Print job management device, print job management method and recording medium

Abstract

A print job management device includes: a print job receiver, operable to receive a print job including print setting information on a setting of a printing operation to be executed by a printing device from a print job preparing device for preparing the print job; an acquirer, operable to acquire device status information on a status of the printing device from the printing device; and a print job issuer, operable to determine, based on the print setting information and the device status information, whether the printing operation can be performed by the printing device, the print job issuer issuing the print job to the printing device when the print job issuer determines that the printing operation cannot be performed by the printing device and the device status information indicates a predetermined status regarding a feed path and a printing medium of the printing device.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like numbers reference like elements.

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a large-scaled printing system.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the large-scaled printing system.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a print job management device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a print job preparing process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a print job managing process.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a printer information managing process.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a print document managing process.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a job status changing process.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a status display picture in the print job management device.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a status display picture in the print job management device.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a status display picture in the print job management device.

Claims

1. A print job management device comprising: a print job receiver, operable to receive a print job including print setting information on a setting of a printing operation to be executed by a printing device from a print job preparing device for preparing the print job;an acquirer, operable to acquire device status information on a status of the printing device from the printing device; anda print job issuer, operable to determine, based on the print setting information and the device status information, whether the printing operation can be performed by the printing device, the print job issuer issuing the print job to the printing device when the print job issuer determines that the printing operation cannot be performed by the printing device and the device status information indicates a predetermined status regarding a feed path and a printing medium of the printing device.

2. The print job management device according to claim 1, wherein the print job issuer pauses or stops issuing the print job to the printing device when the print job issuer determines that the printing operation cannot be performed by the printing device and the device status information does not indicate the predetermined status.

3. The print job management device according to claim 1, wherein the print job issuer issues the print job, when the print job issuer determines that the printing operation cannot be performed by the printing device, each of a feed path indicated by the print setting information and the feed path indicated by the device status information is a manual feed path and the device status information indicates no printing medium in the printing device.

4. The print job management device according to claim 3, further comprising: a display, operable to display a picture for explaining a manual printing operation when the print job issuer issues the print job to the printing device and the feed path indicated by the print setting information is the manual feed path.

5. The print job management device according to claim 4, wherein the print job issuer issues the print job, when the print job issuer determines that the printing operation cannot be performed by the printing device, each of the feed path indicated by the print setting information and the feed path indicated by the device status information is the manual feed path and the device status information indicates a status in which a printing medium pressing mechanism is opened in the printing device.

6. The print job management device according to claim 4, wherein the print job issuer issues the print job, when the print job issuer determines that the printing operation cannot be performed by the printing device, each of the feed path indicated by the print setting information and the feed path indicated by the device status information is the manual feed path and the device status information indicates an insertion failure status of the printing medium in the printing device.

7. The print job management device according to claims 1, wherein the print job issuer searches for and extracts a printing device which is in a printable status, based on the print setting information and the device status information acquired by the acquirer from among a plurality of the printing device, and issues the print job to the extracted printing device.

8. A print job management method comprising: receiving a print job including print setting information on a setting of a printing operation to be executed by a printing device from a print job preparing device for preparing the print job;acquiring device status information on a status of the printing device from the printing device; anddetermining whether the printing operation can be executed by the printing device, based on the print setting information and the device status information and issuing the print job to the printing device when it is determined that the printing operation cannot be performed by the printing device and the device status information indicates a predetermined status regarding a feed path and a printing paper of the printing device.

9. A computer-readable recording medium in which a print job management program allowing a computer to execute the print job management method according to claim 8 is recorded.