JPS62243061A - Information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To mutually utilize the printing processor of various functions, which each information processor has, by coupling the information processor to which various printing processors are connected, through a communication control means. CONSTITUTION:An information processor ax for executing a printing request analyzes a printing request outputted from an execution program, by referring to a management table T1 by a printing processing discriminating means C11, and discriminates an information processor ay to which an aimed printing processor px is connected. The means C11 delivers a control to a printing data transmitting means C12 in order to transmit a printing data to the aimed device ay. The device ay receives a printing request and a printing data transmitted from the device ax, by a printing data receiving means C2, and the printing request and the printing data are stored in a printing processing queue Q1 and a magnetic disk d1, respectively. A printing processing means C3 fetches the printing processing request from the queue Q1, discriminates a printing format by referring to a management table T2 from a format name fx, and prints the printing data of the disk d1 to the printing processor px.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention "Field of Industrial Application" This invention relates to an information processing system consisting of a plurality of information processing devices connected via a communication control means, and in particular to seven print processing methods (-related). .

"Prior art" Conventionally, print processing in this type of information processing system is
The C2 print processing device is connected to the information processing device that performs printing, or the program is executed in the information processing device that is connected to the print processing device that outputs the output.

"Problems to be Solved by the Invention" In the conventional method described above, since an information processing device (= connected printing device) is used, the range of use is limited to the functional range of the connected print processing device. When expanding the system, there are disadvantages in system operation, such as selecting an information processing device to which a print processing device with the desired functionality is connected, and then migrating the program to run the program on that information processing device. Ta.

"Means for Solving the Problem" In the present invention, a plurality of information processing apparatuses are connected via a communication control means, and each information processing apparatus (-a printing apparatus management table storing information regarding connected printing processing apparatuses) is provided. By providing each information processing device with the following, a print processing device that can refer to the printing device management table and execute the print request using the print processing identification means in response to a print request generated by one of the information processing devices is connected. identified information processing device,
A print request and print data are sent to the identified information processing device by the print data sending means, and the information processing device that receives the print data is temporarily stored in the disk device (-) by the print data receiving means.

After the storage process is completed, the print data is outputted to the print processing device by the print processing means and printed.

"Example" Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. A plurality of information processing devices [11 devices ai (i=1, 2...) are connected by a communication control mechanism including a communication line b1, and a print processing device p1 is connected to the information processing device a. There is.

Figure 2 shows a print processing device p existing in an information processing system.
1, and is a correspondence table of information processing devices to which each printing device is connected. FIG. 3 is a correspondence table showing the printing formats corresponding to the lid names specified by the program.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the flow of operations when a program executed by the information processing device ax outputs a print request to the printing device pxl2 connected to the information processing device a. The details of the information processing device ax and information processing device a are shown in FIG.
Figure 6;: shown respectively.

In the information processing device ax that makes the print request, the print request issued by the execution program is analyzed by the print processing identification means C11 with reference to the printing bag-1 management table T1, and the purpose unit Lily processing device sales is connected. Identify the information processing device ay. Next, the print processing identifying means C11 passes control to the print data transmitting means C1□ in order to transmit the print data to the target information processing apparatus a.

In the information processing apparatus a that performs print processing, the print request and print data transmitted from the requesting information processing apparatus ax are received by the print data receiving means C2, and the print request is sent to the print processing queue Q1 (-, the print data is Information processing device ayζ: Connected magnetic disk d11; stores.

The print processing means C3 takes out the print processing request from the print queue Q1, identifies the print format by referring to the print format management table T2 based on the format name, and prints the magnetic disk d in the designated print format.
The print data stored in the print processing device 1) is printed x times.

``Effects of the Invention'' As explained above (-) this invention combines information processing apparatuses connected to various print processing apparatuses through a communication control means, thereby allowing a plurality of information processing apparatuses (= sharing of print processing apparatuses and It becomes possible to print to a print processing device located at a remote location C2, and the print processing devices with various functions of each information processing device can be mutually used.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a printing device management table showing the connection status of each printing processing device to the information processing device, and Fig. 3 describes the printing format of the non-formal name. The fourth factor is a processing diagram showing an overview of the operation example, Figure 5 is a function diagram showing details of the information processing bag @ax in Figure 4, and Figure 6 is a process diagram showing the details of the information processing bag @ax in Figure 4. FIG. 2 is a functional diagram showing details of the information processing device a. ai: information processing device, bl: communication system and ammunition means including communication line, C1: stamp requesting means, C2: print data receiving means, C3: print processing means, C1t: print processing device identification means, C1゜: printing Data transmission means, fi: format name, p
i: Print processing device, Ql: Print request queue. Patent applicant: NEC Corporation representative Takuo Kusano 1 Takuo Kusano 2 Takuo 3 Takuo 4
Z y or 5 z Information processing device v

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In an information processing system consisting of an information processing device coupled via a communication control means, a magnetic disk device connected to the information processing device and storing print data, and a print processing device that performs printing processing. , a printing device management table that stores information regarding print processing devices connected to each of the information processing devices provided in each of the information processing devices; printing processing identification means for identifying an information processing device connected to a print processing device capable of executing the print request by referring to the printing device management table; and transmitting the print request and print data to the identified information processing device. a print data transmitting means for temporarily storing the transmitted print data in a disk device; and a print processing means for outputting the print data to a print processing device to print it after the storage process is completed. Equipped with an information processing system.