JP2021163266A - Printing system, printer, printing program, and printing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a printing system, a printer, a printing program, and a printing method that, after a user issues instructions intended to stop printing, can take different measures in terms of refund for settled fees in accordance with the cause of the stop to improve the user's convenience.SOLUTION: In a printing system 1, a multi-functional machine 200 has: a printing unit 290 that executes printing based on a print job for which charged fees have been settled; and a plurality of buttons that each receive input of instructions to stop the printing the execution of which has been started by the printing unit 290. A processor 110 of a data processing server and a processor 210 of the multi-functional machine stop the printing started by the printing unit 290 in response to the input to any one of the plurality of buttons, and after the printing is stopped, perform a plurality of types of post-stop processing responding to the input to the buttons.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a printing system, a printing apparatus, a printing program, and a printing method for performing printing based on a print job.

Conventionally, as described in Patent Document 1, for example, when the printing work is instructed to be stopped by the operation of the touch panel during the printing work of the multifunction device after the electronic payment, the number of printed sheets is referred to and returned to the user. A technique is known in which the amount of money is determined and the textual information of the refund amount is printed on a refund slip. When printing work is stopped, when the user notices that the image data to be printed is selected incorrectly, when he / she wants to change the paper size or color setting, there is a shortage of printing paper or a paper jam. Etc., when there is a problem with the multifunction device, etc. are illustrated.

JP-A-2010-28413

In the information processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, printing is stopped immediately when the printing work is instructed to be stopped, so that unnecessary printing thereafter is prevented. Furthermore, by printing the refund slip, the settled charges will be refunded uniformly.
However, depending on the cause of printing cancellation, it may be better to eliminate the cause, restart printing, and not refund, rather than refunding. In the above-mentioned prior art, no particular consideration is given to such a case.

An object of the present invention is a printing system capable of improving the convenience of a user by making it possible to take different measures depending on the cause of cancellation regarding refund of a settled fee after a user gives an instruction to cancel printing. To provide a printing apparatus, a printing program, and a printing method.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention presents a printing unit that executes printing based on a print job for which the first charge has been settled, and an instruction to stop the printing that has been started by the printing unit. Is input to each of the plurality of stop input units, the stop control unit for stopping the printing started by the print unit, and the stop control in response to the input to any of the plurality of stop input units. It is characterized by having a plurality of post-stop processing units, each of which performs a plurality of post-stop processing corresponding to each of the inputs in the plurality of stop input units after the printing is stopped by the unit.

In the printing system of the present invention, the printing unit executes printing based on a print job for which the first charge has been settled. If the user wants to stop printing for some reason after the printing is started, the printing can be stopped by inputting a stop instruction via the stop input unit. At that time, in the present invention, a plurality of discontinuation input units are provided, and a plurality of discontinuation post-processing units corresponding to each are provided. That is, when a stop instruction is input by one stop input unit, one stop post-processing unit corresponding to the stop instruction performs post-stop processing corresponding to the stop input unit. As a result, different measures can be taken depending on the reason for the cancellation when printing is stopped, so that the convenience of the user can be improved.

According to the present invention, after the user gives an instruction to cancel printing, it is possible to take different measures depending on the cause of cancellation regarding refund of the settled fee, and it is possible to improve the convenience of the user. ..

It is a functional block diagram which shows the whole schematic structure of the printing system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence flow representing processing executed by a mobile terminal, a multifunction device, a data processing server, and a transaction server. It is a sequence flow representing processing executed by a mobile terminal, a multifunction device, a data processing server, and a transaction server. It is a sequence flow representing processing executed by a mobile terminal, a multifunction device, a data processing server, and a transaction server. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the operation screen for pause and the operation screen for reason input which are displayed on the display part of the multifunction device, respectively. It is a sequence flow representing processing executed by a mobile terminal, a multifunction device, a data processing server, and a transaction server. It is a sequence flow representing processing executed by a mobile terminal, a multifunction device, a data processing server, and a transaction server. It is explanatory drawing which shows each example of the reprint selection screen displayed on the display part of the multifunction device. It is a sequence flow representing processing executed by a mobile terminal, a multifunction device, a data processing server, and a transaction server. It is explanatory drawing which shows each example of the print reset setting screen displayed on the display part of the multifunction device. This is a sequence flow representing processing executed by a PC terminal, a mobile terminal, a multifunction device, a data processing server, and a transaction server in a modified example in which a print job is received from a PC terminal. This is a sequence flow representing processing executed by a PC terminal, a mobile terminal, a multifunction device, a data processing server, and a transaction server in a modified example in which a print job is received from a PC terminal. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the operation screen for pause and the operation screen for reason input which are displayed on the display part of the multifunction device, respectively. This is a sequence flow representing processing executed by a PC terminal, a mobile terminal, a multifunction device, a data processing server, and a transaction server in a modified example in which a print job is received from a PC terminal. This is a sequence flow representing processing executed by a PC terminal, a mobile terminal, a multifunction device, a data processing server, and a transaction server in a modified example in which a print job is received from a PC terminal. This is a sequence flow representing processing executed by a PC terminal, a mobile terminal, a multifunction device, a data processing server, and a transaction server in a modified example in which a print job is received from a PC terminal. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the stop operation screen by reason displayed on the display part of the multifunction device in the modification which stops printing only by the operation of the reason input button. This is a sequence flow representing processing executed by a mobile terminal, a multifunction device, a data processing server, and a transaction server in a modified example in which printing is stopped only by operating a reason input button. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the stop operation screen by reason displayed on the display part of the multifunction device in another modification which stops printing only by the operation of a reason input button. In another modification in which printing is stopped only by operating the reason input button, it is a sequence flow representing a process executed by a PC terminal, a mobile terminal, a multifunction device, a data processing server, and a transaction server.

A printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. This embodiment is an embodiment of the printing system 1 in which a user who is a customer pays a fee to provide a copy service for using the copy function of the multifunction device 200.

<Overview of printing system>
In FIG. 1, the printing system 1 includes a data processing server 100, a multifunction device 200, a mobile terminal 300, and a transaction server 400. The data processing server 100, the multifunction device 200, the mobile terminal 300, and the transaction server 400 are connected to the network NT and can communicate with each other. The PC terminal 500 will be described in detail later.

<Data processing server>
The data processing server 100 is, for example, a server installed and managed by the manufacturer of the multifunction device 200, and has a processor 110, a storage device 115, and an interface 190. The processor 110, the storage device 115, and the interface 190 are connected to each other via the bus 105.

The storage device 115 includes a volatile storage device 120 and a non-volatile storage device 130.
The volatile storage device 120 is, for example, a DRAM, and has a JOBID storage area 121, a machine ID storage area 122, a transaction ID storage area 123, a print setting storage area 124, and a data storage area 125. There is. The non-volatile storage device 130 is, for example, a hard disk drive or a solid state drive, and has a program storage area 131 and a charge table storage area 132. The contents of each memory will be described in detail later.

The processor 110 is a device that performs data processing, for example, a CPU. The processor 110 includes data communication to the mobile terminal 300, the multifunction device 200, and the transaction server 400 connected to the network NT by executing the program stored in the program storage area 131, which will be described later in FIGS. Various processes shown in FIGS. 4, 6, 7, 9, and the like are executed.

The interface 190 is a wired LAN interface or a wireless interface for communicating with other devices, and is connected to the network NT.

<Transaction server>
The transaction server 400 is installed in, for example, a company that provides various online services for making online payments, and has a processor, a storage device, and an interface for connecting to a network NT (not shown). ..

<Multifunction device>
The multifunction device 200 is owned by, for example, a business operator that provides the printing service. The multifunction device 200 is an example of a printing device. The multifunction device 200 includes a scanner unit 280, a printing unit 290, a processor 210, a storage device 215, a display unit 240, a user-operable operation unit 250, and a communication interface 270. The scanner unit 280, the printing unit 290, the processor 210, the storage device 215, the display unit 240, the operation unit 250, and the communication interface 270 are connected to each other via the bus 205.

The storage device 215 includes a volatile storage device 220 and a non-volatile storage device 230. The volatile storage device 220 is, for example, a DRAM and includes a data storage area 222 capable of storing scan data. The non-volatile storage device 230 is, for example, a flash memory. The non-volatile storage device 230 includes a program storage area 232. Among the various programs stored in the program storage area 232, the printing program of the present embodiment related to the execution of the sequence flow of FIGS. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 7, 9 and the like, which will be described later, is, for example, It is stored in advance in the non-volatile storage device 230 as firmware.

The processor 210 is a device that performs data processing, for example, a CPU. The processor 210 is an example of a control unit. The processor 210 executes the printing program stored in the program storage area 232, and executes the printing method by the printing system 1 of the present embodiment in cooperation with the processor 210. As a result, a so-called copy function is realized in which the printing unit 290 prints an image according to the scan data obtained by scanning the document by the scanner unit 280 (details will be described later).

The display unit 240 is, for example, a liquid crystal display. The operation unit 250 is a device that accepts operations by the user. The user can input various instructions to the multifunction device 200 by operating the operation unit 250. The communication interface 270 is a wired or wireless network interface for communicating with other devices, and is connected to the network NT.

The scanner unit 280 generates scan data representing the scanned image by optically reading the original object to be read by using a photoelectric conversion element such as a CCD or CMOS. The scan data may be the image data read by the scanner unit 280 as it is, or may be data that has undergone image processing or data that has been converted as print data.

The printing unit 290 takes out and conveys the paper in the paper feed tray by a conveying mechanism (not shown), and prints an image on the conveyed paper by a predetermined method. In the following, a case where printing is performed by an inkjet method will be described as an example. Paper is an example of a printing medium.

<Mobile terminal>
In this example, the mobile terminal 300 is a mobile terminal such as a smartphone owned by the user, and is connected to the network NT via wireless communication. The mobile terminal 300 has a processor, a storage device, and an interface for connecting to the network NT (not shown). Instead of the mobile terminal 300, another information terminal such as a personal computer or a tablet computer may be used.

<Characteristics of the embodiment>
In the printing system 1 having the above configuration, the feature of the present embodiment is that after the multifunction device reads the original by the user's operation and starts printing the corresponding image data, the printing is stopped by the user's operation before the printing is completed. It is in the process when it is done. The details will be described below in order.

<Processing flow>
In the present embodiment, FIGS. This will be described with reference to FIG. In the following description of FIGS. 2 to 9, the description of each processor is omitted, and "in the processor of the multifunction device 200", "by the processor of the multifunction device 200", etc. are simply "in the multifunction device 200" and "composite". It is described by "by machine 200" or the like.

<Reception and transmission / reception of print settings>
In FIG. 2, the user first sets the original in the multifunction device 200, and then appropriately operates the operation unit 250 to input the print settings (S11). The print settings include, for example, setting the size of the paper to be printed, that is, specifying the paper feed tray, setting the color of full-color printing or monochrome printing, setting the print density when printing the scanned image of the scanned document, and setting the paper. The setting of the number of copies to be printed, etc. are included. Further, the setting of the resolution at the time of reading or the resolution at the time of printing, the print layout setting such as whether or not to print a plurality of the same images on one page of paper, the selection of single-sided / double-sided printing, and the like may be included.
The input of these print settings is received by the multifunction device 200, and the print settings of the received contents are executed (S13). After that, when the user presses the "COPY START" button on the operation unit 250 to give an instruction to start copying (S15), the instruction is accepted by the multifunction device 200 (S17).

In response to the acceptance of S17 and the input of the print settings in S11, the multifunction device 200 transmits the JOBID generation request and the print settings to the data processing server 100 (S19). The JOBID is information for identifying the scan data in order to identify the job of this copy executed by the multifunction device 200, and the JOBID generation request is to generate and transmit the JOBID in the data processing server 100. It is a request to. When the JOBID generation request and the print setting are transmitted, the machine ID, which is an example of the identification information of the multifunction device 200, is also transmitted.

The JOBID generation request and print settings are received by the data processing server 100 together with the machine ID (S21), and a new JOBID is generated by the data processing server 100 accordingly (S23). The generated JOBID is associated with the machine ID and print settings received in S21. As a result, the print setting, the JOBID, and the machine ID are stored in the print setting storage area 124, the JOBID storage area 121, and the machine ID storage area 122 of the volatile storage device 120, respectively, in a manner associated with each other. And registered (S25). After that, the registered JOBID is transmitted from the data processing server 100 (S27) and received by the multifunction device 200 (S29).

<Manuscript reading and coverage calculation>
In the multifunction device 200, after S29, one page of the set document is read (S45), and the scan data of the read page is stored and stored in the data storage area 222 of the volatile storage device 220. (S47).

After that, in S51, the scan data saved in the data storage area 222 in S47 is associated with the JOBID received in S29, and then the scan data and the JOBID are transmitted to the data processing server 100 (S53). Then, the scan data is deleted from the data storage area 222 (S55). In S57 thereafter, No is determined and S45 to S55 are repeated until all the processing of the document that the user wants to copy is completed, and S57 is determined Yes when all the processing of the document that the user wants to copy is completed, and S87 described later. Move to.

On the other hand, the data processing server 100 shifts to S61 after the above-mentioned S27, and receives the scan data and the JOBID transmitted from the multifunction device 200 in the above-mentioned S53. After that, until the reception of all the scan data is completed, S63 is determined as No and the reception in S61 is continued. When the reception of all the scan data is completed, S63 determines Yes and shifts to S65, and the received scan data and the JOBID generated in S23 are associated and stored in the data storage area 125. After that, the coverage of the received scan data is calculated (S67), and the process proceeds to S77, which will be described later.

<Charge calculation and payment processing>
Next, moving to FIG. 3, in the data processing server 100, in S77, based on the coverage value calculated in S67, the user is provided with the copy service of this time, that is, reading the document and printing the corresponding scan data. The charges to be charged are calculated. The calculated charge is an example of the first charge. In this calculation, for example, the charge is calculated based on a predetermined charge table stored in the charge table storage area 132 of the volatile storage device 120 and associated with the charge charge corresponding to the coverage. At that time, in addition to what the coverage value is, the calculation is performed based on the above-mentioned print settings. The function of the processor 110 that executes this S77 is an example of the charge determination unit.

After that, in S79, the payment reservation process is performed on the data processing server 100. Specifically, the product ID appropriately attached to the execution of this copy service, the payment amount which is the calculation result in S77, the authentication information to be used for the authentication in the transaction server 400, and the payment completion confirmation. The Confirm URL, which is the URL of the data processing server 100 in the present embodiment, is transmitted to the transaction server 400. In addition, the Payment URL for the user to access and pay the fee and the transaction ID related to the fee payment procedure, which are transmitted from the transaction server 400 in response to the transmission, are received. This transaction ID is an example of the first transaction identification information.

After that, in the data processing server 100, the payment amount, which is the calculation result in S77, and the transaction ID and Payment URL acquired in S79 are associated with the above-mentioned JOBID (S81). The processing executed in S79 and S81 is an example of the first payment-related processing, and the function of the processor 110 that executes these S79 and S81 is an example of the payment-related processing unit. Then, a barcode corresponding to the Payment URL, for example, a QR code (registered trademark) is generated (S83) by a known appropriate method, and data necessary for payment including the QR code (registered trademark) is transferred to the multifunction device 200. Is transmitted (S85).

The data required for payment includes the above Payment URL and JOBID in addition to the QR code (registered trademark), and these are received by the multifunction device 200 (S87). In the multifunction device 200 that has received them, the display unit 240 displays a predetermined payment screen that displays at least the data necessary for the payment including the QR code (registered trademark) (S89). Instead of displaying and outputting the data necessary for payment in this way, the printing unit 290 may form a print on the paper, that is, print out the data. By reading the QR code (registered trademark) displayed on the payment screen with a scanner, camera, or the like provided in the mobile terminal 300 (S91), a display screen of Payment URL (not shown) is displayed on the mobile terminal 300. Is displayed. By accessing the Payment URL displayed on the Payment URL display screen, a charge display screen including the calculated charge and the like is displayed, and the user can know the charge to be paid by using the copy service this time.

After that, in the multifunction device 200, it is determined whether or not the user has input an instruction to change the print setting (S95). That is, when the user who sees the charge displayed on the display unit 240 as described above in S89 operates the operation unit 250 appropriately for the purpose of reviewing the charge, for example, and inputs an instruction to change the print setting (S93). ), The changed setting is accepted in the multifunction device 200. As a result, S95 executed in the multifunction device 200 is determined to be Yes, and the process proceeds to S97.

In S97, a print setting change request indicating the content of the print setting changed by the user is transmitted from the multifunction device 200 together with the JOBID. Then, they are received by the data processing server 100. Then, as a result, S99 becomes a Yes determination, and the process proceeds to S101. In S101, the print setting at this point is changed and updated according to the content of the received print setting change request (S101). After that, the charge for the scan data corresponding to the received JOBID held in the data storage area 125 is calculated again according to the content of the updated print setting (S77). The processing of S79, S81, S83, and S85 is performed again in response to the charge recalculated in this way, and the transmitted QR code (registered trademark), PaymentURL, and JOBID are received by S87 in the multifunction device 200, and S89. The above payment screen is displayed again at. As a result, the user can know the recalculated charge in the same manner as described above.

On the other hand, if the user who sees the charge does not feel the need to review the charge and accepts the content of the charge and does not input the instruction for changing the print setting, the S95 in the multifunction device 200 is determined as No, which will be described later. Shift to S117. Further, in the data processing server 100, if the print setting change request is not transmitted because the print setting change instruction is not input, S99 is determined as No, and the process proceeds to S117 described later. Then, the accepting user approves the above-mentioned payment process in response to performing an appropriate operation on the above-mentioned charge display screen displayed on the mobile terminal 300, in other words, accepts the payment of the above-mentioned charge. The payment approval notice representing the above is notified from the mobile terminal 300 to the transaction server 400 (S105).

After that, the transaction server 400 that received the above approval notification sends the Confirm URL corresponding to the Payment URL at the time of payment reservation (S79) to the mobile terminal 300 (S107), and the mobile terminal 300 makes a payment completion request based on this Confirm URL. It is transmitted and received by the data processing server 100 (S109). As a result, S111 in the data processing server 100 is determined Yes, and the settlement completion confirmation process is performed (S113). That is, the above-mentioned authentication information, product ID, and transaction ID corresponding to the Confirm URL are transmitted to the transaction server 400. At the same time, the return code transmitted from the transaction server 400 correspondingly is received by the data processing server 100.

<Printing of scan data>
Next, moving to FIG. 4, after the payment completion confirmation process, the data processing server 100 transmits the payment completion notification together with the above-mentioned JOBID (S115), and receives it at the mobile terminal 300 (S117). After that, in the data processing server 100, in S121, a print job including the scan data held in the data storage area 125 is transmitted together with the corresponding JOBID. Correspondingly, in the multifunction device 200, the print job and the JOBID transmitted in the above-mentioned S121 are received and acquired in S125.

The method is not limited to the method of directly transmitting scan data from the data processing server 100 to the multifunction device 200 as in the processes of S121 and S125, and other methods may be used.
That is, for example, in response to receiving the payment completion confirmation notification from the transaction server 400 in the data processing server 100, the scan data held in the data storage area 125 is appropriately externally connected to the network NT. It may be stored in the device. In this case, after that, a data acquisition instruction is transmitted from the data processing server 100 to the multifunction device 200. The multifunction device 200 receives the transmitted data acquisition instruction. Then, upon receiving the data acquisition instruction, the multifunction device 200 acquires the scan data from the external device by accessing the external device via the network NT.

After that, in the multifunction device 200, the printing unit 290 starts printing the print job received in S125 and the charge has already been settled as described above on the paper based on the printing settings set at this time. (S127). This S127 is an example of a printing step.

<Processing when printing is stopped>
As described above, in the present embodiment, after the printing is started in S127 and before the printing is completed, the printing can be stopped by the user's operation. That is, when printing is being executed, the pause operation screen 241 is displayed on the display unit 240 as shown in FIG. 5A. On this pause operation screen 241 is a message M1 of "copying the original. Please press the button below to pause." And a "copy pause" button 241A. .. The "copy pause" button 241A is an example of the third stop input unit, and is also an example of the stop input unit.

Returning to FIG. 4, when the user performs an appropriate operation on the "copy pause" button 241A by the operation unit 250 in a state where the "copy pause" button 241A is displayed on the display unit 240 (S129), the multifunction device The operation is accepted in 200 (S131), and printing by the printing unit 290 started in S127 is temporarily stopped (S133). It should be noted that, as appropriate below, "the operation is performed via the operation unit 250" with respect to the button displayed on the display unit 240 as described above is simply "the button is operated" or "the button" of the display unit 240. Is pressed. " Further, S131 is an example of the stop instruction input step, S133 is an example of the stop control step, the process executed in S133 is an example of the stop control process, and the function of the processor 210 that executes S133 is the function of the stop control unit. This is an example.

Then, with this temporary stop, the reason input operation screen 242 provided with the reason input buttons 242p to v described later is displayed on the display unit 240 (S135). That is, as shown in FIG. 5 (b), on the reason input operation screen 242, the message M2 "Copy is paused. Please select the reason for stopping from the following." And the device inconvenience input button group. 242A and the user convenience input button group 242B are displayed.

The device inconvenience input button group 242A includes a "dirty print" button 242p, a "paper jam" button 242q, a "paper out" button 242r, and an "ink out" button 242s.
The "dirty print" button 242p is a button that is operated when the user who sees the image printed on the paper is dissatisfied with the aesthetic appearance of the print finish due to the occurrence of print distortion or the like, and the "paper jam" button 242p. Is a button operated by the user when paper transport jams or the like occur in the multifunction device 200 and normal printing is not performed. The printing disorder is an example of a printing defect, and the transport clogging is an example of a transport abnormality in the transport mechanism. In addition to these printing defects and transport abnormalities, other similar buttons may be provided to deal with other malfunctions related to the multifunction device 200.
The "out of paper" button 242r is a button operated by the user when the paper in the multifunction device 200 runs out, and the "out of ink" button 242s runs out of ink in the multifunction device 200 and the printing on the paper is faint. It is a button operated by the user when the color becomes lighter or the color becomes lighter. When a laser type multifunction device 200 is used instead of the inkjet type as described later, for example, a "out of toner" button may be provided instead of the "out of ink" button 242a. The above-mentioned paper, ink, toner, etc. in these cases are examples of consumables.
In addition, these are referred to as "button 242p", "button 242q", "button 242r", "button 242s" and the like as appropriate below. These buttons 242p, 242q, 242r, and 242s are examples of the first stop input unit, respectively. Further, the reason input operation screen 242 is an example of the first operation input unit.

The user convenience input button group 242B is provided with a "want to change the paper size" button 242t, a "want to change various settings" button 242u, and a "cancel due to other circumstances" button 242v.
The "I want to change the paper size" button 242t is used when the currently printed paper size setting is different from the originally intended paper size due to the user's erroneous input or erroneous setting. It is a button to operate. The "I want to change various settings" button 242u is a button operated by the user when the current print settings are different from the originally intended contents due to the user's erroneous input or erroneous settings. be.
In addition, these are referred to as "button 242t", "button 242u", "button 242v" and the like as appropriate below. These buttons 242t, 242u, and 242v are examples of the second stop input unit, respectively.

Hereinafter, each of the above-mentioned buttons 242p, 242q, 242r, 242s, 242t, 242u, and 242v will be appropriately and hereinafter simply referred to as "reason input buttons". Further, these reason input buttons 242p, 242q, 242r, 242s, 242t, 242u, 242v and the above-mentioned "copy pause" button 241A are examples of the stop input unit.

Returning to FIG. 4, when the user operates any of the reason input buttons 242p to v (S137), the operation is accepted by the multifunction device 200 (S139). After that, in the multifunction device 200, it is determined whether or not the button operation received in S139 is any of the buttons 242p to 242s, which means a malfunction of the multifunction device 200 (S141). If any of the buttons 242p to 242s is operated, a Yes determination is made, and the process proceeds to S143 in FIG.

<If there is a problem with the multifunction device>
In S143, it is determined whether or not the button operation received in S139 is the "dirty print" button 242p due to the image printed on the paper being distorted among the buttons 242p to 242s. If the button 242p is operated, a Yes determination is made and the process proceeds to S145. In S145, the ejection detection process is executed on the nozzle of the inkjet head provided in the inkjet multifunction device 200 by a known method.
That is, for example, the quality of ejection can be detected by the signal of the current change generated when the charged ink droplets ejected from each nozzle of the inkjet head land on the absorbent material. For example, when the above signal value is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, it is detected that the ink ejection has not reached the specified ejection amount or is not ejected due to clogging of the nozzle or the like, that is, the nozzle is defective in ejection. can.

If the above discharge failure does not occur, S147 is judged as No, and the reason why the image is distorted is unknown. Therefore, for example, an appropriate manager belonging to or outsourced to the above business operator. Is contacted, a response is taken by the administrator (S149), and this sequence flow is terminated. On the other hand, if a discharge defect has occurred, S147 is determined as Yes, and the process proceeds to S151.

In S151, in response to the occurrence of the ejection failure, the multifunction device 200 transmits a request for full refund of the billing fee to the user, whose settlement has been confirmed in S113, together with the corresponding JOBID. When this full refund request is received by the data processing server 100, S153 is determined as Yes, and the process proceeds to S155.

In S155, the refund request process is performed on the data processing server 100. Specifically, the above-mentioned authentication information of the transaction server 400, the above-mentioned transaction ID related to the suspended print job, and the amount to be refunded, that is, the entire amount of the charge calculated in S77 are transmitted to the transaction server 400. NS. In addition, the Retain Code sent from the transaction server 400 in response to these transmissions, a new transaction ID related to the refund procedure, and a refund date on which the refund is scheduled to be executed are received.

After that, in the data processing server 100, the refund completion notification is transmitted in S157 together with the transaction ID acquired in S155 and the corresponding JOBID. Correspondingly, in the multifunction device 200, the refund completion notification transmitted above in S159 is received.

On the other hand, in the above-mentioned S143, one of the "paper jammed" button 242q, the "paper out" button 242r, and the "ink out" button 242s is pressed among the buttons 242p to 242s as the reception result in S139. If so, the determination is No, and the process proceeds to S163. In S163, it is determined whether or not the occurrence of transport jam, paper out, ink out, etc. corresponding to these buttons 242q, 242r, 242s can be detected in the multifunction device 200. Hereinafter, these three events will be simply referred to as "device error" as appropriate. The same applies to the illustrations such as FIG. The function of the processor 210 that executes the S163 and the above-mentioned S145 is an example of the determination unit.

The presence or absence of transport clogging can be determined by, for example, the following method. That is, the encoder indicates that the transport roller or the paper feed roller is not rotating even though the motor that drives the transport roller of the transport mechanism or the paper feed roller that takes out the paper from the tray is rotating. If it is detected, it can be determined that the transport is clogged. Alternatively, if the paper passage sensor provided in the paper transfer path does not detect the passage of the paper even though the transfer roller or the paper feed roller is rotating, the sheet is jammed somewhere in the transfer path. It can be judged as a blockage. Alternatively, if the motor that drives the carriage that moves the inkjet head in the scanning direction is rotating, but the carriage is not moving, it means that the carriage is stuck on the jammed paper. It is considered that the carriage is clogged.

If the occurrence of the above device error cannot be detected, S163 is determined as No, and the reason for the above device error is unknown. Therefore, the appropriate administrator is contacted as described above, and the administrator takes action. This is done (S149), and this sequence flow ends. On the other hand, if the occurrence of a device error can be detected, S163 is determined as Yes, and the process proceeds to S165.

In S165, in response to the occurrence of the device error, in the multifunction device 200, a partial refund request for the billing fee to the user whose payment has been confirmed in S113 is transmitted together with the corresponding JOBID. In this case, the reason why the partial refund is given instead of the full refund is that it can be considered that the printing is normally performed until just before the above-mentioned transport jam, paper out, ink out, etc. occur. Therefore, when the partial refund request is transmitted in S165, the corresponding JOBID and the number of pages of the paper printed by the time immediately before the above are also transmitted together with the partial refund request.

When the partial refund request is transmitted in this way, the data processing server 100 determines No in the above-mentioned S153, and in the subsequent S167, the partial refund request is received in the data processing server 100.

Then, in S169, the data processing server 100 calculates the refund amount to be refunded to the user corresponding to the number of printed pages received in S167 by the same method as in S77 described above. After that, in S171, the same refund request process as in S155 is performed, and the authentication information of the transaction server 400, the transaction ID, and the amount to be refunded, that is, the total amount calculated in S169, are transmitted to the transaction server 400. Similarly, the Retain Code, the new transaction ID, and the refund date transmitted from the transaction server 400 are received.

After that, in the data processing server 100, in S173, as in S157, a refund completion notification is transmitted together with the transaction ID acquired in S171 and the corresponding JOBID. The transmitted refund completion notification is received in the above-mentioned S159 in the multifunction device 200.

After S159, in the multifunction device 200, after receiving the refund completion notification in S159, the unexecuted portion of the print job whose execution has been suspended as described above is deleted (). S175). After that, a job deletion completion notification indicating that the print job has been deleted is transmitted together with the corresponding JOBID (S177), and is received by the data processing server 100 (S179). After that, in the data processing server 100, the scan data stored in the data storage area 125 is deleted in S181, and this sequence flow is terminated.

<When due to user convenience>
On the other hand, in S141 of FIG. 4 described above, if the button operation received in S139 is any of the buttons 242t to 242v meaning the convenience of the user, a No determination is made and the process proceeds to S191 of FIG.

In the multifunction device 200, in S191, the flag F indicating the restart of the print job paused as described above, that is, the execution of the reprint is initialized. After that, in S193, it is determined whether or not the reprint is instructed by the user. That is, when any of the buttons 242t to 242v of the user convenience input button group 242B shown in FIG. 5B is operated, the reprint selection screen 243 shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit 240. On this reprint selection screen 243, the message M3 "Stopped due to customer's convenience. Do you want to resume printing again?", "Reprint" button 243A, and "Do not reprint" button 243B are displayed. Has been done.

Then, the user is provided with the reprint selection screen 243. By operating the "reprint" button 243A, the print job in the paused state can be restarted as described above. That is, in S193, it is determined whether or not the "reprint" button 243A has been operated by the user.

<When not reprinting>
When the "reprint" button 243A is not operated and the "do not reprint" button 243B is operated, S193 is determined as No, and the multifunction device 200 generates and transmits a reprint non-execution notification (S195). When sending this reprint non-execution notification, the JOBID of the suspended print job, the number of pages of paper that have been printed by the time immediately before the suspension, and the value of the flag F at this point are also included. It will also be sent. When this reprint non-execution notification is received by the data processing server 100 in S197, the determination in S199 becomes a No determination, and the process proceeds to S201 in FIG.

In FIG. 9, the data processing server 100 determines whether or not there is a refund to the user. In the present embodiment, the above-mentioned charge for the printed page is not refunded when printing is canceled for the convenience of the user, but the above-mentioned charge for the unprinted page is refunded when the reprint is not performed. Therefore, when the reprint non-execution notification is received, S201 is determined to be Yes, and the process proceeds to S202. In S202, the data processing server 100 calculates the refund amount to be refunded to the user corresponding to the number of printed pages received in S197, as in S169. After that, in S203, the same refund request process as in S171 is performed, and the authentication information of the transaction server 400, the transaction ID, and the amount to be refunded, that is, the total amount calculated in S202, are transmitted to the transaction server 400. Similarly, the Retain Code, the new transaction ID, and the refund date transmitted from the transaction server 400 are received. After that, in the data processing server 100, the refund completion notification is transmitted in S205 together with the transaction ID acquired in S203 and the corresponding JOBID in the same manner as in S173.

On the other hand, in the multifunction device 200, due to the transmission of the reprint non-execution notification in S195, the subsequent S207 is determined to be Yes as in the above, and in the subsequent S209, the refund completion notification transmitted from the data processing server 100 in S205 is sent. Received. After that, in the multifunction device 200, since F = 0 remains as described above, the subsequent S211 is determined as No, and this sequence flow is terminated.
Further, also in the data processing server 100, after the above-mentioned S205, since F = 0 at this point, the subsequent S213 is determined as No, and this sequence flow is terminated.

<When reprinting>
On the other hand, when the "reprint" button 243A is operated on the reprint selection screen 243 shown in FIG. 8, S193 is determined to be Yes, and in the multifunction device 200, after the above flag F is set to 1 in S215, a reprint execution notification is sent. It is generated and transmitted (S217). When sending this reprint execution notification, as described above, the JOBID of the suspended print job, the number of pages of paper that have been printed by the time immediately before the suspension, and the value of the flag F at this point. , Are also sent.

Here, in the present embodiment, when reprinting is performed as described above, it is possible to change the print setting and start over again. In the multifunction device 200, after S217, a screen for changing and resetting the print setting is displayed on the display unit 240 (S219). That is, when the "reprint" button 243A of the reprint selection screen 243 shown in FIG. 8 is operated, the print reset screen 244 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the display unit 240. On the print reset screen 244, the message M4 "Please reset", the buttons 245a to d related to the paper size, the buttons 246a and 246b related to the color, and the buttons 247a to d related to the density are displayed. A copy number setting field 248a related to the number of copies to be printed is provided. In this example, the paper size can be set by selecting any of the "A4" button 245a, the "A3" button 245a, the "B5" button 245c, and the "B4" button 245d. The print color can be set by selecting either the "black and white" button 246a or the "full color" button 246b. The print density can be set by selecting any of the "dark" button 247a, the "slightly dark" button 247b, the "slightly light" button 247c, and the "light" button 247d. Further, as for the number of copies to be printed, a desired numerical value can be set in the number of copies setting field 248a. The print reset screen 244 is an example of the third operation input unit.

Returning to FIG. 7, when the user appropriately inputs an instruction to change the print setting on the print reset screen 244 described above (S221), the changed setting is accepted by the multifunction device 200 (S223). The process executed in S223 is an example of the reset reception process. Then, in response to this, in S225, the printing setting change request is transmitted from the multifunction device 200 together with the contents of the print setting changed by the user and the JOBID.

At this time, in the data processing server 100, S199 is determined to be Yes by the reprint execution notification transmission transmitted in S217, and in the subsequent S227, the print setting request, print setting, and JOBID transmitted in S225 are the data processing server 100. Received at. After that, in S229, the print setting is changed and updated according to the content of the received changed print setting (S229). After that, the charge for the scan data corresponding to the received JOBID held in the data storage area 125 is calculated again according to the content of the updated print setting (S231). The process executed in S231 is an example of the second charge determination process. After that, the charge information representing the calculated charge is transmitted from the data processing server 100 together with the JOBID (S233) and received by the multifunction device 200 (S235).

The data processing server 100 determines whether or not there is an additional charge to be paid by the user by comparing the recalculation result in S231 with the already settled charge charge (S237). If the settled billing fee is not enough due to reprinting and an additional fee is incurred, a Yes determination is made and the process proceeds to S239.

In S239, the settlement reservation process is performed in the same manner as in S79. That is, the same product ID as described above, the additional payment amount based on the calculation result in S231, the same authentication information as described above, and the same Confirm URL as described above are transmitted to the transaction server 400. This additional payment amount is an example of the second charge. In addition, the Payment URL for the user to access and pay the fee and the transaction ID related to the fee payment procedure, which are transmitted from the transaction server 400 in response to the transmission, are received. The Payment URL and transaction ID at this time are newly assigned for this additional payment, and are different from the Payment URL and transaction ID in S79. In order to clarify this, for convenience, the new Payment URL and transaction ID will be referred to as "Payment URL 2" and "Transaction ID 2". This transaction ID 2 is an example of the second transaction identification information.

After that, in the data processing server 100, the additional payment amount and the transaction ID 2 and Payment URL 2 acquired in S239 are associated with the above-mentioned JOBID (S241). In other words, what is associated with the JOBID of the print job is changed from the Payment URL and the transaction ID in S79 to the transaction ID 2 and the Payment URL 2 acquired in S239. The process executed in S239 and S241 is an example of the second settlement-related process. Then, as described above, a barcode corresponding to PaymentURL2, for example, a QR code (registered trademark) is generated (S245), and the data necessary for the additional payment including the QR code (registered trademark) is transferred to the multifunction device 200. It is transmitted (S247). The data required for this additional payment includes the above PaymentURL2 and JOBID in addition to the QR code (registered trademark).

On the other hand, in the multifunction device 200, it is determined whether or not there is an additional charge to be paid by the user with respect to the already settled charge charge based on the charge information received in S235 (S249). If an additional charge is incurred as described above, a Yes determination is made, the process proceeds to S251, and the data required for the additional payment transmitted from the data processing server 100 in S247 is received (S251). In the received multifunction device 200, similarly to the above S89, the display unit 240 displays a predetermined additional payment screen that displays at least the data necessary for the additional payment including the QR code (registered trademark) (S253).

Moving to FIG. 9, the QR code (registered trademark) displayed on the additional payment screen is read by the user on the mobile terminal 300 (S255) in the same manner as in S91, and the Payment URL 2 is displayed on the mobile terminal 300. The screen is displayed. By accessing the Payment URL 2 displayed on the screen, a charge display screen including the additional charge is displayed, and the user can know the additional charge to be paid by the reprint.

After that, in the multifunction device 200, the user performs an appropriate operation on the charge display screen to indicate that the above-mentioned payment process is approved, in other words, the above-mentioned additional charge is accepted, as in S105. The payment approval notification is notified to the transaction server 400 (S257).

After that, as in S107, the transaction server 400 that received the notification sends the settlement Confirm URL to the mobile terminal 300 (S259), and the mobile terminal 300 sends a payment completion request in response to this (S259), and the data processing server 100 Is received at (S261). As a result, S263 in the data processing server 100 is determined Yes, and the same settlement completion confirmation process as in S113 is performed (S265). That is, the above-mentioned authentication information, product ID, and transaction ID 2 are transmitted to the transaction server 400. At the same time, the return code transmitted from the transaction server 400 correspondingly is received by the data processing server 100.

After that, in the data processing server 100, similarly to the above S115, payment completion notifications are transmitted together with the above-mentioned JOBID (S267), and they are received in the mobile terminal 300 (S269). After that, in the data processing server 100, as in S121, in S271, a print job including the scan data held in the data storage area 125 is transmitted together with the corresponding JOBID. Correspondingly, in the multifunction device 200, the print job and the JOBID transmitted in S271 are received and acquired in S273 similar to S125. After that, in the multifunction device 200, the printing unit 290 restarts the execution of the acquired print job (S275).

The resumed printing is continued until the execution of the print job is completed and S277 is determined as Yes. When all the execution of the print job is completed and S277 is determined to be Yes, the printing completion notification is transmitted from the multifunction device 200 together with the JOBID in S279 similar to S131.
Correspondingly, in the data processing server 100, after the transmitted print completion notification is received (S281), the scan data held in the data storage area 125 is deleted (S283), and this sequence flow is performed. finish.

On the other hand, on the data processing server 100, if no additional charge is incurred in S237, a No determination is made and the process proceeds to S201 to determine whether or not there is a refund. If there is no refund, the process directly shifts from S201 to S213 described above. By executing the reprint, F = 1 and S213 is determined to be Yes, the process proceeds to S281 described above, and the sequence flow ends via S283.
Similarly, in the multifunction device 200, if no additional charge is incurred in the above S249, a No judgment is made and the process proceeds to S207 to determine whether or not there is a refund. Directly shift to the above-mentioned S211. By executing the reprint, F = 1 and S211 is determined to be Yes, the process proceeds to the above-mentioned S275, and the sequence flow ends via S277 and S279.

In the sequence flow shown in each of the above figures, S151, S165, S159, S191 to S195, S215 to S225, S235, S249 to S253, S207 to S211, S269, and S273 to S277 are post-stop processes executed by the multifunction device 200. This is an example of steps. Further, S151 to S159 and S165 to S277 shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 9 including these procedures are examples of post-stop processing steps executed by the printing system 1.
Further, the processing executed in S151, S153, S155, S157, and S159 is an example of the first processing, and these procedures and the processing executed in S165, S167, S169, S171, and S173 are the first post-stop processing. It is an example and is also an example of post-discontinuation processing. The functions of the processors 110 and 210 that execute these S151, S153, S155, S157, S159, S165, S167, S169, S171, and S173 are examples of the first stop post-processing unit.
Further, the process executed in S201, S202, S203, S205, S207, and S209 is an example of the second process, and the process executed in S275 and S277 is an example of the second job completion process. The processing executed in S191 to S277 shown in FIGS. 7 and 9 including these procedures is an example of the second post-stop processing, and is also an example of the post-stop processing. The functions of the processors 110 and 210 that execute them are an example of the second stop post-processing unit.
Then, the processors 110 and 210 that execute the procedures of S151, S153, S155, S157, S159, S165, S167, S169, S171, and S173 and the procedures of S191 to S277 shown in FIGS. 7 and 9 are executed. The function is an example of the post-processing unit.

<Effect of embodiment>
As described above, in the printing system 1 of the present embodiment, the printing unit 290 executes printing based on the printing job for which the charged fee has been settled. If the user wants to stop printing for some reason after the printing is started, the printing can be stopped by inputting the stop instruction via the "copy pause" button 241A and the buttons 242p to v. At that time, in particular, in the present embodiment, when a stop instruction is input by any of the buttons 242p to v, the corresponding post-stop processing is performed. As a result, different measures can be taken depending on the reason for the cancellation when printing is stopped, so that the convenience of the user can be improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, in particular, buttons 242p to s and buttons 242t to v are provided. When the user wants to stop printing due to a problem in the printing system 1, he / she may input an instruction to stop printing with buttons 242p to s, and when he / she wants to stop printing for other reasons, the button 242t You can enter the instruction to stop printing with ~ v. In this way, the user can roughly classify the reasons for cancellation into two and input them, so that different measures can be taken according to each reason for cancellation.

Further, in the present embodiment, in particular, when the user wants to stop printing due to the occurrence of a problem in the printing system 1, the corresponding processing is performed in S143 to S181 by inputting with the buttons 242p to s. When the user wants to stop printing for any other reason, the corresponding processing is performed in S191 to S283 by inputting with the buttons 242t to v. By performing the two processes according to the two reasons for cancellation in this way, it is possible to reliably carry out different measures according to each reason for cancellation.

Further, in the present embodiment, in particular, the printing system 1 includes a multifunction device 200 having a printing unit 290 and a data processing server 100. As a result, various processes other than printing can be performed on the data processing server 100 provided separately from the multifunction device 200 that performs printing itself. Then, the user can stop printing due to the occurrence of a problem in the multifunction device 200 by inputting with the buttons 242p to s provided on the multifunction device 200, and the buttons 242t to v provided on the multifunction device 200 can be stopped. By inputting in, printing can be stopped for the convenience of the user.

Further, in the present embodiment, in particular, in the multifunction device 200, a "copy pause" button 241A is provided in addition to the buttons 242p to s and the buttons 242t to v. When the user wants to stop printing, the user first inputs with the "copy pause" button 241A to stop printing by the printing unit 290, and the display unit 240 of the printing unit 290 displays the buttons 242p to s. And the reason input operation screen 242 including the buttons 242t to v can be displayed. As a result, the user inputs with the buttons 242p to s or the buttons 242t to v displayed in the reason input operation screen 242, so that a problem occurs in the multifunction device 200 or the user's own convenience is the reason. It is possible to clearly indicate that and implement the measures corresponding to the reason for the cancellation.
As described above, in the present embodiment, before inputting the reason for cancellation by pressing buttons 242p to s or 242t to v, printing is first performed by inputting the "copy pause" button 241A regardless of the reason. It can be canceled. As a result, it is effective for the user when he / she wants to stop the printing operation as soon as possible.

Further, in the present embodiment, in particular, at the buttons 242p to s, an instruction to stop printing based on the malfunction of the multifunction device 200 or the shortage of consumables is input. As a result, the user inputs an instruction to stop printing while clearly indicating that the cause is, for example, a printing defect or a transport abnormality in the multifunction device 200, or a shortage of consumables such as the printing medium, ink, and toner. can do.

Further, in the present embodiment, in particular, the full refund of the settled charge is performed in response to the input with the buttons 242p to s (S151, S153, S157, S159). At the same time, the print job is deleted. As a result, when printing is stopped without the responsibility of the user, it is possible to relieve the user and prevent the user from suffering a disadvantage.

Further, in the present embodiment, particularly when the user inputs an instruction to stop printing via the buttons 242ps to s, the determination unit determines whether or not the multifunction device 200 is malfunctioning or has a shortage of consumables. It is determined (S147, S163). As a result, even if the user makes a false input even though there is no malfunction or shortage of consumables, the false input can be detected, so that unauthorized use can be prevented.

Further, in the present embodiment, in particular, at the buttons 242t to v, an instruction to stop printing based on an erroneous setting in various settings for the multifunction device 200 or an erroneous input for the multifunction device 200 is input. As a result, the user inputs an instruction to stop printing while clearly indicating that the cause is, for example, a printing setting error of the multifunction device 200, a paper feeding error of the printing medium, or an erroneous selection of a tray. be able to.

Further, in the present embodiment, in particular, when the user inputs an instruction to stop printing by pressing the buttons 242t to v, the print reset screen 244 is displayed. As a result, the user can correct his / her own mistakes such as the above-mentioned print setting mistake, paper feed mistake, and tray erroneous selection by performing an appropriate operation on the print reset screen 244.

Further, in the present embodiment, in particular, a partial refund of the settled first charge is performed in response to the input by the buttons 242t to v (S205, S209). As a result, when printing is stopped due to the responsibility of the user, the relief of the user can be limited, and the provider side of the printing system 1 can be prevented from suffering a disadvantage more than necessary.

Further, in the present embodiment, in particular, the portion of the print job that has already been completed when printing is stopped is not partially refunded. As a result, it is possible to prevent the provider side of the printing system 1 from suffering an unnecessarily disadvantage by not relieving the portion printed by the user's responsibility.

Further, in the present embodiment, in particular, after accepting the resetting of various settings of the multifunction device 200 in response to the input by the buttons 242t to v (S223), the temporarily stopped printing is restarted (S275), and the resetting is performed. The print job is completed by reflecting the contents in the print job (S277,279). As a result, even if printing is stopped due to an erroneous setting due to the user's responsibility, the originally intended print job can be completed by correcting the erroneous setting and restarting printing with the reset contents. ..

Further, in the present embodiment, in particular, the charge for executing the print job is determined in S77, and in S81, the first charge, the job ID, and the first transaction ID are associated with each other. After that, when the settlement of the print job is completed on the transaction server 400, the printing unit 290 starts printing based on the print job (S127).
After that, as described above, when the user inputs an instruction to stop printing via the "pause copy" button 241A and the buttons 242t to v, and the print setting is changed in S229, the reset content is reflected in S231. The additional charge required to complete the print job is calculated in this form. Then, in the subsequent S241, the same job ID as described above, the transaction ID 2 different from the transaction ID, and the additional charge are associated with each other. Then, when the settlement is completed on the transaction server 400 in response to this additional charge, printing is restarted by the printing unit 290, and the initial printing job is completed.
As described above, the print executed before the cancellation and the printing resumed after the cancellation are shared as print jobs by using the same job ID, and as separate transactions by using different transaction IDs. It can be handled and settled smoothly.

<Modification example>
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and technical idea. Hereinafter, such modification examples will be described step by step.

(1) Transmission of Print Job from PC Terminal In the above embodiment, the original is read by the user's copy operation in the multifunction device 200, and the print job including the scanned data after the reading is executed. On the other hand, in this modification, a print job including image data is transmitted to the multifunction device 200 from a separately provided PC terminal. Hereinafter, such a modification will be described. The same parts as those in the above embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted or simplified as appropriate.

In this modification, as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. 1, the printing system 1 includes a PC terminal 500 in addition to a data processing server 100, a multifunction device 200, a mobile terminal 300, and a transaction server 400. The PC terminal 500 is connected to the network NT and can communicate with the data processing server 100, the multifunction device 200, the mobile terminal 300, and the transaction server 400. In this example, the PC terminal 500 is installed in the user's office or home, and is connected to the network NT via wireless communication or wired communication. The PC terminal 500 has a processor, a storage device, and an interface for connecting to the network NT (not shown).

<Processing flow>
In this modification, a process executed by the processor 210 of the multifunction machine 200, the processor 110 of the data processing server 100, the processor of the transaction server 400, the processor of the mobile terminal 300, and the processor of the PC terminal 500 is represented. The control procedure will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 to 16. As in the above embodiment, in the following description, the description of each processor is omitted, and "in the processor of the PC terminal 500", "by the processor of the PC terminal 500", etc. are simply "in the PC terminal 500" and "PC". It is described by "by terminal 500" or the like. Further, in each procedure in which the detailed description of the processing content is omitted or simplified as the content equivalent to the above-described embodiment, the "scan data" in the description of the above-described embodiment is read and applied as "image data". It shall be.

<Sending and receiving print jobs, charge calculation, printing>
First, in FIG. 11 corresponding to FIG. 2, the user appropriately operates the operation unit provided in the PC terminal 500 to input the print setting to the PC terminal 500 (S311). The print settings at this time are the same as in the above embodiment, such as paper size setting, print color setting, print density setting, number of copies setting, resolution setting, print layout setting, single-sided / double-sided printing selection, and so on. Etc. are included.

After that, when the user appropriately operates the operation unit provided in the PC terminal 500, a print job including image data prepared in advance for printing by the user is transmitted (S313). The transmitted print job 313 is received by the multifunction device 200 (S314).

Then, the print job, the machine ID, the print settings, and the like are transmitted from the multifunction device 200 (S353) and received by the data processing server 100 (S361). After that, the JOBID is generated in the data processing server 100 (S23), and is stored in association with the received print job and the like.

After that, the data processing server 100 executes S77 to S85 similar to the above embodiment. That is, after the charge is calculated for the user, the data necessary for payment including the Paymentm URL obtained from the transaction server and the corresponding QR code (registered trademark) is transmitted to the multifunction device 200. In this modified example, the above charge is an example of the first charge, the function of the processor 110 that executes S77 is an example of the charge determination unit, and the processing executed by S79 and S81 is an example of the first payment-related processing. be. Further, the function of the processor 110 that executes S79 and S81 is an example of the settlement-related processing unit, and the transaction ID used at that time is an example of the first transaction identification information. After that, in the multifunction device 200, S87 and S89 similar to those in the above embodiment are performed, the payment screen is displayed, and the user accesses the Payment URL obtained by reading the QR code (registered trademark) with the mobile terminal 300. The charge display screen is displayed, and the user knows the charge to be paid.

After that, S105 to S113 similar to the above embodiment are executed. That is, the payment approval notification from the mobile terminal 300 is notified to the transaction server 400, and the payment completion request is further transmitted from the mobile terminal 300 and received by the data processing server 100. As a result, the settlement completion confirmation process is performed, and the return code from the transaction server 400 is received by the data processing server 100.

After that, moving to FIG. 12, after the same S115 and S117 as in the above embodiment are executed, the execution of the print job received from the PC terminal 500 in the above S314 in the multifunction device 200 in S127 similar to the above embodiment is executed. It will be started. Instead of executing the print job received in S314, the print job transmitted in S353 to the data processing server 100 and received in S361 is transmitted from the data processing server 100 in a step separately provided after S117. It may be received by the multifunction device 200 and executed.

<Processing when printing is stopped>
In this modification, as in the above embodiment, when printing is being executed, the pause operation screen 241'is displayed on the display unit 240 as shown in FIG. 13A. On this pause operation screen 241', the message M1'of "Printing data. Please press the button below to pause." And the "Print pause" button 241A'are displayed. Has been done. The "print pause" button 241A'is an example of the third stop input unit, and is also an example of the stop input unit.

Returning to FIG. 12, when the user operates the "print pause" button 241A'(S129), printing by the print unit 290 started in S127 is paused (S131 to S133). Also in this modification, S131 is an example of the stop instruction input step, S133 is an example of the stop control step, the process executed in S133 is an example of the stop control process, and the processor 210 that executes S133. The function is an example of the stop control unit.

Then, along with this pause, the reason input operation screen 242'shown in FIG. 13B is displayed on the display unit 240 (S135). On the reason input operation screen 242', the message "Printing has been suspended. Please select the reason for stopping from the following.", The device inconvenience input button group 242A', and the user convenience input button group 242B. ′ And is displayed.

In the device inconvenience input button group 242A', the "printing is dirty" button 242p, the "paper jammed" button 242q, the "paper out" button 242r, and the "ink out" button 242s are similar to those in the above embodiment. Is provided. These buttons 242p, 242q, 242r, and 242s are examples of the first stop input unit in this modification as well. Further, the reason input operation screen 242'is an example of the first operation input unit.

In addition to the "I want to change the paper size" button 242t, the "I want to change various settings" button 242u, and the "Cancel due to other reasons" button 242v, the user convenience input button group 242B includes "I want to change the paper size" button 242t. A "wrong data" button 242w is provided. The "wrong data" button 242w is a button operated by the user when the currently printed data, that is, the print job, is not the originally intended data due to the user's erroneous input or setting. These buttons 242t, 242u, 242v, and 242w are examples of the second stop input unit, respectively.
Further, the above reason input buttons 242p, 242q, 242r, 242s, 242t, 242u, 242v, 242w and the above-mentioned "copy pause" button 241A are examples of the stop input unit.

Returning to FIG. 12, when the user operates any of the above reason input buttons 242p to w (S137), the operation is accepted by the multifunction device 200 (S139), and the accepted button operation is any one of the buttons 242p to 242s. It is determined whether or not it was (S141). If any of the buttons 242p to 242s is operated, a Yes determination is made, and the process proceeds to S143 of FIG. 14 corresponding to FIG. 6 of the above embodiment.

<If there is a problem with the multifunction device>
Then, as shown in FIG. 14, S143 to S179 similar to the above embodiment are performed. That is, when the "printing is dirty" button 242p is operated, a process for refunding the full amount to the user is performed according to the presence or absence of ejection failure, and when the buttons 242q, 242r, 242s are operated, there is a device error. A process for partially refunding to the user is performed according to the above. In this modification as well, the function of the processor 210 that executes S163 and S145 is an example of the determination unit.
When the refund completion notification is received, the subsequent print jobs are deleted in the multifunction device 200, and the corresponding job deletion completion notification is sent to the data processing server 100. Then, in the subsequent S481, the data processing server 100 deletes the print job received in S361 and stored in the data storage area 125, and ends this sequence flow.

<When due to user convenience>
On the other hand, in S141 of FIG. 12 described above, if the button operation received in S139 is any of the buttons 242t to 242v meaning the convenience of the user, a No determination is made, which corresponds to FIG. 7 of the above embodiment. The process proceeds to S191 in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 15, in the multifunction device 200, it is determined whether or not the reprint is instructed in S193 via S191, as in the above embodiment. That is, it is determined whether or not the "reprint" button 243A of the reprint selection screen 243, which is displayed by operating any of the buttons 242t to 242v shown in FIG. 5B, has been operated.

<When not reprinting>
When the "do not reprint" button 243B is operated, S193 is determined as No, and thereafter, the same processing as that of the above embodiment is performed, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

<When reprinting>
On the other hand, when the "reprint" button 243A is operated, S193 determines Yes, and the reprint execution notification is transmitted to the data processing server 100 in S217 via S215 as in the above embodiment. After that, in the multifunction device 200, in S315, it is determined whether or not the change of the print setting is desired by the user. That is, when the "reprint" button 243A of the reprint selection screen 243 is operated, either "change the print setting" or "do not change the print setting" is performed on another screen or an interrupt window (not shown). It is selectable. In this S315, it is determined whether or not "change the print setting" is selected by the user on this separate screen or the like.

When "Change print settings" is selected, S315 is determined to be Yes, and the process proceeds to S225 via S219, S221, and S223 similar to those in the above embodiment. In this modified example as well, the process executed in S223 is an example of the reset reception process.
When "Do not change the print settings" is selected, S315 is determined as No, and it is determined whether or not the user wants to re-receive the print job from the PC terminal 500 (S317). That is, when the above "Do not change the print settings" is selected, "Re-receive the print job" or "Do not re-receive the print job" on another screen or an interrupt window (not shown). Either one can be selected. In this S317, it is determined whether or not "re-receive the print job" is selected by the user on this separate screen or the like.

When "Do not re-receive print job" is selected, S317 is determined as No, and the process directly proceeds to S225. When "Receive print job" is selected, S317 is determined as Yes, and the print job retransmitted from the PC terminal 500 in S321 after the user makes appropriate print settings in S319 on the PC terminal 500 is displayed. , Received in the multifunction device 200 (S323). After S323, it shifts to S225.

From S225 to S269 of FIG. 16, which roughly corresponds to FIG. 9 of the above embodiment, the same processing as that of the above embodiment is performed. That is, the data processing server 100 recalculates the charge in response to the reprint request that appropriately reflects the change in the print setting in S221 or S229, and if an additional charge is incurred, a new transaction is made from the transaction server 400 in the settlement reservation process. ID2 and PaymentURL2 are acquired. Also in this modification, the process executed in S231 is an example of the second charge determination process, the additional payment amount is an example of the second charge, and the transaction ID 2 is an example of the second transaction identification information. The process executed in S239 and S241 is an example of the second settlement-related process.
After that, using the transaction ID 2 and PaymentURL2, a payment completion request is transmitted after the payment is approved by the mobile terminal 300, so that the transaction server 400 receives the return code in the payment completion confirmation process by the data processing server 100. Then, in S267, the payment completion notification is transmitted from the data processing server 100 and received by the mobile terminal 300 (S269).

After that, in the multifunction device 200, as in the above embodiment, in S275, the printing unit 290 resumes the execution of the print job received in S314 or the print job re-received in 317 (S275). ). After that, the same processing as in the above embodiment is performed up to S283, and this sequence flow ends.

In the sequence flow of the modified example shown in FIGS. 11, 12, 14, 15, and 16, as in the above embodiment, S151, S165, S159, S191 to S195, S215 to S215, S235, S315, S317, S323, S249 to S253, S207 to S211, S269, S275, and S277 are examples of post-stop processing steps executed by the multifunction device 200. Further, S151 to S159, S165 to S277, S315, S317, and S323 shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 9 including these procedures are examples of post-stop processing steps executed by the printing system 1.
Further, the processing executed in S151, S153, S155, S157, and S159 is an example of the first processing, and these procedures and the processing executed in S165, S167, S169, S171, and S173 are the first post-stop processing. It is an example and is also an example of post-discontinuation processing. The functions of the processors 110 and 210 that execute these S151, S153, S155, S157, S159, S165, S167, S169, S171, and S173 are examples of the first stop post-processing unit.
Further, the process executed in S201, S202, S203, S205, S207, and S209 is an example of the second process, and the process executed in S275 and S277 is an example of the second job completion process. The processing executed in S191 to S277, S315, S317, and S323 shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 including these procedures is an example of the second post-stop processing, and is also an example of the post-stop processing. The functions of the processors 110 and 210 that execute them are an example of the second stop post-processing unit.
Then, the procedures of S151, S153, S155, S157, S159, S165, S167, S169, S171, and S173 and the procedures of S191 to S277, S315, S317, and S323 shown in FIGS. 7 and 9 are executed. The functions of the processors 110 and 210 are examples of the post-stop processing unit.

In the present modification configured as described above, the same effect as that of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.
That is, also in the printing system 1 of the present modification, the printing unit 290 executes printing based on the printing job for which the charged fee has been settled. If the user wants to stop printing for some reason after the printing is started, the printing can be stopped by inputting the stop instruction via the "Pause printing" button 241A'and the buttons 242p to 242p to w. .. At that time, in this modified example, in particular, when a stop instruction is input at any of the buttons 242p to w, the corresponding post-stop processing is performed. As a result, different measures can be taken depending on the reason for the cancellation when printing is stopped, so that the convenience of the user can be improved.

Further, in this modification, in particular, buttons 242p to s and buttons 242t to w are provided. When the user wants to stop printing due to a problem in the printing system 1, he / she may input an instruction to stop printing with buttons 242p to s, and when he / she wants to stop printing for other reasons, the button 242t You can enter the instruction to stop printing with ~ w. In this way, the user can roughly classify the reasons for cancellation into two and input them, so that different measures can be taken according to each reason for cancellation.

Further, in this modification, in particular, when the user wants to stop printing due to the occurrence of a problem in the printing system 1, the corresponding processing is performed in S143 to S481 by inputting with the buttons 242p to s. When the user wants to stop printing for any other reason, the corresponding processing is performed in S191 to S481 by inputting with the buttons 242t to w. By performing the two processes according to the two reasons for cancellation in this way, it is possible to reliably carry out different measures according to each reason for cancellation.

Further, in the present modification, in particular, similarly to the above embodiment, the buttons 242t to w are input to stop printing based on erroneous settings in various settings for the multifunction device 200 or erroneous input for the multifunction device 200. As a result, the user causes, for example, a mistake in the print setting of the multifunction device 200, a mistake in feeding the print medium or a wrong selection of the tray, a mistake in the data when the image data is transmitted from the PC terminal 500, and the like. It is possible to input an instruction to stop printing while clearly indicating that.

Further, in the present modification, in particular, as in the above embodiment, when the user inputs an instruction to stop printing by pressing the buttons 242t to w, the print reset screen 244 is displayed. As a result, the user can correct his / her own mistakes such as the above-mentioned print setting mistake, paper feed mistake, tray erroneous selection, data mistake, etc. by performing an appropriate operation on the print reset screen 244. ..

(2) When printing is resumed after the malfunction of the multifunction device is resolved That is, in the above embodiment, the full refund of the settled charge is performed in response to the input by the buttons 242p to s, but this is limited to this. No.

That is, similar to S275 and S277 executed in response to the input with the buttons 242t to v, the malfunctions such as the transfer abnormality and the printing defect that caused the above input are resolved, or the ink runs out or the paper runs out. After the replenishment of consumables such as the above is accepted and the shortage thereof is resolved, printing may be resumed and the printing job may be completed. At this time, after the above-mentioned malfunction elimination process or the above-mentioned consumables replenishment acceptance process executed by the processors 110 and 210, the process of restarting the printing and completing the print job is the first job. This is an example of completion processing.
In this case, if the reason for cancellation is not the responsibility of the user and the reason can be resolved, the originally intended print job can be completed by eliminating the reason and restarting printing. In addition, this makes it possible to eliminate the need for refunds to the user side.

(3) When printing is stopped only by operating the reason input button That is, in the above embodiment, after the user stops the printing operation by inputting with the "copy pause" button 241A, the reason input buttons 24p to v are displayed. It was an example of inputting an instruction to cancel. In this modification, the function of the above-mentioned "copy pause" button 241A is added to the functions such as the reason input buttons 24p to v, and both functions are combined to stop the printing operation with one button operation and the reason. This is an example when the input of is possible.

The display unit 240 used in this modification and displaying the buttons having both of the above functions is shown in FIG. 17 corresponding to the above FIG.
As shown in FIG. 17, in the present modification, when the printing started in S127 described above is being executed, the reason-based stop operation screen 242 ″ is displayed on the display unit 240. This reason-based stop operation is displayed. On the screen 242 ", the message M11" Copying the original. Please press the button below to cancel. ", The device inconvenience input button group 242A", and the user convenience input button group 242B "are displayed. It is displayed.

The device inconvenience input button group 242A ″ includes the “dirty printing” button 242p, the “paper jammed” button 242q, the “out of paper” button 242r, and the “out of ink” button 242s, as in the above embodiment. Is provided.
The "printing is dirty" button 242p is a button operated by the user to stop printing when a printing disorder or the like occurs as in the above embodiment. The "paper jam" button 242p is a button operated by the user to stop printing when a transport jam or the like occurs in the multifunction device 200 as in the above embodiment. In this modified example as well, the printing disorder is an example of a printing defect, and the transport clogging is an example of a transport abnormality in the transport mechanism. In addition to these printing defects and transport abnormalities, other similar buttons may be provided to deal with other malfunctions related to the multifunction device 200.
The "out of paper" button 242r is a button operated by the user to stop printing when the paper in the multifunction device 200 similar to the above embodiment runs out. The "out of ink" button 242s is a button operated by the user to stop printing when the ink in the multifunction device 200 is exhausted as in the above embodiment. As described above, a "out of toner" button or the like may be provided. The above-mentioned paper, ink, toner and the like are examples of consumables.
The buttons 242p, 242q, 242r, and 242s are examples of the first stop input unit, respectively. Further, the stop operation screen 242 "by reason is an example of the second operation input unit.

The user convenience input button group 242B ″ includes the same “paper size change” button 242t, “change various settings” button 242u, and “cancel due to other circumstances” button 242v, as in the above embodiment. Is provided.
The "I want to change the paper size" button 242t is a button operated by the user to stop printing when the current paper size setting is different from the original intention, as in the above embodiment. The "I want to change various settings" button 242u is a button operated by the user to stop printing when the current print settings described above are different from the original contents, as in the above embodiment. These buttons 242t, 242u, and 242v are examples of the second stop input unit, respectively.

<Processing flow>
In this modification, the control procedure of a main part of the processing executed by the processor 210 of the multifunction machine 200, the processor 110 of the data processing server 100, the processor of the transaction server 400, and the processor of the mobile terminal 300 is described. It is shown in FIG. 18 corresponding to FIG. As shown in FIG. 18, in the present modification, after printing on the paper is started in S127 similar to FIG. 4 of the above embodiment, the user displays the stop operation screen 242 ″ for each reason on the display unit 240. When any of the reason input buttons 242p to v is operated in this state (S137), the operation is accepted by the multifunction device 200 (S139), and printing by the printing unit 290 started in S127 is stopped. (S140) After that, in the multifunction device 200, it is determined whether or not the button operation received in the above-mentioned S140 is any of the buttons 242p to 242s, which means a malfunction of the multifunction device 200, as in the above embodiment. (S141).

The processing contents in each procedure after S141 and each procedure before S127 are the same as those in the above embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted. Further, the technical significance of each procedure, the processor that executes each procedure, and the process executed by each procedure is the same as that of the above embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

Also in this modified example, the same effect as that of the above-described embodiment can be obtained.
That is, in the printing system 1 of this modification, if the user wants to stop printing for some reason after the printing is started by the printing unit 290, the stop instruction is input via the buttons 242p to v. Printing can be stopped. At that time, a process corresponding to which of the buttons 242p to v is used to input the stop instruction is performed. As a result, different measures can be taken depending on the reason for the cancellation when printing is stopped, so that the convenience of the user can be improved.

That is, when the user wants to stop printing due to a problem in the printing system 1, he / she may input an instruction to stop printing with the buttons 242p to s, and when he / she wants to stop printing for other reasons, he / she may stop printing. You can enter an instruction to stop printing with the buttons 242t to v. In this way, the user can roughly classify the reasons for cancellation into two and input them, so that different measures can be taken according to each reason for cancellation.

In particular, when the user inputs with the buttons 242p to s, the corresponding processing is performed in S143 to S181, and when the user inputs with the buttons 242t to v, the corresponding processing is performed in S191 to S283. .. By performing the two processes according to the two reasons for cancellation in this way, it is possible to reliably carry out different measures according to each reason for cancellation.

Further, in this modification, in particular, on the display unit 240 of the multifunction device 200, after the printing by the printing unit 290 is started, the stop operation screen 242 ″ for each reason including the buttons 242p to s and the buttons 242t to v is displayed. As a result, the user inputs a stop instruction with the buttons 242p to s or the buttons 242t to v displayed in the stop operation screen 242 "for each reason at any time after the printing is started, and the multifunction device 200 Printing can be stopped due to a problem in the above or due to the user's own convenience. As a result, it is necessary to input by the buttons 242p to s or the buttons 242t to v and 242w after the input by the "copy pause" button 241A or the "print pause" button 241A'as in the above embodiment and the modification (1). Compared with the case where, the operation load of the user can be reduced.

(4) Further, when a print job is transmitted from a PC terminal The method of the above-mentioned modification (3) can also be applied to an example of transmitting a print job from the PC terminal of the above-mentioned modification (1). That is, in this modification, the function of the "print pause" button 241A'is added to the functions of the reason input buttons 24p to w of the modification (1), and both functions are used in combination.

The display unit 240 used in this modification and displaying the buttons having both of the above functions is shown in FIG. 19 corresponding to the above FIG.
As shown in FIG. 19, in this modification, when the printing started in S127 described above is being executed, the reason-based stop operation screen 242 ″'is displayed on the display unit 240. This reason-based stop operation screen 242 ″ ″ is displayed. On the operation screen 242 ″ ″, the message M11 ′ “Printing data. Please press the button below to cancel.”, Device inconvenience input button group 242A ″ ″, and user convenience input button group 242B. "'" Is displayed.

The device inconvenience input button group 242A ″ ″ includes the same “dirty print” button 242p, the “paper jammed” button 242q, the “out of paper” button 242r, and the “out of ink” button as in the modification (3) above. Button 242s is provided. Also in this modification, these buttons 242p, 242q, 242r, and 242s are examples of the first stop input unit, respectively. Further, the stop operation screen 242 ″ ″ for each reason is an example of the second operation input unit.

The user convenience input button group 242B "'includes the same" paper size change "button 242t," change various settings "button 242u, and" cancel due to other circumstances "button 242v as in the above modification (3). And a "wrong data" button. The "wrong data" button 242w is a button operated by the user to stop printing when the data currently printed, that is, the data not originally intended by the print job, is the same as in the above embodiment. be. Also in this modification, these buttons 242t, 242u, 242v, and 242w are examples of the second stop input unit, respectively.

<Processing flow>
In this modification, among the processes executed by the processor 210 of the multifunction machine 200, the processor 110 of the data processing server 100, the processor of the transaction server 400, the processor of the mobile terminal 300, and the processor of the PC terminal 500. The control procedure of the main part is shown in FIG. 20 corresponding to FIG. 12 of the above-mentioned modification (1). As shown in FIG. 20, in this modified example, after printing on paper is started in S127 similar to FIG. 12 of the modified example (1), the user displays the stop operation screen 242 ″ for each reason. When any of the reason input buttons 242p to w is operated while being displayed on the unit 240 (S137), the operation is accepted by the multifunction device 200 (S139), and the printing unit 290 started in the above S127. After that, in the multifunction device 200, it is determined whether or not the button operation received in the above S140 is any of the buttons 242p to 242s, which means a malfunction of the multifunction device 200. (S141).

The processing contents in each procedure after S141 and each procedure before S127 are the same as those in the modified example (1), and the description thereof will be omitted. Further, the technical significance of each procedure, the processor that executes each procedure, and the process executed in each procedure is the same as that of the above-described modification (1), and the description thereof will be omitted.

In this modification, the same effect as that of the modification (3) can be obtained in the configuration in which printing is performed by the print job from the PC terminal 500 as in the modification (1).

(5) Others In the above, the case of full refund or partial refund to the user has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, instead of refunding by such a refund of money, other profits corresponding to the amount of the refund may be provided to the user. Examples of such profit provision include the issuance of discount coupons or coupons corresponding to the amount, the granting of points or miles, and the granting of some other priority.

Further, in the above, when the print job of the reprint after the suspension for the user's convenience is re-executed from the beginning, the reprint is executed only for the unprinted part of the suspended print job, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the reprint may be executed so as to partially cover the vicinity of the end of the printed portion from the vicinity portion slightly before the beginning of the unprinted portion.
Furthermore, it may be a reprint that is re-executed from the beginning of the original print job. Will be done.

Further, it may be possible to select whether to reprint only the unprinted portion or the vicinity portion thereof, or to reprint from the beginning of the print job on an appropriate screen of the display unit 240.
In this case, any one of the printing restart modes can be selected according to the user's wishes, and convenience can be improved.

Further, the above description has been described with an example in which the present invention is applied when the multifunction device 200 prints by an inkjet method, but the present invention is not limited to this. That is, the present invention can be applied even when the multifunction device 200 prints by the laser method, and the same effect as described above is obtained. Further, the present invention is not limited to the inkjet method and the laser method, and can be applied to a printing apparatus that prints by another known method such as a thermal transfer method.

Further, in the above, the sequences shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 6, 7, 9, 9, 11, 12, 12, 14, 15, 16, 16, 18, 20, and the like. The flow is not limited to the procedure shown in the flow of the present invention, and the procedure may be added / deleted or the order may be changed without departing from the spirit and technical idea of the invention.

In addition to the above, the methods according to the above-described embodiment and each modification may be appropriately combined and used.

In addition, although not illustrated one by one, the present invention is carried out with various modifications within a range not deviating from the gist thereof.

1 Printing system 100 Data processing server 210 Processor (example of control unit)
200 multifunction device (an example of printing equipment)
240 Display 241A "Pause copy" button (Example of 3rd stop input section, stop input section)
241A'"Pause printing" button (3rd stop input section, an example of stop input section)
242 Reason input operation screen (an example of the first operation input unit)
242'Reason input operation screen (an example of the first operation input unit)
242 ″ Reason-specific stop operation screen (an example of the second operation input section)
242 ″ ″ Stop operation screen for each reason (an example of the second operation input unit)
242p "Printing is dirty" button (1st stop input section, an example of stop input section)
242q "Paper jam" button (1st stop input section, an example of stop input section)
242r "Out of paper" button (example of 1st stop input section, stop input section)
242s "Out of ink" button (example of 1st stop input section, stop input section)
242t "I want to change the paper size" button (example of the second stop input section and stop input section)
242u "I want to change various settings" button (example of 2nd stop input section, stop input section)
242v "Cancel due to other reasons" button (2nd stop input section, an example of stop input section)
242w "Mistaken data" button (example of 2nd stop input section and stop input section)
244 Print reset screen (an example of the third operation input unit)
290 Printing department 300 Mobile terminal 400 Transaction server 500 PC terminal

Claims (20)

A printing department that executes printing based on a print job for which the first charge has been settled,
A plurality of stop input units into which instructions for canceling the printing whose execution has been started by the print unit are input, and
A stop control unit that stops printing started by the printing unit in response to an input to any of the plurality of stop input units.
After the printing is stopped by the stop control unit, a plurality of post-stop processing units that perform a plurality of post-stop processing corresponding to each of the inputs in the plurality of stop input units, and a plurality of post-stop processing units.
A printing system characterized by having. The plurality of stop input units
A first stop input unit into which an instruction to stop printing based on the occurrence of a problem in the printing system is input, and
A second stop input unit into which an instruction to stop printing is input for a reason other than the stop of printing due to the occurrence of a problem in the printing system.
The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the printing system comprises. The plurality of post-stop processing units
When the instruction to stop printing based on the occurrence of a problem in the printing system is input to the first stop input unit, the first post-stop processing unit that performs the corresponding first post-stop processing, and the first post-stop processing unit.
When the instruction to stop printing is input in the second stop input unit for a reason other than the stop of printing due to the occurrence of a problem in the printing system, the corresponding second post-stop process is performed. Department and
2. The printing system according to claim 2, wherein the printing system comprises. The printing system
A printing device having a transport mechanism for transporting the medium to be printed and printing on the medium to be printed transported by the transport mechanism.
Data processing server and
Have,
The printing unit, the first stop input unit, and the second stop input unit are provided in the printing device.
The printing apparatus further includes a display unit.
The first stop input unit is
An instruction to stop printing based on a defect that occurred in the printing device is input, and an instruction to stop printing is input.
The second stop input unit is
The printing system according to claim 3, wherein an instruction to stop printing is input for the convenience of a user who uses the printing device. The plurality of stop input units further
A third stop input unit provided in the printing device and for inputting an instruction to stop printing for any reason is included.
The stop control unit
In response to the input to the plurality of third stop input units, the printing by the printing unit is stopped.
The display unit
A claim characterized by displaying a first operation input unit including the first stop input unit and the second stop input unit when an instruction to stop printing is input by the third stop input unit. Item 4. The printing system according to item 4. The plurality of stop input units further
The display unit
The printing according to claim 4, wherein when the printing unit starts printing based on the print job, the second operation input unit including the first stop input unit and the second stop input unit is displayed. system. The first stop input unit is
An instruction to stop printing is input based on a malfunction of the printing device including at least one of a printing defect by the printing device and a transport abnormality in the transport mechanism, or a shortage of consumables in the printing device. The printing system according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the printing system is characterized by the above. The first post-stop processing unit
As the first post-cancellation process provided in the data processing server, the first process relating to the full refund of the first charge that has been settled or the provision of the first profit corresponding to the full amount of the first charge. 7. The printing system according to claim 7, wherein the printing system for erasing the print job is performed. The first post-stop processing unit
As the first post-discontinuation process provided in the printing apparatus,
The processing for resolving the malfunction or the processing for accepting replenishment of the consumables,
After the cancellation process or the replenishment acceptance process, the first job completion process of restarting the printing canceled by the stop control unit and completing the print job,
7. The printing system according to claim 7. The printing system
Further having a determination unit for determining whether or not the malfunction or the shortage of consumables has occurred in the printing device when the instruction to stop printing is input in the first stop input unit. The printing system according to any one of claims 7 to 9. The second stop input unit is
The printing system according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein an instruction to stop printing is input based on an erroneous setting or an erroneous input to the printing device. The display unit
The claim is characterized in that, when an instruction to stop printing is input by the second stop input unit, a third operation input unit in which an operation for correcting the erroneous setting or the erroneous input is input is displayed. 11. The printing system according to 11. The second post-stop processing unit
As the second post-cancellation process provided in the data processing server, it relates to a partial refund of the first charge that has been settled, or a second profit provision corresponding to the part of the first charge. The printing system according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the second process is performed. The second post-stop processing unit
The printing system according to claim 13, wherein the partial refund and the second profit provision are not performed on the executed portion of the print job that has been executed by the time the printing is stopped. The second post-stop processing unit
Provided in the printing apparatus, as the second post-stop processing,
Resetting acceptance processing that accepts resetting for various settings in the printing device, and
After the reset acceptance process, the second job completion process of reflecting the received settings of the printing device in the print job, restarting the printing canceled by the stop control unit, and completing the print job,
The printing system according to any one of claims 11 to 14, wherein the printing system is executed. In the second job completion process,
The feature is that printing based on the print job is restarted from the page of the print medium whose printing is stopped by the stop control unit or a page in the vicinity thereof, or printing based on the print job is newly executed. 15. The printing system according to claim 15. The printing system further
A charge determination unit that determines the first charge for executing the print job, and a charge determination unit.
Settlement that performs the first settlement-related processing that associates the job identification information corresponding to the print job with the first transaction identification information for settlement of the print job with respect to the first charge determined by the charge determination unit. Related processing department and
Have,
The printing unit
In response to the first settlement-related processing by the settlement-related processing unit, when the settlement of the print job is completed by the transaction server, printing based on the print job is started.
The second post-stop processing unit further
When the instruction to stop printing is input by the second stop input unit and the reset acceptance process is performed by the second post-stop processing unit, it is newly required to execute the second job completion process. The second charge determination process to determine the second charge and
A second settlement-related process for associating the second charge, the job identification information, and the second transaction identification information different from the first transaction identification information.
And
In the second job completion process,
15. The present invention is characterized in that, in response to the second settlement-related process, the canceled printing is restarted when the settlement of the print job is completed by the transaction server, and the print job is completed. Alternatively, the printing system according to claim 16. A printing unit that executes printing on the printed medium based on a print job for which the first charge has been settled.
A plurality of stop input units into which instructions for canceling the printing whose execution has been started by the print unit are input, and
Control unit and
Have,
The control unit
A stop control process for stopping the printing started by the printing unit in response to an input to any of the plurality of stop input units,
A plurality of post-stop processes corresponding to inputs in the plurality of stop input units, which are executed after the printing is stopped by the stop control process, and
A printing device characterized by performing. A printing method performed by a printing system that prints on a printing medium.
A print step that performs printing based on a print job for which the charges have been settled, and
A stop instruction input step in which an instruction to stop printing whose execution is started in the print step is input via any one of a plurality of stop input units, and a stop instruction input step.
In response to the input of the stop instruction in the stop instruction input step, the stop control step for stopping the printing whose execution has been started by the print step, and the stop control step.
After the printing is stopped in the stop control step, a post-stop processing step in which any one of the plurality of post-stop processes corresponding to the plurality of stop input units is performed, and a post-stop processing step.
A printing method characterized by having. A plurality of printing units that execute printing based on a print job for which the charged first charge has been settled on the printing medium, and a plurality of instructions for canceling the printing that has been started by the printing unit are input. For the processor provided in the printing apparatus having the stop input unit and the processor.
A stop control step for stopping the printing started by the printing unit in response to an input to any of the plurality of stop input units, and a stop control step.
After the printing is stopped in the stop control step, a post-stop processing step in which any one of the plurality of post-stop processes corresponding to the plurality of stop input units is performed, and a post-stop processing step.
A printing program to execute.

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