Information processing system, information processing apparatus, and information processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10055177-B2
Application number	US-201715456716-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2017
Priority date	Mar 18, 2016
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

An information processing system includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to analyze a print job taken out of a printer queue storing the print job for ordering an execution of printing; transmit the print job to an output device when an analysis of the print job indicates that the print job is a re-input job that is input to the printer queue again after being taken out of the printer queue; execute a predetermined processing when the analysis indicates that the print job is not the re-input job; embed re-input information indicating that the print job is the re-input job into the print job after the predetermined processing is executed; and return the print job having been edited to the printer queue.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing system comprising:
an information processing apparatus; and
a server connected to the information processing apparatus via a network,
the information processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to
receive an analysis of a print job from the server;
display an instruction screen on a display, requesting an instruction to print the print job from a user; and
transmit the instruction, in response to the instruction being received, to the server,

the server comprising processing circuitry configured to:
analyze the print job, taken out of a printer queue storing the print job, to provide the analysis of the print job indicating whether or not the print job is a re-input job, input to the printer queue a second time, the print job being directly passable for printing, upon the analysis indicating that the print job is a re-input print job, after being taken out of the printer queue;
transmit the analysis of the print job for receipt by the information processing apparatus, and prior to the display of the instruction screen, in response to the analysis indicating that the print job is not a re-input job;
receive the transmitted instruction from the information processing apparatus;
transmit the print job to an output device in response to the analysis of the print job indicating that the print job is the re-input job;
embed re-input information into the print job, to indicate the print job as a re-input job, after receiving the instruction to print from the information processing apparatus; and
return the print job, after the re-input information is embedded, to the printer queue, the print job including the embedded re-input information being directly passable for printing once taken out of the printer queue.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the re-input information is expressed by Printer Job Language.

3. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the server comprising processing circuitry is configured to embed the re-input information by adding a parameter indicative of the re-input information.

4. The information processing system according to claim 2 , wherein the server comprising processing circuitry is configured to embed the re-input information by expressing the re-input information in the PJL.

5. The information processing system according to claim 3 , wherein the print job is identifiable as the re-input job based upon a change of a value of the parameter.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the server comprising processing circuitry is further configured to:
store the print job in a print job temporary storage, prior to transmitting the analysis of the print job to the information processing apparatus, in response to the analysis indicating that the print job is not the re-input job.

7. The information processing system according to claim 6 , wherein the server comprising processing circuitry is further configured to transmit the analysis of the print job to the information processing apparatus by transmitting a file path indicating a storage location of the print job.

8. The information processing system according to claim 7 , wherein subsequent to transmission of the analysis of the print job to the information processing apparatus, indicating that the print job is not the re-input job, the print job is not output to a printer until a response to a displayed instruction is received.

9. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the information processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry is further configured to display a second instruction screen on the display, requesting an instruction from the user to cancel the print job, and is further configured to transmit the second instruction to the server, in response the second instruction being received, to the server.

10. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the re-input job is directly passable for printing without executing further processing on the re-input job prior to printing.

11. An information processing apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to:
analyze a print job, taken out of a printer queue storing the print job, to provide the analysis of the print job indicating whether or not the print job is a re-input job, input to the printer queue a second time, the re-input job being directly passable for printing, upon the analysis indicating that the print job is a re-input print job, after being taken out of the printer queue;
display an instruction screen on a display, requesting an instruction to print the print job from a user in response to the analysis indicating that the print job is not the re-input job;
transmit the print job to an output device in response to the analysis of the print job indicating that the print job is the re-input job;
embed re-input information into the print job, to indicate the print job as a re-input job, after receiving the instruction to print from the information processing apparatus; and
return the print job, after the re-input information is embedded, to the printer queue, the print job including the embedded re-input information being directly passable for printing once taken out of the printer queue.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the re-input information is expressed by Printer Job Language.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the re-input job is directly passable for printing, without executing further processing on the re-input job prior to printing.

14. An information processing method comprising: analyzing a print job, taken out of a printer queue storing the print job, to provide the analysis of the print job indicating whether or not the print job is a re-input job, input to the printer queue a second time, the re-input job being directly passable for printing, upon the analysis indicating that the print job is a re-input print job, after being taken out of the printer queue;
displaying an instruction screen on a display, requesting an instruction to print the print job from a user in response to the analysis indicating that the print job is not the re-input job;
transmitting the print job to an output device in response to the analysis of the print job indicating that the print job is the re-input job;
embedding re-input information into the print job, to indicate the print job as a re-input job, after receiving the instruction to print from the information processing apparatus; and
returning the print job, after the re-input information is embedded, to the printer queue, the print job including the embedded re-input information being directly passable for printing once taken out of the printer queue.

15. The information processing method according to claim 14 , wherein the re-input information is expressed by Printer Job Language.

16. The information processing method according to claim 14 , wherein the re-input job is directly passable for printing, without executing further processing on the re-input job prior to printing.

Assignees

• Naitoh Shohichi
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Naitoh Shohichi

Classifications

• G06K15/1823

  for evaluating the resources needed, e.g. rasterizing time, ink, paper stock · CPC title

• G06F3/126

  Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device · CPC title

• G06F3/1256

  User feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks · CPC title

• G06F3/1253

  Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client · CPC title

• G06F3/1213 Primary

  at an intermediate node or at the final node · CPC title