JPH07271537A - Network printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To control plural printers and to improve the print job efficiency by reporting a specific printer that outputted print job to the job requester user when the print job is completed. CONSTITUTION:Plural print jobs are dynamically allotted to the printers that are controlled by the print server software and carried out them. The print server software periodically confirms the states of printers 108 and therefore gives a message to a user to tell that the printers are busy if so when the print jobs are received. Meanwhile the print jobs are automatically given to the available printers 108 if the print jobs cannot be carried out by some reasons such as the faults of printers, the shortage of print forms, the uncancelable cases of busy states due to concentration of print jobs, etc. Then the names of the printers that outputted the jobs are reported in messages. Thus the print Jobs can be effectively carried out.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a network connecting a plurality of workstations via a network.
More particularly, the present invention relates to a network printing system that uses a network environment that has already been installed as it is and constructs a printing environment that does not disturb the usage environment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the recent development and spread of network environments, it is expected that network systems in which a plurality of workstations are connected via a network will become more sophisticated and complex.

In a network system, resources shared by workstations are
It is called a server, and is generally a file server dedicated to a service for building a more efficient system by sharing a large-scale file, or another network system (or , A computer system) and a communication server in which communication functions for communicating via a wide area network are concentrated, and a print server or the like for exclusively controlling the output device such that the output device such as a printer is shared and used. It has been known.

On the other hand, as an input / output device used by connecting to a network system, for example, a printer for outputting a raster image on a recording sheet, a scanner device for reading an original as a raster image, and an external system using a telephone line are used. There are a modem for transmitting and receiving data, a console as a man-machine interface means between a user and a machine (workstation), and the like.

The data transferred between these input / output devices is basically only image data, character data, and graphic data. However, there are various promises in the representation method of each of these data, and in reality, there are many types of data. Also, there are many types of input / output devices depending on differences in resolution, gradation, and the like.

Therefore, in the input / output device connected to the conventional network system (or the input / output device which may be connected), the conversion device for converting the data is incorporated in the input / output device so that the data of the network system can be obtained. I am able to support different types of.

[0007]

However, according to the conventional network system, by using the print server, a plurality of printers connected to the network can be shared and used from each workstation. However, there is a problem in that it does not necessarily provide sufficient services and functions, so there is a considerable amount of trouble when compared to a printer dedicated to the machine itself.

Specifically, for example, when one of a plurality of printers cannot be used due to failure or inconvenience, the system sends the print job to a printer that can be automatically used and outputs it to the job request source. Convenience will improve if you report the printer that did.

When a color printer is shared by a plurality of people, color adjustment between workstations is a very important control item, but all the various workstations connected under the network perform color adjustment. It doesn't always have software. For example, Microsoft's new O
Color adjustment software is supposed to be bundled with S (Chicago) and the new OS of Apple Inc., but other OS (PC / Windows, Macintosh)
sh, Unix, etc.) do not all have color adjustment software. In addition, the old OS that the user has ever used
Since it is not always replaced immediately, there was a problem that there was always a problem of color adjustment in a multi-vendor environment. In particular, full-scale color adjustment software is expensive, and it is difficult for all users to have expensive color adjustment software.

Further, when the digital copying machine has a built-in printer function and the digital copying machine is released from local use, the network is simultaneously used when the digital copying machine is used. When a print job is requested through the print job, the print job has to wait until the use of the digital copying machine is completed. In this case, network users who are unaware that a digital copier is in use are forced to wait annoyed that their print job is not completing quickly.

When using a digital copying machine, it is necessary to set various copying conditions. Typical copy conditions include the number of copies, the presence / absence of sorting, the presence / absence of double-sided, the double-sided mode (single-sided → double-sided, double-sided → double-sided, double-sided → single-sided, etc.), reduction / enlargement, presence / absence of stapling and the like. It is very troublesome to make these copying conditions in front of a digital copying machine quickly and without error, and mistakes occur. In particular, in the case of a digital copying machine under a network, it is necessary to move to a place where the digital copying machine is placed, which is a further troublesome problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, in which a print server is installed, the print server manages a plurality of printers, and the presence / absence of a printer failure and the use / unuse of the printer are managed, The purpose is to enable efficient execution of print jobs.

Further, the present invention has been made in view of the above, and it is possible for a user who can perform color adjustment even from a workstation having no color adjustment software and is not satisfied with poor color adjustment software. The purpose is to enable full-scale color adjustment.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and when the digital copying machine under the network is used locally, by returning an appropriate comment to the network user, the user is frustrated. The purpose is to exclude.

Further, the present invention has been made in view of the above, and the copying conditions are set from one's own workstation, and then the original is taken in front of the digital copying machine to set the copying. The purpose is to call conditions from the front panel so that copying can be performed easily.

[0016]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a network printing system according to claim 1, which has an interface capable of bidirectional communication, and a graphic (graphic). A printer with a built-in controller that can handle text (images) and images (images), driver software that supports bidirectional communication between the printers, and a function that saves and retains print conditions as user profiles for each user. , The ability to report to a user who requested a print job when an event occurs on the printer, the ability to queue the print jobs requested by each workstation in chronological order, and then send them to the printer The print job before sending it to the printer Print server is one workstation with a function of sending the user profile as a print server software
A machine, a plurality of workstations equipped with menu software having a function of calling the user profile existing in the print server software and changing the contents, and privileged order in the queue of the print job. Function that can be changed or canceled,
And a specific workstation equipped with the administrator menu software that has the function of reading the billing file and performing spreadsheet, and bidirectional in a network printing system in which a plurality of workstations are connected through a network. A function to have a plurality of printer interfaces capable of communication, to which a plurality of printers can be connected, and to dynamically assign a plurality of print jobs to the printers under the control of the print server software and execute the print jobs. When a print job is completed, it is provided with a function of reporting to which user the job was requested by which printer the output was made.

A network printing system according to a second aspect of the present invention comprises a controller having an interface capable of bidirectional communication and capable of comprehensively handling graphics (graphics), text (characters) and images (images). Store the built-in printer, driver software that supports bidirectional communication between the printer, and print conditions as a user profile for each user.
A function to hold, a function to report to the user who requested the print job when an event occurs in the printer, a function to store the print job requested from each workstation in chronological order and then send it to the printer. A print server machine that is a workstation equipped with print server software and a function for sending a user profile of the print job before sending the print job to the printer; A plurality of workstations equipped with menu software having a function of calling the user profile existing in the software and changing the contents, and privilegedly changing or canceling the order of the print job in the queue. Functions that can be used In a network printing system that has a specific workstation equipped with administrator menu software that has the function of reading files and performing spreadsheets, and connecting multiple workstations through a network, the printer is a color printer In this case, the color adjustment parameters can be loaded from the outside and the color adjustment parameters can be saved in the user profile.

A network printing system according to a third aspect of the present invention comprises a controller having an interface capable of bidirectional communication and capable of comprehensively handling graphics (graphics), text (characters) and images (images). Store the built-in printer, driver software that supports bidirectional communication between the printer, and print conditions as a user profile for each user.
A function to hold, a function to report to the user who requested the print job when an event occurs in the printer, a function to store the print job requested from each workstation in chronological order and then send it to the printer. A print server machine that is a workstation equipped with print server software and a function for sending a user profile of the print job before sending the print job to the printer; A plurality of workstations equipped with menu software having a function of calling the user profile existing in the software and changing the contents, and privilegedly changing or canceling the order of the print job in the queue. Functions that can be used Equivalent to the printer in a network printing system that has a specific workstation equipped with administrator menu software that has the function of reading files and performing spreadsheets, and connecting multiple workstations through a network. When using a digital copying machine with a built-in printing function and a local digital copying machine, if there is a request for a print job, the function to detect whether a copy has been performed and print the print job reliably ·server·
Spooling function in software and print
A function that reports to the user who requested the job that there is a copy job waiting, and a function that automatically executes the waiting print job when the copy is completed and reports it to the requesting user when it completes. It is equipped with and.

A network printing system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention comprises a controller having an interface capable of bidirectional communication and capable of comprehensively handling graphics (graphics), text (characters) and images (images). Store the built-in printer, driver software that supports bidirectional communication between the printer, and print conditions as a user profile for each user.
A function to hold, a function to report to the user who requested the print job when an event occurs in the printer, a function to store the print job requested from each workstation in chronological order and then send it to the printer. A print server machine that is a workstation equipped with print server software and a function for sending a user profile of the print job before sending the print job to the printer; A plurality of workstations equipped with menu software having a function of calling the user profile existing in the software and changing the contents, and privilegedly changing or canceling the order of the print job in the queue. Functions that can be used Profiles copy conditions in a network printing system that has a specific workstation equipped with a menu software for administrators that has the function of reading files and performing spreadsheets, and connecting multiple workstations through a network. As a function that can be registered and registered in the print server software and changed and corrected through the menu software,
It is equipped with the function to call the profile from the front panel of the digital copier and set the copy function according to the copy conditions.

[0020]

According to the network printing system (Claim 1) of the present invention, a plurality of print jobs are dynamically assigned to a printer under the control of the print server software to be executed, and the execution of the print jobs is completed. When this happens, the printer that has output the job is reported to the user who requested the job, so that the user's irritation can be eliminated.

Network Printing of the Invention
In the system (Claim 2), when the printer is a color printer, the color adjustment can be performed by externally loading the parameter for color adjustment and storing the parameter for color adjustment in the user profile.

Network Printing of the Invention
The system (Claim 3) detects whether or not a copy job is executed while using a digital copying machine having a built-in print function locally, and ensures the print job. It spools in the print server software, reports to the user requesting the print job that the print job is in progress, and tells the user what to wait for. When the copy is completed, the print job that is waiting is automatically executed. The print job can be executed efficiently by reporting to the requesting user at the time of completion.

Network Printing of the Invention
The system (Claim 4) registers the copy condition as a profile in the print server software so that it can be changed and modified through the menu software, and the profile is called from the front panel of the digital copying machine to set the copy condition. By setting the copy function along with it, the set copy conditions can be called from the front panel to easily perform the copy.

[0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the network printing system of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an overall basic assembly configuration diagram of the network printing system of this embodiment. In the figure, LP6200-PrintView indicates the printer body. This is a controller (specifically, PCL5 and PostSc as the printer language).
interface (including ript) and bidirectional communication with an external host (Bi-Directiona)
l Centronics). A print server (PrintView Server) is installed between the network (EtherNet) and the printer.

Print server software (RPS: print server software manufactured by Ricoh Co., Ltd.) runs on the print server, and soft fonts (Basic Soft Font) that can be shared are also supplied.

On the client side, CM (Client
AM (Admin) for managers and administrators
istorator Manager) is supplied as software.

Subsequently, in the basic assembly configuration diagram shown in FIG. 1, the network environment, the outline of the overall connection configuration,
The print job flow of NetWare and the configuration of the printing system will be described in more detail in this order.

Network Environment First, prior to the description of the present embodiment, a network environment ([Assumption 1]-[Assumption 1]-[Assumption 1]-[Assumption 1]-[Assumption 1] for constructing the network printing system of this embodiment for simplifying the description). 8]) will be described.

[Assumption 1] There are various types of LAN (local area network) topologies.
Here, it is assumed that it operates under EtherNet (Ethernet: the most representative LAN, which is a network jointly developed by Xerox, DEC, and Intel).

[Assumption 2] The network OS and protocol use NetWare and IPX / SPX of Novell. [Assumption 3] A workstation machine is an IBM personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a PC),
Or use the compatible machine. [Assumption 4] The server machine is also a PC of IBM,
Or use the compatible machine.

[Assumption 5] The workstation has an OS
As an example, DOS or Windows is installed. [Assumption 6] The OS of the print server machine is assumed to be equipped with DOS.

[Assumption 7] Application software also operates on DOS or Windows. [Assumption 8] The controller of the printer is
It is assumed that PCL5 from Hewlett-Packard Co., which supports images, Roman characters / Kanji, or Postscript (page description language) from Adobe is installed.

However, these assumptions 1 to 8 are not particularly limited, and it goes without saying that they may be replaced with other conditions having the same function.

More specifically, the system of the embodiment is P
This is a system that operates in a network environment with C as WS, and improves the printing environment of the current NetWare of Novell. The PC operating on DOS and the one operating on Windows may be mixed. The CM and AM only have a function of communicating with the RPS, and specific control data is stored in the RPS as a user profile.

CM and AM are DOS or Windows
Can be operated as one application. Furthermore, CM for DOS is resident software (TS
It can also be used as R).

The present invention is not restricted to the network environment and workstation environment.
The concept and configuration are application level that improves the usability of the printer, and software created under one condition can be ported to different environments.

Overview of Overall Connection Configuration FIG. 1 shows an overview of the overall connection configuration of the integrated business network system of the present embodiment. In the main LAN 101, a plurality of PCs are workstations 102 to 1086.
Then connected. Specific workstations among them are assigned as the file server machine 104 and the print server machine 106. In addition,
For simplicity of explanation, the number of workstations is five here, but the number is not limited to this.

NICs (Network Interface Cards / Adapters) 102a to 106a are attached to the workstations 102 to 106, respectively, and are connected to the trunk LAN 101. NICs of various performances are supplied for PCs from various manufacturers. The type of this NIC is not particularly limited. Therefore,
A system vendor or a user may select and purchase a commercially available product. Driver software is also bundled and supplied to the NIC. However, in the figure, a diagram of the network direct connection type printer 107 is also described. In this case, a specific interface with the printer 107 has to be provided, and it is supplied from the printer manufacturer or supplied from a specific manufacturer. You have to specify one.

Further, each of the workstations 102 to 10
Reference numeral 6 includes a PC main body, a console including a keyboard / display, a hard disk device (HDD), a floppy disk device (FDD), and a required minimum memory (RAM).

A plurality of printers 108 are connected to the print server machine 106 through a bidirectional interface (BiDi I / F). The bidirectional interface card is inserted in the expansion slot of the PC,
It is also possible to insert a plurality of sheets, and it is possible to connect the same number (here, three) of printers 108.
The print server machine 106
Server software (hereinafter referred to as PS) is installed.

The print server machine 106 and the printer 108 need only be logically connected, and the physical connection form does not matter. For example, one print server machine may be provided with SCSI, and the print server machine and a plurality of printers may be connected by a daisy chain connection. Further, the print server machine and a plurality of printers may be logically connected through the NIC. Furthermore, the connection forms may be mixed. What is important is that one print server machine and multiple printers are logically connected to enable bidirectional communication and control.

The printer 108 has, for example, a post printer.
A controller 108a that processes a script language is installed and bidirectionally communicates necessary data, commands, and status with the PS (here, the print server machine 106). A mail box 108b is attached to the printer 108.

The print server machine 10 of this embodiment
6 is a PC. It operates under the environment of DOS, and print server software (RPS) operates on DOS. RPS controls soft fonts and utility software. Although an HDD and a console are connected to the print server machine 106, this is not an essential condition. If there is no HDD, it is necessary to save the user profile in a non-volatile manner by some means, and a memory having a certain capacity as a job queue is required. The console is only required at startup, and is unnecessary if it is incorporated in the automatic startup program at power-on. Further, the PC as the print server machine does not need to physically exist outside the printer, and may be integrated in the printer.

Flow of NetWare print job From each workstation, a print job created by an application (actually, the job file is converted into a printable file format by the printer driver) is stored in the file server. To the print queue at. Multiple print queues can be set, and each print queue can be assigned to a printer under the network.

Therefore, when requesting a print, the user must specify the print queue assigned to the printer he wants to use. The print server software (RPS) is assigned one of its print queues. Print server
The software (RPS) polls and checks whether there is a job in the print queue in the file server. If a print job exists, immediately pull out the print job and print
Another job in the server software (RPS)
Transfer to a queue.

Originally, NetWare had a print queue and a print server (Nov) in the file server.
ell Pserer, NLM). This print server (NLM) controls a general printer connected to a file server. Under this environment, the user can perform minimal network printing. However, there are various problems from the user's point of view. The present invention is a NetWare
In order to solve the problems of the print server provided by, the original print server (RP
S). By using the print server software (RPS), the user can fully enjoy the functions of the printer.

Configuration of Printing System The workstations 102, 103, 105 have DO
Some are running on S and some are running on Windows. Each workstation 102, 103, 1
CM as software for 05 users to communicate with PS
(CM = Client Manager), and AM (A
M = Administrator.

CM is software that runs in parallel with application software as resident software.
The CM program size under the OS environment must be small enough not to invade the memory area of the application software. Therefore, in the DOS environment, TS
CM is supplied as R (in the TSR technique, single task OS, a method for temporarily operating another program unrelated to an application from the console). Of course, it is also possible to provide it as non-resident software equivalent to general application software. In this case, CM under Windows environment
There is no limit to the memory size as with.

AM can run on Windows even under DOS environment.
Works as application-level software in the environment. Therefore, it does not run in parallel with the application, so there is no restriction on the program size.

However, only one AM is used on one LAN, and CM can be used at all workstations connected on the LAN. It should be noted that not all workstations need to use the CM, but a user who wants to use a printer compatible with the system may use it.

Further, it is not necessary for each user to always set the print condition used by him / herself, and for the user whose use condition is almost constant, the administrator forcibly sets the user profile by using the AM. The user can unknowingly enjoy his or her own printing conditions.

The main items that can be set / changed in CM are as follows. (1) Select one from a plurality of printers. (2) Select the printer language to use. (3) Select the paper tray or paper size to be used. (4) Select the bin number of the output tray or mailbox to be used. (5) Designate double-sided printing or single-sided printing. (6) Select the software font group to be downloaded and select whether to load it. (7) Specify the number of copies and whether or not to sort. (8) Designate the offset position for paper ejection.

AM is a super set of functions of CM, and in addition to being able to do everything CM can do, it has the following main functions. (1) Setting of user name and password for each user (2) Calculation of print charge for each user (3) Forced allocation of printer / mailbox for each user (4) Reordering and cancellation of all print jobs (5) ) Printer initialization and diagnostics

The print server software (RPS) has the following three main functions in order to execute these functions. (1) Management of user profile that holds print conditions for each user (2) Context switch of print environment (download font, macro command, etc.) (3) Disable C setting from printer driver
Command override to enable the setting from M

A plurality of user profiles can be assigned to each user, and print conditions can be registered and changed for each user profile. In addition to storing all of the items that can be controlled from the CM, this also includes a group of parameters for color adjustment required by the color printer and items of copy conditions during copying.

Print server software (RP
In S), the target of the job can be determined to be a monochrome printer or a color printer. Therefore, the printer is set differently from the profile item before sending the print job to the printer. In this case, reset the settings in advance and then send the print job. Therefore, the desired print condition is secured even when the user switches. When using the printer as a digital copier, you can load the copy conditions on the digital copier side by entering your user name from the front panel.

When the user profile is read from the CM and the confirmation is changed, the print server software (RPS) also updates the state of the latest machine (presence or absence of paper in the paper feed tray, size, empty space of the paper discharge tray, etc.). Since it can be checked, the status can be added to the items in the profile that require a status. It is very convenient for the user to check the status while in front of the workstation.

Print server software (RP
Since the latest status is periodically exchanged between S) and the CM, the status display can be updated or updated if the status is changed even while the CM is in use.

Context switching is also an important function. For example, some printer languages allow the use of download fonts and macro commands. In this case, it is assumed that a user loads his own download font and macro command on the printer. If the user replaces the printer and resets it and uses it, the downloaded font and macro commands will be erased. Then, when switching back to the original user, that user thinks that the user has already loaded, but the download font or macro command no longer exists, and printing fails. This is not allowed under the environment where multiple users are used through the network.

In order to prevent this, when the user switches, the information to be saved can be uploaded / loaded in advance on the server side and held before being switched. Then, when the user is switched, and when the user has the information that was originally used, the above problem can be solved by reloading and placing the job before executing the job. This function is called context switching.

The command over ride is also an important function in the current printer usage environment.

Although not described, other print server software (RPS) functions include an accounting function, a font management function, a mailing function, a sorting function, a filtering function,
There is a logging function.

Workstation and print server
There are basically four types of information between printers including machines. (1) Print job itself: A print file created by an application and passed through a driver. This also includes printing conditions. (2) Status request: The user asks the system about the status in order to positively know the status of the printer. (3) Status response: One of the methods is to report necessary contents in response to an inquiry from the user and display the current status for each item of CM. (4) Event Report: The printer side actively informs the user of necessary information without the user's request. For example, a print job completion report, an error report associated with job execution, a message service when a job takes a long time to execute a request, and the like.

The present invention executes all of this and provides a service as a printer. Specifically, it is as follows.

Print server software (RP
S) periodically checks the status of the printer, so when the printer receives the print job, when the printer is busy (if it is used as a local copy,
When the jobs are concentrated and it takes a long time to execute (for example,), a function of reporting the fact to the user as a message can be executed.

If the print job cannot be executed for some reason (for example, printer failure, lack of print paper, or the busy state cannot be canceled due to concentration of jobs), the job is automatically sent to the available printer. You can solve this problem by turning. However, since it is not output to the printer specified by the user, it is necessary to report the name of the output printer as a message. In addition, the user can
By allowing M to specify which printer is allowed to execute a job, extra confusion can be avoided.

[0068]

As described above, the network printing system of the present invention (claim 1) causes a plurality of print jobs to be dynamically assigned to a printer under the control of print server software and executed. When the print job is completed, the printer that outputs the print job is reported to the user who requested the job. If the printer under the network (digital copying machine) is used locally, You can eliminate user frustration by returning an appropriate comment to the user.

Network Printing of the Invention
In the system (Claim 2), when the printer is a color printer, the parameters for color adjustment are externally loaded and the parameters for color adjustment are saved in the user profile, so that even from a workstation without color adjustment software. Color adjustments are possible, and even users who are not satisfied with poor color adjustment software can make full-scale color adjustments.

Network Printing of the Invention
The system (Claim 3) detects whether or not a copy job is executed while using a digital copying machine having a built-in print function locally, and ensures the print job. It spools in the print server software, reports to the user requesting the print job that the print job is in progress, and tells the user what to wait for. When the copy is completed, the print job that is waiting is automatically executed. , A print server is installed to report to the requesting user at the time of completion, and the print server manages multiple printers, manages the presence / absence of printer failures and used / unused status, and improves print job efficiency. It can run well.

Network Printing of the Invention
The system (Claim 4) registers the copy condition as a profile in the print server software so that it can be changed and modified through the menu software, and the profile is called from the front panel of the digital copying machine to set the copy condition. To set the copy function along with it, set the copy conditions from your own workstation, then bring the document in front of the digital copier and call the set copy conditions from the front panel, easily. A copy can be made.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall basic assembly configuration diagram of a network printing system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of the overall connection configuration of the integrated business network system of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 LAN 102, 103, 105 workstation 104 file server machine 106 print server machine 107 direct connection printer 108 printer

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A printer having a controller having a bidirectional communication interface and capable of comprehensively handling graphics (graphics), text (characters) and images (images), and bidirectional communication between the printers. Supporting driver software, function to save / hold print conditions as user profile for each user, print / print when event occurs in printer
Ability to report to the user who requested the job, the ability to queue the print jobs requested by each workstation and then send them to the printer, the print jobs before sending them to the printer The user server existing in the print server software and the print server machine, which is a workstation equipped with the function of sending the user profile of the above, as print server software, and the contents are changed. A plurality of workstations equipped with menu software with the function to enable, a function to change the order of the print job in the queue in a privileged manner and to cancel it, and a function to read the accounting file and perform spreadsheet calculation. Menu for managers to have In a network printing system that includes a specific workstation equipped with a network and that connects multiple workstations via a network, the printer has multiple printer interfaces capable of bidirectional communication and multiple printers. That can be connected to the printer and dynamically assigns and executes multiple print jobs to the printers under the control of the print server software, and which printer outputs the print jobs when the execution of the print jobs is completed. And a function of reporting to the user who requested the job. 2. A printer having a controller having a bidirectional communication interface and capable of comprehensively handling graphics (graphics), text (characters), and images (images), and bidirectional communication between the printers. Supporting driver software, function to save / hold print conditions as user profile for each user, print / print when event occurs in printer
Ability to report to the user who requested the job, the ability to queue the print jobs requested by each workstation and then send them to the printer, the print jobs before sending them to the printer The user server existing in the print server software and the print server machine, which is a workstation equipped with the function of sending the user profile of the above, as print server software, and the contents are changed. A plurality of workstations equipped with menu software with the function to enable, a function to change the order of the print job in the queue in a privileged manner and to cancel it, and a function to read the accounting file and perform spreadsheet calculation. Menu for managers to have In a network printing system that includes a specific workstation equipped with a printer and that connects multiple workstations via a network, if the printer is a color printer, a function that can externally load parameters for color adjustment , A network printing system having a function capable of storing parameters for color adjustment in a user profile. 3. A printer having an interface capable of bidirectional communication and having a built-in controller capable of comprehensively handling graphics (graphics), text (characters), and images (images), and bidirectional communication between the printers. Supporting driver software, function to save / hold print conditions as user profile for each user, print / print when event occurs in printer
Ability to report to the user who requested the job, the ability to queue the print jobs requested by each workstation and then send them to the printer, the print jobs before sending them to the printer The user server existing in the print server software and the print server machine, which is a workstation equipped with the function of sending the user profile of the above, as print server software, and the contents are changed. A plurality of workstations equipped with menu software with the function to enable, a function to change the order of the print job in the queue in a privileged manner and to cancel it, and a function to read the accounting file and perform spreadsheet calculation. Menu for managers to have In a network printing system that includes a specific workstation equipped with a printer and that connects a plurality of workstations via a network, a digital copying machine having a print function equivalent to the printer and a digital copying machine locally. When a print job is requested while using a printer, a function to detect whether a copy job has been performed, a function to reliably spool the print job in the print server software, and a print job A function that reports to the user who requested the job that copying is in progress, and a function that automatically executes the waiting print job when the copying is completed and reports it to the requesting user when completed. A network printing system characterized by having. 4. A printer having a controller having a bidirectional communication interface and capable of comprehensively handling graphics (graphics), text (characters) and images (images), and bidirectional communication between the printers. Supporting driver software, function to save / hold print conditions as user profile for each user, print / print when event occurs in printer
Ability to report to the user who requested the job, the ability to queue the print jobs requested by each workstation and then send them to the printer, the print jobs before sending them to the printer The user server existing in the print server software and the print server machine, which is a workstation equipped with the function of sending the user profile of the above, as print server software, and the contents are changed. A plurality of workstations equipped with menu software with the function to enable, a function to change the order of the print job in the queue in a privileged manner and to cancel it, and a function to read the accounting file and perform spreadsheet calculation. Menu for managers to have In a network printing system that has a specific workstation equipped with a network and that connects multiple workstations through a network, copy conditions are registered as a profile in the print server software, and through the menu software Change the function that can be modified and call the profile from the front panel of the digital copier,
A network printing system having a function of setting a copy function according to the copy condition.