JP4131860B2 - Printing system, server, and computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing system, a server, and a program in which a terminal, a server, and a printing apparatus are connected via a communication line, and more particularly to a print result management technique.

  Conventionally, a printer is connected to a network, and data requested to be printed from a client terminal on the network is printed by the printer on the network, or a printer server is connected to the network, and the client server on the network is connected to the printer server. A so-called network printing system that collects data to be printed from the printer and prints the collected data using a printer connected to the printer server with a cable under the management of the printer server is realized.

  In this type of network printing system, the client terminal that requested printing cannot directly know that the requested printing has been completed normally. Therefore, in general, a printer or a printer server or the like monitors the printing status, The completion of printing is notified to the client terminal or the like that has requested printing.

  For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 07-261950, a server machine collects print jobs from a client machine, transfers them to a printer controller, and completes or interrupts a print job sent from the printer controller. A technique for transferring a state to a client machine is disclosed.

In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-044250, when the host terminal starts printing and transmits print data to the printer, and receives information from the printer that printing of the print data is completed, it is registered in advance. A technique for notifying the completion of printing to a portable terminal is disclosed. Note that the printer printing status monitoring and printing completion notification as described above are executed based on a dedicated application program (hereinafter referred to as an application).
JP 07-261950 A JP 2003-044250 A

  By the way, for example, assuming a business form in which electronic data of securities such as insurance policies is downloaded from a server installed at the head office to a terminal installed at a branch or sales office, and printed out by a network printer, The prior art has the following problems.

  That is, in the business form as described above, a simple terminal (Thin terminal) that does not have a large-capacity auxiliary storage device such as a hard disk in a branch or sales office for the purpose of preventing unauthorized printing of securities as much as possible. May be installed. In this simple terminal, the minimum required for browsers and electronic file browsing / printing programs (for example, light programs such as the acrobat reader from Adobe, etc.) due to restrictions on installed memory, CPU processing capacity, installed battery capacity, etc. Only a limited number of applications can be operated, and a dedicated application for printing status monitoring / printing completion notification cannot be operated.

  On the other hand, if a normal terminal (such as a notebook computer) with a large-capacity auxiliary storage device such as a hard disk is installed at a branch or sales office, a dedicated application for monitoring the print status and notifying the completion of printing is used on this terminal It can be operated. However, if the dedicated application for printing status monitoring / printing completion notification is not started, it is not possible to manage how many copies of specific securities have been printed. There is a possibility that illegal printing is performed so that printing is not counted as the number of copies. In addition, ordinary terminals with large-capacity auxiliary storage devices are more expensive than simple terminals, and installing these expensive terminals at each branch / office increases the equipment costs for the entire company. There was also a problem of becoming.

  In addition, for example, travel brochures and catalog information are printed on the agency side and distributed to customers, and the printing result information (number of copies, travel brochure ID, printer, etc.) is paid to the travel product or catalog issuer. Assuming a business mode in which information such as ID is transmitted to a predetermined server as billing information, there are the following problems.

  That is, when an MFP (multi-function printer) is used as a printer, it is necessary to install a dedicated application for collecting and transmitting accounting print information. When a normal printer is used, the dedicated application is installed. There was a problem that the installed computer was necessary and the cost was high.

  SUMMARY An advantage of some aspects of the invention is that it provides a printing system, a server, and a program that can manage the printing status of a network printer without using a dedicated application.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a printing system in which a terminal, a server, and a printing apparatus are connected via a communication line, and the server designates printing that specifies data to be printed received from the terminal. According to the conditions, it is executed in the terminal to read out data to be printed and generate document data, and to notify the server whether or not the printing of the document data in the printing apparatus has been normally completed. An adding means for adding an instruction code to the document data, a sending means for sending the document data to which the instruction code is added by the adding means to the terminal, and print history information notified from the terminal and a management means for managing the print status of the document data, the terminal may specify the data to be printed A requesting means for making a request for printing by transmitting the printing condition to the server, a transfer means for transferring the document data received from the server to the printing device, printing the document data transferred to the printing device the printing device Receiving the printing result information including whether or not the printing has been normally completed from the printing apparatus, and the printing according to an instruction code held after the document data is transferred to the printing apparatus by the transfer means Notification means for determining the contents of the result information and notifying the server of the print history information including a print result according to the determination .

The present invention is also a server of a printing system in which a terminal, a server, and a printing apparatus are connected via a communication line, and data to be printed according to a printing condition that specifies data to be printed received from the terminal. reads the document data generating means for generating a, an instruction code to be executed by the terminal to print the document data in the printing apparatus notifies the server whether or not it is completed successfully, the document data An adding unit for adding to the terminal, a transmitting unit for transmitting the document data to which the instruction code is added by the adding unit to the terminal, and the terminal holding the document data after the document data is transferred to the printing apparatus. and have use of the printing history information has been sent to have use the instruction code to manage the print status of the document data And a physical means.

The present invention is also a computer program executed by a server of a printing system in which a terminal, a server, and a printing apparatus are connected via a communication line, the computer program receiving data to be printed received from the terminal In accordance with the printing condition designating, the generation means for reading out the data to be printed and generating the document data, and the terminal to notify the server whether or not the printing of the document data in the printing apparatus has been normally completed Adding means for adding an instruction code to be executed to the document data, transmitting means for sending the document data to which the instruction code is added by the adding means to the terminal, and the terminal sending the document data to the terminal transmitted using an instruction code held even after transfer to the printing device As a management means for managing the print status of the document data using the print history information, and to function the server.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it becomes possible to provide the printing system, server, and program which can manage the printing condition by a network printer, without using a dedicated application.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a printing system to which the present invention is applied. A printing management server 100, a printing management PC (personal computer) 110, a printing apparatus 120, a business PC 130, and a simplified terminal 140 can communicate with each other. The communication line 150 is connected. In FIG. 1, the print management server 100, the print management PC (personal computer) 110, the printing apparatus 120, the business PC 130, and the simple terminal 140 are shown one by one. However, in this embodiment, at least the printing apparatus is shown. 120 and a plurality of simple terminals 140 are provided. However, one printing device 120 and one simple terminal 140 may be provided.

  The print management server 100 stores print history data 101, securities data 102, and form data 103 in a database (DB) and stored in a hard disk 28 (see FIG. 2) described later.

  The print history data 101 is data including each item shown in FIG. 6, and details thereof will be described later. The securities data 102 is unique character data related to insurance policies, securities, etc., and is, for example, character data printed on insurance policies, securities, etc., such as customer names, contract numbers, insurance contract details, amounts, etc. The form data 103 includes definition information of standard parts (frames, background patterns, company seal image data, etc.) such as securities, catalogs, and pamphlets. For convenience of explanation, in the following description, the print history data 101, the securities data 102, and the form data 103 are referred to as a print history DB 101, a securities DB 102, and a form DB 103, respectively.

  The print management PC 110 is a print management PC for referring to the print history DB 101 of the print management server 100 and confirming that there is no error or fraud in printing with the printing apparatus 120. The printing apparatus 120 functions as a network printer and can print data received from the print management server 100, the simplified terminal 140, and the like. The printing apparatus 120 is configured by a printing apparatus or an MFP (multifunction printer).

  The business PC 130 is a PC for performing various business operations, and is a rich (high function) PC having an auxiliary storage device such as a hard disk. The simple terminal 140 is a Thin terminal that does not have an auxiliary storage device such as a hard disk, functions as a client terminal that requests print data from the print management server 100 or requests printing from the printing device 120, and stores Web content. Has a browser for browsing. The communication line 150 is configured by a LAN and the Internet.

  Here, each data item of the print history DB 101 shown in FIG. 6 will be described. The management No. shown in FIG. Is a unique number newly assigned when the print management server 100 receives a print request from the simplified terminal 140 or the like. The IP address is an IP address of the simple terminal 140 or the like that has requested printing. Form No. Is an identification number of the form data 103. The printer ID is identification data of a printer that has executed printing. The page indicates the number of pages of printed securities or the like. The printing date and time indicates the date and time when printing is performed, and the user ID indicates identification data of the user who requested printing or the simple terminal 140 or the like. “Result” is an item indicating a printing result or a printing status, “OK” indicates that printing has been normally completed, and “NG” indicates that an error has occurred during printing or printing has not yet been executed. This indicates that printing has not been completed normally.

  In the present embodiment, the print history DB 101 does not manage the securities data related to the print request / execution, and the securities data related to the print request / execution includes the ID data and the above management No. Are managed in another database (not shown). However, it is also possible to manage the securities data relating to the print request / execution with the print history DB 101.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the hardware configuration of the print management server 100 and the business PC 130.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the print management server 100 and the business PC 130 have a CPU 21, RAM 22, ROM 23, LAN adapter 24, video adapter 25, keyboard 26, mouse 27, hard disk 28, and CD-ROM drive 29. These devices are connected to each other via a system bus 20.

  Based on the boot program stored in the ROM 22, the CPU 21 reads a system program from the hard disk 28, expands it in the RAM 22, executes the application in cooperation with the expanded system program, and operates the keyboard 26 and mouse 27. Various processes are performed in response. For example, when an operation for starting a certain application is performed, the CPU 21 reads the specified application from the hard disk 28, the CD-ROM mounted on the CD-ROM drive 29, etc., and expands it in the RAM 22, and thereafter In response to the operation of the keyboard 26 and mouse 27, the application on the RAM 22 is executed in cooperation with the system program, thereby executing the processing related to the application.

  Note that steps S421 to S427 in the flowchart of FIG. 4, steps S521 to S527 in the flowchart of FIG. 5, and steps S521 to S527 in the flowchart of FIG. 5 are included in the hard disk 28 of the print management server 100 and the CD-ROM loaded in the CD-ROM drive 29. Applications corresponding to steps S821 to S828 in the flowchart are also stored. In addition, the print history DB 101, the securities DB 102, and the form DB 103 are also constructed on the hard disk 28 of the print management server 100 as described above.

  In addition to the boot program, the ROM 22 stores a BIOS that performs input / output control. The RAM 22 is also used as a work area when the CPU 21 executes various programs. The LAN adapter 24 serves as an interface with a LAN (not shown) that forms part of the communication line 150. The video adapter 25 generates an image signal to be output to a display device (not shown) and transfers an operation signal for the UI screen displayed on the display device to the CPU 21. The CD-ROM drive 29 is used for installing a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-R / W, etc. and installing an application stored in the storage medium on the hard disk 28.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the simple terminal 140. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the simple terminal 140 includes a CPU 31, a RAM 32, a ROM 33, a LAN adapter 34, a keyboard 36, and a mouse 37 as devices similar to the print management server 100 and the business PC 130. However, the print management server 100, the business adapter 130, the video adapter 25, the hard disk 28, and the device corresponding to the CD-ROM drive 29 are not included, and the liquid crystal display unit 35 is used instead of the video adapter 25. have.

  Thus, since the simple terminal 140 does not have a hard disk and a CD-ROM drive, the ROM 33 stores system programs and applications in addition to the boot program and BIOS.

  This application includes applications corresponding to steps S401 to S409 in the flowchart of FIG. 4, steps S501 to S511 in the flowchart of FIG. 5, and steps S801 to S810 in the flowchart of FIG.

[First Embodiment]
Next, a printing process according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this flowchart, steps S401 to S409 are executed under the control of the CPU 31 of the simple terminal 140. Steps S421 to S427 are executed under the control of the CPU 21 of the print management server 100. Steps S441 to S442 are executed under the control of a CPU (not shown) of the printing apparatus 120.

The user accesses the print management server 100 via the simple terminal 140 and the liquid crystal display unit 3.
5 displays an input screen for designating printing conditions (step S401). The simple terminal 140 transmits the printing conditions input from this input screen to the print management server 100 (step S402). For example, in the insurance policy business, the printing conditions include contract information such as insurance type, insurance contract content, contract number, and contractor.

  Upon receiving the print condition, the print management server 100 stores the print condition in the hard disk 28 (step S421), generates print information based on the print condition, and generates a record (print history data) related to the print information. The information is added to the print history DB 101 (steps S422 and S423), and the generated print information and the added print history data are transmitted to the simple terminal 140 (step S424).

  At this time, the print management server 100 reads the securities data and the form data corresponding to the received printing conditions from the securities DB 102 and the form DB 103, respectively, and prints the print status to the print management server 100 for the securities data and the form data. Print information (document data) in which an instruction code for reporting (for example, Java (registered trademark) Script) is inserted is generated. The print information is filed in a format specification such as PDF (Portable Document Format File).

  The instruction code for reporting printing includes a function for detecting that printing of data relating to a specific file (for example, a specific PDF file) has started, and a function for detecting the file name relating to the start of printing, and this detection. It includes at least an instruction code corresponding to a function of transmitting the file name, the ID of the printer that executed printing, the ID of the user who requested printing, and the like to a predetermined URL (in this example, the URL of the print management server 100). . The generated print information is stored in the hard disk 28. In addition, in place of the function of detecting the start of printing and the function of detecting the file name related to the start of printing, the configuration includes the function of detecting the end of printing and the function of detecting the file name related to the end of printing. Also good.

  In the record of the print history data added in step S423, the printer ID, print date, and result columns are blank. In step S424, the print history data includes a management No. , IP address, Form No. Only the page and user ID are transmitted.

The same security data as the security data that has been printed on the print history DB 101 (the result column is “OK”), for example, insurance type, insurance contract content, contract number,
When the securities data having exactly the same contract information of the contractor or the like is received from the simple terminal 140, the print management server 100 processes the error without performing the print information generation process, and notifies the simple terminal 140 to that effect. By doing so, multiple printing of securities may be prevented in advance (the same applies to the second embodiment described later).

  When the simplified terminal 140 receives print information or the like from the print management server 100 (step S403), the simplified terminal 140 displays a preview screen indicating the printed state of the print information on the liquid crystal display unit 35 (step S404). When the user issues a print instruction in this display state (step S405), the simple terminal 140 transmits print information (including an instruction code related to insertion) related to the preview screen to the printing apparatus 120 (step S406). On the printing apparatus 120 side, the received print information is printed (steps S441 and S442).

  Note that the destination printing apparatus 120 may be designated by the user each time in step S405, or may be automatically transmitted to the printing apparatus 120 registered in advance in the simplified terminal 140. In this embodiment, in order to reduce the memory capacity of the simple terminal 140 as much as possible, the simple terminal 140 stores the IP address of the printer (printing apparatus 120) but does not store the printer ID. 4, the simple terminal 140 acquires the printer ID from the transmission destination printer 120.

  Next, the simplified terminal 140 determines whether or not the printing information transmission processing to the printing apparatus 120 is completed based on the above-described instruction code (for example, Java (registered trademark) Script) incorporated in the printing information. A determination is made (step S407). As a result, when the transmission process to the printing apparatus 120 is completed, the terminal apparatus 140 proceeds to step S408, and when the transmission process is not completed, the process returns to step S406 to retry the transmission process.

  If the process returns to step S406 without being transmitted normally, retry transmission is performed a predetermined number of times. If the transmission is not successful even if the predetermined number of retry transmissions are performed, an error message is displayed and the transmission process is terminated. It may be. Further, if the transmission process is not completed even after a predetermined period (for example, one day after the first transmission process), the document data is deleted or the document is printed so that it cannot be printed or viewed. You may comprise so that the attribute of may be changed.

  In step S407, as a matter of course, the identification information of the print information that has been transmitted (the aforementioned file name: here, the management number shown in FIG. 6) is recognized. This is performed based on the instruction code inserted into the print information.

  In step S <b> 408, the simple terminal 140 transmits print history data to the print management server 100 based on the above-described instruction code, thereby reporting to the print management server 100 that printing has been completed. In this case, the simple terminal 140 writes the printer ID, the printing date and time, and the result in the printing history data received in step S403, and transmits the printing history data after the writing.

  The print management server 100 stores the received print history data in the RAM 22 (step S425), updates the print history DB 101 based on the received print history data (step S426), and has successfully registered the received print history data. A message to that effect is transmitted to the simple terminal 140 (step S427). The simplified terminal 140 receives this message and displays it on the liquid crystal display unit 35 (step S409).

  According to the above processing, the print completion (more precisely, the completion of transmission of print data to the printing apparatus) is reported to the print management server 100 that issued the print data without using a dedicated application. The present invention can also be used in a printing system having a simple terminal 140 that does not have a large-capacity auxiliary storage device. In addition, a series of processing for reporting the completion of printing is performed based on the instruction code inserted into the print information without using a dedicated application. It is possible to strictly and easily manage the number of print copies, and to prevent unauthorized printing.

  In order to more strictly manage the number of copies to be printed and prevent unauthorized printing, the print management server 100 prints with an embedded instruction code for printing start (print execution) report or print completion (print result) report. Information may not be processed at all, or it may be set so that only authorized persons are allowed to process information.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a printing process according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the description of this flowchart, parts different from the flowchart of FIG. 4 will be described, and description of common parts will be omitted. Further, in this flowchart, steps S501 to S511 are executed under the control of the CPU 31 of the simple terminal 140. Steps S521 to S527 are executed under the control of the CPU 21 of the print management server 100. Steps S541 to S543 are executed under the control of a CPU (not shown) of the printing apparatus 120. Steps S501 to S502 and S521 are the same as steps S401 to S402 and S421 in FIG.

  In step S522, an instruction code for reporting printing (for example, Java (registered trademark) Script) is inserted. The function of this instruction code is different from that in FIG. 4 according to the first embodiment. That is, in step S422 in FIG. 4, an instruction code for detecting that transmission of print information from the simple terminal 140 to the printing apparatus 120 has been inserted, but in step S522 in FIG. An instruction code for determining the contents of the print completion information (print result information) returned to the terminal 140 is inserted.

  In the first embodiment, the print management server 100 updates the print history DB 101 at the time when the print information is transmitted to the simple terminal 140 (step S423 in FIG. 4). In the second embodiment, Considering that printing completion is returned from the printing apparatus 120 to the simple terminal 140 as described above, the print management server 100 does not update the print history DB 101 when transmitting print information, and performs processing. The burden is reduced. However, the print history DB 101 may be updated when the print information is transmitted.

  Steps S523, S503 to 506, and S541 to S542 are the same as steps S424, S403 to S406, and S441 to S442 in FIG.

  In step S543, the printing apparatus 120 transmits a message indicating that printing is complete (including the printer ID) to the simple terminal 140. In step S507, the simple terminal 140 receives a message indicating that printing is complete. Then, the simple terminal 140 determines whether the printing has been normally completed based on the instruction code inserted in the print data (step S508). Based on this, the print history data is transmitted to the print management server 100, thereby reporting to the print management server 100 that printing has been completed (step S509). In this case, the simple terminal 140 writes “OK” as the printer ID, the printing date and the result, and transmits the printing history data after the writing to the printing history data received in step S403.

  On the other hand, if the printing has not ended normally, the simple terminal 140 transmits print history data including error information to the print management server 100 based on the command code (step S510). That is, the simple terminal 140 writes “NG” as the printer ID, the printing date and time, and the result in the printing history data received in step S503, and transmits the printing history data after the writing.

  The print management server 100 stores the received print history data in the RAM 22 (step S524 or S525), and updates the print history DB 101 based on the received print history data (step S526). . The subsequent processing (steps S527 and S511) is the same as steps S427 and S409 in FIG.

  Thus, in the second embodiment, since the actual print execution status obtained from the printing apparatus 120 is reported to the print management server 100, the number of copies to be printed can be managed more strictly.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and for example, an instruction code related to VBscript (Visual Basic scripting edition) can be used as an instruction code for reporting a print result. In the third embodiment, it is possible to omit the print history DB and use only the accounting information DB. In this case, printing is executed from VBscript, and the printing result is transmitted to the print management server 100.

  Further, for example, in the business form as in the third embodiment, the instruction code for reporting the printing result is not embedded in the document data at the stage of transmitting the document data to be printed to the simple terminal. It is also possible to embed a printing result report instruction code (for example, Microsoft's ActiveX) in the Web content. In this case, it is desirable that the instruction code for printing result report is executed on condition that the document data is actually printed.

  Another object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium (or recording medium) on which a program code of software that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is recorded to a system or apparatus, and to perform computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus. Needless to say, this is also achieved by reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium.

  In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention. Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an operating system (OS) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the actual processing and the processing is included.

  Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion card inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion is performed based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that the CPU or the like provided in the card or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing. When the present invention is applied to the above storage medium, the storage medium (the print management server, the storage medium related to the simple terminal) includes the program code corresponding to the flowchart described above (shown in FIGS. 4, 5, and 8). Of these, the corresponding part is stored.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a printing system to which the present invention is applied (first and second embodiments). FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a printing management server and business PC (1st , 2nd embodiment). It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a simple terminal. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a printing process (first embodiment). 10 is a flowchart illustrating a printing process (second embodiment). It is a figure which shows the data item of printing history data.

Explanation of symbols

21, 31 ... CPU
22, 32 ... RAM
23, 33 ... ROM
24, 34, ... LAN adapter 25 ... Video adapter 28 ... Hard disk 29 ... CD-ROM drive 35 ... Liquid crystal display unit 100, 700 ... Print management server 101, 701 ... Print history DB
102 ... Securities DB
103 ... Form DB
140 ... Simple terminal

Claims (6)

A printing system in which a terminal, a server, and a printing device are connected via a communication line,
The server
Generating means for reading out data to be printed and generating document data in accordance with printing conditions specifying data to be printed received from the terminal ;
Adding means for adding, to the document data, an instruction code executed by the terminal to notify the server whether or not the printing of the document data in the printing apparatus has been normally completed ;
Transmitting means for transmitting document data to which the instruction code is added by the adding means to the terminal;
Management means for managing the print status of the document data using the print history information notified from the terminal;
The terminal
Requesting means for sending a print condition specifying data to be printed to the server and requesting printing;
Transfer means for transferring document data received from the server to the printing device;
Receiving means for receiving, from the printing apparatus, print result information including whether the printing of the document data transferred to the printing apparatus has been normally completed in the printing apparatus;
The content of the print result information is determined according to an instruction code retained after the document data is transferred to the printing apparatus by the transfer means, and the print history information including the print result according to the determination is stored in the server. And a notifying means for notifying the printing system.   The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the instruction code is an instruction code related to a script language.   3. The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the document data is filed in a format specification according to a PDF (Portable Document Format File). Notifying means system according to any of claims 1-3, characterized by notifying a print result in which the transfer means includes the identification data of the printing apparatus transfers the document data. A server of a printing system in which a terminal, a server, and a printing device are connected via a communication line,
Generating means for reading out data to be printed and generating document data in accordance with printing conditions specifying data to be printed received from the terminal;
Adding means for adding, to the document data, an instruction code executed by the terminal to notify the server whether or not the printing of the document data in the printing apparatus has been normally completed ;
Transmitting means for transmitting document data to which the instruction code is added by the adding means to the terminal;
Managing means for managing print status of the document data have use the print history information in which the terminal has transmitted to have use an instruction code held even after transferring the document data to the printing apparatus,
The server characterized by having. A computer program executed by a server of a printing system in which a terminal, a server, and a printing apparatus are connected via a communication line, the computer program comprising:
Generating means for reading out data to be printed and generating document data in accordance with printing conditions specifying data to be printed received from the terminal;
Adding means for adding, to the document data, an instruction code executed by the terminal to notify the server whether or not the printing of the document data in the printing apparatus has been normally completed ;
Transmitting means for transmitting document data to which the instruction code is added by the adding means to the terminal ;
As a management means for managing the print status of the document data using the print history information terminal has transmitted using the instruction code held even after transferring the document data to the printing apparatus, it functions the server computer reading executable computer program characterized by causing.

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