JP6417814B2 - Print service server, print service system, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a print service server, a print service system, and a program.

  Currently, network print services using multi-copy machines installed in convenience stores and the like are widespread. “Network print service” is a service provided by the network print system, and is issued from the network print system by registering in advance the data files such as photos and documents that the user wants to print from an information terminal such as a PC. This is a service that allows a data file registered in advance to be printed by inputting the reservation number thus entered into a multi-copy machine installed in the store.

  In the network print service, a reservation number is issued for each data file registered in advance. For example, in Patent Document 1, documents registered in advance by a user are grouped, and a representative reservation number is assigned to the group. Has been proposed, and a user inputs a representative reservation number and prints a plurality of documents belonging to the group together.

JP 2013-196498 A JP 2012-238208 A

  The present invention prints a data file corresponding to a reservation number designated by the user from a data file that is pre-registered with a reservation number allocated together with the data file corresponding to the reservation number. The purpose is to recommend to the user the data files that are candidates for.

The program according to the present invention generates a computer that can access file storage means in association with a reservation number issued in response to a data file registration request from an information terminal, the data file, and information about the data file. Registration information registered in the file storage means and registration means for transmitting the issued reservation number to the information terminal, registered in the file storage means with reference to the registration information in accordance with a preset grouping criterion Or generating means for generating one or a plurality of groups including a plurality of data files, and data registered in the file storage means corresponding to the reservation number in response to a print request in which the reservation number from the printing apparatus is designated and send a file to the printing apparatus, the control means controls to execute printing, said control means The identity of the associated data files belonging to the same group as more transmitted data files by transmitting to the printing device, for presenting the relevant data file to be candidate of printing together with transmitted data file by said control means When the print request including the identification information of the related data file presented by the presentation unit is transmitted from the printing apparatus, the control unit is registered in the file storage unit. The related data file is transmitted to the printing apparatus, and control is performed to execute the printing without accepting designation of a reservation number for the file.

The presenting means may present the related data file after printing the data file.

  Further, the computer is caused to function as a recording unit that records information relating to a result of printing performed in the printing apparatus as history information in a history information storage unit accessible by the computer, and the generation unit further includes the history information. A group is generated with reference to FIG.

The print service server according to the present invention registers, in the file storage unit, registration information generated by associating a reservation number issued in response to a data file registration request from an information terminal, the data file, and information related to the data file. And a registration means for transmitting the issued reservation number to the information terminal, and one or more data files registered in the file storage means with reference to the registration information according to a preset grouping standard Alternatively, a generation unit that generates a plurality of groups, and a data file registered in the file storage unit in correspondence with the reservation number in response to a print request in which the reservation number is designated from the printing apparatus is transmitted to the printing apparatus. and, control means for controlling so as to execute printing, the same grayed the transmission data file by said control means The identity of the associated data files belonging to-loop by sending to the printing device, have a, and presenting means for presenting the data file to be a candidate for printing together with transmitted data file by said control means, When the print request including the identification information of the related data file presented by the presenting means is transmitted from the printing apparatus, the control means sends the related data file registered in the file storage means to the printing apparatus. And printing is executed without accepting designation of a reservation number for the transmission .

A print service system according to the present invention includes an information terminal, a printing apparatus, a print service server, and a file storage unit, and the information terminal transmits a data file registration request to the print service server. And a means for acquiring a reservation number transmitted from the print service server in response to the registration request, and the printing device accepts the reservation number input by the user of the information terminal. Means for transmitting a print request including a number to the print service server, means for executing printing of a data file transmitted from the print service server in response to the print request, and transmitted from the print service server Means for presenting identification information of the data file to the user, and the user selects from the presented data file Means for transmitting a print request including identification information of a data file to the print service server, the print service server including a reservation number issued in response to the registration request from the information terminal and the data file Registration information generated by associating information related to the data file is registered in the file storage means, and the registration information for transmitting the issued reservation number to the information terminal, and the registration information according to a preset grouping criterion And generating means for generating one or a plurality of groups including one or more data files registered in the file storage means, and corresponding to the reservation number in response to the print request from the printing apparatus. Control to send the data file registered in the file storage means to the printing device and execute printing That a control means, associated with the identification information of the data file by sending to the printing apparatus, the printing of the candidate together with transmitted data file by said control means belonging to the same group as the sent data file by said control means have a, and presenting means for presenting the relevant data file to said control means, when the print request including the identification information of the related data file presented by the presenting means is transmitted from the printing apparatus, wherein The related data file registered in the file storage means is transmitted to the printing apparatus, and control is performed to execute the printing without accepting designation of a reservation number for the file .

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a data file corresponding to a reservation number designated by the user is printed from among data files that are pre-registered with a reservation number allocated, the reservation number is supported. It is possible to recommend to the user related data files that are candidates for printing together with the data file to be printed.

Further, with respect to the print request to the associated data file presented by the presentation means can execute a printing of the associated data file without specifying a reservation number.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, it is possible to generate a group by referring to history information in addition to registration information.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when a data file corresponding to a reservation number designated by the user is printed from among data files that are pre-registered with a reservation number assigned, the reservation number corresponds to the reservation number. It is possible to recommend to the user related data files that are candidates for printing together with the data file to be printed. In addition, the related data file can be printed without specifying a reservation number for a print request for the related data file presented by the presenting means.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when a data file corresponding to a reservation number designated by the user is printed from among data files that have been assigned a reservation number and registered in advance, the reservation number is supported. It is possible to recommend to the user related data files that are candidates for printing together with the data file to be printed. In addition, the related data file can be printed without specifying a reservation number for a print request for the related data file presented by the presenting means.

1 is a block configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a print service system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of a print service server in the present embodiment. FIG. FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of a multi-copy machine in the present embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data structure of the document information registered into the document information storage part in this Embodiment. 6 is a flowchart illustrating print service processing in the present embodiment. It is the figure which showed the data structural example of the historical information accumulate | stored in the historical information storage part in this Embodiment. It is the figure which showed the example of a data structure of the group information accumulate | stored in the group information storage part in this Embodiment. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen when a suggestion is displayed on the operation panel of the multi-copy machine according to the present embodiment. FIG. It is the figure which showed the example of a screen after the button which displays a detail was selected from the display screen of FIG. 8A.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a print service system according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a print service server 10, an information terminal 30, and a multi-copy machine 40. Each is connected to the Internet (not shown), and the print service server 10 can exchange information with the information terminal 30 and the multi-copy machine 40. The print service server 10 and the multi-copy machine 40 may be connected by a dedicated line.

  The multi-copy machine 40 is a multifunction machine that is provided as a printing apparatus and is installed in a store such as a convenience store and has at least a printing function. In addition, since the multi-copy machine 40 installed in each store has an equivalent function, only one unit is shown in FIG. 1 for convenience. The print service server 10 and the multi-copy machine 40 cooperate to provide a print service to the user of the information terminal 30. In the present embodiment, “print service” means that when a user registers in advance a data file such as a photograph or document to be printed from the information terminal 30, a print service server 10 issues a reservation number, and then the user visits the store. This is a service in which a data file registered in advance can be printed by going to the multi-copy machine 40 and inputting a reservation number.

  FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram of the print service server 10 according to the present embodiment. In this embodiment, the server computer forming the print service server 10 may be realized by a general-purpose hardware configuration that has existed in the past. That is, the computer is configured by connecting the CPU 51, ROM 52, RAM 53, HDD 54, and network controller 55 to the internal bus 56 as shown in FIG. Further, for maintenance management and the like, an input / output controller 60 that connects a mouse 57 and a keyboard 58 provided as input means and a display 59 provided as a display device may be connected to the internal bus 56.

  Since the information terminal 30 is also formed by a computer, it has a hardware configuration similar to that of FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram of the multi-copy machine 40 in the present embodiment. The multi-copy machine 40 has various functions such as a copy function and a scanner function, and is a device incorporating a computer. In FIG. 3, the CPU 61 controls the operation of various mechanisms mounted on the apparatus such as the scanner 64 and the printer engine 65 in accordance with a program stored in the ROM 62. The ROM 62 stores various programs related to the provision of various services such as control of the apparatus and printing services. The RAM 63 is used as a work memory or a communication buffer when executing a program. The scanner 64 reads a document set by a user and accumulates it in a HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 67 or the like as digital data. The printer engine 65 is a printing unit that prints an image on output paper in accordance with an instruction from a control program executed by the CPU 61. The operation panel 66 is user interface means for receiving instructions from the user and displaying information. The HDD 67 stores digital data such as an image read by the scanner 64. The charging device 68 is used when charging the user of the multi-copy machine 40. The network controller 69 connects a network such as the Internet. The address data bus 70 is connected to various mechanisms to be controlled by the CPU 61 to perform data communication. In the present embodiment, the multi-copy machine 40 is treated as a single device for the sake of convenience. However, a DFE (Digital Front End) and a multi-function machine that is equipped with a scanner, a print engine, etc. and provides various functions. You may form with another apparatus.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the print service server 10 includes a communication processing unit 11, a document registration processing unit 12, a document transmission unit 13, a print end notification reception unit 14, a group generation unit 15, a suggestion presentation unit 16, a processing control unit 17, and a document. An information storage unit 21, a history information storage unit 22, and a group information storage unit 23 are included. Note that components not used in the description of the present embodiment are omitted from the drawings. The same applies to the information terminal 30 and the multi-copy machine 40.

  The communication processing unit 11 is realized by the network controller 55 and performs data communication between the information terminal 30 and the multi-copy machine 40 via the Internet. The document registration processing unit 12 is provided as a registration unit, and generates registration information generated by associating a reservation number issued in response to a data file registration request from the information terminal 30, the data file, and information on the data file. While registering in the file storage means, the issued reservation number is transmitted to the information terminal. In this embodiment, a case where an electronic data file of a document is handled as a data file will be described as an example. However, in the following description, the electronic data file of a document is simply referred to as “document”. The document transmission unit 13 transmits a document registered in the document information storage unit 21 under the control of the processing control unit 17 to the multi-copy machine 40 via the communication processing unit 11. The print end notification receiving unit 14 is provided as a recording unit, and records information related to the results of printing performed in the multi-copy machine 40 in the history information storage unit 22 as history information. The group generation unit 15 is provided as a generation unit, and refers to registration information registered in the document information storage unit 21 according to a preset grouping standard and history information stored in the history information storage unit 22 to obtain document information. One or a plurality of groups including one or a plurality of data files registered in the storage unit 21 are generated. The suggestion presentation unit 16 is provided as a presentation unit, and transmits the identification information of a document belonging to the same group as the document transmitted by the document transmission unit 13 to the multi-copy machine 40, whereby the document transmitted by the document transmission unit 13 is transmitted. And a document to be printed as a candidate. The processing control unit 17 is provided as a control unit, and controls execution of print services, specifically, execution of printing in the multi-copy machine 40 in cooperation with the other components 11 to 16.

  The components 11 to 17 in the print service server 10 are realized by a cooperative operation of a computer that forms the print service server 10 and a program that operates on the CPU 51 mounted on the computer. The storage units 21 to 23 are realized by the HDD 54 mounted on the print service server 10. Alternatively, the RAM 53 or an external storage means may be used via a network.

  The information terminal 30 includes a communication processing unit 11 that performs data communication with the print service server 10 via the Internet and a document registration unit 32 that executes pre-registration of a document to be printed. The communication processing unit 11 and the document registration unit 32 are realized by a cooperative operation of a computer that forms the information terminal 30 and a program that operates on a CPU mounted on the computer.

  The multi-copy machine 40 executes a printing process for printing a document designated by a user in cooperation with the communication processing unit 41 that performs data communication with the print service server 10 and the print service server 10 via the Internet. A processing unit 42 is included. The communication processing unit 41 and the print processing unit 42 are realized by a cooperative operation of a computer built in the multi-copy machine 40 and a program operating on the CPU 61 mounted on the computer.

  Further, the program used in this embodiment can be provided not only by communication means but also by storing it in a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or USB memory. The program provided from the communication means or the recording medium is installed in the computer, and various processes are realized by the CPU of the computer sequentially executing the program.

  Next, an operation in the present embodiment when the user of the information terminal 30 prints an electronic data file of a document will be described.

  First, the user needs to register a document to be printed in the print service server 10 in advance. For this purpose, after the user logs in to the information terminal 30, a document to be printed is specified and a registration of the document is requested. In response to this, the document registration unit 32 transmits a registration request including the designated document (digital data) and information related to the document to the print service server 10 via the communication processing unit 31.

  When the communication processing unit 11 in the print service server 10 receives a document registration request, the processing control unit 17 activates the document registration processing unit 12. When activated, the document registration processing unit 12 issues a reservation number, generates the document information by associating the issued reservation number with the received information (information about the document and the document), and the document information storage unit 21. Register with. A reservation number is issued for each document.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a data configuration of document information registered in the document information storage unit 21 in the present embodiment. The document information is generated based on information included in the registration request. The document information includes a reservation number, a document body (digital data), a document ID as identification information of the document, a file name of the document, a user ID as identification information of the owner (registrant) of the document, a user A password for accessing the document specified together with the document and a mail address as a notification destination of the result of document registration are included. According to the data configuration example of the document information shown in FIG. 4, the data items after the document ID correspond to “information about the document”. The “document information” shown in FIG. 4 is used in the document grouping process described later, but the data configuration shown in FIG. 4 is an example. Document attributes and attribute information regarding the owner may be included. Even if it is not explicitly included in the registration request received from the information terminal 30 as information about the document, the document registration processing unit 12 extracts attribute information and the like from the header information of the document, It may be included in “information”.

  When the document information is set and registered as described above, the document registration processing unit 12 transmits the issued reservation number to the information terminal 30 that issued the registration request. Specifically, it is transmitted by an e-mail addressed to the e-mail address specified at the time of the registration request.

  Thereafter, a print service process performed when a user prints a document registered in advance in the print service server 10 will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  In order to print a pre-registered document, the user goes to the store where the multi-copy machine 40 is installed, performs a predetermined operation on the multi-copy machine 40, displays an input screen on the operation panel 66, and sets a reservation number. input. Even when a plurality of documents are to be printed, the user inputs only the reservation number of one of the documents.

  When the reservation number is input, the print processing unit 42 receives the reservation number (step 101). Here, description will be made assuming that a correct reservation number has been input. Then, the print processing unit 42 transmits a print request including the input reservation number to the print service server 10 via the communication processing unit 41.

  When the communication processing unit 11 in the print service server 10 receives a document print request, the processing control unit 17 activates the document transmission unit 13. When the document transmission unit 13 is activated, the document transmission unit 13 reads a document corresponding to the reservation number included in the print request from the document information storage unit 21 and transmits the document to the multi-copy machine 40 that is the transmission source of the print request.

  When the print processing unit 42 in the multi-copy machine 40 acquires a document corresponding to the reservation number (step 102), the print engine 42 causes the printer engine 65 to print the document after confirmation by the user (step 103).

  When the printing of the document designated by the user is completed as described above, the print processing unit 42 indicates that the printing has been completed, the date and time when the printing was performed, the document ID of the printed document, and the multi By sending to the print service server 10 end notification information including at least the store ID as the identification information of the store where the copier 40 is installed, the end of execution of printing is notified.

  When the communication processing unit 11 in the print service server 10 receives the end notification information, the process control unit 17 activates the print end notification receiving unit 14. When activated, the print end notification receiving unit 14 generates history information based on the end notification information and registers it in the history information storage unit 22 to record the execution of printing (step 104).

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of history information accumulated in the history information storage unit 22 in the present embodiment. The history information includes a print date and time when printing is performed, a document ID of the printed document, and a store ID of the store where printing is performed.

  When the printing of the document designated by the user is completed, the print processing unit 42 inquires of the user whether to request the display of the suggestion in parallel with the transmission processing of the end notification information described above. This may be displayed on the operation panel 66 to that effect. If the user does not request a suggestion display (N in Step 105), the print processing unit 42 ends the print service process.

  On the other hand, when the user requests a suggestion display by performing a predetermined operation such as selection of a request button displayed on the operation panel 66 (Y in step 105), the print processing unit 42 prints that the user has requested it. Display request information including at least the document ID of the document for which printing has been completed and the store ID of the store where the multi-copy machine 40 that has performed printing is installed is transmitted to the print service server 10.

  When the communication processing unit 11 in the print service server 10 receives the display request information, the processing control unit 17 activates the suggestion presenting unit 16. When the suggestion presenting unit 16 is activated, the suggestion presenting unit 16 extracts the corresponding group information from the group information storage unit 23 based on the display request information, and transmits it to the multi-copy machine 40 that is the display request information transmission source.

  The group information transmitted to the multi-copy machine 40 is generated in advance by the group generation unit 15. Here, the group information and group information generation processing executed by the group generation unit 15 will be described.

  In this embodiment, as described above, when a user inputs a reservation number, a document corresponding to the reservation number is printed. If the user wants to print another document, he / she needs to enter a reservation number issued for the other document. That is, as many reservation numbers as the number of documents to be printed must be entered.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, there is some relationship with the document selected and printed by the user, which is specified based on the registration information of the document registered in advance and the history information accumulated with the execution of printing. In the case of a document, it is possible to continue printing on a printed document without requiring the user to input a reservation number of the relevant document.

  The group generation unit 15 generates groups based on related documents. Each group is generated according to a preset grouping criterion. Hereinafter, some examples of grouping criteria will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration example of the group information accumulated in the group information storage unit 23 in the present embodiment. The group information is generated by associating the group ID for identifying the group with the grouping standard indicating the standard for generating the group and the document ID of the document belonging to the group.

  As a grouping standard, for example, registration information is referred to, and a group is generated with documents having file names similar to the printed document. For the similarity, an existing natural language processing technique may be used. For example, file names are expressed as vectors by tf-idf, and the vectors are grouped by clustering. In the case of a file format in which the text of the document can be analyzed, the similarity of the text may be calculated in the same way as the file name, and a group may be generated with the documents having similar text.

  As another grouping standard, for example, registration information is referred to, and if a project name is included in a file that is easy to be printed together, for example, a file name includes the project name. As another grouping standard, for example, registration information may be referred to, and documents whose registration date and time are within a certain time may be grouped.

  Further, as another grouping standard, for example, history information may be referred to, and documents whose document print dates and times are within a certain time may be grouped. For example, the fixed time may be set to 1 hour, 24 hours (or every day), or the like.

  In addition, referring to the history information, documents that are frequently printed in a predetermined time are grouped. For example, according to the example of the history information shown in FIG. 6, since the documents with the document IDs “d01234” and “d01235” are continuously printed in a short time, the number of times of such continuous printing is set in advance. Group documents that exceed the set threshold.

  As another grouping standard, for example, the history information may be referred to, the stores printed for each document may be aggregated, and the documents with the most printed stores may be grouped. According to the history information example shown in FIG. 6, since the documents with the document IDs “d11112” and “d12345” are printed at the same store ID “s010”, they are frequently printed at the same store. Group documents.

  When the group generation unit 15 in the present embodiment groups documents according to one or more of the grouping criteria exemplified above and generates group information, the group generation unit 15 registers the generated group information in the group information storage unit 23. . Note that the above grouping standard is an example, and documents may be grouped according to other standards.

  The grouping process in the group generation unit 15 may be performed at the time of document registration, at the end of printing execution (at the time of history information registration), or as a periodic process. The group may be added to an existing group, or the group may be regenerated each time the group generation process is executed. In the grouping process described above, one document may belong to a plurality of groups.

  Returning to FIG. 5, the suggestion presentation unit 16 extracts the group information of the group to which the document specified from the document ID included in the display request information transmitted from the multi-copy machine 40 belongs, from the group information storage unit 23, and displays it. The request information is transmitted to the multi-copy machine 40 as the transmission source. The suggestion presenting unit 16 does not necessarily transmit all the group information extracted from the group information storage unit 23. The suggestion presenting unit 16 does not necessarily transmit the top n (n is a natural number) group information according to the preset priority order of the group information. You may make it transmit.

  When it is acquired by receiving the group information transmitted from the print service server 10 (step 106), the print processing unit 42 displays a suggestion on the operation panel 66 based on the acquired group information (step 107).

  FIG. 8A is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a screen when a suggestion is displayed on the operation panel 66. FIG. 8A shows a display example when a plurality of groups (three groups in the figure) including documents related to the printed document are presented as suggestions. In FIG. 8A, a “display details” button 81 for displaying the number of corresponding documents and details is shown in the explanation showing how the document is related to the printed document. The description displayed on the screen is equivalent to the description of the grouping criterion when the group is generated.

  The user can print the selected document without entering the reservation number as long as it is a document contained in the document by referring to the displayed suggestion, but the user does not select the document. (N in step 108), the process may be terminated. For this purpose, the user selects the end button 82 without selecting the button 81.

  When the process is not terminated, the user selects the “display details” button 81 corresponding to the document group that will contain the document to be printed with reference to the explanation. FIG. 8B shows a screen display example when the “display details” button 81 of “document with similar file name” is selected in FIG. 8A. Referring to the display example of FIG. 8B, two documents included in the group of “documents with similar file names” include a document with a document ID “d03456” and a file name “xxx.pptx”, and a document ID. It can be seen that “d22228” is a document having a file name “xxx.xlsx”.

  If the document to be printed is not included in the group, the user can select the close button 83 to return the operation panel 66 to the state shown in FIG. 8A. When the user finds a document to be printed and selects the print button 84 corresponding to the document (Y in step 108), the print processing unit 42 sends a print request including the document ID of the selected document to the communication processing unit 41. To the print service server 10.

  When the communication processing unit 11 in the print service server 10 receives a print request after the suggestion is presented, the processing control unit 17 activates the document transmission unit 13. When activated, the document transmission unit 13 reads a document corresponding to the document ID included in the print request from the document information storage unit 21 and transmits it to the multi-copy machine 40 that is the print request transmission source.

  When the print processing unit 42 in the multi-copy machine 40 obtains a document corresponding to the reservation number (step 102), it causes the printer engine 65 to print the document (step 103).

  Thereafter, the above-described processing is repeated until the user does not want to make a suggestion (N in step 105) or the user selects the suggestion but does not select the document to be printed.

  In this embodiment, when one of the documents presented by the suggestion is selected, a document related to the selected document is presented for each group. For example, after selecting and printing a document, Then, the screen may return to the screen for selecting the printed document (FIG. 8B), and a plurality of documents related to the printed document by specifying the reservation number may be continuously printed.

  In the present embodiment, it has been described that one document is selected as a document to be printed from the screen of FIG. 8B. However, a plurality of documents can be selected at the same time or can be selected in units of groups. May be. When a plurality of documents are selected, it is necessary to determine in advance a selection criterion for a document to be suggested for suggestion.

  If a plurality of groups can be selected, there is a possibility that the same document is included in the plurality of groups. In this case, it is preferable to control so that the same document is not printed twice.

  In this embodiment, a document of the same user is used as a suggestion candidate, but another user's document may be included in the candidate. However, in this case, there is a possibility that another person's own document may be printed without permission. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a password is added to the document and registered. This makes it possible to prevent a user who does not know the password from printing the document.

  In addition, as described above, in the present embodiment, a group of documents is generated based on a grouping criterion set in advance on the print service side, and thus the user receives a suggestion based on an unintended document group. . However, if the user knows the contents of the grouping criteria in advance, it is also possible to manipulate the group configuration, for example, by devising file naming.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Print service server 11, 31, 41 Communication processing part, 12 Document registration processing part, 13 Document transmission part, 14 Print completion notification receiving part, 15 Group production | generation part, 16 Suggestion presentation part, 17 Process control part, 21 Document information Storage unit, 22 History information storage unit, 23 Group information storage unit, 30 Information terminal, 32 Document registration unit, 40 Multi-copier, 42 Print processing unit, 51, 61 CPU, 52, 62 ROM, 53, 63 RAM, 54 , 67 Hard disk drive (HDD), 55, 69 Network controller, 56 Internal bus, 57 Mouse, 58 Keyboard, 59 Display, 60 Input / output controller, 64 Scanner, 65 Printer engine, 66 Operation panel, 68 Billing device, 70 Address data bus.

Claims (5)

A computer that can access the file storage means
Register the registration number generated in association with the reservation number issued in response to the registration request for the data file from the information terminal, the data file, and the information on the data file in the file storage means, and the issued reservation number Registration means for transmitting to the information terminal;
Generating means for generating one or more groups including one or more data files registered in the file storage means with reference to the registration information according to a preset grouping criterion;
Control means for controlling to send the data file registered in the file storage means to the printing apparatus in correspondence with the reservation number in response to the print request in which the reservation number is designated from the printing apparatus, and to execute printing ,
By transmitting the identification information of the associated data files belonging to the same group as the sent data file by said control means to said printing apparatus, associated data files candidate print together with transmitted data file by said control means Presenting means for presenting,
To function as,
When the print request including the identification information of the related data file presented by the presenting means is transmitted from the printing apparatus, the control means sends the related data file registered in the file storage means to the printing apparatus. Control to execute the printing without accepting the designation of the reservation number for it,
A program characterized by that . The program according to claim 1, wherein the presenting means presents the related data file after printing the data file . Causing the computer to function as recording means for recording information relating to the results of printing executed in the printing apparatus as history information in history information storage means accessible by the computer;
The program according to claim 1, wherein the generation unit further generates a group with reference to the history information. Register the registration number generated in association with the reservation number issued in response to the registration request of the data file from the information terminal, the data file, and the information on the data file in the file storage means, and the issued reservation number Registration means for transmitting to the information terminal;
Generating means for generating one or more groups including one or more data files registered in the file storage means with reference to the registration information according to a preset grouping criterion;
Control means for controlling to send the data file registered in the file storage means to the printing apparatus in correspondence with the reservation number in response to the print request in which the reservation number is designated from the printing apparatus, and to execute printing When,
By transmitting the identification information of the associated data files belonging to the same group as the sent data file by said control means to said printing apparatus, associated data files candidate print together with transmitted data file by said control means Presenting means for presenting,
I have a,
When the print request including the identification information of the related data file presented by the presenting means is transmitted from the printing apparatus, the control means sends the related data file registered in the file storage means to the printing apparatus. Control to execute the printing without accepting the designation of the reservation number for it,
A print service server. An information terminal,
A printing device;
A print service server;
File storage means;
Have
The information terminal
Means for transmitting a data file registration request to the print service server;
Means for acquiring a reservation number transmitted from the print service server in response to the registration request;
Have
The printing apparatus includes:
Means for receiving a reservation number input by a user of the information terminal and transmitting a print request including the reservation number to the print service server;
Means for executing printing of the data file transmitted from the print service server in response to the print request;
Means for presenting identification information of the data file transmitted from the print service server to the user;
Means for transmitting a print request including identification information of a data file selected by the user from the presented data files to the print service server;
Have
The print service server
The registration number generated in association with the reservation number issued in response to the registration request from the information terminal, the data file, and the information on the data file is registered in the file storage means, and the issued reservation number is Registration means for transmitting to the information terminal;
Generating means for generating one or more groups including one or more data files registered in the file storage means with reference to the registration information according to a preset grouping criterion;
Control means for controlling the data file registered in the file storage means in correspondence with the reservation number in response to the print request from the printing apparatus to the printing apparatus and executing printing;
By transmitting the identification information of the associated data files belonging to the same group as the sent data file by said control means to said printing apparatus, associated data files candidate print together with transmitted data file by said control means Presenting means for presenting,
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When the print request including the identification information of the related data file presented by the presenting means is transmitted from the printing apparatus, the control means sends the related data file registered in the file storage means to the printing apparatus. Control to execute the printing without accepting the designation of the reservation number for it,
A printing service system characterized by that.

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