JP6237340B2 - Printing system, printing method, portable terminal device, and print job creation program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing system including a portable terminal device, a server, and a printing device, a printing method executed by the printing system, a portable terminal device, and a print job creation program.

  A print job is transmitted from a mobile terminal device such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal to the print server, and the transmitted print job is stored in the print server, and the user accesses the print server from the print device to execute a desired print job. 2. Description of the Related Art A pull printing system that acquires and performs printing with a printing apparatus is conventionally known.

  In this system, a list of print job identification information for identifying a print job is transmitted from the server to the printing device and displayed on the display unit. When a job is selected from the list, the selected print job is transferred from the server to the printing device. To be sent to.

  By the way, it is known that the name of a file to be printed (file name) and the name of the application that created the file (application name) are displayed on the display unit as print job identification information. For example, as shown in printing using a printer driver from a Word application manufactured by Microsoft Corporation, the format is “(application name) − (file name)”, such as “Word-document”.

  In Patent Document 1, even if a name including a multi-byte character is given, a part of the code of the multi-byte character is converted so as not to be mistakenly recognized as a code representing a directory boundary. A technique for generating a file specific name in the short file name format is disclosed.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, when the file access command is a file write command, it is determined whether or not a predetermined symbol is included in the file name included in the parameter. A technique is disclosed in which the contents of a file having a file name supplied from the communication unit are interpreted as an internal command by the instruction interpretation execution unit, and when a negative determination is made, the file system executes a file access command. .

JP 2012-194875 A JP 2010-117914 A

  However, in the above-described pull print system that transmits a print job from the mobile terminal device to the print server, the print job identification information acquired from the server is displayed in a list on the print device, and the user can select a print job from the displayed list. There were the following problems when selecting.

  That is, when only the file name and application name are displayed as the print job identification information, information regarding the function used to create the file is not displayed. Therefore, the user desires from among a large number of print job identification information displayed in the list. It was not easy to select a job. In addition, job display specifications vary for each application.

  Specifically, even for print jobs created using the same application, similar frequently used file names (for example, “Meeting Notice”) are attached to files created using different functions. Identification was difficult.

  In general, when generating a document (file) to be printed, a user selects an application in which the document is stored and generated, selects a desired function from a plurality of document generation functions in the application, and uses that function as a file. However, the conventional generation of print job identification information has been generated by a unique algorithm for each function regardless of such user operations, so the difficulty in selecting a print job as described above Was forced to.

  In addition, even if it referred to the technique of patent document 1 and 2 mentioned above, the above problems were not able to be solved.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a technical background, and when a print job transmitted from a mobile terminal device to a server is acquired from the printing device and printed, the list is displayed on the printing device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing system and a printing method capable of easily selecting a desired print job from the printed print job identification information, and to provide a portable terminal device and a print job creation program.

The above problem is solved by the following means.
(1) In a printing system including a portable terminal device, a server, and a printing device, the portable terminal device creates a file to be printed and a file name using the function of an application having a predetermined function. Means, a file created by the file creation means, and job identification information in which information indicating the application and information indicating the function used for file creation are added to the created file name A print job creating means for creating a print job; and a sending means for sending the print job created by the print job creating means to the server, wherein the server receives the print job; and A storage unit that stores a print job received by the reception unit, and a print transmitted from the printing apparatus Based on the job list acquisition request, the job identification information included in each of the one or a plurality of print jobs stored in the storage unit is transmitted to the printing apparatus, and the user of the printing apparatus selects the job identification information from the job identification information. Transmitting means for transmitting a print job corresponding to the selected job identification information to a printing apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus requests the server to acquire the print job list, and obtains the list. Display means for displaying the job identification information transmitted from the server in response to an acquisition request by the request means, and any job identification selected by the user from the job identification information displayed on the display means Print job acquisition means for acquiring a print job corresponding to the information from the server, and the print job Printing system comprising: the printing means for executing a print job acquired by the obtained unit.
(2) In the portable terminal device, when the application having the predetermined function is a first application and the print job creation unit creates the print job based on a second application, the print job creation unit Receives the file and the file name from the file creation means, and adds the information indicating the first application and the information indicating the function to the received file name to create the job identification information as described in item 1 above. The printing system described.
(3) In the portable terminal device, when the application having the predetermined function is a first application and the print job creation unit creates the print job based on a second application, the file creation unit Adding the information indicating the first application and the information indicating the function to create a file name, and the print job creating unit receives the file and the file name from the file creating unit and receives the received file name The printing system according to item 1, wherein the job identification information is incorporated into a print job in a format that can be extracted when the server transmits the information to the printing apparatus.
(4) In the portable terminal device, the application having the predetermined function is a first application, the print job creation unit creates the print job based on a second application, and the file creation unit When creating a file name by adding information indicating the first application and information indicating the function, when the print job creation unit creates a print job, the file creation unit adds the file name to the file name. 2. The printing system according to item 1, further comprising designation means for a user to designate whether or not to replace the added information indicating the first application with information indicating the second application.
(5) The server includes a prohibiting unit that prohibits execution of a print job by a specific application, and determines whether the print job is by the specific application based on information indicating the application included in the job identification information. 5. The printing system according to any one of items 1 to 4 described above.
(6) The server includes a prohibiting unit that prohibits execution of a print job including a file created using a specific function, and determines whether the print job includes a file created using the specific function. The printing system according to any one of the preceding items 1 to 4, wherein the determination is made based on information indicating the function included in the job identification information.
(7) When the predetermined function of the application is an e-mail function, the file name is an e-mail subject, and the information indicating the application and the e-mail function are preceded by the e-mail subject. 7. The printing system according to any one of the preceding items 1 to 6, which is added.
(8) When the predetermined function of the application is a web browsing function, the file name is the title of the web page, and the information indicating the application and the information indicating the web browsing function are the title of the web page. 7. The printing system according to any one of items 1 to 6, which is added before.
(9) When the predetermined function of the application is a shooting function, the file name is date / time information at the time of shooting, and the information indicating the application and the information indicating the shooting function are added before the date / time information. 7. The printing system according to any one of items 1 to 6 above.
(10) The printing system according to any one of Items 1 to 9, wherein the portable terminal device deletes a corresponding character when a character that is not permitted as job identification information is included.
(11) The portable terminal device according to any one of the preceding items 1 to 10, wherein when the number of characters of the job identification information exceeds an allowable number of characters, the portion exceeding the number of characters is deleted so that at least information indicating the application remains. The printing system described in.
(12) When the print job is directly transmitted from the portable terminal device to the printing device, the information indicating the application and the information indicating the function are added after the file name according to any one of the preceding items 1 to 11. system.
(13) A printing method executed in a printing system including a mobile terminal device, a server, and a printing device, wherein the mobile terminal device uses a function of an application having a predetermined function to print a file to be printed A file creation step for creating a file name, a file created by the file creation step, information indicating the application and information indicating the function used for file creation are added to the created file name A print job creation step for creating a print job including the job identification information, and a transmission step for sending the print job created in the print job creation step to the server. A receiving step for receiving a job, and a print received by the receiving step; Storing the job in the storage unit, and the job included in each of the one or a plurality of print jobs stored in the storage unit based on the user's print job list acquisition request transmitted from the printing apparatus Transmitting the identification information to the printing apparatus, and transmitting to the printing apparatus a print job corresponding to the job identification information selected by the user of the printing apparatus from the job identification information, and executing the printing apparatus A list acquisition request step for making an acquisition request for the print job list to the server, and a step for displaying on the display means the job identification information transmitted from the server in response to the acquisition request by the list acquisition request step; , Any one selected by the user from the job identification information displayed on the display means A print job acquisition step of acquiring a print job corresponding to the job identification information from the server, and a print step of executing the print job acquired by the print job acquisition step. .
(14) A file creation unit that creates a file to be printed with a file name using the function of an application having a predetermined function, a file created by the file creation unit, and the created file name Print job creation means for creating a print job including information indicating an application and job identification information to which information indicating the function used for file creation is added, and a print job created by the print job creation means And a transmitting means for transmitting the message to a server.
(15) When the application having the predetermined function is a first application and the print job creation unit creates the print job based on a second application, the print job creation unit includes the file creation unit. 15. The portable terminal device according to item 14, wherein the job identification information is generated by receiving the file and the file name from the file and adding the information indicating the first application and the information indicating the function to the received file name.
(16) When the application having the predetermined function is a first application and the print job creation unit creates the print job based on a second application, the file creation unit includes the first application. The print job creation unit receives the file and the file name from the file creation unit and uses the received file name as job identification information. 15. The portable terminal device according to item 14, wherein the job identification information is incorporated into a print job in a format that can be extracted when the server transmits the print device to the printing device.
(17) The application having the predetermined function is a first application, the print job creation unit creates the print job based on a second application, and the file creation unit indicates the first application. When a file name is created by adding information and information indicating the function, when the print job is created by the print job creation unit, the file name is added to the file name by the file creation unit. 15. The portable terminal device according to item 14, further comprising designation means for the user to designate whether or not to replace the information indicating the second application with information indicating the second application.
(18) When the predetermined function of the application is an e-mail function, the file name is an e-mail subject, and the information indicating the application and the e-mail function are preceded by the e-mail subject. 18. The mobile terminal device according to any one of items 14 to 17, which is added.
(19) When the predetermined function of the application is a web browsing function, the file name is the title of the web page, and the information indicating the application and the information indicating the web browsing function are the title of the web page. 18. The mobile terminal device according to any one of items 14 to 17, which is added before.
(20) When the predetermined function of the application is a shooting function, the file name is date / time information at the time of shooting, and the information indicating the application and the information indicating the shooting function are added before the date / time information. 18. The mobile terminal device according to any one of items 14 to 17 above.
(21) The portable terminal device according to any one of the above items 14 to 20, wherein when a character that is not permitted as the job identification information is included, the character is deleted.
(22) The portable terminal according to any one of Items 14 to 20, wherein when the number of characters of the job identification information exceeds an allowable number of characters, a portion exceeding the number of characters is deleted so that at least information indicating the application remains. apparatus.
(23) A file creation step of creating a file to be printed and a file name using the function of an application having a predetermined function, the file created by the file creation step, and the created file name A print job creation step for creating a print job including information indicating an application and job identification information to which information indicating the function used for file creation is added; and the print job created by the print job creation step A print job creation program for causing a computer of a mobile terminal device to execute a transmission step of transmitting a message to a server.

  According to the invention described in (1) above, the mobile terminal device creates a file to be printed and a file name using the function of the application having a predetermined function, and creates the file and the file A print job is created that includes job identification information with information indicating the application and information indicating the function added to the name. Then, the created print job is transmitted to the server. On the other hand, when the server receives the print job, the server stores the received print job. When there is a print job list acquisition request from the printing apparatus, job identification information included in each of the stored print job or a plurality of print jobs is transmitted to the printing apparatus.

  The printing apparatus displays the job identification information transmitted from the server. When the user selects desired print job identification information, the server transmits a print job corresponding to the selected print job identification information to the printing apparatus, and the printing apparatus executes the print job.

  As described above, the display unit of the printing apparatus displays a list of one or more print job identification information transmitted from the server. The job identification information includes not only information indicating the file name and application, Since information indicating the function used to create the file is added, even if the print job has the same or similar file name in the same application, each print job is identified by the information indicating the function. can do. Therefore, the user can easily select a desired print job.

  In addition, since the specifications of the job identification information are unified, secondary use of the job identification information is possible, for example, prohibiting the execution of a print job created using a predetermined function of a predetermined application.

  According to the invention described in (2) above, when the application having a predetermined function is the first application and the print job creation means creates a print job based on the second application, the first application is The process of adding the information indicating the function and the information indicating the function to the file name is performed by the print job creating unit based on the second application. Therefore, the conventional application can be used as it is without changing the first application.

  According to the invention described in (3) above, the file creation unit adds the information indicating the first application and the information indicating the function to create a file name, and the print job creation unit creates the file name using the file creation unit. The file identification information is used as job identification information, and this job identification information is incorporated into the print job in a format that can be extracted when the server transmits it to the printing apparatus.

  In other words, depending on the server format, there are servers that can extract job identification information when receiving job identification information as a file name and servers that can extract job identification information when received as a job name. Convert the format for embedding job identification information into the print job, and send the print job to the server.

  According to the invention described in (4) above, when the file creation unit creates a file name by adding information indicating the first application and information indicating the function, the print job creation unit creates the print job. In this case, the user can specify whether or not to replace the information indicating the first application added to the file name by the file creation means with the information indicating the second application. Can be respected.

  According to the invention described in (5) above, whether or not the print job is a specific application is determined based on information indicating the application included in the job identification information, and printing is prohibited in the case of a print job by the specific application. be able to.

  According to the invention described in item (6) above, whether a print job includes a file created using a specific function is determined based on information indicating the function included in the job identification information, and the specific function is determined. Printing can be prohibited in the case of a print job including a file created by using the file.

  According to the invention described in (7), when the predetermined function of the application is an e-mail function, the file name is a subject of the e-mail, and the information indicating the application and the information indicating the e-mail function are Since it is added in front of the subject of the e-mail, the specifications of the job identification information when the predetermined function is the e-mail function can be unified. In addition, the information indicating the application and the information indicating the e-mail function are added in front of the subject of the e-mail. Therefore, even when the e-mail subject becomes long and the display on the rear side is restricted by the printing device, the application is not displayed. The information indicating the information and the information indicating the electronic mail function can be reliably displayed.

  According to the invention described in (8) above, when the predetermined function of the application is a web browsing function, the file name is the title of the web page, and the information indicating the application and the information indicating the web browsing function are: Since it is added before the title of the web page, it is possible to unify the specifications of the job identification information when the predetermined function is the web browsing function. In addition, since the information indicating the application and the information indicating the web browsing function are added in front of the title of the web page, even if the title of the web page becomes long and the display on the rear side is restricted by the printing apparatus, The information to show and the information which shows a web browsing function can be displayed reliably.

  According to the invention described in (9) above, when the predetermined function of the application is a shooting function, the file name is date / time information at the time of shooting, and the information indicating the application and the information indicating the shooting function are Since it is added before the date and time information, the specification of the job identification information when the predetermined function is the photographing function can be unified. In addition, since the information indicating the application and the information indicating the shooting function are added before the date and time information at the time of shooting, the date and time information at the time of shooting is lengthened and the display of the rear part is restricted by the printing apparatus. And information indicating the photographing function can be reliably displayed.

  According to the invention described in item (10) above, when a character that is not permitted as job identification information is included, the mobile terminal device deletes the character.

According to the invention described in item (11) above, when the number of characters in the job identification information exceeds the allowable number of characters, the mobile terminal device deletes the portion exceeding the number of characters so that at least information indicating the application remains. According to the invention described in the preceding item (12), when a print job is directly transmitted from the portable terminal device to the printing device, the information indicating the application and the information indicating the function used for creating the file are added after the file name. The

  According to the invention described in item (13), one or a plurality of print job identification information transmitted from the server is displayed in a list on the display means of the printing apparatus. Since not only information indicating the application but also information indicating the function used to create the file is added, even if the print job has the same or similar file name in the same application, the function is Each print job can be identified by the indicated information. Therefore, the user can easily select a desired print job. In addition, since the specifications of the job identification information are unified, secondary use of the job identification information is possible, for example, prohibiting the execution of a print job created using a predetermined function of a predetermined application.

  According to the invention described in item (14), when the print job identification information transmitted from the server is displayed in a list on the display unit of the printing apparatus, the same or similar file name is assigned to the same application. Even a print job can be a portable terminal device that can identify each print job by information indicating a function.

  According to the invention described in the above item (15), it is sufficient that a file and a file name can be created as a first application in the same manner as in the prior art. Therefore, the conventional application can be used as it is without changing the first application.

  According to the invention described in item (16) above, the file creation means creates a file name by adding information indicating the first application and information indicating the function, and the print job creation means is created by the file creation means. The file identification information is used as job identification information, and this job identification information is incorporated into the print job in a format that can be extracted when the server transmits it to the printing apparatus.

  According to the invention described in item (17), when the file creation unit creates a file name by adding information indicating the first application and information indicating the function, the print job creation unit creates the print job. In this case, the user can specify whether or not to replace the information indicating the first application added to the file name by the file creation means with the information indicating the second application. Can be respected.

  According to the invention described in the preceding item (18), the specification of the job identification information when the predetermined function is the e-mail function can be unified, and the subject of the e-mail becomes long, and the display on the rear part is restricted by the printing apparatus. In this case, the information indicating the application and the information indicating the electronic mail function can be reliably displayed.

  According to the invention described in the preceding item (19), the specification of the job identification information when the predetermined function is the web browsing function can be unified, and the title of the web page becomes long, and the display of the rear part is restricted by the printing apparatus. In this case, the information indicating the application and the information indicating the web browsing function can be reliably displayed.

  According to the invention described in the preceding item (20), the specification of job identification information when the predetermined function is a photographing function can be unified, and the date and time information at the time of photographing becomes long, and the display on the rear part is restricted by the printing apparatus. In this case, the information indicating the application and the information indicating the photographing function can be reliably displayed.

  According to the invention described in item (21) above, when a character that is not permitted as job identification information is included, the character is deleted.

According to the invention described in the preceding paragraph (22), when the number of characters of the job identification information exceeds the allowable number of characters, the portion exceeding the number of characters is deleted so that at least information indicating the application remains. According to the invention described in the above, when the print job identification information transmitted from the server is displayed in a list on the display unit of the printing apparatus, not only the information indicating the file name and the application but also the function used for creating the file. The process of displaying the information to be displayed can be executed by the computer of the mobile terminal device.

1 is a configuration diagram of a printing system as a pull printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of a portable terminal device. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration of a print server. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration of a printing apparatus. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the printing system shown in FIG. It is a table | surface which shows an example of an application name, an application identifier, a function name, a function identifier, and a file name. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a printing apparatus on which a print job list is displayed. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement which CPU of a portable terminal device performs based on a 1st application. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement which CPU of a portable terminal device performs based on a 2nd application. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a print server. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the printing apparatus.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a printing system as a pull printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this printing system, the mobile terminal device 1, the print server 2, and the printing device 3 can be connected to each other via a network 4.

  The mobile terminal device 1 is composed of, for example, a smartphone or a tablet terminal. The system configuration of the mobile terminal device 1 is shown in the block diagram of FIG.

  The mobile terminal device 1 includes a CPU 11 that is an arithmetic device for controlling the whole, a ROM 12 for storing a program executed by the CPU 11, a RAM 13 that functions as a work area when the CPU 11 executes the program, A storage unit 14 for storing various types of information such as files such as image data and document data, applications, and the like, an operation panel 15 for displaying information and receiving operation inputs to the mobile terminal device 1, A communication controller 16 for controlling communication via a telephone line by communicating with a base station that does not, a network interface 17 for controlling communication via a network, and the like.

  The operation panel 15 includes a display unit 151 made up of a liquid crystal display device and the like, and a touch panel 152 made up of a position indicating device such as an optical touch panel and a capacitive touch panel overlaid on the display unit 241.

  In this embodiment, various applications are installed in the mobile terminal device 1, and the CPU 11 operates based on these applications to create a file to be printed, a file name, or a print job. Then, an operation such as transmission to the server 2 is executed. In the following description and drawings, “application” is also simply referred to as “application”.

  The print server 2 is a personal computer, receives a print job from the mobile terminal device 1 and stores it, and transmits the print job to the printing device in response to a request from the printing device 3.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a system configuration of the print server 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the print server 2 includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22, a RAM 23, a storage unit 24, a display device 25, an input device 26, a network interface unit (network I / F unit) 27, and the like via a system bus 28. Are connected to each other.

  The CPU 21 performs overall control of the entire server-2 by executing a program stored in the ROM 22. The ROM 22 is a storage medium that stores programs to be executed by the CPU 21 and other data. The RAM 23 is a storage medium that provides a work area when the CPU 11 operates according to the operation program.

  The storage unit 24 includes a storage medium such as a hard disk, and stores a print job and other data transmitted from the mobile terminal device 1.

  The display device 25 includes a CRT, a liquid crystal display device, and the like, and displays various messages and an input reception screen, selection screen, and the like for the user.

  The input device 26 is used for an input operation by a user, and includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like.

  The network interface unit 27 functions as a communication unit that transmits and receives data to and from the mobile terminal device 1, the printing device 3, and other external devices.

  In this embodiment, the printing apparatus 3 uses an MFP (Multi Function Peripherals) which is a multi-function digital multi-function peripheral having a plurality of functions such as a copy function, a printer function, a scan function, and a facsimile function. Hereinafter, the printing apparatus is also referred to as an MFP.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the MFP 3 includes a CPU 31, a ROM 32, a RAM 33, a scanner unit 34, a storage unit 35, a printer unit 36, an operation panel 37, a network controller 38, and the like.

  The CPU 31 performs overall control of the entire MFP 3 and controls to enable basic functions such as a copy function, a printer function, a scan function, and a facsimile function. Further, a print job list acquisition request is transmitted to the server 2 based on a user instruction, or a print job selected from the list is acquired from the server 2 and printing is performed via the printer unit 36.

  The ROM 32 is a memory that stores an operation program of the CPU 31, and the RAM 33 is a memory that provides a work area when the CPU 31 operates based on the operation program.

  The scanner unit 34 is a reading unit that reads an image of a document placed on a document table (not shown) and outputs image data.

  The storage unit 35 is configured by a nonvolatile storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD), for example, image data of a document read by the scanner unit 34, a print job transmitted from the server 2, a portable terminal device Data transmitted from 1 etc. is stored.

  The printer unit 36 prints a print job acquired from the print server 2, image data of a document read by the scanner unit 34, and the like according to an instructed mode.

  The operation panel 37 is used for various input operations and the like, and includes a display unit 371 composed of a touch panel type liquid crystal or the like for displaying a message, an operation screen, and the like, and a key provided with a numeric keypad, a start key, a stop key, and the like. An input unit 372 is provided.

  The network controller 38 transmits and receives data by controlling communication with the print server 2, the mobile terminal device 1, and other external devices on the network.

  Next, the operation of the printing system shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  A first application and a second application are installed in the mobile terminal device 1 in advance. The first application is an application that can create a file to be printed, has an e-mail function, a web browsing function, and a camera (photographing) function, and creates a file when there is an application cooperation request. For example, when using the email function, a PDF file is created. The created file is passed to the second application using the explicit intent function or the URLScheme + PasteBoard function. At this time, a file name is created by adding an application identifier, which is information indicating its own application, and a function identifier indicating its own function used for file creation, and as shown by an arrow X1 in FIG. To the second app.

  It is desirable that the application identifier and the function identifier are added before the file name. By adding the file identifier in front of the file name, the application identifier and the function identifier can be reliably displayed even when the file name becomes long and the display of the rear portion is restricted by the printing apparatus.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the application name, application identifier, function name, function identifier, and file name.

  For example, AP1 is set as the application identifier indicating the application named APP1, and AP2 is set as the application identifier indicating the application named APP2. Also, Mail is set as a function identifier indicating an e-mail function, WebB is set as a function identifier indicating a web browsing function, Pict is set as a function identifier indicating a camera (shooting) function, and a function identifier indicating a document function MyDc is set.

  In this embodiment, the subject of the e-mail is used for a file created using the e-mail function, the title of the web page (web title) is used for the file created using the web browsing function, and the camera function is used. The specifications of the files created using these are unified so that the date and time information at the time of shooting is used for each file name.

  Therefore, the first application adds an application identifier and a function identifier, and as shown in FIG. 6, "AP1Mail (subject) .pdf" "AP1WebB (web title) .pdf" Create a file with a file name such as (document name) .jpeg.

  On the other hand, the second application is an application that creates a print job and transmits it to the print server 2. That is, the second application creates a print job by assigning PJL (Print Job Language) data corresponding to the print settings to the file received from the first application, and the created print job is displayed in FIG. As shown by the arrow X2, the data is transmitted to the print server 2.

  In this embodiment, when the print server 2 receives a print job list acquisition request from the MFP 3 from the MFP 3, the print server 2 displays a list using the value of the job name (PJL job Name) of the print job. Therefore, the second application incorporates the file name with the application identifier and function identifier received from the first application into the value of “PJL job Name” as job identification information as it is in the print server 2. Send.

  If the print server 2 is configured to display a list using the value of the file name of the print job when the MFP 3 requests acquisition of the list of print jobs on the server 2, the application identifier and The file name to which the function information identifier is added is incorporated into the file name portion as job identification information and transmitted. Information about which mechanism the print server 2 has is held in advance by the second application.

  Further, the first application may create a file name in the same manner as before without adding an application identifier and a function identifier. In this case, the application identifier and the function identifier are automatically added by the second application based on the cooperation source information. Thus, when it is set as the structure which adds an application identifier and a function identifier with a 2nd application, there exists an advantage which can use the conventional application as it is, without adding a change to a 1st application.

  The print server 2 stores the received print job as a print job for pull printing for the corresponding user. In response to a request from the MFP 3, the print server 2 transmits job identification information included in each print job as print job list display data to the MFP 3, and the MFP 3 receives the job of each received print job as shown in FIG. Identification information is displayed on the display unit 371.

  The user selects a job from the job list displayed on the screen, but the job identification information is displayed in the form of “(application identifier) (function identifier) file name” as shown in FIG. Each print job can be identified by the function identifier even if the print job has the same or similar file name. Therefore, the user can easily select a desired print job.

  When the user selects a desired print job on the screen of the MFP 1 and presses the print button in FIG. 7, the selected print job is transmitted from the print server 2 to the MFP 3 as indicated by an arrow X3 in FIG. Printed by the MFP 3.

  Note that the mobile terminal device 1 may directly transmit the created print job to the printing device 3 as indicated by an arrow X4 in FIG. In this case, the application identifier and the function identifier may be added after the file name.

  Next, operations of the mobile terminal device 1, the print server 2, and the MFP 3 in the printing system shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to flowcharts.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation performed by the CPU 11 of the mobile terminal device 1 based on the first application. In this embodiment, a case where the mail function of the first application is used will be described as an example.

  In step S01, when it is detected that cooperation with the second application for pull printing is selected while the mail text is displayed by the mail function of the first application, the second application is detected in step S02. Determine whether exists.

  If the second application exists (YES in step S02), in step S03, the contents of the displayed mail text are converted into a PDF file to create a file to be printed. Then, the converted file name is changed to a file name in which its own application identifier and function identifier are added to the subject of the mail, and the corresponding file and file name are passed to the second application.

  If the second application does not exist in step S02 (NO in step S02), an error message “Cannot be sent because the second application is not installed” is displayed in step S04 on the display unit of the mobile terminal device 1. 151.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an operation performed by the CPU 11 of the mobile terminal device 1 based on the second application.

  In step S11, a file and a file name are received from the first application, and in step S12, it is checked whether an application identifier and a function identifier are added to the file name.

  If an application identifier and a function identifier are added (YES in step S12), the process proceeds to step S13. If not added (NO in step S12), the application information and function information of the cooperation source are acquired in step S15, and after adding the application identifier and function identifier in front of the file name, the process proceeds to step S13.

  In step S13, the corresponding file is converted into a print format file by adding PJL data according to the print settings, and the file name value with the application identifier and function identifier added to the PJL Job Name value is identified by the job. Include it as information and create a print job.

  Next, in step S14, the created print job is transmitted to the print server 2.

  Prior to step S13, it may be determined whether or not a character that is not permitted as job identification information is included, and if included, processing for deleting the character may be executed. In addition, when the number of characters in the job identification information exceeds the allowable number of characters, a process of deleting a portion exceeding the number of characters may be executed. When deleting a part that exceeds the number of characters, it is desirable to leave at least the application identifier.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the print server 2.

  In step S21, after receiving a print job from the second application of the mobile terminal device 1, it is checked in step S22 whether an application identifier and a function identifier are added to the file name of the job identification information.

  If it has been added (YES in step S22), it is determined in step S23 whether the user is permitted to print the file using the application and the function. Note that applications and functions that permit / prohibit printing are set in advance by an administrator or the like. In addition, an application and a function for permitting / prohibiting printing may be set separately.

  As described above, since the application identifier and function identifier are added to the job identification information, printing of a file created by a predetermined application or a file using a predetermined function is prohibited using these identifiers. Can be used, and the security setting of the printing system becomes easy.

  If printing is not permitted in step S23 (NO in step S23), a message that the file (print job) cannot be printed is returned to the second application in step S25. This message is displayed on the display unit 151 of the mobile terminal device 1. The received data such as a file is deleted.

  If printing is permitted (YES in step S23), the process proceeds to a normal pull printing operation in step S24. That is, if there is a print job list acquisition request from the MFP 1, the job identification information of the corresponding user's print job is transmitted to the MFP 1, and when a print job is selected, the print job is transmitted to the MFP 1.

  If an application identifier and a function identifier are not added to the file name of the job identification information in step S22 (NO in step S22), the process proceeds to step S24, and a normal pull print operation is performed. If printing of a print job in which the application identifier and the function identifier are not added to the file name of the job identification information is prohibited, a message to that effect is returned to the second application.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the MFP 3.

  In step S31, the print server 2 requests a print job list related to the user, and in step S32, it waits to receive the job list (NO in step S32). When received (YES in step S32), the list is displayed in step S33, and the user waits for job selection (NO in step S34). When selected (YES in step S34), the print server 2 is requested to acquire the selected job in step S35, and in step S36, the reception of the job is waited (NO in step S36). When received (YES in step S36), printing is performed in step S37.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

  For example, although the case where the first application and the second application are separate applications has been described, the first application and the second application may be configured by one application.

  Moreover, although the case where the application identifier and function identifier of the first application are added to the file name has been described, whether or not the application identifier of the second application is added instead of the application identifier of the first application is determined by the user. May be specified by the mobile terminal device 1. When the user designates replacement of the app identifier from the first app to the second app, the second app changes the app identifier added to the file name from the app identifier of the first app to its own app. Replace with the app identifier shown. Thus, the application identifier of the second application is more convenient for a user who thinks that the contents of the job are easier to understand when selecting the job.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable terminal device 2 Print server 3 Printing device 11 CPU
14 storage unit 17 network interface 151 display unit

Claims (23)

In a printing system including a mobile terminal device, a server, and a printing device,
The portable terminal device
File creation means for creating a file to be printed and a file name using the function of an application having a predetermined function;
A print job including a file created by the file creation unit, and job identification information in which information indicating the application and information indicating the function used for file creation are added to the created file name Print job creation means to create;
Transmitting means for transmitting the print job created by the print job creating means to the server;
With
The server
Receiving means for receiving the print job;
Storing means for storing a print job received by the receiving means;
Based on the print job list acquisition request transmitted from the printing apparatus, the job identification information included in each of the one or a plurality of print jobs stored in the storage unit is transmitted to the printing apparatus, and the job identification Transmitting means for transmitting to the printing apparatus a print job corresponding to the job identification information selected by the user of the printing apparatus from the information;
With
The printing apparatus includes:
List acquisition request means for making an acquisition request for the print job list to the server;
Display means for displaying the job identification information transmitted from the server in response to an acquisition request by the list acquisition request means;
Print job acquisition means for acquiring, from the server, a print job corresponding to any job identification information selected by the user from the job identification information displayed on the display means;
Printing means for executing the print job acquired by the print job acquisition means;
A printing system comprising: In the portable terminal device,
When the application having the predetermined function is a first application, and the print job creation unit creates the print job based on a second application, the print job creation unit receives a file from the file creation unit. The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the job identification information is created by receiving a file name and adding information indicating the first application and information indicating the function to the received file name. In the portable terminal device,
When the application having the predetermined function is a first application and the print job creation unit creates the print job based on a second application, the file creation unit includes information indicating the first application. And the information indicating the function are added to create a file name,
The print job creation unit receives a file and a file name from the file creation unit, uses the received file name as job identification information, and can extract the job identification information when the server transmits to the printing apparatus The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the printing system is incorporated into a print job in a format as follows. In the portable terminal device,
The application having the predetermined function is a first application, the print job creation unit creates the print job based on a second application, and the file creation unit includes information indicating the first application and the information When creating a file name with information indicating the function,
Whether or not to replace the information indicating the first application added to the file name by the file creation unit with information indicating the second application when the print job creation unit creates the print job The printing system according to claim 1, further comprising designation means for designating the user.   The server includes a prohibiting unit that prohibits execution of a print job by a specific application, and determines whether the print job is a print job by the specific application based on information indicating the application included in the job identification information. Item 5. The printing system according to any one of Items 1 to 4.   The server includes a prohibition unit that prohibits execution of a print job including a file created using a specific function, and determines whether the job is a print job including a file created using the specific function. The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the determination is made based on information indicating the function included in identification information.   When the predetermined function of the application is an e-mail function, the file name is an e-mail subject, and the information indicating the application and the information indicating the e-mail function are added in front of the e-mail subject. The printing system according to claim 1.   When the predetermined function of the application is a web browsing function, the file name is the title of the web page, and the information indicating the application and the information indicating the web browsing function are added before the title of the web page. The printing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6.   When the predetermined function of the application is a shooting function, the file name is date and time information at the time of shooting, and information indicating the application and information indicating the shooting function are added before the date and time information. The printing system according to any one of 1 to 6.   The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal device deletes a corresponding character when a character that is not permitted as job identification information is included.   The said portable terminal device deletes the part exceeding the number of characters so that the information which shows the said application will remain at least, when the number of characters of job identification information exceeds the allowable number of characters. Printing system.   The printing system according to claim 1, wherein when the print job is directly transmitted from the portable terminal device to the printing device, the information indicating the application and the information indicating the function are added after the file name. A printing method executed in a printing system including a mobile terminal device, a server, and a printing device,
The portable terminal device
A file creation step of creating a file to be printed and a file name using the function of an application having a predetermined function;
A print job comprising: a file created by the file creation step; and job identification information in which information indicating the application and information indicating the function used for file creation are added to the created file name. A print job creation step to be created;
A transmission step of transmitting the print job created by the print job creation step to the server;
Run
The server
A receiving step for receiving the print job;
Storing the print job received in the receiving step in a storage unit;
Based on the user's print job list acquisition request transmitted from the printing apparatus, the job identification information included in each of the one or more print jobs stored in the storage unit is transmitted to the printing apparatus, and A transmission step of transmitting to the printing apparatus a print job corresponding to the job identification information selected by the user of the printing apparatus from the job identification information;
Run
The printing apparatus includes:
A list acquisition request step for requesting the server to acquire the print job list;
Displaying the job identification information transmitted from the server in response to the acquisition request in the list acquisition request step on a display means;
A print job acquisition step of acquiring from the server a print job corresponding to any job identification information selected by the user from the job identification information displayed on the display means;
A print step for executing the print job acquired by the print job acquisition step;
The printing method characterized by performing. File creation means for creating a file to be printed with a file name using the function of an application having a predetermined function;
A print job including a file created by the file creation unit, and job identification information in which information indicating the application and information indicating the function used for file creation are added to the created file name Print job creation means to create;
Transmitting means for transmitting the print job created by the print job creating means to a server;
A portable terminal device comprising:   When the application having the predetermined function is a first application, and the print job creation unit creates the print job based on a second application, the print job creation unit receives a file from the file creation unit. 15. The portable terminal device according to claim 14, wherein a file name is received, and the job identification information is created by adding information indicating the first application and information indicating the function to the received file name. When the application having the predetermined function is a first application and the print job creation unit creates the print job based on a second application, the file creation unit includes information indicating the first application. And the information indicating the function are added to create a file name,
The print job creation unit receives a file and a file name from the file creation unit, uses the received file name as job identification information, and can extract the job identification information when the server transmits to the printing apparatus The portable terminal device according to claim 14, which is incorporated into a print job in a format such as The application having the predetermined function is a first application, the print job creation unit creates the print job based on a second application, and the file creation unit includes information indicating the first application and the information When creating a file name with information indicating the function,
Whether or not to replace the information indicating the first application added to the file name by the file creation unit with information indicating the second application when the print job creation unit creates the print job The portable terminal device according to claim 14, further comprising designation means for designating the user.   When the predetermined function of the application is an e-mail function, the file name is an e-mail subject, and the information indicating the application and the information indicating the e-mail function are added in front of the e-mail subject. The portable terminal device in any one of Claims 14-17.   When the predetermined function of the application is a web browsing function, the file name is the title of the web page, and the information indicating the application and the information indicating the web browsing function are added before the title of the web page. The portable terminal device according to any one of claims 14 to 17.   When the predetermined function of the application is a shooting function, the file name is date and time information at the time of shooting, and information indicating the application and information indicating the shooting function are added before the date and time information. The portable terminal device in any one of 14-17.   The portable terminal device according to any one of claims 14 to 20, wherein when a character that is not permitted as the job identification information is included, the character is deleted.   The portable terminal device according to any one of claims 14 to 20, wherein when the number of characters of the job identification information exceeds an allowable number of characters, a portion exceeding the number of characters is deleted so that at least information indicating the application remains. A file creation step of creating a file to be printed and a file name using the function of an application having a predetermined function;
A print job comprising: a file created by the file creation step; and job identification information in which information indicating the application and information indicating the function used for file creation are added to the created file name. A print job creation step to be created;
A transmission step of transmitting the print job created by the print job creation step to a server;
Is a print job creation program for causing a computer of a mobile terminal device to execute the above.

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