JP6244635B2 - Control program, control system, and job processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a control program, a control system, and a job processing method.

  Conventionally, print jobs are stored in a server device, etc., and the output device, which is an image forming device such as an LP (Laser Printer) or MFP (Multi Function Printer), acquires the print job after user authentication and outputs the printed matter. On-demand printing is known. In such on-demand printing, it is possible to suppress leaving or theft of the output printed matter. Recently, regarding on-demand printing, there is a demand for utilizing the display unit of a portable terminal as a UI (User Interface) for selecting a print job.

  Various techniques are known from the viewpoint of operating the output device and outputting the printed matter on the spot. Specifically, there is known a technique that enables printing by displaying a list of information stored in a removable storage medium and converting selected data into intermediate data. In addition, a technique is known that enables printing by connecting to an image forming apparatus via a conversion server that converts a print job stored in a user-owned portable terminal.

  However, the above-described conventional technique has a problem that it is difficult to easily use a user-owned portable terminal as a UI for selecting a print job in on-demand printing. Specifically, a technique for converting to intermediate data or using a conversion server does not use a print job stored in the server device. In addition, even when a print job stored in the server device is used, when setting information for associating an image forming apparatus to be operated to a mobile terminal, the setting itself is complicated, and the mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus It is difficult to make a connection easily.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and a control program, a control system, and a job that can easily use a user-owned portable terminal as a UI for selecting a print job in on-demand printing An object is to provide a processing method.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, a control program according to the present invention includes a device search step for searching for an image forming apparatus, and a job acquisition step for acquiring the print job from a print server device that stores a print job. A first reception step for displaying a list screen of the acquired print jobs and receiving a selection of a print job to be output; and the image forming apparatus searched for printing the selected print job Is selected based on the hold job information stored in the hold job information storage unit that stores hold job information indicating information related to a print job whose processing is on hold . If the print job is a print job pending, select whether to print to continue the print job selected from the middle A selection screen for a second reception step of receiving the selection whether or not to print to continue the print job selected in the middle, depending on the selection results for the list screen and said selection screen A transmission step of transmitting the selected print job to the searched image forming apparatus, and when the printing of the print job transmitted by the transmission step is not completed and is put on hold, The registration step of acquiring the hold job information related to the print job and registering it in the hold job information storage unit is executed by a computer.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, in on-demand printing, there is an effect that a user-owned portable terminal can be easily used as a UI for selecting a print job.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a control system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the terminal device and the image forming apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the print job storage unit included in the print server apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the pending job information storage unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the function information storage unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the job status information storage unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the flow of print job accumulation processing according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of job list acquisition processing according to the first embodiment. FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the flow of printing processing according to the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a system according to the second embodiment.

  Embodiments of a control program, a control system, and a job processing method according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited by the following embodiment.

(Embodiment 1)
[System configuration]
The configuration of the control system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a control system according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the control system 1 includes a client device 10, a print server device 20, a terminal device 30, and an image forming device 40. Each of these devices is connected to a network such as the Internet. In the configuration described above, the client device 10 is an information processing device such as a PC (Personal Computer) that generates a print job in response to a user operation and transmits the generated print job to the print server device 20.

  The print server device 20 receives the print job transmitted by the client device 10 and accumulates the received print job. The print server device 20 transmits the accumulated print job to the terminal device 30 in response to a request from the terminal device 30. When a print job is requested from the terminal device 30, user authentication and device authentication are performed. For this reason, the print server device 20 holds user identification information for identifying a user and device identification information for identifying a device for user authentication and device authentication. That is, the print job transmitted to the terminal device 30 is a print job corresponding to user identification information or device identification information.

  The terminal device 30 is a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or the like that acquires a print job from the print server device 20 and requests the image forming apparatus 40 to output the acquired print job. The image forming apparatus 40 performs image processing in accordance with a print job output request from the terminal device 30 and outputs a printed matter. Details of processing by the terminal device 30 and the image forming apparatus 40 will be described later.

[Apparatus Configuration According to Embodiment 1]
Next, the apparatus configuration according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the terminal device 30 and the image forming apparatus 40 according to the first embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the terminal device 30 includes an operation display unit 31, a device search unit 32, a device communication unit 33, a print server communication unit 34, a job transmission unit 35, and a pending job information storage unit 36. A hold job acquisition unit 37, a user setting storage unit 38, and a user setting registration unit 39.

  The operation display unit 31 receives various user operations and displays processing results for the user operations. More specifically, the operation display unit 31 receives a user operation for searching for an image forming apparatus. Then, the operation display unit 31 instructs the device search unit 32 to search for an image forming apparatus. That is, the user performs the user operation in the vicinity of the image forming apparatus that wants to output the print job generated using the client apparatus 10 or the like.

  The device search unit 32 searches for an image forming apparatus. More specifically, upon receiving a search instruction from the operation display unit 31, the device search unit 32 selects an image forming apparatus installed in the vicinity using near field communication such as NFC (Near Field Communication). Explore. In the following, an image forming apparatus 40 is taken as an example of an image forming apparatus installed in the vicinity. In the present embodiment, the terminal device 30 side is operated in the reader / writer mode, and the image forming apparatus 40 side is operated in the card emulation mode. As a result, the terminal device 30 acquires information used for network access such as detection of the image forming device 40 and IP address of the image forming device 40 via NFC. Then, the device search unit 32 outputs information indicating that the image forming device 40 has been detected and information used for network access to the image forming device 40 to the device communication unit 33.

  The device communication unit 33 communicates with the image forming apparatus and acquires a printing function that can be executed by the image forming apparatus. More specifically, the device communication unit 33 accesses the image forming apparatus 40 based on the IP address output by the device searching unit 32 and acquires a print function that can be executed by the image forming apparatus 40. Such printing functions include, for example, a color function, a duplex function, a staple function, a punch function, and a bookbinding function. That is, the device communication unit 33 acquires information on a print function that can be executed by the image forming apparatus 40 among the print functions as described above. Then, the device communication unit 33 outputs executable print function information to the print server communication unit 34.

  The print server communication unit 34 communicates with the print server device and acquires print jobs stored in the print server device. More specifically, the print server communication unit 34 includes at least one of user identification information and device identification information of a user who owns the terminal device 30, and an executable print function output by the device communication unit 33. It transmits to the print server device 20. The print server device 20 includes a print job storage unit that stores a print job, and responds to the terminal device 30 based on information stored in the print job storage unit.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the print job storage unit included in the print server device 20 according to the first embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the print job storage unit stores “job ID” indicating identification information for identifying a print job, “user ID” indicating identification information for identifying a user, and “number of pages” indicating the number of pages of the print job. Is stored. In addition, the print job storage unit displays “job name” indicating the name of the print job, “double-sided information” indicating the setting of duplex printing or single-sided printing at the time of output, and setting of color printing or monochrome printing at the time of output. Information of “color information” to be expressed is stored.

  For example, the print job storage unit includes a job ID “1”, a user ID “User1”, a page number “3”, a job name “JobA”, double-sided information “single-sided”, and color information “color”. Is stored in association with each other. Similarly, the print job storage unit stores the job ID “2”, the user ID “User2”, the number of pages “6”, the job name “JobB”, the duplex information “duplex”, and the color information “monochrome”. Are stored in association with each other. The user ID may be replaced with device identification information, or the device identification information and user ID may be used in combination.

  In other words, the print server communication unit 34 requests the print server apparatus 20 to print a print job that can be output by a print function that can be executed by the image forming apparatus 40 among print jobs corresponding to the user identification information and the device identification information. . The user identification information is, for example, a preset user ID and password. The device identification information may be, for example, a device ID for identifying the terminal device 30 or a telephone number if the terminal device 30 is a mobile phone or a smartphone. Then, the print server communication unit 34 acquires a corresponding print job from the print server device 20.

  The operation display unit 31 also displays a list of print jobs acquired by the print server communication unit 34 and accepts a user operation for selecting a print job to be output. That is, the user selects a print job to be output from the image forming apparatus 40 from the list of print jobs displayed by the operation display unit 31. Then, the operation display unit 31 instructs the job transmission unit 35 to transmit the selected print job.

  The job transmission unit 35 transmits a print job to the image forming apparatus. More specifically, the job transmission unit 35 transmits a print job selected from the list displayed by the operation display unit 31 to the image forming apparatus 40 searched by the device search unit 32, and print job Request output.

  The hold job information storage unit 36 stores information related to a print job whose processing is on hold. More specifically, the hold job information storage unit 36 puts the print processing on hold in the course of the print processing by the image forming apparatus 40 due to being interrupted for some reason such as a paper jam or hardware failure. Store information related to print jobs.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the pending job information storage unit 36 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the pending job information storage unit 36 displays “job ID” indicating identification information for identifying a print job, “number of printed pages” indicating the number of pages that have already been printed, Information of “color information” representing settings for color printing or monochrome printing and “both sides information” representing settings for duplex printing or single-sided printing at the time of output are stored.

  For example, the pending job information storage unit 36 stores a job ID “1”, the number of printed pages “2”, color information “color”, and duplex information “single side” in association with each other. Similarly, the pending job information storage unit 36 stores a job ID “2”, the number of printed pages “1”, color information “monochrome”, and duplex information “duplex” in association with each other.

  The hold job acquisition unit 37 acquires hold job information related to a print job in a hold state. More specifically, the pending job acquisition unit 37 monitors the printing process being executed by the image forming apparatus 40 via the device communication unit 33, and when the printing process is interrupted, the pending job acquisition unit 37 is suspended due to the interruption. Acquire pending job information for a print job that becomes. Then, the hold job acquisition unit 37 registers the acquired hold job information in the hold job information storage unit 36. Such hold job information is, for example, information corresponding to “number of printed pages”.

  The hold job acquisition unit 37 further acquires print setting information set for the print job in the hold state as the hold job information. Then, the hold job acquisition unit 37 registers the hold job information including the print setting information in the hold job information storage unit 36. Such print setting information is information corresponding to, for example, “color information” or “double-side information”. The information stored in the hold job information storage unit 36 is used when the user selects whether to continuously output a print job in a hold state.

  That is, the operation display unit 31 displays the hold job information stored in the hold job information storage unit 36 before transmitting the print job acquired from the print server device 20 to the image forming apparatus 40. More specifically, the operation display unit 31 acquires the hold job information that matches the job ID of the print job to be output from the hold job information storage unit 36. The acquired hold job information is information such as the number of printed pages, color information, and duplex information. Then, the operation display unit 31 displays pending job information such as the number of printed pages, color information, and duplex information for the print job to be output. The user selects whether to continuously output the print job in the hold state or whether to output the print setting state of the print job in the hold state as it is. As a result, the operation display unit 31 receives the number of pages, color information, double-sided information, and the like for continuous output for the print job to be output. After that, the operation display unit 31 outputs the number of pages, color information, duplex information, and the like for continuous output when instructing the job transmission unit 35 to transmit a print job.

  As a result, the job transmission unit 35 transmits a print job to which the number of pages, color information, and double-side information for continuous output are added to the image forming apparatus. More specifically, the job transmission unit 35 updates the page number information of the print job selected from the list displayed by the operation display unit 31 to the number of pages for continuous output, as well as color information and Print setting information such as duplex information is updated. Since the page number information of the print job is set to the first page which is the first page number by default, the page number information is updated. Similarly, since the print setting information is initially set, the print setting information is updated. Then, the job transmission unit 35 transmits the print job in which various settings are made to the image forming apparatus 40 searched for by the device search unit 32, and makes an output request for the print job.

  The user setting storage unit 38 stores user settings. More specifically, the user setting storage unit 38 stores user settings set when the operation display unit 31 displays a list of print jobs. The user settings are, for example, the sort order of the list display, print setting information, and the like. That is, by storing the list display state, print setting information, and the like in the user setting storage unit 38, the operability of user operations can be improved.

  The user setting registration unit 39 registers user settings in the user setting storage unit 38. More specifically, the user setting registration unit 39 registers various user settings set when the print job list is displayed on the operation display unit 31 in the user setting storage unit 38. The user setting may be registered automatically or in response to a user operation for registration. Thus, when displaying the list of print jobs, the operation display unit 31 refers to the user setting storage unit 38 and performs display reflecting the sort order of the list display and the print setting information.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the image forming apparatus 40 includes a terminal search unit 41, a terminal communication unit 42, a function information storage unit 43, a job status information storage unit 44, a job reception unit 45, and image processing. Part 46.

  The terminal search unit 41 searches for a terminal device. More specifically, the terminal search unit 41 searches for the terminal device 30 using short-range wireless communication according to the search by the device search unit 32. As described above, the image forming apparatus 40 side operates in the card emulation mode.

  In response to a request from the device communication unit 33, the terminal communication unit 42 transmits a print function that can be executed by the image forming apparatus 40 to the terminal device 30. More specifically, when the terminal communication unit 42 receives a print function acquisition request that can be executed from the device communication unit 33, the terminal communication unit 42 acquires and acquires function information of the print function that can be executed from the function information storage unit 43. The executable print function is transmitted to the device communication unit 33.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the function information storage unit 43 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the function information storage unit 43 stores information on printing functions that can be executed by the image forming apparatus 40. For example, the function information storage unit 43 stores a color function “possible”, a duplex function “possible”, a staple function “impossible”, a punch function “impossible”, and a bookbinding function “impossible”. That is, in the example of FIG. 5, the image forming apparatus 40 has a printing function that can execute the color function and the duplex function. As described above, printing functions that can be executed by the image forming apparatus 40 are transmitted to the print server apparatus 20 via the terminal apparatus 30. As a result, a print job corresponding to an executable print function is transmitted from the print server device 20 to the terminal device 30, thereby shortening the time required for user operation for selecting a print job from the list and an unexecutable print function. Misprinting due to setting can be suppressed.

  Further, the terminal communication unit 42 transmits pending job information in the image forming apparatus 40 to the terminal device 30 in response to a request from the device communication unit 33. More specifically, when the terminal communication unit 42 receives a hold job information acquisition request from the hold job acquisition unit 37 via the device communication unit 33, the print in which printing has been interrupted from the job state information storage unit 44. Information regarding the job is acquired, and the acquired information is transmitted to the pending job acquisition unit 37.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the job status information storage unit 44 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the job status information storage unit 44 stores information related to the status of the print job executed by the image forming apparatus 40. For example, the job status information storage unit 44 stores the track ID “1”, the status “printing completed”, and the number of output pages “3” in association with each other. Similarly, the job status information storage unit 44 stores the track ID “3”, the status “printing suspended”, and the number of output pages “1” in association with each other. In the example of FIG. 6, it can be seen that printing is interrupted when one page is output for the printing process of the track ID “3”. That is, the terminal communication unit 42 transmits information whose status is “printing suspended” to the terminal device 30 as pending job information. Accordingly, the user can select whether or not to continuously output a print job that is on hold.

  The job receiving unit 45 receives a print job. More specifically, the job reception unit 45 receives the print job transmitted by the job transmission unit 35 and outputs it to the image processing unit 46. Such a print job may include information indicating that printing starts from an intermediate page and various print setting information. The image processing unit 46 executes image processing for a print job. More specifically, the image processing unit 46 performs image processing of the print job received by the job receiving unit 45 and outputs a printed matter. As a result, the image forming apparatus 40 outputs a printed material reflecting various settings for the print job performed by the terminal device 30.

[Print Job Storage Processing Sequence According to Embodiment 1]
Next, the flow of print job accumulation processing according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the flow of print job accumulation processing according to the first embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 7, the client device 10 generates a print job and transmits the generated print job to the print server device 20 (step S101). The print server device 20 receives the print job transmitted by the client device 10 (step S102), accumulates the received print job, and stores information related to the print job in the job information storage unit (step S103).

[Job List Acquisition Processing Sequence According to Embodiment 1]
Next, the flow of job list acquisition processing according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of job list acquisition processing according to the first embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 8, the device search unit 32 starts searching for an image forming apparatus installed in the vicinity (step S201). Here, it is assumed that the image forming apparatus 40 can be detected by the search. Then, the device communication unit 33 issues a print function acquisition request executable by the image forming apparatus 40 to the detected image forming apparatus 40 (step S202). Upon receiving the print function acquisition request, the terminal communication unit 42 acquires a print function that can be executed by the image forming apparatus 40 from the function information storage unit 43, and transmits the acquired print function to the terminal device 30 (step S203). ).

  The print server communication unit 34 requests a list of print jobs by transmitting user information and the like to the print server device 20 together with a print function that can be executed by the image forming device 40 (step S204). The print server device 20 refers to the job information storage unit and generates a print job list in response to the print job list request (step S205). Then, the print server device 20 transmits a list of generated print jobs to the terminal device 30 (step S207). Accordingly, the operation display unit 31 displays and outputs a list of print jobs received from the print server device 20 (step S207).

[Print Processing Sequence According to First Embodiment]
Next, the flow of the printing process according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of the flow of printing processing according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the print server communication unit 34 requests the print server device 20 for print data of a print job selected from the list in the operation display unit 31 (step S301). The print server device 20 transmits print data in response to a request from the terminal device 30 (step S302). When the print data of the print job selected from the list is received, the operation display unit 31 refers to the hold job information storage unit 36 and confirms whether the print job to be output is in the hold state (step). S303). Then, the operation display unit 31 performs a screen display for selecting whether or not to continue printing if the print job is in a pending state (step S304). At this time, the operation display unit 31 also displays the print setting information and prompts the user to select.

  The job transmission unit 35 updates the information of the start page of the print job when printing is continued from the middle (step S305). At this time, the job transmission unit 35 also updates information regarding print settings. Then, the job transmission unit 35 transmits the print job to the image forming apparatus 40 (step S307). In the image forming apparatus 40, a print job is received by the job receiving unit 45, and image processing is executed by the image processing unit 46, whereby output of print data is started (step S307).

  At this time, in the terminal device 30, the hold job acquisition unit 37 starts monitoring the output by the image forming apparatus 40 (step S308). When the output is interrupted, the hold job acquisition unit 37 acquires hold job information from the image forming apparatus 40, and holds the hold. Registration in the job information storage unit 36 (step S309). Thereby, in the terminal device 30, when the print job put on hold becomes an output target, the user can select whether to continuously output based on the hold job information.

[Effects of Embodiment 1]
The terminal device 30 searches for nearby image forming apparatuses, displays a list of print jobs acquired from the print server apparatus that stores the print jobs, and transmits the print job selected from the list to the searched image forming apparatuses. To do. As a result, the user can easily utilize the terminal device owned by the user as a UI for selecting a print job in on-demand printing.

  In addition, since the terminal device 30 acquires from the print server device a print job corresponding to a print function that can be executed by the searched image forming apparatus, it is possible to improve the operability of the user operation and to generate misprints. Can be suppressed.

  The terminal device 30 also monitors the output status of the print job and registers information such as the number of printed pages and print settings of the print job that has been put on hold due to interruption. As a result, even when an image forming apparatus different from the image forming apparatus whose output is interrupted is used, it is possible to continuously output from the middle after reflecting the print settings once set. Thereby, when printing again, the trouble of resetting the print settings can be saved, and the printing paper can be reduced as compared with outputting all pages.

  Further, since the terminal device 30 registers the sort order on the print job list display screen, the default value of the print setting, and the like, the operability and convenience of the user operation can be improved.

(Embodiment 2)
The embodiments of the terminal device 30 and the image forming apparatus 40 according to the present invention have been described so far. However, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms other than the above-described embodiments. Therefore, different embodiments of (1) configuration and (2) program will be described.

(1) Configuration Information including processing procedures, control procedures, specific names, various data, parameters, and the like shown in the above documents and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified. Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution or integration of each device is not limited to the one shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof is functionally or physically distributed in arbitrary units according to various burdens or usage conditions. Or they can be integrated.

  For example, the service of the control system 1 described above may be realized by configuring a cloud computing system. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a system according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 10, in the system according to the second embodiment, a company 100 and a cloud system 200 are connected to a network such as the Internet.

  Among these, the company 100 includes a terminal device 30a and an image forming apparatus 40a. In addition, when each device of the enterprise 100 is connected to the network, it goes through a firewall. One or more devices included in the company 100 are arranged. Also, some of the devices included in the company 100 may be on a network outside the company. The terminal device 30a and the image forming apparatus 40a correspond to the terminal device 30 and the image forming apparatus 40 according to the first embodiment. However, the terminal device 30a can implement some processes by the cloud system 200. In addition, the terminal device 30 a requests the cloud system 200 for an authentication process for using the cloud system 200. Specifically, the terminal device 30a acquires the tissue code and the device ID of the image forming apparatus 40a from the image forming apparatus 40a by NFC with the image forming apparatus 40a. The organization code is information that can identify a set of one or more users and devices. Then, the terminal device 30a makes an authentication request by transmitting user information (for example, a user ID, a password, etc.) input by a user operation together with the organization code and the device ID to the cloud system 200. If the authentication is normally completed, the terminal device 30a can use various services provided by the cloud system 200.

  The cloud system 200 includes an access control device 210 and a service providing device 220. The cloud system 200 may include a plurality of devices that provide services different from the service providing device 220. The access control device 210 is an information processing device such as a PC or a server device that manages the provision of various services. The service providing apparatus 220 holds a print job, information about the print job, user information for user authentication, information about the image forming apparatus 40a, and the like. When the service providing device 220 receives an authentication request from the terminal device 30a, the service providing device 220 executes authentication processing using the stored information and responds to the terminal device 30a. Thereby, the service providing apparatus 220 starts providing various services.

  Specifically, the service providing apparatus 220 supports on-demand printing. When printing is performed by the image forming apparatus 40a in a different country, the UI information corresponding to the language of each country or the UI information corresponding to each user (print job) The list sort order, print settings, etc.) and provide them in response to a request from the terminal device 30a. In addition to this, information on a print job in a pending state may be held and provided in response to a request from the terminal device 30a. That is, part or all of the processing that can be realized by the terminal device 30a is realized by the cloud system 200. Further, the above-described service provision may be realized by a plurality of service providing apparatuses instead of one service providing apparatus 220.

  As described above, even when a cloud computing system is employed, the processing of the control system 1 can be realized.

(2) Program The control program executed by the terminal device 30 is, as one form, a file in an installable format or an executable format as a CD-ROM, flexible disk (FD), CD-R, DVD ( And recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a digital versatile disk. The control program executed by the terminal device 30 may be provided by being stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and downloaded via the network. The control program executed by the terminal device 30 may be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet. The control program may be provided by being incorporated in advance in a ROM or the like.

  The control program executed by the terminal device 30 has a module configuration having a function of controlling the above-described units (operation display unit 31, device search unit 32, device communication unit 33, print server communication unit 34, job transmission unit 35, etc.). As actual hardware, a CPU (processor) reads out and executes an image generation program from a storage medium, whereby functions for controlling the above-described units are loaded on the main storage device, and the operation display unit 31, Functions for controlling the device search unit 32, the device communication unit 33, the print server communication unit 34, and the job transmission unit 35 are generated on the main storage device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Client apparatus 20 Print server apparatus 30 Terminal apparatus 31 Operation display part 32 Equipment search part 33 Equipment communication part 34 Print server communication part 35 Job transmission part 36 Held job information storage part 37 Held job acquisition part 38 User setting memory part 39 User setting Registration unit 40 Image forming apparatus 41 Terminal search unit 42 Terminal communication unit 43 Function information storage unit 44 Job status information storage unit 45 Job reception unit 46 Image processing unit

JP 2012-133727 A JP 2004-038604 A

Claims (8)

A device search step for searching for an image forming apparatus;
A job acquisition step of acquiring the print job from a print server device that stores the print job;
A first reception step of displaying a list screen of the acquired print jobs and receiving selection of a print job to be output;
A hold for storing hold job information indicating information on a print job whose processing is put on hold before transmitting the print job to the image forming apparatus searched for printing the selected print job based on the pending job information stored in the job information storing unit, if the print job selected is a print job pending, whether printing continues the print job selected from the middle A second receiving step for displaying a selection screen to be selected and receiving a selection as to whether or not to continue printing the selected print job halfway ;
A transmission step of transmitting the selected print job to the searched image forming apparatus in accordance with a selection result for the list screen and the selection screen;
A registration step of acquiring the hold job information related to the print job and registering it in the hold job information storage unit when printing of the print job transmitted by the sending step is not completed and is put on hold;
A control program that causes a computer to execute. A function acquisition step of acquiring a print function executable from the searched image forming apparatus;
The control program according to claim 1, wherein the job acquisition step acquires the print job corresponding to the executable print function.   3. The print job corresponding to at least one of user identification information for identifying a user and device identification information for identifying the computer is acquired in the job acquisition step. The control program described. Before Symbol transmission step, when the selection of printing to continue the print job pending in the middle is received, the print job page information has been appended to print continuously from the middle, is searched The control program according to claim 1 , wherein the control program is transmitted to the image forming apparatus. The registration step acquires the hold job information including print setting information set for the print job in the hold state,
The second accepting step accepts a selection as to whether or not to continue printing the selected print job in the middle, reflecting the print setting information of the print job in the hold state,
The transmission step adds the print setting information when the selection to continue printing the selected print job from the middle is accepted, reflecting the print setting information of the print job in the hold state. The control program according to claim 4, wherein the print job is transmitted to the searched image forming apparatus. A user setting registration step of registering the user settings set in the displayed print job list screen in the user setting storage unit;
The control program according to claim 1, wherein the first receiving step displays a list screen of the print jobs reflecting the user settings. A control system having a control program executed in a terminal device and an image forming apparatus,
The control program is
A device search step for searching for an image forming apparatus;
A job acquisition step of acquiring the print job from a print server device that stores the print job;
A first reception step of displaying a list screen of the acquired print jobs and receiving selection of a print job to be output;
A hold for storing hold job information indicating information on a print job whose processing is put on hold before transmitting the print job to the image forming apparatus searched for printing the selected print job based on the pending job information stored in the job information storing unit, if the print job selected is a print job pending, whether printing continues the print job selected from the middle A second receiving step for displaying a selection screen to be selected and receiving a selection as to whether or not to continue printing the selected print job halfway ;
A transmission step of transmitting the selected print job to the searched image forming apparatus in accordance with a selection result for the list screen and the selection screen;
A registration step of acquiring the hold job information related to the print job and registering it in the hold job information storage unit when printing of the print job transmitted by the sending step is not completed and is put on hold;
To the terminal device,
The image forming apparatus includes:
A terminal search unit for searching for a terminal device;
A job receiver for receiving the print job transmitted by the terminal device;
An image processing unit that executes image processing of the received print job. A device search step for searching for an image forming apparatus;
A job acquisition step of acquiring the print job from a print server device that stores the print job;
A first reception step of displaying a list screen of the acquired print jobs and receiving selection of a print job to be output;
A hold for storing hold job information indicating information on a print job whose processing is put on hold before transmitting the print job to the image forming apparatus searched for printing the selected print job based on the pending job information stored in the job information storing unit, if the print job selected is a print job pending, whether printing continues the print job selected from the middle A second receiving step for displaying a selection screen to be selected and receiving a selection as to whether or not to continue printing the selected print job halfway ;
A transmission step of transmitting the selected print job to the searched image forming apparatus in accordance with a selection result for the list screen and the selection screen;
A registration step of acquiring the hold job information related to the print job and registering it in the hold job information storage unit when printing of the print job transmitted by the sending step is not completed and is put on hold;
Including a job processing method.

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