JP6439302B2 - Printing system, management apparatus and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing system, a management apparatus, and a program.

  A technique for registering a document to be output from a user terminal device to a server device and printing the document from a printer installed at a location distant from the user terminal device has already been realized. In such a system, after printing, the printed print job is deleted from the server device (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 3).

  Patent Document 1 relates to security printing. In Patent Document 1, a print file that is permitted to be printed by a print user is registered in a server device, and designated by a management user terminal device for a print file. A printing system that prints the print file, prints the print file, and then deletes the print file is described.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-228688 is configured such that when the printing device completes printing of the corresponding print job, the printing device notifies the server device of the completion of printing. A printing system that issues an instruction to delete the corresponding print job to the printing apparatus and forcibly deletes the corresponding print job stored in the print job storage unit in all the printing apparatuses including the printing apparatus that has performed printing based on the deletion instruction. Is described.

  In Patent Document 3, in response to a print request from an external device, print data corresponding to input authentication information is acquired from a storage area, printing based on the print data is performed, and after printing is performed, A network print system for deleting the print data from the memory box is described.

JP 2006-268435 A JP 2007-034493 A JP 2003-280866 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a printing system, a management apparatus, and a program that can reduce the burden on the user as compared with the case where the user selects and outputs from a plurality of output targets registered in advance. .

[1] a terminal device that makes a registration request for an output target;
An output device that makes an output request for output; and
Receiving means for receiving the registration request from the terminal device or the output request from the output device, registration means for registering the registration request received by the receiving means in storage means, and the receiving means received When the registration request is the same as other registration requests registered in the storage means, grouping means for grouping them and registering them in the storage means as list information; and the receiving means outputs the output from the output device When a request is received, the corresponding list information is read from the storage means, presented to the output device, a registration request is selected from the list information, and the selected registration request is transmitted to the output device as an output instruction Output request processing means for outputting the output object,
And a management device having,
The output request processing means, when presenting the list information to the output device, displays the latest registration request in a group in a manner that can be distinguished from other registration requests, and also displays the latest registration request on the output device. A printing system that deletes all the latest registration requests and other registration requests in the same group as the latest registration requests after transmission .
[2] A reception means for receiving an output target registration request or an output target output request;
Registration means for registering the registration request received by the receiving means in a storage means;
Grouping means for grouping them and registering them as list information in the storage means when the registration request received by the receiving means is the same as other registration requests registered in the storage means;
When the receiving means receives the output request from the output device, the corresponding list information is read from the storage means and presented to the output device, and a registration request is selected from the list information. Output request processing means for transmitting to the output device as an output instruction and outputting the output target, and
The output request processing means, when presenting the list information to the output device, displays the latest registration request in a group in a manner that can be distinguished from other registration requests, and also displays the latest registration request on the output device. A management apparatus that deletes all of the latest registration requests and other registration requests in the same group as the latest registration requests after transmission .
[3] The output request processing unit, when presenting the list information to the output device to display only the most recent registration request in the group management apparatus according to [2].
[ 4 ] The grouping means sets the registration request having the same file size as the file size of the latest registration request among the other registration requests other than the latest registration request in the group as the latest registration request. The management device according to [2].
[ 5 ] When the output request processing means presents the list information to the output device, the registration request requested based on an instruction to change, add or exclude the registration request operated on the list information. and transmitted to the output device to output the output target as an output instruction to the management apparatus according to [2] or [4].
[ 6 ] In the computer
A receiving means for receiving an output target registration request or an output target output request;
Registration means for registering the registration request received by the receiving means in a storage means;
Grouping means for grouping them and registering them as list information in the storage means when the registration request received by the receiving means is the same as other registration requests registered in the storage means;
When the receiving means receives the output request from the output device, the corresponding list information is read from the storage means and presented to the output device to select a registration request from the list information, and the selected registration request Is transmitted to the output device as an output instruction to function as output request processing means for outputting the output target ,
The output request processing means, when presenting the list information to the output device, displays the latest registration request in a group in a manner that can be distinguished from other registration requests, and also displays the latest registration request on the output device. A program that deletes all of the latest registration requests and other registration requests in the same group as the latest registration requests after transmission .

According to the first, second, and sixth aspects of the invention, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user as compared with the case where the user selects and outputs from a plurality of output targets registered in advance. Also, the latest registration request can be easily selected as compared with the case where all the registration requests in the group are displayed in the same manner. Further, after printing by the output request, all the registration requests in the group grouped by the grouping unit can be deleted.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, the latest registration request can be easily selected as compared with the case where all the registration requests in the group are displayed.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, if the file size is the same as the latest registration request, a non-latest registration request can be regarded as the latest registration request.
According to the invention which concerns on Claim 5 , based on a user's intention, a registration request can be changed, added, or excluded.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the server apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of determining the identity of print jobs in a group. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the terminal device according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a registration flow in the printing system. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an output flow in the printing system. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job list screen. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job list screen (exclusion of an output target). FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job list screen (changing, adding, or excluding output targets).

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, in each figure, about the component which has the substantially same function, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the duplicate description is abbreviate | omitted.

(Configuration of printing system)
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The printing system 1 includes a server device 2 as an example of a management device, a plurality (three in FIG. 1) of terminal devices 3 (3a, 3b, 3c) and a plurality of (two in FIG. 1) output devices. The image forming apparatus 4 (4a, 4b) is connected via a network 5 and is schematically configured. The numbers of terminal devices 3 and image forming devices 4 are not limited to those shown in FIG.

  The terminal device 3 and the image forming apparatus 4 are installed in places such as offices and floors that are separated from each other, for example. The image forming apparatus 4 may be installed in a convenience store, a supermarket, or the like. In this printing system 1, a user registers a document file print job from the terminal device 3 in the server device 2. When the user moves to a place where the image forming apparatus 4 is installed and issues a document file output request from the image forming apparatus 4, the document file is transferred from the server apparatus 2 to the image forming apparatus 4 after user (user) authentication. To be printed out. Here, the print job is an example of a registration request or an output request. A document file is an example of an output target. The document file may include a photograph, a figure, and the like.

  The network 5 is a communication network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) that transmits and receives data by wired communication and wireless communication, and the Internet.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job. The print job is composed of the job object of the document file to be output, and attribute information such as a user name, job name, job generation date and time, and print format. The job entity is a document file created on a computer, and is PDL data described in a page description language (PDL). The job name is composed of a file name and an application name, for example. The application name is represented by an extension such as .doc, .xls, or .bmp of a document creation application such as word, excel, or photoshop. Examples of the printing style include color printing / monochrome printing, the number of copies, imposition, printing paper size, single-sided printing / double-sided printing, and the like.

(Configuration of server device)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the server device 2. The server device 2 is realized by a control unit 20 that controls each unit of the server device 2, a storage unit 21 that stores various types of information, and a NIC (network interface card), for example, and the terminal device 3 via the network 5. A communication unit 22 that communicates with an external apparatus such as the image forming apparatus 4 is schematically configured.

  The control unit 20 is configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the like, and by executing a program 210, the reception unit 200, the transmission unit 201, the user information collation unit 202, the registration processing unit 203, the group determination processing unit 204, It functions as a group summary processing unit 205, an output request processing unit 206, and the like. Note that all or part of each of the units 200 to 206 of the control unit 20 may be realized by hardware such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). Here, the receiving unit 200 is an example of a receiving unit. The transmission unit 201 is an example of a transmission unit. The registration processing unit 203 is an example of a registration unit. The group determination processing unit 204 and the group summarization processing unit 205 are examples of grouping means. The output request processing unit 206 is an example of an output request processing unit.

  The storage unit 21 includes a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a hard disk drive (HDD), and the like, and includes a program 210, user information 211, print job information 212, group information 213, and a user. Various information such as print job list screen information 214 for each item is stored. The print job list screen information 214 is an example of list information.

  The receiving unit 200 receives an output target registration request from the terminal device 3 based on the user's operation, and receives an output target output request from the image forming device 4 based on the user's operation.

  The user information collation unit 202 performs collation processing between the user ID and password as an example of user information transmitted from the terminal device 3 or the image forming device 4 and the user information 211 stored in the storage unit 21. . The verification process may be performed by biometric authentication or card authentication.

  The registration processing unit 203 registers a print job in the storage unit 21 as print job information 212 based on the registration request received by the receiving unit 200.

The output request processing unit 206 reads out the print job list screen information 214 corresponding to the user who made the output request from the storage unit 21 and presents it to the image forming apparatus 4.

  The transmission unit 201 transmits the print job information 212 stored in the storage unit 21 in response to the output request to the image forming apparatus 4 to output an output target.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of determining the identity of print jobs in a group. As described with reference to FIG. 2, a print job is composed of a job entity, which is a document file to be output, and attribute information such as a user name, job name, job generation date and time, and print format.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the group determination processing unit 204 includes print jobs having the same user name (sender) and job name in the attribute information among the print jobs received by the receiving unit 200. It is determined that The above-described determination method is an example, and whether or not the print jobs are the same can be determined by other items. For example, when the user name and job name are the same and the file size of the document file is the same, the group determination processing unit 204 may determine that the file with the same file size is the same print job.

  The group determination processing unit 204 assigns to the group information 213 the reception date and time when the reception unit 200 receives the print job as information for determining the latest print job among the same print jobs in the group.

  The group summarization processing unit 205 performs processing for grouping print jobs determined to be the same by the group determination processing unit 204 as one group. In addition, the group summary processing unit 205 generates print job list screen information 214 in which print jobs in the same group are arranged from the most recent reception date and time in the order of reception date and time from the top to the bottom, and is stored in the storage unit 21. To do. As the order of arrangement of print jobs in a group, in addition to the order of job reception date and time, the generation date and time of print jobs, the order of print job data sizes, the order of print job document files, and the creation (including editing) of document files. An order such as an order can be selected.

  Also, the group summary processing unit 205 determines whether the file size of the document file of the top print job among the print jobs in the group is the same as the file size of the document file of the other print job grouped immediately before. If the file sizes are different, the top print job is determined as the latest print job. If the file sizes are the same or different enough to be recognized as the same, the print job is also determined as the latest print job. As an example of the difference that is recognized to be the same, the difference in file size to be compared may be in a predetermined range such as + 0.5% to -0.5%. The group summarization processing unit 205 adds a check mark so that the print job determined as the latest print job can be distinguished from others, emphasizes it by changing its color, font, thickness, etc. List screen information 214 is generated and stored in the storage unit 21.

  Displaying the latest print job in a different mode from other print jobs makes it easier to recognize the latest print job than when displaying the same in the same mode, and printing other than the latest print job by mistake. The possibility of selecting a job is reduced. Further, for example, the user may create a print job with different print formats for the same document file, such as for distribution and for storage. In such a case, by setting a print job having the same file size as the latest print job as the latest print job, the print job that the user desires to print can be set as the latest print job.

(Configuration of terminal device)
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the terminal device 3. The terminal device 3 is realized by a control unit 30 that controls each unit of the terminal device 3, a storage unit 31 that stores various types of information, and an NIC, for example, and an external device such as the server device 2 via the network 5. A communication unit 32 that performs communication, an input unit 33 including a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and a display unit 34 that is realized by a liquid crystal display or the like are schematically configured. Such a terminal device 3 is realized by, for example, a notebook personal computer (PC), a tablet terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile phone, a multi-function mobile phone (smart phone), or the like.

  The control unit 30 is configured by a CPU or the like, and functions as a reception unit 300, a transmission unit 301, a document creation unit 302, a print job generation unit 303, and the like by executing a program 310. In addition, each part 301-303 of the control part 30 may implement | achieve all or one part by hardware, such as ASIC.

  The storage unit 31 includes a ROM, a RAM, an HDD, and the like, and stores various information such as a document creation application for creating and editing a registration target document file, a program 310 such as a web browser and a printer driver, and registration target information 311. Is done. The registration target information 311 is information related to a registration target document file registered in the server device 2 and includes a document file and attribute information such as a user name, a file name, and an application name. The user name is a person who operates the terminal device 3, and is different for each of the terminal devices 3a, 3b, and 3c shown in FIG.

  The document creation unit 302 creates a document file by executing a document creation application, and stores the created document file in the storage unit 31 as registration target information 311 together with attribute information such as a user name, a file name, and an application name. To do.

  The print job generation unit 303 displays a list of registration targets on the display unit 34 from the registration target information 311 stored in the storage unit 31, receives a selection of a registration target and a printing format by an operation of the user input unit 33. Generate a print job. The print job generated by the print job generation unit 303 includes a document file, and attribute information such as a user name, job name (file name, application name), job generation date and time, and print format.

  The accepting unit 300 accepts a user ID, a password, and the like by the user's operation of the input unit 33. The transmission unit 301 transmits the user ID and password received by the reception unit 300 to the server device 2 via the network 5. The transmission unit 301 transmits the print job generated by the print job generation unit 303 to the server device 2.

(Configuration of image forming apparatus)
FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the image forming apparatus 4. The image forming apparatus 4 is, for example, a multifunction machine in which a plurality of functions such as a printer function, a scanner function, and a facsimile function are integrated into a copying machine. Here, the image forming apparatus 4 is an example of an output device. However, the output device may be a printer, a facsimile machine, or the like.

  The image forming apparatus 4 is realized by a control unit 40 that controls each unit of the image forming apparatus 4, a storage unit 41 that stores various types of information, and a NIC, for example. A network communication unit 42 for communicating with an external device, an operation display unit 43 for inputting and displaying various information, an image reading unit 44 for optically reading an image from a document, and printing an image on paper by an electrophotographic method or the like And a facsimile communication unit 46 connected to a telephone line network or the like.

  The control unit 40 is configured by a CPU or the like, and functions as a reception unit 400, a transmission unit 401, a reception unit 402, an output processing unit 403, a log generation processing unit 404, and the like by executing a program 410. In addition, each part 400-404 of the control part 40 may implement | achieve all or one part by hardware, such as ASIC.

  The storage unit 31 includes a ROM, a RAM, an HDD, and the like, and stores an image processing program, a program 410 such as a web browser, and various types of information.

  The operation display unit 43 is, for example, a touch panel display, and has a configuration in which touch panels are superposed on the front surface of a display such as a liquid crystal display.

(Printing system operation)
An example of the operation of the printing system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

(1) Registration Flow FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a registration flow in the printing system 1. First, when a user operates the input unit 33 of the terminal device 3 to input a user ID and password as user information, the receiving unit 300 of the terminal device 3 receives the input user ID and password (S101). The transmission unit 301 of the terminal device 3 transmits the user ID and password received by the reception unit 300 to the server device 2 via the network 5 (S102).

  The receiving unit 200 of the server device 2 receives the user ID and password of the user information (S103). The user information collation unit 202 of the server device 2 collates whether or not the received user information has matching information in the user information 211 stored in the storage unit 21 (S104). The transmission unit 201 of the server device 2 transmits the collation result to the terminal device 3 (S105).

  The control unit 30 of the terminal device 3 receives the collation result transmitted from the server device 2 (S106). When the print job generation unit 303 of the terminal device 3 receives the verification success (S107: Yes), it displays the registration target list from the registration target information 311 stored in the storage unit 31 on the display unit 34. The user selects a registration target and print format by operation to generate a print job (S108). The transmission unit 301 of the terminal device 3 transmits the generated print job to the server device 2 (S109).

  The receiving unit 200 of the server device 2 receives the print job transmitted from the terminal device 3 (S110). The registration processing unit 203 of the server device 2 performs registration processing for the received print job (S111). The group determination processing unit 204 stores the print jobs determined to be the same as the group information 213 of the same group in the storage unit 21 (S112). In addition, the group summary processing unit 205 generates print job list screen information 213 based on the group information 213 and stores it in the storage unit 21. The transmission unit 201 of the server device 2 transmits the registration process result to the terminal device 3 (S113), and ends the process.

(2) Output Flow FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of an output flow in the printing system 1. When the user operates the operation display unit 43 of the image forming apparatus 4 to input a user ID and password as user information and makes an output request, the receiving unit 400 of the image forming apparatus 4 receives the input user. The ID and password are accepted (S301). The transmission unit 401 of the image forming apparatus 4 transmits the input user information to the server apparatus 2 (S302).

  The receiving unit 200 of the server apparatus 2 receives the user information transmitted from the image forming apparatus 4 (S303). The user information collation unit 202 of the server device 2 collates the received user information (S304). The transmission unit 201 of the server apparatus 2 transmits the collation result to the image forming apparatus 4 (S305).

  The receiving unit 402 of the image forming apparatus 4 receives the user information collation result transmitted from the server apparatus 2 (S306). If the collation result is a collation success (S307: Yes), the accepting unit 400 accepts an output request to be output from the user (S308). When the collation of the user information in step S304 fails, the control unit 40 displays a message indicating that output is impossible on the operation display unit 43 of the image forming apparatus 4 to inform the user (S317), and ends the process.

  The receiving unit 200 of the server apparatus 2 receives an output request to be output from the image forming apparatus 4 (S309). The output request processing unit 206 of the server device 2 reads the print job list screen information 214 corresponding to the user from the storage unit 21 and presents it to the image forming apparatus 4.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job list screen. The operation display unit 43 of the image forming apparatus 4 displays a print job list screen 430 corresponding to the user as shown in FIG. 9 based on the print job list screen information 214 presented from the server apparatus 2. On the print job list screen 430, for example, a check mark column 430a of a print job, a job name, the number of copies, and a job generation date and time are displayed for each group. In the example of FIG. 9, four print jobs are displayed as a group with a job name “130326_report_k1.0.0.doc”. In addition, three print jobs are displayed as a group having a job name “XX like contract.doc”. The print job checked in the check mark column 430 a is based on the print job list screen information 214.

  In the group with the job name “130326_Report_k1.0.0.doc”, among the grouped print jobs, the print job with the latest job generation date and time is the output target and is displayed in bold at the top. . In the group with the job name “XX-like contract.doc”, among the grouped print jobs, the print job whose file size is determined to be the same as the latest print job in the group by the group summary processing unit 205 Are output as the latest print job. Therefore, the above two print jobs are to be output and are displayed in bold. A check mark column 430a of a print job to be output is checked.

  When the “print” button 431 of the operation display unit 43 shown in FIG. 9 is selected, the receiving unit 200 of the server apparatus 2 receives an output request for an output whose check mark column 430a is checked (S309). ).

  The output request processing unit 206 of the server device 2 reads out the print job to be output whose check mark column 430a is checked from the print job information 212 stored in the storage unit 21, and transmits it to the image forming apparatus 4 (S310). ).

  The receiving unit 402 of the image forming apparatus 4 receives the print job to be output transmitted from the server apparatus 2 (S311). The output processing unit 403 of the image forming apparatus 4 performs the output target output processing received in step S311 (printing processing by the printing unit 45) (S312). After completion of the output process, the log generation processing unit 404 of the image forming apparatus 4 generates an output result as an output log (S313). After completion of the log generation process, the transmission unit 401 of the image forming apparatus 4 transmits the output log to the server apparatus 2 (S314).

  The receiving unit 200 of the server apparatus 2 receives the output log transmitted from the image forming apparatus 4 (S315).

  Based on the output log transmitted from the image forming apparatus 4, the output request processing unit 206 of the server device 2 collectively deletes all the print jobs in the group to which the printed print job belongs from the storage unit 21. As a result, the series of processes is completed. In the example shown in FIG. 9, all the print jobs in the group to which the print job whose check mark column 430a is checked belong are deleted.

(Exclusion of output target)
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job list screen (exclusion of an output target). In this example, only the top group is checked in the check mark column 430a. In the print job list screen 430 shown in FIG. 9, the user touches and selects the operation display unit 43 to uncheck some check mark fields 430a and select the “print” button 431, for example. As a result, only the latest print job of the group checked in the check mark column 430a is printed, and the printed print job and the print job in the group (print job surrounded by a broken line) are collectively deleted. .

(Change, add, exclude)
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print job list screen (changing, adding, or excluding output targets). In the group with the job name “130326_report_k1.0.0.doc”, the print job with the latest job generation date / time on the initial screen, that is, the print job displayed at the top is the output target. When the user touches and selects the operation display unit 43 on the print job list screen 430 shown in FIG. 9, for example, another print job that is not the latest is added or changed to an output target (print job surrounded by a broken line). Can do. In addition, by touching and selecting the operation display unit 43, for example, the check mark column 430a can be unchecked and the print job that is the output target can be excluded from the output target. In this way, it is possible to individually designate and print a desired print job among the print jobs in the group.

(Other embodiments)
The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, in this embodiment, the latest print job for each group is set as the output target as the default, but the latest print job is set as the output target as a default, and each group is instructed when batch output is instructed. The latest print job may be output every time.

  Further, it is possible to omit or change some of the constituent elements of the above-described embodiment within a range not changing the gist of the present invention.

  Although the above embodiment has been described as a configuration in which the program is installed in advance, the program may be provided by being stored in a computer-readable storage medium such as a CD-ROM.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Printing system, 2 ... Server apparatus, 3 ... Terminal device, 4 ... Image forming apparatus,
5 ... Network, 20 ... Control unit, 21 ... Storage unit, 22 ... Communication unit, 30 ... Control unit,
31 ... Storage unit, 32 ... Communication unit, 33 ... Input unit, 34 ... Display unit, 40 ... Control unit,
41 ... Storage unit, 42 ... Network communication unit, 43 ... Operation display unit, 44 ... Image reading unit,
45 ... printing unit, 46 ... facsimile communication unit, 200 ... receiving unit, 201 ... sending unit,
202... User information matching unit, 203... Registration processing unit, 204.
205 ... Group summary processing unit, 206 ... Output request processing unit, 210 ... Program,
211 ... User information, 212 ... Print job, 213 ... Group information,
214 ... Print job list screen information, 300 ... Reception unit, 301 ... Transmission unit,
302 ... Document creation unit, 303 ... Print job generation unit, 310 ... Program,
400: reception unit, 401 ... transmission unit, 402 ... reception unit, 403 ... output processing unit,
404 ... log generation processing unit, 410 ... program, 430 ... print job list screen,
430a ... Check mark field, 431 ... "Print" button

Claims (6)

A terminal device that makes a registration request for output; and
An output device that makes an output request for output; and
Receiving means for receiving the registration request from the terminal device or the output request from the output device, registration means for registering the registration request received by the receiving means in storage means, and the receiving means received When the registration request is the same as other registration requests registered in the storage means, grouping means for grouping them and registering them in the storage means as list information; and the receiving means outputs the output from the output device When a request is received, the corresponding list information is read from the storage means, presented to the output device, a registration request is selected from the list information, and the selected registration request is transmitted to the output device as an output instruction Output request processing means for outputting the output object,
And a management device having,
The output request processing means, when presenting the list information to the output device, displays the latest registration request in a group in a manner that can be distinguished from other registration requests, and also displays the latest registration request on the output device. After sending, delete all the latest registration requests and other registration requests in the same group as the latest registration requests;
Printing system. A receiving means for receiving an output target registration request or an output target output request;
Registration means for registering the registration request received by the receiving means in a storage means;
Grouping means for grouping them and registering them as list information in the storage means when the registration request received by the receiving means is the same as other registration requests registered in the storage means;
When the receiving means receives the output request from the output device, the corresponding list information is read from the storage means and presented to the output device, and a registration request is selected from the list information. Output request processing means for transmitting to the output device as an output instruction and outputting the output target, and
The output request processing means, when presenting the list information to the output device, displays the latest registration request in a group in a manner that can be distinguished from other registration requests, and also displays the latest registration request on the output device. After sending, delete all the latest registration requests and other registration requests in the same group as the latest registration requests;
Management device. The output request processing unit, when presenting the list information to the output device to display only the most recent registration request in the group,
The management device according to claim 2. The grouping means also sets a registration request of the same file size as the file size of the latest registration request among the other registration requests other than the latest registration request in the group as the latest registration request.
The management device according to claim 2. The output request processing means, when presenting the list information to the output device, outputs a registration request requested based on an instruction to change, add or exclude the registration request operated on the list information. To be output to the output device to output the output target,
The management device according to claim 2 or 4 . On the computer,
A receiving means for receiving an output target registration request or an output target output request;
Registration means for registering the registration request received by the receiving means in a storage means;
Grouping means for grouping them and registering them as list information in the storage means when the registration request received by the receiving means is the same as other registration requests registered in the storage means;
When the receiving means receives the output request from the output device, the corresponding list information is read from the storage means and presented to the output device to select a registration request from the list information, and the selected registration request Is transmitted to the output device as an output instruction to function as output request processing means for outputting the output target ,
The output request processing means, when presenting the list information to the output device, displays the latest registration request in a group in a manner that can be distinguished from other registration requests, and also displays the latest registration request on the output device. After sending, delete all the latest registration requests and other registration requests in the same group as the latest registration requests;
Program .

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