JP2008243106A - Acquisition condition management system, portable terminal, acquisition condition report program, printer, and acquisition condition management program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an acquisition condition management system for reporting an acquisition condition of a print result. <P>SOLUTION: When receiving print data of content from a portable terminal (S102: YES), a printer performs print data receipt processing, in which printing is carried out and its content is added to a list of non-acquired contents (S103). When acquired information of which print result is acquired is input from an operation key (S107: YES), acquired information input processing, in which the content is added to a list of acquired contents and removed from the list of non-acquired contents, is carried out (S109). When the acquired information is requested from the portable terminal (S111: YES), acquired information transmission processing, in which instructed content is extracted from the list of acquired contents to be transmitted to the portable terminal of a request source, is carried out (S112). When a paper output tray is empty (S115: YES), processing for clearing the list of non-acquired contents is carried out for moving all the contents from the list of non-acquired contents to the list of acquired contents (S116). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention includes a mobile terminal and a printing apparatus, and an acquisition status management system for managing an acquisition status by a user of a print result instructed from the mobile terminal, a mobile terminal and a printing apparatus constituting the system, and a program therefor It is about.

In recent years, personal computers and printers are connected to a network in an office, and a plurality of terminal devices (users) commonly use one printer. In such a shared printer, since the printer is often installed at a position distant from each terminal device, a method for confirming the execution status of printing based on the print instruction issued by the user is required. Therefore, it is common to notify the terminal device side when the print data is transmitted to the printer, or when the print data is developed so as to be printable by the printing apparatus. Furthermore, a method has been proposed in which when printing is completed, this is determined and notified to the user (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2004-90235 A

  However, even if there is a notification when printing is completed, the user may not be able to retrieve the print result immediately after the notification. Then, it was inevitable that the time would have passed without forgetting to go.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and provides an acquisition status management system that notifies the status of whether or not a print result has been acquired, a portable terminal and a printing device that constitute this system, and a program therefor The purpose is to do.

  In order to achieve the above object, an acquisition status management system according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a mobile terminal that includes a display screen for displaying content made up of an image or a document and can be connected to a printing apparatus, and the mobile terminal. An acquisition status management system comprising a printing device including a printing unit that executes printing of content in accordance with a printing instruction from the printing device, wherein the portable terminal transmits a printing instruction for content to the printing device. And acquisition information receiving means for receiving from the printing apparatus, acquisition information indicating that the print result of the content for which the print instruction has been transmitted by the print instruction transmitting means has been acquired by the user, and reception by the acquisition information receiving means Based on the acquired information, if there is content that has not been acquired by the user among the content for which the print instruction has been transmitted, Acquisition status notifying means for notifying the effect, and the printing apparatus receives the print instruction from the portable terminal and the printing means based on the print instruction received by the print instruction receiving means. Print control means for executing printing of content, acquisition status determination means for determining whether or not a printing result printed by the printing means has been acquired by a user, and the acquisition based on the determination result of the acquisition status determination means An acquisition information transmitting means for transmitting information to the portable terminal is provided.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal having a display screen for displaying content consisting of an image or a document, and a portable terminal connectable to a printing apparatus, wherein a content printing instruction is sent to the printing apparatus. A print instruction transmitting means for transmitting, an acquisition information receiving means for receiving, from the printing apparatus, acquisition information indicating that a print result of the content for which a print instruction has been transmitted by the print instruction transmitting means has been acquired by a user, An acquisition status notifying unit for notifying the fact that there is content that has not been acquired by the user among the content to which the print instruction has been transmitted based on the acquisition information received by the acquisition information receiving unit. And

  In addition to the configuration of the invention described in claim 2, the mobile terminal described in claim 3 of the present invention is a transmitted content that stores identification information for identifying the content for which a print instruction has been transmitted by the print instruction transmitting means. A storage means; and a transmitted content update means for deleting content identification information stored in the transmitted content storage means based on the acquisition information received by the acquisition information receiving means; The content having identification information stored in the transmitted content storage means is notified.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the second or third aspect, the mobile terminal further includes a connection detection unit that detects connection or disconnection with the printing apparatus, and the acquisition status notification The means is characterized in that when the connection with the printing apparatus is detected by the connection means, or when disconnection with the printing apparatus is detected, the means is notified.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the third aspect of the present invention, the mobile terminal deletes the identification information of the content that has not received the acquired information from the transmitted content storage means. It is characterized by comprising two transmitted content update means.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the third aspect of the present invention, the portable terminal according to the sixth aspect of the present invention is configured so that the content of each content whose identification information is stored in the transmitted content storage means A notification frequency setting unit configured to set an upper limit of the number of notifications by the acquisition status notification unit; and the second unacquired content update unit includes the content that has been notified by the acquisition status notification unit when the number of notifications exceeds the upper limit. The identification information of the content is deleted from the acquired content storage means.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any of the second to sixth aspects, the portable terminal includes a print instruction input means for inputting a content print instruction, and the print instruction input means. And a second connection detecting means for detecting connection with the printing apparatus, wherein the print instruction transmitting means detects the connection by the second connection detecting means. If so, the print instruction stored in the print instruction storage means is transmitted to the printing apparatus.

  An acquisition status notification program according to an eighth aspect of the present invention causes a computer to function as various processing means according to any of the second to seventh aspects.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing apparatus including a printing unit that executes printing in accordance with a printing instruction from a portable terminal having a display screen for displaying content including an image or a document. Printing instructions receiving means for receiving a printing instruction from the portable terminal, printing control means for causing the printing means to print the content based on the printing instructions received by the printing instruction receiving means, and printing by the printing means An acquisition status determination means for determining whether or not the print result has been acquired by the user, and that the print result has been acquired by the user when the acquisition status determination means determines that the print result has been acquired. Acquisition information generating means for generating acquired acquisition information, and acquisition information transmitting means for transmitting the acquisition information generated by the acquisition information generating means to the portable terminal Characterized by comprising a.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the ninth aspect, the printing apparatus further comprises an input unit for inputting that the user has acquired the print result, and the acquisition status determining unit. Is characterized in that it is determined that the print result has been acquired by a user by an input from the input means.

  A printing apparatus according to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to the ninth or tenth aspect, detects that the printing result is extracted from a discharge tray from which the printing result is discharged. The printing result detecting unit includes a printing result detecting unit, and the acquisition status determining unit determines that the printing result is acquired when the printing result detecting unit detects that the printing result is extracted.

  According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration according to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, when there are a plurality of the discharge trays, the portable terminal and the discharge trays are stored in association with each other. The printing result detecting means is provided for each of the discharge trays, and the acquisition information generating means generates the acquisition information for each of the discharge trays.

  An acquisition status management program according to claim 13 of the present invention causes a computer to function as various processing means according to any of claims 9 to 12.

  In the acquisition status management system according to the first aspect of the present invention, a print instruction is transmitted from the portable terminal to the printing apparatus, and printing is executed in the printing apparatus based on the print instruction. Then, the printing apparatus determines whether or not the executed print result has been acquired by the user, and acquisition information indicating that the content print result has been acquired by the user is transmitted to the mobile terminal. In the portable terminal, if there is content that has not been acquired by the user among the content for which the print instruction has been transmitted based on the received acquisition information, the mobile terminal notifies that fact. Therefore, since there is a notification on the mobile terminal when there is content that has been sent a print instruction and has not been printed even though printing has been executed, it is possible to prevent forgetting to remove the printed matter.

  Further, the portable terminal according to claim 2 of the present invention transmits a content printing instruction to the printing apparatus, receives from the printing apparatus acquisition information indicating that the printing result of the content has been acquired by the user, Based on the acquired information, if there is content that has not been acquired by the user among the content for which the print instruction has been transmitted, the fact is notified. Accordingly, since there is a notification when there is content that has been sent a print instruction and has not been printed even though printing has been executed, it is possible to prevent forgetting to take a printed matter.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the second aspect, the portable terminal stores the identification information of the content that has transmitted the print instruction in the transmitted content storage means, The content identification information present in the acquired information received from is deleted from the transmitted content storage means. Then, the content remaining in the transmitted content storage means is notified as content not acquired by the user. Accordingly, it is possible to reliably notify when there is content that has transmitted a print instruction and has not yet obtained a print result even though printing has been executed.

  Further, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 2 or 3, the portable terminal described in claim 4 of the present invention detects connection / disconnection with the printing apparatus, and prints by the user when connecting or disconnecting. When there is content for which the result has not been acquired, this fact can be notified.

  Further, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 3, the portable terminal described in claim 5 of the present invention is able to display the content identification information stored in the transmitted content storage means even if there is no acquisition information. (2) Since the transmitted content update means deletes, even if the print result is actually acquired, if the acquisition information is not transmitted for some reason such as a problem on the printing device side, it will be continuously notified as unacquired content Can be prevented.

  In addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 3 to 5, the portable terminal according to claim 6 of the present invention provides an upper limit of the number of times that the user is notified of the content that has not been collected. Therefore, even when the print result is actually acquired, when the acquisition information is not transmitted for some reason such as a problem on the printing apparatus side, it can be prevented that the information is repeatedly notified as unacquired content.

  Further, in addition to the effects of the invention described in any of claims 2 to 6, the portable terminal described in claim 7 of the present invention is preliminarily input and stored with a print instruction and connected to the printing apparatus. When a print is detected, the stored print instruction is transmitted to the printing apparatus. Accordingly, it is possible to issue a print instruction when desired and execute printing collectively at the time of connection.

  Further, the acquisition status notification program according to claim 8 of the present invention can exhibit the operational effects as various processing means of the invention according to any of claims 2 to 7 by being executed by a computer.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, a printing apparatus receives a print instruction from a portable terminal and executes printing based on the print instruction. Then, it is determined whether or not the print result has been acquired by the user, and if it is acquired, acquisition information is generated and transmitted to the portable terminal. Since it is possible to provide the mobile terminal with the acquisition information about the content for which the print instruction has been transmitted, the print has been executed, and the print result has been acquired, the print result has not been obtained even though the print has been executed on the mobile terminal. When there is content, a notification is made and it is possible to prevent forgetting to take a printed matter.

  Further, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 9, the printing apparatus according to claim 10 of the present invention can input the fact when the user obtains the print result. The acquisition of the print result can be determined by a simple method.

  In addition to the effects of the ninth or tenth aspect, the printing apparatus according to the eleventh aspect of the present invention determines that the print result has been acquired when the print result is extracted from the discharge tray. If the print result is extracted from the tray, it is highly possible that the print result has been acquired by the user. Therefore, the acquisition status can be easily determined without accepting input.

  In addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 11, the printing device according to claim 12 of the present invention associates the discharge tray with the portable terminal when a plurality of discharge trays are provided. If stored, the acquisition information can be generated on the assumption that the print result of the corresponding mobile terminal is acquired when the print result is extracted from each of the discharge trays. Therefore, highly accurate acquisition information can be provided to the mobile terminal.

  Moreover, the acquisition status management program according to claim 13 of the present invention can exhibit the operational effects as various processing means of the invention according to any of claims 9 to 12 by being executed by a computer.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the outline of the acquisition status management system 100 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an outline of the acquisition status management system 100.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the acquisition status management system 100 includes a plurality of portable terminals 1 and a printing device 2. The portable terminal 1 is a portable terminal that includes a display unit, and downloads content including characters and images via a network or an external device such as a PC and displays the content on the display unit. Further, the mobile terminal 1 can connect to the printing apparatus 2 via the LAN 3, transmit a print instruction for the stored content, and cause the printing apparatus 2 to print. The printing apparatus 2 is not limited as long as it can connect to the mobile terminal 1 to receive print data and execute printing, and may use any printing method such as laser or ink jet. The connection between the portable terminal 1 and the printing apparatus 2 via the LAN 3 may be a wired connection or a wireless connection. Further, the portable terminal 1 and the printing apparatus 2 do not need to be always connected, and print data is transmitted immediately during connection, but when a print instruction operation is input when not connected, a print waiting list (described later) is sent. Created and stored, and when connected to the printing apparatus 2, print data is transmitted in order according to the print waiting list to execute printing. In the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 1 creates print data and transmits it to the printing apparatus 2. However, the mobile terminal 1 transmits the content data itself and develops the print data on the printing apparatus 2 side. Also good.

  When the print data is transmitted, the mobile terminal 1 adds the transmitted content to the unacquired list. The contents of the unacquired list are displayed on the display unit and prompt the user to get the print result. Further, when the printing apparatus 2 receives the print data from the portable terminal 1 and executes printing, the content is added to the unacquired list. When the user of the mobile terminal 1 acquires the print result and the printing apparatus 2 detects it, the acquired information is created and transmitted to the mobile terminal 1. The mobile terminal 1 updates the unacquired list based on the received acquired information, displays the contents of the new unacquired list, and alerts the user. In addition, the display of the unacquired list can be set by the user to turn on / off the function and when to display it as a forgetting prevention function. In the following embodiment, the forgetting prevention function can be activated when the printer 2 is connected or disconnected.

  The embodiment of the present invention described below takes four embodiments due to the difference in management method in the printing apparatus 2. In any of the embodiments, the physical and electrical configurations of the mobile terminal 1 and the printing apparatus 2 are common, and will be described first. Moreover, the flow of processing in the portable terminal 1 is common to all the embodiments.

  Next, the electrical configuration of the mobile terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the mobile terminal 1. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the RAM 12. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the print waiting list storage area 121 of the RAM 12. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the unacquired list storage area 122 of the RAM 12. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the EEPROM 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile terminal 1 is provided with a CPU 10 that controls the mobile terminal 1. The CPU 10 temporarily stores a ROM 11 that stores a program for operating the mobile terminal 1 and various data. RAM 12, which is stored in memory, EEPROM 13 which is a non-volatile memory, display controller 14 which controls display unit 15, operation keys 16 including buttons and cross keys for accepting input by a user, PC (not shown) and printing apparatus An external communication interface (I / F) 17 for connecting to other devices such as 2 and a memory card controller 18 for connecting the memory card 19 are connected via a bus. The memory card 19 is provided with a content information storage area 191 for storing content information downloaded from a PC or the like.

  Next, the configuration of the RAM 12 will be described with reference to FIG. The RAM 12 is provided with at least a print waiting list storage area 121 and an unacquired list storage area 122. The print waiting list storage area 121 stores identification information of content for which a print instruction has been input when not connected to the printing apparatus 2. The unacquired list storage area 122 stores identification information of content for which a print instruction has been input but for which a print result has not yet been acquired.

  Next, the print waiting list storage area 121 will be described with reference to FIG. The print wait list storage area 121 stores a print wait list that is stored in the order of input of print instructions when a print instruction is issued from the operation key 16 when the mobile terminal 1 is not connected to the printing apparatus 2. . As shown in FIG. 4, one piece of print-ready content data includes a print instruction ID, a file name of a content for which a print instruction is issued, a date and time when the print instruction is input, and an ID of a printing apparatus designated as a print destination. ing. When the portable terminal 1 is connected to the printing apparatus 2 and print data is transmitted to the printing apparatus 2, the print-waiting content data for that content is deleted from the print-waiting list.

  Next, the unacquired list storage area 122 will be described with reference to FIG. The unacquired list storage area 122 stores an unacquired list that is a list of contents whose print results have not yet been acquired from the printing apparatus 2 by the user. When the print data is transmitted to the printing apparatus 2, the content information is added to the unacquired list. As shown in FIG. 5, one piece of unacquired content data includes an unacquired content ID, a content file name, the remaining display count, a date and time when a print instruction (print data) is transmitted, and a printing apparatus designated as a print destination. It consists of ID. In this embodiment, since the upper limit of the number of times to display that the print result is not acquired is provided for each content, when adding data to the unacquired list, the upper limit value is stored in the remaining number of display times and displayed each time it is displayed. Subtract 1 from the remaining display count. When the acquired information is transmitted from the printing apparatus 2, the content included in the acquired information is deleted from the unacquired list.

  Next, the configuration of the EEPROM 13 will be described with reference to FIG. The EEPROM 13 of the mobile terminal 1 stores a terminal ID storage area 131 for storing a terminal ID, which is unique information for identifying the mobile terminal from other mobile terminals 1, and a user name using the mobile terminal 1. At least a user name storage area 132 is provided. The mobile terminal 1 in the example of FIG. 6 has a terminal ID “m123” and a user name “suzuki”. The terminal ID is transmitted when the print data is transmitted, and is stored as item contents of the data of the unacquired list and the acquired list of the printing apparatus 2 (see FIGS. 9 and 10). The user name is transmitted together with the print data and the terminal ID, or is registered in advance in the printing apparatus 2 in combination with the terminal ID, and is stored as the item contents of the unacquired list and the acquired list of the printing apparatus 2. (See FIGS. 9 and 10).

  Next, the printing apparatus 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the printing apparatus 2. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of the RAM 22 of the printing apparatus 2. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the unacquired list storage area 221. As shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the acquired list storage area 222.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the printing apparatus 2 includes a CPU 20 that controls the printing apparatus 2. The CPU 20 stores a ROM 21 that stores various programs for operating the printing apparatus 2, and various data. Provided in a RAM 22 that temporarily stores, an EEPROM 23, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 25 that is a display screen, a recording unit 28 that performs printing, an operation key 26 that accepts user input, and a paper discharge tray (not shown). The optical sensor 24 for detecting whether or not the printing result has been extracted and the LAN controller 27 for connecting to the LAN 3 as a network are connected via a bus. The EEPROM 23 is provided with a device ID storage area 231 that stores a device ID for identifying the printing device 2.

  Next, the RAM 22 of the printing apparatus 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The RAM 22 includes at least an unacquired list storage area 221 and an acquired list storage area 222. In the third and fourth embodiments described later, a registered terminal list storage area 223 is also provided (FIG. 32). reference).

  Next, the unacquired list storage area 221 will be described with reference to FIG. The unacquired list storage area 221 stores an unacquired list that is a list of contents whose print results have not yet been acquired by the user of the mobile terminal 1. Information on the content is added to the unacquired list when print data is received from the mobile terminal 1 and printing is executed. As shown in FIG. 9, one piece of unacquired content data includes an unacquired content ID, a title name of the content, a date and time when printing is completed, a terminal ID of the portable terminal 1 that is a print instruction source, and a user of the portable terminal 1 It consists of a name. Unacquired content data is deleted when the acquired information about the content is input and / or when the content is added to the acquired list. Further, the contents of the unacquired list are displayed on the LCD 25, and the user can confirm the contents, extract the print result from the paper discharge tray, and input from the operation key 26 that it has been acquired when it is extracted. Yes.

  Next, the acquired list storage area 222 will be described with reference to FIG. The acquired list storage area 222 stores an acquired list that is a list of contents that have been determined that the print result has been acquired by the user of the mobile terminal 1 but have not yet transmitted the information to the mobile terminal 1. The One piece of acquired content data includes the acquired content ID, the title name of the content, the date and time when printing of the content is completed, the terminal ID of the portable terminal 1 that is the printing instruction source, and the user name of the portable terminal 1. . The acquisition of the print result is detected by the optical sensor 24 when an input indicating that the contents of the unacquired list displayed on the LCD 25 is acquired by the user is received, or that the discharge tray is empty. Sometimes it is determined that it was acquired.

  Next, regarding the operation of the acquisition status management system 100 configured as described above, first, processing in the portable terminal 1 common to all the embodiments, and then processing in the printing apparatus 2 are performed in the order of the first to fourth embodiments. explain. First, processing in the mobile terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the main process of the mobile terminal 1. FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the table of contents display process executed in the main process of the mobile terminal 1. FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the key input process executed in the main process of the mobile terminal 1. FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the content selection process executed in the key input process. FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the content determination process executed in the key input process. FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the page turning process executed in the key input process. FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the content printing process executed in the key input process. FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the connection update process executed in the main process of the mobile terminal 1. FIG. 19 is a flowchart of the unacquired information display process executed in the connection update process.

  In the portable terminal 1, when the power is turned on, the program stored in the ROM 11 is read out and started up in the RAM 12, and the main process shown in FIG. 11 is executed by the CPU 10. First, a table of contents display process is executed (S1). In the table of contents display process, as shown in FIG. 12, information (content name, number of pages, etc.) of content stored in the content information storage area 191 of the memory card 19 is acquired (S11), and a table of contents screen is generated. Are displayed (S12).

  If the power OFF operation is executed after the table of contents display process is completed (S2: YES), the main process is ended. If the power OFF operation is not performed (S2: NO), the processes of S3 to S7 are repeated.

  First, various processes corresponding to the key input operation are executed (key input process: S3). Details of the key input process will be described later with reference to FIGS. Then, it is determined whether or not the connection information indicating whether or not the printer is connected (connection → disconnection, disconnection → connection) (S4), and if updated (S4: YES), the connection information is updated. Processing is executed (S5). Whether the printer 2 is connected or not is determined by a program (not shown) that regularly monitors the external communication I / F. Details of the connection update process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  After completion of the connection update process or if the connection information has not been updated (S4: NO), it is determined whether or not the acquired information has been received from the printing apparatus 2 (S6). (S6: NO) Return to S2 as it is. When the acquired information is received (S6: YES), the content corresponding to the acquired information is deleted from the unacquired list and updated (S7). Then, the process returns to S2.

  Next, a key input process executed in the main process will be described with reference to FIG. The key input process is a process for calling various functions of the mobile terminal 1 in response to an input operation from the operation key 16. Here, five processes of the content selection process, the content determination process, the page turning process, the table of contents display process, and the content printing process are taken up, but the operations that can be performed by the portable terminal 1 are not limited to these. Of these processes, the process related to the main part of the present invention is a content printing process.

  When the key input process is started, it is first determined whether or not the content selection operation is performed by the up and down of the cross key of the operation key 16 (S31). S32). In the content selection process, as shown in FIG. 14, if the table of contents screen is being displayed (S321: YES), the selected content highlighted in the list-displayed content is updated (S322). Return to the key input process, and then return to the main process. If the table of contents screen is not displayed (S321: NO), this key operation is invalid, and the process directly returns to the key input process and then returns to the main process.

  If it is not the cross key up / down operation (S31: NO), it is determined whether or not the content determination operation is performed by the determination button (S33). If it is the determination operation (S33: YES), the content determination process is executed (S34). In the content determination process, as shown in FIG. 15, if the table of contents screen is being displayed (S341: YES), the content data of the selected content highlighted in the list-displayed content is stored in the memory card 19. From the content information storage area 191 (S342), and the first page is displayed on the display unit 15 (S343). Then, the process returns to the key input process, and further returns to the main process. If the table of contents screen is not displayed (S341: NO), this key operation becomes invalid, and the process directly returns to the key input process and then returns to the main process.

  If it is not the content determination operation (S33: NO), it is determined whether or not the page turning operation is performed by the left / right key operation of the operation key 16 (S35), and if it is the cross key left / right operation (S35: YES), the page turning process is performed. Execute (S36). In the page turning process, as shown in FIG. 16, if the content is being displayed (S361: YES), an update page (next page or previous page) of the displayed content is displayed (S362). Then, the process returns to the key input process, and further returns to the main process. If no content is displayed (S361: NO), this key operation is invalid, and the process directly returns to the key input process and then returns to the main process.

  If it is not a left / right key operation (S35: NO), it is determined whether or not a table of contents display operation key is input (S37). If it is a table of contents display operation (S37: YES), the table of contents display process of FIG. (S38) Return to the main process.

  If it is not a table of contents display operation (S37: NO), it is determined whether or not a content printing operation has been performed (S39). In the content printing operation, a print button displayed on the content screen being displayed may be selected with the operation key 16 to instruct printing of the content being displayed, or a content display button and a print button may be provided on the table of contents display screen. It is also possible to provide an instruction to print the selected content when the print button is selected with the operation key 16. If no content printing operation is performed (S39: NO), the process directly returns to the main process. If a content printing operation has been performed (S39: YES), the content printing process is executed (S40), and the process returns to the main process.

  Here, the content printing process will be described with reference to FIG. First, it is determined from the monitoring result of the external communication I / F whether the printer 2 is connected (S401). If it is connected to the printing apparatus 2 (S401: YES), the print data of the content instructed to be printed is transmitted to the printing apparatus 2 (S403). Then, the content is added to the unacquired list (FIG. 5) (S404). When adding, the remaining display count is set to the upper limit set value n (for example, 3 times).

  If not connected to the printing apparatus 2 (S401: NO), the content input with the print instruction is added to the print waiting list (FIG. 4) (S402). Then, the process returns to the key input process, and further returns to the main process.

  Next, connection update processing (FIG. 11, S5) executed when connection information is updated, such as connection to the printing apparatus 2 or disconnection from the connection, will be described with reference to FIG. .

  First, it is determined whether or not the printer 2 is connected (S51). If the printer 2 is connected (S51: YES), the printer 2 requests and receives the acquired information (S52). If there is content in the unacquired list (FIG. 5) in the received acquired information, the content is deleted from the unacquired list and the unacquired list is updated (S53).

  Next, the print data of the contents in the print waiting list (FIG. 4) are transmitted in order to the printing apparatus 2 (S54). Then, the content to which the print data has been transmitted is added to the unacquired list (FIG. 5) (S55). When adding, the remaining display count is set to the upper limit set value n (for example, 3 times). Next, the content transmitted with the print data is deleted from the print waiting list (S56).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the forgetting prevention function at the time of connection is ON (S57). If it is ON (S57: YES), an unacquired list (FIG. 5) is displayed and the print result is displayed. An unacquired information display process that prompts acquisition is executed (S58), and the process returns to the main process. If it is OFF (S57: NO), the process returns to the main process.

  On the other hand, when disconnected from the printing apparatus 2 (S51: NO), it is determined whether the forgetting prevention function at the time of disconnection is ON (S59). If it is ON (S59: YES), An unacquired information display process for displaying the unacquired list (FIG. 5) to prompt the acquisition of the print result is executed (S60), and the process returns to the main process. If it is OFF (S59: NO), the process returns to the main process.

  Here, the user can set when to display information on the unacquired list as the forgetting prevention function, and can be displayed when one or both of the connection to the printing apparatus 2 and the disconnection are performed. Since the unacquired list (FIG. 5) is updated with the acquired information when connected to the printing apparatus 2, if the display is performed at the time of connection or disconnection, the acquisition status can be notified with high accuracy. .

  Here, the details of the unacquired information display process will be described with reference to FIG. First, the contents of the unacquired list (FIG. 5) are displayed on the display unit 15 (S71). Next, the remaining display count of each content in the unacquired list is reduced by 1 and updated (S72). Then, the content whose remaining display count is 0 is deleted from the unacquired list (S73). Then, the connection update process (FIG. 18) and the process returns to the main process (FIG. 11).

  Next, the processing in the printing apparatus 2 will be described in order from the first to fourth embodiments. First, a first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the first embodiment, the printing apparatus 2 manages an unacquired list for each content, and whether or not the printing result of the content has been acquired by the user is determined based on the input from the user, and has been acquired based on that Basically, information is created and transmitted to the mobile terminal 1. FIG. 20 is a flowchart of main processing of the printing apparatus 2 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 21 is a flowchart of the print data reception process of the first embodiment executed in the main process. FIG. 22 is a flowchart of the acquired information input process of the first embodiment executed in the main process. FIG. 23 is a flowchart of the acquired information transmission process of the first embodiment executed in the main process. FIG. 24 is a flowchart of the unacquired list clear process of the first embodiment executed in the main process.

  In the printing apparatus 2 of the first embodiment, when the power is turned on, the program stored in the ROM 21 is read out and started up in the RAM 22, and the main process shown in FIG. 20 is executed by the CPU 20. First, each storage area of the RAM 22 is cleared, and initialization processing such as reading various setting values is executed (S100).

  If the power OFF operation is executed after the initialization process is executed (S101: YES), the main process is terminated. If the power OFF operation is not made (S101: NO), the processes of S102 to S116 are repeatedly executed.

  First, it is determined whether print data has been received from the portable terminal 1 (S102). If it has been received (S102: YES), print data reception processing is executed (S103). In the print data reception process, as shown in FIG. 21, first, printing is executed by the recording unit 28 based on the received print data (S135). Then, the content that has been printed is added to the unacquired list (FIG. 9) (S137). Then, the unacquired list is displayed on the LCD 25 (S139). When the unacquired list is displayed on the LCD 25 in this way, the user of the mobile terminal 1 who has come to obtain the print result can input that the displayed content has been acquired (described later). After displaying the unacquired list, the process returns to the main process.

  After completion of the print data reception process or when print data has not been received (S102: NO), it is determined whether the acquired information has been input (S107). The user of the mobile terminal 1 who has come to obtain the print result operates that the print result is obtained by selecting the content obtained from the unacquired list displayed on the LCD 25 (acquired information). Input can be made using the key 26. Here, it is determined whether or not such acquired information has been input. If there is an input (S107: YES), the acquired information input process is executed (S109).

  In the acquired information input process, as shown in FIG. 22, first, it is determined whether or not the portable terminal 1 that has instructed to print the content that is the target of input of the acquired information is connected (S151). (S151: YES), the acquired information that has been accepted is transmitted to the portable terminal 1 (S155). As described above, the mobile terminal 1 receives the acquired information and updates the non-acquired list (FIG. 5) (S7 in FIG. 11).

  If the mobile terminal 1 is not connected (S151: NO), the content targeted for input of acquired information is added to the acquired list (FIG. 10) (S153).

  After the process of S153 or S155 is completed, the target content is deleted from the unacquired list (FIG. 9) stored in the unacquired list storage area 221 (S157). Then, the updated unacquired list is displayed on the LCD 25 (S159), and the process returns to the main process.

  After execution of the acquired information input process or when there is no input of acquired information (S107: NO), it is determined whether or not a request for acquired information has been received from the mobile terminal 1 (S111). If it is (S111: YES), the acquired information transmission process is executed (S112). In the acquired information transmission process, as shown in FIG. 23, the content instructed to be printed by the requesting mobile terminal 1 is extracted from the acquired list (FIG. 10) (S171). Then, the acquired information of the extracted content is transmitted to the requesting mobile terminal 1 (S173). Next, the content extracted from the acquired list and transmitted is deleted (S176).

  After execution of the acquired information transmission process or if the request for acquired information has not been received (S111: NO), it is next determined by input from the optical sensor 24 whether the paper discharge tray is empty (S115). ). If it is empty (S115: YES), it is determined that the print result has already been acquired by the user of the portable terminal 1 regardless of the contents of the unacquired list or the acquired list, and the unacquired list clear process is performed. Is executed (S116).

  In the unacquired list clear process, as shown in FIG. 24, first, all the contents of the unacquired list are added to the acquired list in order to handle all unacquired contents (S201). Next, the unacquired list is initialized (S205). Note that the terminal ID registered in the unacquired list is temporarily stored before the unacquired list is initialized. Then, the unacquired list is displayed on the LCD 25 (S210). Here, since the unacquired list is initialized in S205, it is displayed that there is no content not acquired.

  Next, if there is a connected mobile terminal 1, the acquired information updated as described above is transmitted (S213, S214). Therefore, it is determined whether or not all the terminals registered in the unacquired list before being initialized in S205 have been processed (S212). If there is an unprocessed mobile terminal 1 (S212: NO), If the terminal is connected (S213: YES), the acquired information transmission process described above is executed (S214, FIG. 23). If not connected (S213: NO), the acquired information is not transmitted, and the mobile terminal 1 waits for a request from the portable terminal 1 at the next connection. Then, the process returns to S212 and the process for the next portable terminal 1 is performed. And if the above connection confirmation process is complete | finished about all the terminals (S212: YES), it will return to a main process.

  As described above, according to the acquisition status management system 100 including the printing apparatus 2 of the first embodiment, print data is transmitted from the portable terminal 1 to the printing apparatus 2 when the portable terminal 1 and the printing apparatus 2 are connected. Then, printing is executed in the printing apparatus 2. In the mobile terminal 1, the transmitted content is added to the unacquired list in the mobile terminal 1 and stored when the print data is transmitted. The printing apparatus 2 adds the content to the unacquired list in the printing apparatus 2 after the printing is completed. Then, the user of the portable terminal 1 determines whether or not the print result has been acquired, and when it is acquired, it is deleted from the unacquired list and an acquired list is created. When the mobile terminal 1 is connected to the printing apparatus 2, the acquired information about the print result instructed to the mobile terminal 1 is generated from the acquired list and transmitted to the mobile terminal 1. The mobile terminal 1 updates the stored unacquired list with the received acquired information, and displays on the display unit that there is content for which the print result has not been acquired according to the unacquired list. Encourage acquisition. As described above, since the printing apparatus 2 transmits the print result acquisition status to the mobile terminal 1 and notifies the mobile terminal 1 of the completion of printing, it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting to take the print result. Further, an optical sensor 24 is provided in the paper discharge tray of the printing apparatus 2, and it is detected whether or not the print result is extracted from the paper discharge tray (whether the paper discharge tray is empty) or not by the input from the sensor. If is empty, the acquired information that all have been acquired is generated and transmitted to the mobile terminal 1 regardless of the status of the unacquired list. Therefore, even when the user forgets the input when acquiring the print result, it is possible to prevent the notification that has not been acquired from being continued. Further, since an upper limit is set for the number of unacquired notifications (forgetting prevention notifications), it is possible to prevent the unacquired notifications from being continued when the acquired information cannot be received due to troubles on the printing apparatus 2 side. .

  In the first embodiment, the CPU 10 of the mobile terminal 1 that transmits print data in S403 of FIG. 17 and S54 of FIG. 18 corresponds to the print instruction transmission unit of the present invention. Moreover, CPU10 of the portable terminal 1 which receives acquired information by S52 of FIG. 18 corresponds to the acquisition information receiving means of this invention. Further, S58 and S60 in FIG. 18 and the CPU 10 of the portable terminal 1 that executes the unacquired information display process in FIG. 19 correspond to the acquisition status notification means of the present invention. The unacquired list storage area 122 corresponds to the transmitted content storage means of the present invention. Moreover, CPU10 of the portable terminal 1 which updates an unacquired list | wrist by S53 of FIG. 18 is equivalent to the transmitted content update means of this invention. Further, the CPU 10 of the portable terminal 1 that determines the connection to the printing apparatus in S51 of FIG. 16 corresponds to the connection detection unit of the present invention. Moreover, CPU10 of the portable terminal 1 which deletes a content from a non-acquisition list | wrist by S73 of FIG. 19 is equivalent to the 2nd transmitted content update means of this invention. Moreover, CPU10 of the portable terminal 1 which sets the remaining display frequency by S404 of FIG. 17 and S55 of FIG. 18 is equivalent to the notification frequency setting means of this invention. The operation key 16 of the portable terminal 1 corresponds to a print instruction input unit of the present invention. The print waiting list storage area 121 corresponds to the print instruction storage means of the present invention. Further, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that executes the print data reception process in S103 of FIG. 20 and FIG. 21 corresponds to the print instruction reception unit of the present invention. Further, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that executes printing in S135 of FIG. 21 corresponds to the print control means of the present invention. Further, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that determines input of acquired information in S107 of FIG. 20 and determines whether the paper discharge tray is empty in S115 corresponds to the acquisition status determination unit of the present invention. Further, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that adds content to the acquired list in S153 of FIG. 22 and S201 of FIG. 24 corresponds to the acquisition information generation unit of the present invention. In addition, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that transmits the acquired information in S173 in FIG. 23 corresponds to the acquired information transmission unit of the present invention. The operation key 26 of the printing apparatus 2 corresponds to the input unit of the present invention. Further, the optical sensor 24 of the printing apparatus 2 corresponds to a printing result detection unit of the present invention.

  Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the second embodiment, the unacquired list / acquired list is stored and managed in units of mobile terminals, not in units of contents. Accordingly, the contents of the unacquired list and the acquired list are different from those of the first embodiment. FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the unacquired list storage area 221 of the second embodiment. FIG. 26 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the acquired list storage area 222 of the second embodiment. FIG. 27 is a flowchart of main processing of the printing apparatus 2 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 28 is a flowchart of the print data reception process of the second embodiment executed in the main process. FIG. 29 is a flowchart of the acquired information input process of the second embodiment executed in the main process. FIG. 30 is a flowchart of the acquired information transmission process of the second embodiment executed in the main process. FIG. 31 is a flowchart of the unacquired list clear process of the second embodiment executed in the main process.

  As shown in FIG. 25, the unacquired list of the second embodiment is composed of three items: the final printing completion date and time, the terminal ID of the portable terminal 1 that is the printing instruction source, and the user name of the portable terminal 1. Therefore, the content name is not held as an item. Further, when print data is received and executed, if data with the same terminal ID exists in the unacquired list, the last print completion date and time is updated and stored, and no data is added.

  As shown in FIG. 26, the acquired list of the second embodiment includes the final print completion date and time, the final acquisition confirmation date and time, the terminal ID of the print instruction source, and the user name. As in the case of the unacquired list, if data with the same terminal ID exists in the unacquired list when the list is updated, the final print completion date and final acquisition confirmation date are updated and stored, and the data is added. Absent.

  In the printing apparatus 2 of the second embodiment, when the power is turned on, the program stored in the ROM 21 is read out and started up in the RAM 22, and the main process shown in FIG. 27 is executed by the CPU 20. First, each storage area of the RAM 22 is cleared, and initialization processing such as reading various setting values is executed (S100).

  If the power OFF operation is executed after the initialization process is executed (S101: YES), the main process is terminated. If the power OFF operation is not made (S101: NO), the processes of S102 to S117 are repeatedly executed.

  First, it is determined whether or not print data has been received from the portable terminal 1 (S102), and if it has been received (S102: YES), print data reception processing is executed (S104). In the print data reception process, as shown in FIG. 28, first, printing is executed by the recording unit 28 based on the received print data (S135). Then, the print instruction source portable terminal 1 that has completed printing is added to the unacquired list (S138). As described above, when data about the same terminal already exists in the unacquired list, the last print completion date and time is updated to the print completion date and time of the content printed this time. Then, the unacquired list is displayed on the LCD 25 (S140). In the second embodiment, the display of the unacquired list is displayed by the terminal ID and / or the user name for each portable terminal.

  After completion of the print data reception process or when print data has not been received (S102: NO), it is determined whether the acquired terminal information has been input (S108). The user of the mobile terminal 1 who has come to obtain the print result can select his / her terminal from the unacquired list displayed on the LCD 25 and input it using the operation keys 26. Here, it is determined whether or not such acquired terminal information has been input. If there is an input (S107: YES), the acquired information input process is executed (S110).

  In the acquired information input process, as shown in FIG. 29, first, it is determined whether or not the mobile terminal 1 that is the input target of acquired information is connected (S152). If it is connected (S152: YES). The acquired information is transmitted to the portable terminal 1 (S156). As described above, the mobile terminal 1 receives the acquired information and updates the non-acquired list (S7 in FIG. 11).

  If the mobile terminal 1 is not connected (S152: NO), the target terminal is added to the acquired list (S154). As described above, if there is already data for the same terminal in the acquired list, the last print completion date is the last print completion date stored in the unacquired list, and the last acquisition confirmation date is the current time. Update.

  After the process of S153 or S155, the target terminal is deleted from the unacquired list stored in the unacquired list storage area 221 (S158). Then, the updated unacquired list is displayed on the LCD 25 (S160), and the process returns to the main process.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, acquisition / non-acquisition of print results is managed for each portable terminal. This is because when the user of the mobile terminal 1 goes to the printing apparatus 2 and acquires the print result, it is normal to take all the contents that the user has instructed to print. In this way, if the management is performed in units of terminals, it is possible to save time and effort for the user to input the acquired information for each of a plurality of contents.

  After execution of the acquired information input process or when there is no input of acquired information (S108: NO), it is determined whether a request for acquired information has been received from the mobile terminal 1 (S111), and received If it is (S111: YES), the acquired information transmission process is executed (S113). In the acquired information transmission process, as shown in FIG. 30, it is determined whether or not the requesting mobile terminal 1 exists in the acquired list (FIG. 26) (S172). If there is no requesting terminal (S172: NO), the mobile terminal 1 is notified that there is no acquired information (S174). If there is a requesting terminal (S172: YES), the acquired information about the terminal is transmitted to the requesting portable terminal 1 (S175). Next, the terminal is deleted from the acquired list (S177). After the process of S174 or S177 is completed, the process returns to the main process.

  After execution of the acquired information transmission process or if the request for acquired information has not been received (S111: NO), it is next determined by input from the optical sensor 24 whether the paper discharge tray is empty (S115). ). If it is empty (S115: YES), it is determined that the print result has already been acquired by the user of the portable terminal 1 regardless of the contents of the unacquired list or the acquired list, and the unacquired list clear process is performed. Is executed (S117).

  In the unacquired list clear process, as shown in FIG. 31, first, data for all terminals in the unacquired list is added to the acquired list in order to handle the acquisition of the print result instructed by all terminals. (S203). Next, the unacquired list is initialized (S207). Note that the terminal ID registered in the unacquired list is temporarily stored before the unacquired list is initialized. Then, the unacquired list is displayed on the LCD 25 (S211). Here, since the unacquired list is initialized in S205, it is displayed that there is no portable terminal 1 that has not been acquired.

  Next, if there is a connected mobile terminal 1, the acquired information updated as described above is transmitted (S213, S215). Therefore, it is determined whether or not all terminals registered in the unacquired list before being initialized in S207 have been processed (S212). If there is an unprocessed mobile terminal 1 (S212: NO), If the terminal is connected (S213: YES), the acquired information transmission process described above is executed (S215, FIG. 30). If not connected (S213: NO), the acquired information is not transmitted, and the mobile terminal 1 waits for a request from the portable terminal 1 at the next connection. Then, the process returns to S212 and the process for the next portable terminal 1 is performed. And if the above connection confirmation process is complete | finished about all the terminals (S212: YES), it will return to a main process.

  In the second embodiment, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that executes the print data receiving process in S104 of FIG. 27 and FIG. 28 corresponds to the print instruction receiving means of the present invention. Further, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that executes printing in S135 of FIG. 28 corresponds to the print control means of the present invention. In addition, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that determines input of acquired information in S108 of FIG. 27 and determines whether the paper discharge tray is empty in S115 corresponds to the acquisition status determination unit of the present invention. In addition, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that adds content to the acquired list in S154 of FIG. 29 and S203 of FIG. 31 corresponds to the acquisition information generation unit of the present invention. In addition, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that transmits the acquired information in S175 of FIG. 30 corresponds to the acquired information transmission unit of the present invention.

  Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As in the first embodiment, the third embodiment manages the acquisition status for each content, but includes a plurality of paper discharge trays, stores the paper discharge trays and the portable terminal 1 in association with each other, and discharges them. The acquired information can be updated also depending on whether the printing result is extracted from the paper tray. FIG. 32 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the registered terminal list storage area 223. FIG. 33 is a flowchart of main processing of the printing apparatus 2 according to the third embodiment. FIG. 34 is a flowchart of the print data reception process according to the third embodiment executed in the main process. FIG. 35 is a flowchart of the unacquired list clear process of the third embodiment executed in the main process.

  In the third and fourth embodiments, a registered terminal list storage area 223 is provided in the RAM 22 (see FIG. 8), and the registered terminal list storage area 223 is connected to the portable terminal 1 that transmits a print instruction and the discharge terminal list storage area 223. The paper tray is stored in association with the paper tray. As shown in FIG. 32, in the registered terminal list storage area 223, the relationship between the terminal ID of the mobile terminal 1, its user name, and the paper discharge tray is stored in association with each other. The relationship between the paper discharge tray and the portable terminal 1 is not limited to one-to-one, and a plurality of portable terminals 1 can share one paper discharge tray. In the example of FIG. 32, the print results instructed by the mobile terminal 1 (user tanaka) with the terminal ID “080” and the mobile terminal 1 (user ueda) with “023” are discharged to the shared tray.

  In the printing apparatus 2 of the third embodiment, when the power is turned on, the program stored in the ROM 21 is read out and started up in the RAM 22, and the main process shown in FIG. First, each storage area of the RAM 22 is cleared, and initialization processing such as reading various setting values is executed (S100).

  If the power OFF operation is executed after the initialization process is executed (S101: YES), the main process is terminated. If the power OFF operation is not made (S101: NO), the processes of S102 to S118 are repeatedly executed.

  First, it is determined whether or not print data has been received from the portable terminal 1 (S102), and if received (S102: YES), print data reception processing is executed (S105). In the print data reception process, as shown in FIG. 34, first, it is determined whether or not the portable terminal 1 that is the print instruction source is registered in the registered terminal list (S131). If registered (S131: YES), the paper discharge tray can be used in accordance with the association in the registered terminal list (S136). If not registered (S131: NO), the paper discharge tray is associated. First, registration is performed (S132 to S134).

  Specifically, if the print instruction source is not registered in the registered terminal list (S131: NO), a paper discharge tray that is not associated with the mobile terminal 1 with reference to the registered terminal list (FIG. 32). It is determined whether or not there is (S132). If there is an empty paper discharge tray (S132: YES), the mobile terminal 1 as the print instruction source is associated with the empty paper discharge tray, added to the registered terminal list, and stored (S133). If there is no space in the paper discharge tray (S132: NO), the mobile terminal 1 as the print instruction source is associated with the shared paper discharge tray, added to the registered terminal list, and stored (S134).

  Based on the received print data when the portable terminal 1 that is the print instruction source is registered in the registered terminal list (S131: YES) or after the correspondence registration process with the paper discharge tray is completed (S133 or S134). Then, printing is executed by the recording unit 28 (S136). Here, the print result is discharged to a discharge tray corresponding to the portable terminal 1 that is the print instruction source. Then, the printed content is added to the unacquired list (S137). Then, the unacquired list is displayed on the LCD 25 (S139).

  After completion of the print data reception process or when print data has not been received (S102: NO), it is determined whether the acquired information has been input (S107). The user of the portable terminal 1 who has come to obtain the print result inputs using the operation key 26 that he / she has selected and acquired the content acquired from the unacquired list displayed on the LCD 25. Can do. Here, it is determined whether or not such acquired information has been input. If there is an input (S107: YES), the acquired information input process is executed (S109). The acquired information input process is the same as that of the first embodiment described with reference to FIG.

  After execution of the acquired information input process or when there is no input of acquired information (S107: NO), it is determined whether or not a request for acquired information has been received from the mobile terminal 1 (S111). If it is (S111: YES), the acquired information transmission process is executed (S112). The acquired information transmission process is the same as that of the first embodiment described with reference to FIG.

  After execution of the acquired information transmission process or if an acquired information request has not been received (S111: NO), a process for checking whether or not the discharge trays are empty for a plurality of discharge trays is performed next. Do. For this purpose, first, it is determined whether or not the processing has been executed for all the paper discharge trays (S114). Is determined to be empty (S115). If it is empty (S115: YES), it is determined that the print result has already been acquired by the user of the portable terminal 1 regardless of the contents of the unacquired list or the acquired list, and the unacquired list clear process is performed. Is executed (S118). If it is not empty (S115: NO), the process returns to S114 and the next paper discharge tray is processed. When the processing is completed for all the paper discharge trays (S114: YES), the process returns to S101.

  In the unacquired list clear process, as shown in FIG. 35, first, the content instructed to be printed from the portable terminal 1 associated with the paper discharge tray to be processed is extracted from the unacquired content list to generate temp_list. (S200). Next, the contents of temp_list are added to the acquired list in order to handle all the unacquired contents that have been output to the output tray (S202). Next, all contents of temp_list are deleted from the unacquired list (S206). Then, temp_list is deleted (S209). Next, the unacquired list is displayed on the LCD 25 (S210).

  Next, if the portable terminal 1 corresponding to the processing target tray is connected (S213: YES), the acquired information transmission process described above is executed (S214). After the acquired information transmission process is executed or when the portable terminal 1 corresponding to the target tray is not connected (S213: NO), the process returns to the main process.

  In the third embodiment, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that executes the print data reception process in S105 of FIG. 33 and FIG. 34 corresponds to the print instruction reception unit of the present invention. Also, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that executes printing in S136 of FIG. 34 corresponds to the print control means of the present invention. Also, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that determines the input of acquired information in S107 in FIG. 33 and determines whether the paper discharge tray is empty in S115 corresponds to the acquisition status determination unit of the present invention. The registered terminal list storage area 223 corresponds to the correspondence storage means of the present invention.

  Next, a fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As in the second embodiment, the fourth embodiment manages the acquisition status in units of mobile terminals. However, as in the third embodiment, the fourth embodiment includes a plurality of paper discharge trays. This information is stored in association with each other so that the acquired information can be updated depending on whether the print result is extracted from the paper discharge tray. Therefore, as in the third embodiment, a registered terminal list storage area 223 is provided in the RAM 22 (FIG. 8). The registered terminal list storage area 223 includes a portable terminal 1 that transmits a print instruction, a paper discharge tray, and the like. Are stored in association with each other (FIG. 32). FIG. 36 is a flowchart of the main process of the printing apparatus 2 according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 37 is a flowchart of the print data reception process of the fourth embodiment executed in the main process. FIG. 38 is a flowchart of the unacquired list clear process of the fourth embodiment executed in the main process.

  In the printing apparatus 2 according to the fourth embodiment, when the power is turned on, the program stored in the ROM 21 is read out and started up in the RAM 22, and the main process shown in FIG. 36 is executed by the CPU 20. First, each storage area of the RAM 22 is cleared, and initialization processing such as reading various setting values is executed (S100).

  If the power OFF operation is executed after the initialization process is executed (S101: YES), the main process is terminated. If the power OFF operation is not made (S101: NO), the processes of S102 to S119 are repeatedly executed.

  First, it is determined whether or not print data has been received from the portable terminal 1 (S102), and if received (S102: YES), print data reception processing is executed (S106). In the print data reception process shown in FIG. 37, as in the third embodiment, first, it is determined whether or not the portable terminal 1 that is the print instruction source is registered in the registered terminal list (S131). If the print instruction source is not registered in the registered terminal list (S131: NO), it is determined by referring to the registered terminal list whether there is a paper discharge tray not associated with the portable terminal 1 (S132). ). If there is an empty paper discharge tray (S132: YES), the mobile terminal 1 as the print instruction source is associated with the empty paper discharge tray, added to the registered terminal list, and stored (S133). If there is no space in the paper discharge tray (S132: NO), the mobile terminal 1 as the print instruction source is associated with the shared paper discharge tray, added to the registered terminal list (FIG. 32), and stored (S134).

  Based on the received print data when the portable terminal 1 that is the print instruction source is registered in the registered terminal list (S131: YES) or after the correspondence registration process with the paper discharge tray is completed (S133 or S134). Then, printing is executed by the recording unit 28 (S136). Here, the print result is discharged to a discharge tray corresponding to the portable terminal 1 that is the print instruction source.

  Then, the print instruction source portable terminal 1 that has completed printing is added to the unacquired list (S138). Similar to the second embodiment, when data about the same terminal already exists in the unacquired list, the last print completion date and time is updated to the print completion date and time of the content printed this time. Then, the unacquired list is displayed on the LCD 25 (S140). Similar to the second embodiment, the display of the unacquired list is displayed by the terminal ID and / or the user name for each portable terminal. The user of the mobile terminal 1 who has come to obtain the print result can input that the print result instructed to be printed has been acquired.

  After completion of the print data reception process or when print data has not been received (S102: NO), it is determined whether the acquired terminal information has been input (S108). The user of the mobile terminal 1 who has come to obtain the print result can select his / her terminal from the unacquired list displayed on the LCD 25 and input it using the operation keys 26. Here, it is determined whether or not such acquired terminal information has been input. If there is an input (S108: YES), the acquired information input process is executed (S110). The acquired information input process is the same as that of the second embodiment described with reference to FIG.

  After execution of the acquired information input process or when there is no input of acquired information (S108: NO), it is determined whether a request for acquired information has been received from the mobile terminal 1 (S111), and received If it is (S111: YES), the acquired information transmission process is executed (S113). The acquired information transmission process is the same as that of the second embodiment described with reference to FIG.

  After execution of the acquired information transmission process or if an acquired information request has not been received (S111: NO), a process for checking whether or not the discharge trays are empty for a plurality of discharge trays is performed next. Do. For this purpose, first, it is determined whether or not the processing has been executed for all the paper discharge trays (S114). If there is an unprocessed paper discharge tray (S114: NO), the paper discharge tray is input by the input from the optical sensor 24. Is determined to be empty (S115). If it is empty (S115: YES), it is determined that the print result has already been acquired by the user of the portable terminal 1 regardless of the contents of the unacquired list or the acquired list, and the unacquired list clear process is performed. Is executed (S119). If it is not empty (S115: NO), the process returns to S114 and the next paper discharge tray is processed. When the processing is completed for all the paper discharge trays (S114: YES), the process returns to S101.

  In the unacquired list clear process, as shown in FIG. 38, first, data of the portable terminal 1 associated with the paper discharge tray to be processed is extracted from the unacquired list (S204). Next, the extracted terminal data is added to the acquired list so that all the print results from the portable terminal 1 have been acquired (S207). Then, the extracted terminal data is deleted from the unacquired list (S208). Next, the unacquired list is displayed on the LCD 25 (S211).

  Next, if the mobile terminal 1 corresponding to the processing target tray is being connected (S213: YES), the acquired information is transmitted to the mobile terminal 1 (S216). Then, the transmission destination portable terminal 1 is deleted from the acquired list (S217). If not connected (S213: NO), the process returns to the main process.

  According to the third and fourth embodiments, a plurality of paper discharge trays are provided, the paper discharge trays and the portable terminal 1 are stored in association with each other, and the print result is discharged for each portable terminal 1. Even when the acquired information is not input by the user, the acquired information with relatively high accuracy can be created and transmitted to the mobile terminal 1. For this reason, in order to save the user's trouble, the acquired information may be generated only by whether or not the print result is acquired in the paper discharge tray without inputting the acquired information itself.

  In the fourth embodiment, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that executes the print data receiving process in S106 of FIG. 36 and FIG. 37 corresponds to the print instruction receiving means of the present invention. Also, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that executes printing in S136 of FIG. 37 corresponds to the print control means of the present invention. In addition, the CPU 20 of the printing apparatus 2 that determines input of acquired information in S108 of FIG. 36 and determines whether the paper discharge tray is empty in S115 corresponds to the acquisition status determination unit of the present invention. The registered terminal list storage area 223 corresponds to the correspondence storage means of the present invention.

  In the above-described embodiment, the contents of the unacquired list (FIG. 5) are displayed on the display unit 15 and notified to the user in the mobile terminal 1, but the present invention may notify the user that the user has forgotten to take it. . For example, instead of displaying a list of file names or the like, it may be possible to simply display “I have forgotten”. Further, the notification of the acquisition status is not limited to display. For example, the mobile terminal 1 may be provided with a speaker and notified by voice, or the mobile terminal 1 may be vibrated and notified.

  Moreover, although the above-mentioned embodiment demonstrated as what alert | reports an acquisition condition at the timing which the portable terminal 1 connected to the printing apparatus 2, or the timing disconnected from the printing apparatus 2, this invention is not limited to this. For example, you may make it alert | report at the fixed time of the day.

  Moreover, in the above-described embodiment, the upper limit of the number of notifications of forgetting to take in the mobile terminal 1 is provided, but it may not be provided.

  In the above-described embodiment, after a content printing operation is performed on the mobile terminal 1 (FIG. 13, S39: YES), it is determined whether or not the printer 2 is connected (FIG. 17, S401). In the above description, the print data is transmitted to the printing apparatus as it is (S403), and when it is not connected, the corresponding content is added to the print waiting list (S402). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if the connection is not established, it may be made not to be added to the print waiting list but to make printing impossible. Alternatively, when a printing operation is performed, the connection determination may not be performed and the print operation list may be always added.

  In the above-described embodiment, the print data is described as being created by the mobile terminal 1, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when a printing instruction is received, the printing apparatus 2 may acquire print data from an external apparatus in which the print data is stored and print based on the print data. Alternatively, the printing apparatus 2 may generate print data when receiving a print instruction.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing an outline of an acquisition status management system 100. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the mobile terminal 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a RAM 12. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a print waiting list storage area of a RAM 12. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an unacquired list storage area of a RAM 12. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an EEPROM 13. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the printing apparatus 2. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a RAM 22 of the printing apparatus 2. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an unacquired list storage area 221. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an acquired list storage area 222. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of main processing of the mobile terminal 1. 5 is a flowchart of a table of contents display process executed in the main process of the mobile terminal 1. 3 is a flowchart of key input processing executed in main processing of the mobile terminal 1. It is a flowchart of the content selection process performed by a key input process. It is a flowchart of the content determination process performed by a key input process. It is a flowchart of a page turning process executed in the key input process. It is a flowchart of the content printing process performed by a key input process. 4 is a flowchart of connection update processing executed in the main processing of the mobile terminal 1. It is a flowchart of the unacquired information display process executed in the connection update process. It is a flowchart of the main process of the printing apparatus 2 of 1st embodiment. It is a flowchart of the print data reception process of 1st embodiment performed by the main process. It is a flowchart of the acquired information input process of 1st embodiment performed by a main process. It is a flowchart of the acquired information transmission process of 1st embodiment performed by the main process. It is a flowchart of the unacquired list clear process of 1st embodiment performed by the main process. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the unacquired list storage area 221 of 2nd embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the acquired list storage area 222 of 2nd embodiment. It is a flowchart of the main process of the printing apparatus 2 of 2nd embodiment. It is a flowchart of the print data reception process of 2nd embodiment performed by the main process. It is a flowchart of the acquired information input process of 2nd embodiment performed by a main process. It is a flowchart of the acquired information transmission process of 2nd embodiment performed by the main process. It is a flowchart of the unacquired list clear process of 2nd embodiment performed by the main process. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a registered terminal list storage area 223. FIG. It is a flowchart of the main process of the printing apparatus 2 of 3rd embodiment. It is a flowchart of the print data reception process of 3rd embodiment performed by the main process. It is a flowchart of the unacquired list clear process of 3rd embodiment performed by the main process. It is a flowchart of the main process of the printing apparatus 2 of 4th embodiment. It is a flowchart of the print data reception process of 4th embodiment performed by the main process. It is a flowchart of the unacquired list clear process of the fourth embodiment executed in the main process.

Explanation of symbols

1 Mobile terminal 2 Printing device 3 LAN
10 CPU
12 RAM
121 Print waiting list storage area 122 Unacquired list storage area 20 CPU
22 RAM
24 optical sensor 26 operation key 28 recording unit 100 acquisition status management system 221 unacquired list storage area 222 acquired list storage area 223 registered terminal list storage area

Claims (13)

Acquisition comprising: a portable terminal that has a display screen for displaying content made up of images or documents and that can be connected to a printing apparatus; and the printing apparatus that has printing means for executing printing of content in accordance with a printing instruction from the portable terminal A situation management system,
The portable terminal is
Print instruction transmission means for transmitting a content print instruction to the printing apparatus;
Acquisition information receiving means for receiving, from the printing apparatus, acquisition information indicating that the print result of the content for which the print instruction has been transmitted by the print instruction transmission means has been acquired by a user;
Based on the acquisition information received by the acquisition information receiving means, and when there is content that has not been acquired by the user among the content for which the print instruction has been transmitted, the acquisition status notification means for notifying that effect,
The printing apparatus includes:
Print instruction receiving means for receiving the print instruction from the portable terminal;
Print control means for causing the printing means to print the content based on the print instruction received by the print instruction receiving means;
An acquisition status determination unit that determines whether or not a print result printed by the printing unit is acquired by a user;
An acquisition status management system comprising: acquisition information transmission means for transmitting the acquisition information to the portable terminal based on a determination result of the acquisition status determination means. A portable terminal having a display screen for displaying content consisting of an image or a document and connectable to a printing apparatus,
Print instruction transmission means for transmitting a content print instruction to the printing apparatus;
Acquisition information receiving means for receiving, from the printing apparatus, acquisition information indicating that the print result of the content for which the print instruction has been transmitted by the print instruction transmission means has been acquired by a user;
An acquisition status notifying means for notifying the fact that there is content that has not been acquired by the user among the contents to which the print instruction has been transmitted based on the acquisition information received by the acquisition information receiving means; A featured mobile terminal. Transmitted content storage means for storing identification information for identifying the content for which the print instruction has been transmitted by the print instruction transmission means;
A transmitted content updating unit that deletes content identification information stored in the transmitted content storage unit based on the acquired information received by the acquired information receiving unit;
The portable terminal according to claim 2, wherein the acquisition status notifying unit notifies the content whose identification information is stored in the transmitted content storing unit. A connection detecting means for detecting connection or disconnection with the printing apparatus;
The acquisition status notifying means notifies when the connection with the printing apparatus is detected by the connecting means or when the disconnection with the printing apparatus is detected. The portable terminal as described in.   4. The portable terminal according to claim 3, further comprising second transmitted content update means for deleting identification information of content that has not received the acquired information from the transmitted content storage means. A notification count setting means for setting an upper limit of the number of notifications by the acquisition status notification means for each content whose identification information is stored in the transmitted content storage means;
The second unacquired content update unit deletes the identification information of the content from the unacquired content storage unit when there is a content whose number of notifications by the acquisition status notification unit exceeds the upper limit. Item 6. The mobile terminal according to any one of Items 3 to 5. A print instruction input means for inputting a content print instruction;
A print instruction storage means for storing a print instruction input by the print instruction input means;
A second connection detecting means for detecting connection with the printing apparatus;
7. The print instruction transmission unit transmits a print instruction stored in the print instruction storage unit to the printing apparatus when a connection is detected by the second connection detection unit. The portable terminal in any one of.   An acquisition status notification program for causing a computer to function as various processing means of the mobile terminal according to claim 2. A printing apparatus comprising printing means for executing printing in accordance with a printing instruction from a mobile terminal having a display screen for displaying content consisting of an image or a document,
Print instruction receiving means for receiving a print instruction from the mobile terminal;
Print control means for causing the printing means to print the content based on the print instruction received by the print instruction receiving means;
An acquisition status determination unit that determines whether or not a print result printed by the printing unit is acquired by a user;
An acquisition information generation unit that generates acquisition information indicating that the print result has been acquired by the user when the acquisition result determination unit determines that the print result has been acquired;
A printing apparatus comprising: an acquisition information transmission unit configured to transmit the acquisition information generated by the acquisition information generation unit to the portable terminal. An input means for inputting that the user has acquired the print result;
The printing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the acquisition status determination unit determines that the print result is acquired by a user based on an input from the input unit. A printing result detecting means for detecting that the printing result is extracted from a discharge tray from which the printing result is discharged;
11. The printing according to claim 9, wherein the acquisition status determination unit determines that the printing result has been acquired when the printing result detection unit detects that the printing result has been extracted. apparatus. In the case where there are a plurality of the discharge trays, the storage device includes correspondence storage means for storing the portable terminal and the discharge tray in association with each other,
The printing result detecting means is provided in each of the discharge trays,
The printing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the acquisition information generation unit generates the acquisition information for each of the discharge trays.   An acquisition status management program for causing a computer to function as various processing means of the printing apparatus according to claim 9.

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