Print management apparatus to determine amount of spoilage in continuous sheet and non-transitory computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11243732-B2
Application number	US-202016929122-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2020
Priority date	Mar 13, 2020
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

A print management apparatus includes a processor configured to, when a printer configured to perform printing on a continuous sheet prints a job, which contains multiple pages, on the continuous sheet, output the area of a part of the continuous sheet as the amount of spoilage. The part is not used for a product manufactured by using printed material corresponding to the job.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A print management apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to,
when a printer configured to perform printing on a continuous sheet prints a job on the continuous sheet, the job containing a plurality of pages, output an area of a part of the continuous sheet as an amount of spoilage, the part being not used for a product manufactured by using printed material corresponding to the job,
wherein a total amount of spoilage is calculated based on the amount of spoilage before start of printing and the amount of spoilage after start of printing.

2. The print management apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the amount of spoilage includes an area of a part corresponding to a page for control, not for the job.

3. The print management apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the amount of spoilage further includes an area of a part between pages, the part between pages being defined by using cutting positions at which cutting is performed in accordance with the plurality of pages by using a post-processing apparatus connected to the printer.

4. The print management apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the amount of spoilage further includes an area of a part between pages, the part between pages being defined by using cutting positions at which cutting is performed in accordance with the plurality of pages by using a post-processing apparatus connected to the printer.

5. The print management apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the processor is configured to,
when a print control apparatus controls printing of cutting marks on the continuous sheet, the print control apparatus controlling an operation of the printer, obtain print information including the cutting marks from the print control apparatus, and specify the cutting positions on a basis of the obtained print information.

6. The print management apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the processor is configured to,
when the job includes cutting marks, obtain positions of the cutting marks from a print control apparatus controlling an operation of the printer, the cutting marks being included in the job, and specify the cutting positions on a basis of the obtained positions of the cutting marks.

7. The print management apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the processor is configured to,
when the continuous sheet has parts processed for cutting, obtain positions of the parts processed for cutting in the continuous sheet from a print control apparatus controlling an operation of the printer, and specify the cutting positions on a basis of the obtained positions of the parts processed for cutting.

8. The print management apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the processor is configured to,
when the post-processing apparatus has cutting information, obtain the cutting information from the post-processing apparatus directly or through the printer, and specify the cutting positions on a basis of the obtained cutting information.

9. The print management apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the processor is configured to
tabulate the amount of spoilage for a corresponding one of jobs.

10. The print management apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the amount of spoilage further includes an area of a part corresponding to an adjustment print job of performing printing for adjustment of the printer or adjustment of a print control apparatus controlling an operation of the printer.

11. The print management apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the amount of spoilage further includes an area of a part corresponding to an adjustment print job of performing printing for adjustment of the printer or adjustment of a print control apparatus controlling an operation of the printer.

12. The print management apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the amount of spoilage further includes an area of a part corresponding to an adjustment print job of performing printing for adjustment of the printer or adjustment of a print control apparatus controlling an operation of the printer.

13. The print management apparatus according to claim 10 ,
wherein the processor is configured to
calculate a total amount of spoilage in association with a next job of the adjustment print job.

14. The print management apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the amount of spoilage includes an area of a part defined by using a first position of the continuous sheet and a second position of the continuous sheet, the first position being a position at which power supply of a print control apparatus is switched off, the print control apparatus controlling an operation of the printer, the second position being a position at which the power supply of the print control apparatus is switched on.

15. The print management apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the amount of spoilage includes an area of a part transported in an operation other than a printing operation of the printer.

16. The print management apparatus according to claim 15 ,
wherein, when the operation other than a printing operation is an operation of transporting the continuous sheet, the area of the part is an area of a part defined by using a start position and an end position, the start position being a position at which transport of the continuous sheet starts, the end position being a position at which transport of the continuous sheet ends.

17. The print management apparatus according to claim 15 ,
wherein, when the operation other than a printing operation is a replacement operation of replacing the continuous sheet, the area of the part is an area of a part determined by a move of a seam, the seam connecting the continuous sheet to a next continuous sheet which is a replacement target, the move of the seam being made when the seam is transported from a first end to a second end of the printer in a transport direction.

18. The print management apparatus according to claim 16 ,
wherein, when the operation other than a printing operation is a replacement operation of replacing the continuous sheet, the area of the part is an area of a part determined by a move of a seam, the seam connecting the continuous sheet to a next continuous sheet which is a replacement target, the move of the seam being made when the seam is transported from a first end to a second end of the printer in a transport direction.

19. The print management apparatus according to claim 17 ,
wherein, when the continuous sheet is a roll sheet, the amount of spoilage further includes a remaining amount of the continuous sheet having been replaced through the replacement operation.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for print management, the process comprising:
when a printer configured to perform printing on a continuous sheet prints a job on the continuous sheet, the job containing a plurality of pages, outputting an area of a part of the continuous sheet as an amount of spoilage, the part being not used for a product manufactured by using printed material corresponding to the job,
wherein a total amount of spoilage is calculated based on the amount of spoilage before start of printing and the amount of spoilage after start of printing.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Kodai
• Komazawa Hisao
• Ikeda Kentaro
• Betsuyaku Takashi

Classifications

• G06F3/1267 Primary

  Job repository, e.g. non-scheduled jobs, delay printing · CPC title

• G06F3/1219

  with regard to consumables, e.g. ink, toner, paper · CPC title

• B41J11/66

  Applications of cutting devices · CPC title

• B41F33/025

  Counters · CPC title

• B41F33/0009 Primary

  Central control units · CPC title