software and transmitted to the print control apparatus 20 via the data control unit 10b and the data communication unit 10a. (Step S114).

  Then, when the print control apparatus 20 receives the confirmation result information from the information processing apparatus 10 (step S220), the data control unit 20b determines, for example, that printing is performed as it is based on the received confirmation result information. If it is determined that the print execution information is transmitted to the printing apparatus 30 via the data communication unit 20a, on the other hand, if it is determined that the setting is to be corrected, the print stop information is transmitted to the printing apparatus 30 via the data communication unit 20a. Send to. Here, in the present embodiment, the print execution information includes a print execution command and a print job, and the print cancel information includes a print cancel command. As for the print execution information, the remaining information excluding the information transmitted in the preceding process information may be transmitted without transmitting all the print jobs.

  On the other hand, when the data control unit 30b receives the print execution information from the print control device 20 (step S308), the printing apparatus 30 performs the preceding process in the print processing unit 30d based on the print job included in the print execution information. All the printing processes following the executed process are executed (step S310). That is, for example, when the process has been performed in advance up to the warm-up process, all the processes from the development process to the remaining image data to the print process to the print medium are executed. When the print process is executed, the print end response information is transmitted to the print control apparatus 20 via the data control unit 30b and the data communication unit 30a.

On the other hand, when the data control unit 30b receives the print cancellation information from the print control apparatus 20 (step S312), the developed image data is discarded with respect to the print job that has undergone the preceding process up to the development process to the image data. The printing process is stopped (step S314).
When the data control unit 20b receives the print end response information from the printing device 30 via the data communication unit 20a (step S228), the print control device 20 receives the response information via the data communication unit 20a. The information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 10 that is the transmission source of the print job corresponding to the information (step S230).

When the data control unit 10b receives the print end response information from the print control device 20 via the data communication unit 10a, the information processing device 10 recognizes that the print processing is completed (step S118). For example, a message indicating that printing has been completed is displayed on the screen.
As described above, the print control apparatus 20 analyzes the print job from the information processing apparatus 10, predicts the magnitude of damage that occurs when the print processing of the print job fails, and calculates the damage degree. Based on the result, it is possible to determine whether or not to perform processing for confirming the content of the print job, and in addition, preceding processing information for causing the printing apparatus 30 to perform preceding processing according to the value of the damage level Can be generated.

  In addition, the information processing apparatus 10 executes the confirmation process based on the confirmation information for executing the confirmation process from the print control apparatus 20, and allows the user to confirm the contents of the print job before executing the print process. Printing can be canceled if there is a big error. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce monetary damage such as waste of printing resources and waste of power caused by wasteful printing processing with a large error.

  Further, the printing apparatus 30 can execute a part of printing processing such as warm-up processing, rendering processing, and rasterizing processing prior to the confirmation processing based on the preceding processing information from the printing control device 20. is there. Therefore, when there is no error in the print job after the confirmation process, it is possible to immediately drive the print head to print on the print medium without performing warm-up process, rendering process, rasterization process, etc. As a result, the printing waiting time of the system user can be reduced.

  Further, in the confirmation process in the information processing apparatus 10, it is possible to exemplify contents that are likely to be erroneous and have been confirmed in the past depending on the contents of the print job. Accordingly, by notifying the system user in advance of the contents of mistakes that are likely to occur in the setting contents related to the printing process, it is possible to prompt advance confirmation of the setting contents and reduce the occurrence of printing mistakes in advance.

  In the first embodiment, the print job generation unit 10c corresponds to the print job generation unit of any one of the inventions 3, 4, 51, and 72, and print job generation in the data control unit 10b and the data communication unit 10a. The transmission process corresponds to the print job transmission unit of the invention 4 or 72, and the confirmation process execution unit 10d corresponds to the confirmation process execution unit of any one of the inventions 2, 3, 4, 27, 28, 51, and 72. .

  Moreover, in the said 1st Embodiment, the damage estimation part 20c is invention 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,27,28,29,30,31,32,51,52, Corresponding to any one of the damage prediction means 53, 54, 55, 75, 76, 77, 78, and 79, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20 d includes the inventions 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 27, 28. , 29, 31, 33, 51, 52, 54, 56, 75, 76, 78, and 80.

Further, in the first embodiment, the confirmation information generation process including the display process of the print setting contents that are likely to be erroneous in the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 20d and the information processing apparatus 10 are prone to error. The confirmation process including the print setting content display process corresponds to the print job content notifying unit of any one of the ninth, 33, 56 and 80.
In the first embodiment, the preceding process information generating process in the confirmation presence / absence determining unit 20d and the part of the printing process in the print processing unit 30d are any of the inventions 10, 34, 57, and 81. This corresponds to one preceding print processing means.

  In the first embodiment, steps S102 and S104 correspond to the print job generation step of any one of inventions 58, 65, 73 and 74, and step S106 is the print job transmission of invention 73 or 74. Corresponding to the step, step 110 corresponds to the confirmation processing execution step of any one of the inventions 12, 20, 35, 36, 43, 44, 58, 65, 73 and 74.

  Moreover, in the said 1st Embodiment, step S202, S204 is invention, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 35, 36, 37, 38. 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 89, 90 , 91, 92 and 93, the steps S206 to S210 are the inventions 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41. , 43, 44, 47, 49, 58, 59, 61, 63, 65, 66, 68, 70, 82, 83, 85, 87, 89, 90, 92, and 94 Correspond.

In the first embodiment, step S306 corresponds to the preceding print processing step of any one of inventions 18, 26, 42, 50, 64, 71, 88, and 95, and step S310 corresponds to invention 11. , 12, 19, 20, 35, 36, 43, and 44.
[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 22 to 2 illustrate a printing system, a printing control program, a printing method, a printing apparatus, a printing apparatus control program, a printing apparatus control method, a printing control apparatus, a printing control apparatus control program, and a printing control apparatus control method according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows 1st Embodiment.

The difference from the first embodiment is that an information processing apparatus that transmits a print job performs processing for determining whether or not there is a damage degree calculation process and a confirmation process. Hereinafter, only the parts different from the first embodiment will be described, and the same parts as those in the first embodiment will be denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.
First, the configuration of a printing system according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 22 is an overview diagram showing a configuration of a printing system 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 22, the printing system 200 generates a print job, predicts damage that occurs when the printing process of the print job fails, and performs a print job content confirmation process for the user based on the prediction result. The information processing apparatus 50 to be executed and the printing apparatus 30 that executes print processing based on the print job are included, and the information processing apparatus 50 and the printing apparatus 30 are connected by a printer cable such as a parallel cable or a USB cable. ing.

Further, a detailed configuration of the information processing apparatus 50 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 23 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the information processing apparatus 50.
As shown in FIG. 23, the information processing apparatus 50 includes a data communication unit 50a, a data control unit 50b, a print job generation unit 50c, a damage prediction unit 50d, a confirmation presence / absence determination unit 50e, and a confirmation processing execution unit 50f. And a data storage unit 50g.

The data communication unit 50a transmits information such as a print job, print execution information, preceding process information, and print cancellation information generated in the self apparatus to the printing apparatus 30 and receives print end response information from the printing apparatus 30. The function of transmitting and receiving data to and from the printing apparatus 30 is provided.
The data control unit 50b transmits various data stored in the data storage unit 50g to each component, controls data exchange between the components, and prints a print job generated by the print job generation unit 50c. It has a function of controlling the flow of data in the information processing apparatus 50, such as transmitting to the printing apparatus 30 via the communication unit 50a.

  The print job generation unit 50c generates print data by reading data corresponding to the print instruction from the data storage unit 50g in response to a print instruction from the user via an editor or the like that generates document data or image data. It has a function of generating a print job by adding the information of the user who issued the print instruction, the setting content information of the print processing set by the user to the generated print data.

The damage prediction unit 50d has a function of analyzing a print job, calculating a degree of damage that occurs when print processing of the print job is executed based on the analysis result, and predicting the magnitude of the damage. And the information of this prediction result is transmitted to the confirmation presence determination part 50e via the data control part 50b.
Based on the prediction result from the damage prediction unit 50d, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 50e determines whether or not to execute the print processing content confirmation process for the user who has issued the print job print instruction, and determines to execute it. In the case where it is done, it has a function of generating confirmation information and preceding process information according to the contents of the prediction result. Then, the generated confirmation information is transmitted to the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 50f via the data control unit 50b, and the preceding process information is transmitted to the printing apparatus 30 via the data communication unit 50a. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no need to execute the confirmation process, the print job is transmitted to the printing apparatus 30 via the data control unit 50b and the data communication unit 50a.

The confirmation processing execution unit 50f has a function of executing confirmation processing of print processing contents accompanied by display of a message or the like on a display unit (not shown) based on confirmation information for the print job acquired from the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 50e. Yes.
The data storage unit 50g includes document data and image data generated by an editor or the like, as well as data necessary for print job generation processing such as user information and setting information for generating a print job, and a confirmation presence / absence determination unit 50e. Depending on the confirmation information from, various data necessary for executing confirmation processing, information for calculating the degree of damage at the time of damage prediction, comparison information necessary for processing such as confirmation presence / absence, confirmation presence / absence determination It has a function of storing various data such as information on the determination result of the unit 50e.

  Here, the information processing apparatus 50 includes a processor (not shown), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which a dedicated program is stored, and the processor executes the dedicated program. In this way, the functions of the above-described parts are achieved. In addition, the above-described units include a mixture of a unit that fulfills its function with only a dedicated program, a unit that performs hardware control by a dedicated program, and the like.

Further, the information processing apparatus 50 starts a predetermined program stored in a predetermined area of the ROM by the CPU, and executes the print control process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 24 according to the program.
FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating print control processing in the information processing apparatus 50.
The print control process generates a print job in response to a print instruction from the user, analyzes the generated print job, calculates the degree of damage when executing the print process of the print job, and calculates the magnitude of the damage. A process for predicting and controlling the printing process based on the prediction result, and when executed by the CPU, first proceeds to step S800 as shown in FIG.

In step S800, the data control unit 50b determines whether there is a print instruction from the user via the input device or the like. If it is determined that there is a print instruction (Yes), the process proceeds to step S802; In case (No), the determination process is continued until a print instruction is issued.
When the process proceeds to step S802, the print job generation unit 50c receives the user information, the main body of the print data such as image data and document data, the setting contents of the print processing, etc. from the data storage unit 50g via the data control unit 50b. The print data is read out and the process proceeds to step S804.

In step S804, the print job generation unit 50c generates a print job based on the print data read in step S802, and the process proceeds to step S806.
In step S806, the damage prediction unit 50d analyzes the print job generated in step S804, extracts user information, setting information, the main body of the print data, and the like, and proceeds to step S808.

  In step S808, based on the information extracted in step S806 and the damage degree calculation information stored in the data storage unit 50g, the magnitude of damage that occurs when the print processing of the received print job is executed. The degree of damage shown is calculated, and the calculation result is transmitted as a damage prediction result to the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 50e via the data control unit 50b, and the process proceeds to step S810.

In step S810, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 50e reads the information for comparison from the data storage unit 50g via the data control unit 50b, and compares the read information with the prediction result acquired from the damage prediction unit 50d. Then, a process for determining whether or not to execute a print process confirmation process is performed for the user, and the process proceeds to step S812.
In step S812, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 50e proceeds to step S814 if it is determined by the determination process in step S810 that the confirmation process is to be executed (Yes), and if not (No), the process proceeds to step S830.

When the process proceeds to step S814, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 50e determines whether or not to cause the printing apparatus (here, the printing apparatus 30) to execute the printing process to execute the preceding process based on the magnitude of the damage level. If it is determined to be executed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S816. If not (No), the process proceeds to step S820.
When the process proceeds to step S816, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 50e generates the preceding process information corresponding to the magnitude of the damage, and the process proceeds to step S818.

In step S818, in the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 50e, the preceding process information generated in step S816 is transmitted to the printing apparatus 30 via the data control unit 50b and the data communication unit 50a, and the process proceeds to step S820.
In step S820, the confirmation processing execution unit 50f generates confirmation information, which is information for executing confirmation processing, based on the print job to be processed and information on the past determination results stored in the data storage unit 50g. Then, a confirmation process is executed based on the generated confirmation information, and the process proceeds to step S822.

In step S822, the confirmation process execution unit 50f determines whether the confirmation process is completed. If it is determined that the confirmation process is completed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S824; otherwise (No), the process proceeds to step S820. Transition.
When the process proceeds to step S824, the data control unit 50b determines whether or not the user has determined to cancel printing based on the result of the confirmation processing by the confirmation processing execution unit 50f. ) Discards the generated print job and proceeds to step S800; otherwise (No) proceeds to step S826.

When the process proceeds to step S826, the data control unit 50b transmits the print execution information to the printing apparatus 30 via the data communication unit 50a, and the process proceeds to step S828.
When the process proceeds to step S828, the data control unit 50b determines whether or not response information indicating completion of the printing process has been received from the printing apparatus 30 via the data communication unit 50a. ) Proceeds to step S800, and if not (No), the determination process is continued until reception.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S812 that the confirmation process is not to be executed and the process proceeds to step S830, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 50e transmits a print job to the printing apparatus 30 via the data control unit 50b and the data communication unit 50a. Then, the process proceeds to step S828.
Here, the printing system 200 according to the present embodiment is configured such that the information processing apparatus 50 executes the damage degree calculation process and the confirmation presence / absence determination process of the print control apparatus 20 in the first embodiment. Except for the difference in data transmission / reception processing due to the difference in connection configuration, the actual operation content of each processing is the same as that in the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

  As described above, the information processing apparatus 50 analyzes the print job generated in its own apparatus, predicts the magnitude of damage that occurs when the print processing of the print job fails, and calculates the degree of damage, and the prediction result It is possible to determine whether or not to perform processing for confirming the contents of the print job based on the above, and generate preceding processing information for causing the printing apparatus 30 to perform the preceding processing according to the value of the degree of damage. It is possible. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce monetary damage such as waste of printing resources and waste of power caused by wasteful printing processing with a large error.

Further, the information processing apparatus 50 executes the confirmation process when it is determined to perform the confirmation process, and allows the user to confirm the contents of the print job before executing the print process. If there is a large error, the information processing apparatus 50 performs the printing. It is possible to cancel. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce monetary damage such as waste of printing resources and waste of power caused by wasteful printing processing with a large error.
Further, in the confirmation process in the information processing apparatus 10, it is possible to exemplify contents that are likely to be erroneous and have been confirmed in the past depending on the contents of the print job. Accordingly, by notifying the system user in advance of the contents of mistakes that are likely to occur in the setting contents related to the printing process, it is possible to prompt advance confirmation of the setting contents and reduce the occurrence of printing mistakes in advance.

  Further, the printing apparatus 30 can execute a part of printing processing such as warm-up processing, rendering processing, and rasterizing processing prior to the confirmation processing based on the preceding processing information from the information processing device 50. is there. Therefore, when there is no error in the print job after the confirmation process, it is possible to immediately drive the print head to print on the print medium without performing warm-up process, rendering process, rasterization process, etc. As a result, the printing waiting time of the system user can be reduced.

In addition, only when the print processing is continued as it is after the confirmation process is performed in advance by asking the user's judgment by not performing the process using the print data such as the development of the image data as the preceding process. It is also possible to send a print job to the printing apparatus 30.
In the second embodiment, the print job generation unit 50c corresponds to the print job generation unit of the invention 3 or 51, and the damage prediction unit 50d includes the invention 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 76, 77, 78, and 79 correspond to any one of the damage prediction means. 3, 5, 7, 9, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 51, 52, 54, 56, 76, 78, and 80, the confirmation processing execution unit 50f. Corresponds to the confirmation processing execution means of any one of inventions 2, 3, 27, 28, and 51.

In the second embodiment, the confirmation processing including the display processing of the print setting contents that are likely to be erroneous and that has been confirmed in the past in the confirmation processing execution unit 50f is the same as that of the inventions 9, 33, 56, and 80. This corresponds to any one of the print job content notification means.
In the second embodiment, the preceding process information generation process in the confirmation presence / absence determining unit 50e and the part of the preceding process in the printing process unit 30d are any of the inventions 10, 34, 57, and 81. This corresponds to one preceding print processing means.

  In the second embodiment, steps S802 and 804 correspond to the print job generation step of the invention 58 or 65, and steps S806 and S808 are the invention, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, Corresponding to any one of the damage prediction steps 67, 68 and 69, steps S810 to S814 are the inventions 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 49, 58, 59, 61, 63, 65, 66, 68 and 70 correspond to the confirmation presence / absence determination step, and step 820 corresponds to inventions 12, 20, 35, 36. 43,44,58 and corresponding to any one of the confirmation processing execution step 65.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 25 to 2 illustrate a printing system, a printing control program, a printing method, a printing apparatus, a printing apparatus control program, a printing apparatus control method, a printing control apparatus, a printing control apparatus control program, and a printing control apparatus control method according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows 3rd Embodiment.

The difference from the first and second embodiments described above is that the printing device confidence performing the printing process based on the print job performs the process for determining the presence / absence of the damage degree calculation process and the confirmation process. Hereinafter, only different parts from the first and second embodiments will be described, and the same parts as those in the first and second embodiments will be denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.
First, the configuration of a printing system according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 25 is an overview diagram showing a configuration of a printing system 300 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  As illustrated in FIG. 25, the printing system 300 generates a print job, transmits the generated print job to the printing apparatus 30, and executes information processing processing for the print job for the user. A printing apparatus 60 that predicts damage that occurs when a print job print process fails, determines whether to execute a print job content check process based on the prediction result, and executes the print process based on the print job; The information processing apparatus 10 and the printing apparatus 60 are connected by a printer cable such as a parallel cable or a USB cable.

Further, a detailed configuration of the printing apparatus 60 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 26 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the printing apparatus 60.
As shown in FIG. 26, the printing apparatus 60 includes a data communication unit 60a, a data control unit 60b, a damage prediction unit 60c, a confirmation presence / absence determination unit 60d, a print processing unit 60e, and a data storage unit 60f. It has a configuration.

The data communication unit 60 a receives data from the information processing apparatus 10 such as receiving a print job or confirmation result information from the information processing apparatus 10 or transmitting confirmation information generated in the own apparatus to the information processing apparatus 10. Has the function of transmitting and receiving.
The data control unit 60b stores the data acquired from the information processing device 10 via the data communication unit 20a in the data storage unit 60f, and transmits various data stored in the data storage unit 60f to each component in the own device. Data in the printing apparatus 60, such as control of data exchange between each component, transmission of confirmation information generated by the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 60d to the information processing apparatus 10 via the data communication unit 60a, etc. It has a function to control the flow.

  The damage prediction unit 60c analyzes the print job acquired from the information processing apparatus 10 via the data communication unit 60a and the data control unit 60b, and the amount of damage that occurs when print processing of the print job is executed based on the analysis result. It has a function of predicting this by calculating the degree of damage. And the information of this prediction result is transmitted to the confirmation presence determination part 60d via the data control part 60b.

  Based on the prediction result from the damage prediction unit 60c, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 60d determines whether or not to execute the print processing content confirmation processing for the user who has issued a print job print instruction, and determines that it is to be executed. In the case where it is done, it has a function of generating confirmation information and preceding process information according to the contents of the prediction result. The generated confirmation information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 10 via the data control unit 60b and the data communication unit 60a, and the preceding process information is transmitted to the print processing unit 60e via the data control unit 60b. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no need to execute the confirmation process, the print job is transmitted to the print processing unit 60e via the data control unit 60b.

The print processing unit 60e has a function of performing print processing based on each setting information, print data, and the like included in the print job, and print media such as warm-up processing, rendering processing, and rasterization processing based on the preceding processing information. Has a function of executing a part of printing processing performed before printing.
The data storage unit 60f includes, in addition to the print job acquired from the information processing apparatus 10, information for calculating the degree of damage at the time of damage prediction, information for comparison required for processing such as determination of presence / absence of confirmation, and confirmation presence / absence determination unit 60d. It has a function of storing various data such as information of the determination result.

  Here, the printing apparatus 60 includes a processor, a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which a dedicated program is stored (not shown), and the processor executes the dedicated program. By fulfilling the functions of the above-mentioned parts. In addition, the above-described units include a mixture of a unit that fulfills its function with only a dedicated program, a unit that performs hardware control by a dedicated program, and the like.

Further, the information processing apparatus 60 is configured to activate a predetermined program stored in a predetermined area of the ROM by the CPU and execute the print control process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 27 in accordance with the program.
FIG. 27 is a flowchart illustrating a print control process in the printing apparatus 60.
The print control process generates a print job in response to a print instruction from the user, analyzes the generated print job, calculates the degree of damage when executing the print process of the print job, and calculates the magnitude of the damage. In addition to the prediction, this is a process for controlling the printing process based on the prediction result, and when it is executed by the CPU, it first proceeds to step S900 as shown in FIG.

  In step S900, the data control unit 60b determines whether a print job has been received from the information processing apparatus 10 via the data communication unit 60a. If it is determined that the print job has been received (Yes), the print job is The data is stored in the data storage unit 60e and transmitted to the damage prediction unit 60c, and the process proceeds to step S902. If not (No), the determination process is continued until reception.

When the process proceeds to step S902, the damage prediction unit 60c analyzes the print job acquired via the data control unit 60b, extracts user information, setting information, the main body of the print data, and the like, and proceeds to step S904. .
In step S904, based on the information extracted in step S902 and the damage degree calculation information stored in the data storage unit 60f, the magnitude of damage that occurs when the print processing of the received print job is executed. The degree of damage shown is calculated, and the calculation result is transmitted as a damage prediction result to the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 60d via the data control unit 60b, and the process proceeds to step S906.

In step S906, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 60d reads the information for comparison from the data storage unit 60f via the data control unit 60b, and compares the read information with the prediction result acquired from the damage prediction unit 60c. Then, a process for determining whether or not to execute a print process confirmation process is performed for the user, and the process proceeds to step S908.
In step S908, if the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 60d determines that the confirmation process is to be executed by the determination process in step S906 (Yes), the process proceeds to step S910. If not (No), the process proceeds to step S932.

When the process proceeds to step S910, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 60d determines whether or not to cause the print processing unit 60e to execute the preceding process based on the magnitude of the damage degree, and if it is determined to execute (Yes). Shifts to step S912, and if not (No), shifts to step S916.
When the process proceeds to step S912, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 60d generates preceding process information corresponding to the magnitude of the damage, and the process proceeds to step S914.

In step S914, in the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 60d, the preceding process information generated in step S912 is transmitted to the print processing unit 60e via the data control unit 60b, and the process proceeds to step S916.
In step S916, the print processing unit 60e starts execution of the preceding process based on the preceding process information from the confirmation presence / absence determining unit 60d, and proceeds to step S918.

In step S918, the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 60d generates confirmation information, which is information for execution of confirmation processing, based on the print job to be processed and the information on the past determination results stored in the data storage unit 60f. The process proceeds to step S920.
In step S920, the confirmation information determination unit 60d transmits the confirmation information generated in step S918 to the information processing apparatus 10 that is the transmission source of the print job via the data control unit 60b and the data communication unit 60a, and the process proceeds to step S922. To do.

In step S922, the data control unit 60b determines whether confirmation result information has been received from the information processing apparatus 10 via the data communication unit 60a. If it is determined that it has been received (Yes), the process proceeds to step S924. If not (No), the determination process is continued until reception.
When the process proceeds to step S924, the data control unit 60b determines whether or not the user has determined to cancel printing based on the confirmation result received in step S922. ) Transmits a print cancel command to the print processing unit 60e and proceeds to step S926. Otherwise (No), the process proceeds to step S928.

When the process proceeds to step S926, the print processing unit 60e discards the print job in response to the print cancel command from the data control unit 60b, stops the print process, and proceeds to step S900.
On the other hand, if the process proceeds to step S928, the print processing unit 60e determines whether or not the preceding process is being performed. If the preceding process is being performed (Yes), the process proceeds to step S930. If not (No), the process proceeds to step S930. The process proceeds to S932.

When the process proceeds to step S930, the print processing unit 60e executes all the print processes subsequent to the preceding process currently being executed, and when the process is completed, the process proceeds to step S900.
On the other hand, when the process proceeds to step S932, in the print processing unit 60e, if the preceding process has been completed, the process continues. If the preceding process has not been performed, all the printing processes are executed from the beginning. When completed, the process proceeds to step S900.

Here, the printing system 300 according to the present embodiment is configured to execute the damage degree calculation process and the confirmation presence / absence determination process of the print control apparatus 20 in the first embodiment in the printing apparatus 60. Except for the difference in data transmission / reception processing due to the difference in connection configuration, the actual operation contents of each processing are the same as those in the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.
As described above, the printing apparatus 60 analyzes the print job from the information processing apparatus 10, predicts the magnitude of damage that occurs when the printing process of the print job fails, and calculates the degree of damage. It is possible to determine whether or not to perform processing for confirming the contents of the print job based on the above, and to cause the print processing unit 60e of the own apparatus to execute the preceding processing according to the value of the degree of damage. It is possible to generate pre-processing information.

  Further, the print processing unit 60e in the printing apparatus 60 can execute a part of print processing such as warm-up processing, rendering processing, and rasterization processing prior to the confirmation processing based on the preceding processing information. is there. Therefore, when there is no error in the print job after the confirmation process, it is possible to immediately drive the print head to print on the print medium without performing warm-up process, rendering process, rasterization process, etc. As a result, the printing waiting time of the system user can be reduced.

  Further, the information processing apparatus 10 executes the confirmation process based on the confirmation information for executing the confirmation process from the printing apparatus 60, and allows the user to confirm the contents of the print job before executing the print process. If there is an error, printing can be canceled. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce monetary damage such as waste of printing resources and waste of power caused by wasteful printing processing with a large error.

  Further, in the confirmation process in the information processing apparatus 10, it is possible to exemplify contents that are likely to be erroneous and have been confirmed in the past depending on the contents of the print job. Accordingly, by notifying the system user in advance of the contents of mistakes that are likely to occur in the setting contents related to the printing process, it is possible to prompt advance confirmation of the setting contents and reduce the occurrence of printing mistakes in advance.

  In the third embodiment, the damage prediction unit 60c includes the inventions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 51, 52, 53, 54 and The confirmation presence / absence determination unit 60d corresponds to any one of the damage prediction means 55, the invention 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 51, 52, 54 and 56. Corresponds to the confirmation presence / absence determination means.

Further, in the third embodiment, the confirmation information generation processing including the display processing of the print setting contents that are likely to be erroneous and that has been confirmed in the past in the confirmation presence / absence determination unit 60d is the invention 9, 33, 56. , 80 corresponding to the print job content notification means.
In the third embodiment, the preceding process information generation process in the confirmation presence / absence determining unit 60d and the part of the printing process in the print processing unit 60e are the processes according to any one of the inventions 10, 34, and 57. This corresponds to the preceding print processing means.

  In the third embodiment, steps S902 and S904 are performed in accordance with the invention, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 35, 36, 37, 38. , 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 67, 68 and 69, corresponding to any one of the damage prediction steps, step S906 To S910 are inventions 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 44, 47, 49, 58, 59, 61, 63, 65, 66 , 68 and 70, the step S916 corresponds to the preceding print processing step of any one of the inventions 18, 26, 42, 50, 64 and 71, and the step S932 is Invention corresponding to 11,12,19,20,35,36,43 and any one of the printing step 44.

  In the first to third embodiments, the example in which the print processing content confirmation process is executed for the user based on the predicted damage content and the size thereof has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Based on the content of damage and its magnitude, without asking the user whether or not to perform the printing process, for example, if the degree of damage is greater than a certain value, the printing process is stopped, and if it is smaller than a certain value Control such as executing print processing may be performed.

  In the first to third embodiments, the damage is particularly serious when printing paper, ink, or the like is wasted due to an erroneous printing process such as the number of printed sheets or the number of printed copies. However, the calculation content is not limited to this. For example, if the amount of damage is high or the risk of leakage is high, the damage level is increased. Depending on the implementation environment of the system, the damage level calculation content may be set to the content necessary for that environment, such as preventing damage levels from increasing for items with low risk levels. good.

  In the first to third embodiments, the amount of damage is predicted by calculating the total damage degree considering various factors according to the calculation contents set in advance for each item. Although the printing process including the presence / absence of processing is controlled, this is not limiting, and the magnitude of damage is predicted individually for each item, and a judgment criterion such as a threshold is provided for each item. Another method may be used, such as performing determination processing such as the presence or absence of confirmation processing for each item based on the determination criteria.

1 is an overview diagram showing a configuration of a printing system 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the information processing apparatus 10. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a print control apparatus 20. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the printing apparatus 30. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a print instruction information transmission process in the information processing apparatus 10. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a print control process in the print control apparatus 20. 3 is a flowchart showing a printing process in the printing apparatus 30. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a damage degree calculation process in a damage prediction unit 20c of the print control apparatus 20. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing for correcting a numerical value of a damage degree calculation variable in accordance with the number of protruding characters in the damage prediction unit 20c of the print control apparatus 20. 7 is a flowchart illustrating processing for correcting a numerical value of a damage degree calculation variable in accordance with the number of grammatical errors in a damage prediction unit 20c of the print control apparatus 20. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing for correcting a numerical value of a damage degree calculation variable according to whether or not the document is a confidential document in the damage prediction unit 20c of the print control apparatus 20. FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a print job. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the item used as the calculation object of a damage level, and its calculation content, (b) is a figure which shows the relationship between a damage level and the control content of a printing process. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the information of a frame, (b) is a figure which shows an example of the information of character data. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the vocabulary database used when correcting the damage degree according to the number of grammatical errors, (b) is a figure which similarly shows an example of a grammar database. It is a figure which shows an example of the specific structure of grammar data. It is a figure which shows an example of the confidential vocabulary database used when correcting a damage degree according to whether it is a confidential document. It is a figure which shows the example of calculation of a damage degree. It is a figure which shows the example of the confirmation screen displayed at the time of the setting content confirmation process of a printing process. It is a figure which shows the example of the confirmation screen displayed at the time of the setting content confirmation process of a printing process. It is a figure which shows the example of the confirmation screen displayed at the time of the setting content confirmation process of a printing process. It is a general-view figure which shows the structure of the printing system 200 which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of an information processing apparatus 50. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating print control processing in the information processing apparatus 50. It is a general-view figure which shows the structure of the printing system 300 which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a printing apparatus 60. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a print control process in the printing apparatus 60.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100,200,300 ... Printing system 10, 50 ... Information processing apparatus, 20 ... Print control apparatus, 30, 60 ... Printing apparatus, 40 ... Network, 10a ... Data communication part, 10b ... Data control part, 10c ... Print job Generation unit, 10d ... confirmation processing execution unit, 10e ... data storage unit, 20a ... data communication unit, 20b ... data control unit, 20c ... damage prediction unit, 20d ... confirmation presence / absence determination unit, 20e ... data storage unit, 30a ... data Communication unit, 30b ... Data control unit, 30c ... Data storage unit, 30d ... Print processing unit, 50a ... Data communication unit, 50b ... Data control unit, 50c ... Print job generation unit, 50d ... Damage prediction unit, 50e ... Confirmation Determination unit, 50f ... confirmation processing execution unit, 50g ... data storage unit, 60a ... data communication unit, 60b ... data control unit, 60c ... damage prediction unit, 60 ... confirm presence determining unit, 60e ... print processing unit, 60f ... data storage unit

Claims (29)

Printing means for executing print processing based on a print job;
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the printing process of the print job in the printing means;
A printing system comprising: a printing process control unit that controls the printing process based on the prediction result of the damage. Print job acquisition means for acquiring a print job;
Printing means for executing print processing based on the acquired print job;
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the printing process of the print job in the printing means;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Content determination processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
A printing system comprising: a printing process control unit that controls a printing process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process. A printing instruction device and a printing device;
Connecting the printing instruction device and the printing device so that data communication is possible;
The printing instruction device
A print job generating means for generating a print job;
The printing apparatus includes:
Print job receiving means for receiving the print job;
Printing means for executing a printing process based on the received print job,
Print job information acquisition means for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Content determination processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
A printing system comprising: a printing process control unit that controls a printing process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process. A printing instruction device, a printing device, and a printing control device;
The print instruction device and the printing device are connected so that data communication is possible, and the print instruction device and the print control device are connected so that data communication is possible,
The printing instruction device
Print job generation means for generating a print job;
Print job transmission means for transmitting the print job to the printing apparatus;
Print job information transmitting means for transmitting print job information relating to the contents of the print job to the print control apparatus;
Content confirmation processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing based on the execution information of the content confirmation processing received from the print control device;
Confirmation result information transmission means for transmitting confirmation result information for the content confirmation processing to the print control device,
The printing apparatus includes:
Print job receiving means for receiving the print job transmitted from the print instruction device;
Printing means for executing a printing process based on the received print job,
The print control device includes:
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of the print job in the printing apparatus based on the print job information received from the print instruction apparatus;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Execution information transmitting means for transmitting execution information for performing the processing content confirmation processing to the print instruction device when it is determined to perform the confirmation;
A printing system comprising: a printing process control unit that controls a printing process of the print job based on a confirmation result of the content confirmation process received from the printing instruction apparatus. The print job information includes setting information related to execution contents of the print processing,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on the setting information,
The said confirmation presence determination means determines whether to perform the said confirmation based on the numerical value which concerns on the calculated magnitude | size of the damage, The Claim 1 thru | or 4 characterized by the above-mentioned. Printing system. The setting information includes information related to the number of printed sheets,
The printing system according to claim 5, wherein the damage prediction unit calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on information related to the number of printed sheets. The print job information includes information of a system user related to the print job,
The damage prediction means calculates a numerical value related to the magnitude of the damage based on the information of the system user,
The said confirmation presence determination means determines whether the said confirmation is performed based on the numerical value which concerns on the calculated magnitude | size of the damage, The Claim 5 or Claim 6 characterized by the above-mentioned. Printing system. The print job information includes a data body to be printed on a print medium,
The printing system according to claim 2, wherein the damage prediction unit predicts the content of the damage based on the content of the data body.   3. A print job content notifying unit for notifying the system user of the contents of the print job for which the confirmation process has been executed in the past based on the determination result of the confirmation presence / absence determining unit. The printing system according to claim 8.   10. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a preceding print processing unit that performs in advance a part of a print process for the print job in the printing unit before the confirmation process is performed. The printing system according to item. A printing step for executing a printing process based on the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job in the printing means;
A print control including a program used for causing a computer to execute a process including a print process control step for controlling a print process of the print job based on a damage content predicted in the damage prediction step. program. A printing step for executing a printing process based on the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job in the printing means;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
A print control program comprising: a program used for causing a computer to execute a process including a print process control step for controlling a print process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process. A printing step for executing a printing process based on the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job in the printing means;
A printing process control step for controlling a printing process of the print job based on a damage content predicted in the damage prediction step. A printing step for executing a printing process based on the print job;
A print job information acquisition step for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of the print job in a printing unit based on the acquired print job information;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
A printing process control step of controlling a printing process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process. Print job acquisition means for acquiring a print job;
Printing means for executing print processing based on the acquired print job;
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the printing process of the print job in the printing means;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Content determination processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
A printing apparatus comprising: a printing process control unit configured to control a printing process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process. Print job receiving means for receiving the print job sent to the own apparatus;
Printing means for executing print processing based on the received print job;
Print job information acquisition means for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Content determination processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
A printing apparatus comprising: a printing process control unit configured to control a printing process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process. A printing step for executing a printing process based on the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job in the printing means;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
A printing apparatus control program comprising: a program used for causing a computer to execute a process including a print process control step for controlling a print process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process . A print job receiving step for receiving a print job sent to the printing device;
A printing step for executing a printing process based on the received print job;
A print job information acquisition step for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
A printing apparatus control program comprising: a program used for causing a computer to execute a process including a print process control step for controlling a print process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process . A printing step for executing a printing process based on the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job in the printing means;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And a printing process control step of controlling a printing process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process. A print job receiving step for receiving a print job sent to the printing device;
A printing step for executing a printing process based on the received print job;
A print job information acquisition step for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And a printing process control step of controlling a printing process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process. Print job generation means for generating a print job;
Print job information acquisition means for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing the print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Content determination processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
A print instruction apparatus comprising: a print processing control unit that controls a print process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process. Print job generation means for generating a print job;
Print job transmission means for transmitting the print job to a printing apparatus;
Print job information transmitting means for transmitting print job information relating to the contents of the print job to a print control apparatus;
Content confirmation processing execution means for executing the content confirmation processing based on the execution information of the content confirmation processing received from the print control device;
A print instruction apparatus comprising: confirmation result information transmission means for transmitting confirmation result information for the content confirmation processing to the print control apparatus. A print job generation step for generating a print job;
A print job information acquisition step for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
A print instruction apparatus control comprising: a program used to cause a computer to execute a process including a print process control step for controlling a print process of the print job based on a confirmation result obtained by executing the content confirmation process. program. A print job generation step for generating a print job;
A print job transmission step of transmitting the print job to a printing apparatus;
A print job information transmission step of transmitting print job information relating to the contents of the print job to a print control device;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing based on the execution information of the content confirmation processing received from the print control device;
A print instruction apparatus control program, comprising: a program used to cause a computer to execute a process including a confirmation result information transmission step of transmitting confirmation result information for the content confirmation process to the print control apparatus. A print job generation step for generating a print job;
A print job information acquisition step for acquiring print job information relating to the contents of the print job;
A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of the print job based on the acquired print job information;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing for the system user when it is determined to perform the content confirmation;
And a print processing control step for controlling the print processing of the print job based on a check result obtained by executing the content check processing. A print job generation step for generating a print job;
A print job transmission step of transmitting the print job to a printing apparatus;
A print job information transmission step of transmitting print job information relating to the contents of the print job to a print control device;
A content confirmation processing execution step for executing the content confirmation processing based on the execution information of the content confirmation processing received from the print control device;
A print instruction apparatus control method, comprising: a confirmation result information transmission step of transmitting confirmation result information for the content confirmation process to the print control apparatus. Damage prediction means for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of a print job related to the print job in the printing apparatus based on the print job information received from the print instruction apparatus;
Confirmation presence determination means for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job for a system user related to the print job based on the predicted damage content;
Execution information transmitting means for transmitting execution information for performing the processing content confirmation processing to the print instruction device when it is determined to perform the confirmation;
A print processing control unit configured to control a print process of the print job based on a confirmation result of the confirmation process received from the print instruction apparatus; A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of a print job related to the print job in the printing apparatus based on the print job information received from the print instruction apparatus;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
An execution information transmission step of transmitting execution information for performing the processing content confirmation processing to the print instruction device when it is determined to perform the confirmation;
A program used for causing a computer to execute a process including a print process control step for controlling a print process of the print job based on a confirmation result of the confirmation process received from the print instruction apparatus. Print control device control program. A damage prediction step for predicting the content of damage caused by executing print processing of a print job related to the print job in the printing apparatus based on the print job information received from the print instruction apparatus;
A confirmation presence / absence determination step for determining whether or not to confirm the print processing content of the print job based on the predicted damage content, to the system user related to the print job;
An execution information transmission step of transmitting execution information for performing the processing content confirmation processing to the print instruction device when it is determined to perform the confirmation;
And a print processing control step for controlling the print processing of the print job based on the confirmation result of the confirmation processing received from the print instruction device.

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