Control device, control system, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing control program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11650771-B2
Application number	US-202117405001-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 17, 2021
Priority date	Jan 15, 2021
Publication date	May 16, 2023
Grant date	May 16, 2023

Abstract

A control device includes a processor that controls a printing manufacturing process including printing processing and post-processing in plural types of printing manufacture, in which the processor is configured to: according to an occurrence of an event in which the printing processing has ended but printing manufacture to be performed again is required, acquire information about a type of a sheet from printing manufacture information about printing manufacture having a delivery date; predict a time required for each processing of the printing manufacturing process in the printing manufacture; calculate an end time of reprinting manufacture, in which the printing manufacture to be performed again is required, in a case where the reprinting manufacture is incorporated so as to be continuous with other printing manufacture in which the same sheet as the reprinting manufacture is used; and perform control to determine whether or not to incorporate the reprinting manufacture so that the reprinting manufacture is continuous with the other printing manufacture depending on whether or not the end time is in time for the delivery date.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control device comprising:
a processor that controls a printing manufacturing process including printing processing and post-processing in a plurality of types of printing manufacture,
wherein the processor is configured to:
according to an occurrence of an event in which the printing processing of the printed manufacture having a delivery date has ended but reprinting manufacture is required,
acquire information about a type of a sheet to be used in the reprinting manufacture, wherein the reprinting manufacture is to perform the printing manufacture again;
predict a time required for each processing of the printing manufacturing process in the reprinting manufacture;
calculate an end time of the reprinting manufacture, in a case where the reprinting manufacture is incorporated, so as to be continuous with other printing manufacture in which the same sheet as the reprinting manufacture is used; and
perform control to determine whether or not to incorporate the reprinting manufacture so that the reprinting manufacture is continuous with the other printing manufacture depending on whether or not the end time of the reprinting manufacture is in time for the delivery date of the printing manufacture.

2. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
perform control so that the reprinting manufacture is continuous with the other printing manufacture in a case where the end time is in time for the delivery date.

3. The control device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
perform control so that the reprinting manufacture is immediately before the other printing manufacture and the end time of the reprinting manufacture is in time for the delivery date.

4. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
perform control so that the reprinting manufacture precedes any other unprocessed printing manufacture without being continuous with the other printing manufacture in which the same sheet as the reprinting manufacture is used, in a case where the end time is not in time for the delivery date.

5. The control device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
perform control so as to determine whether or not to cause the reprinting manufacture to be continuous with the other printing manufacture depending on each processing of the printing manufacturing process.

6. The control device according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to:
perform control so as to determine whether or not to cause the reprinting manufacture to be continuous with the other printing manufacture in a case where with the reprinting manufacture caused to be continuous with the other printing manufacture in all processing of the printing manufacturing process, the end time is not in time for the delivery date.

7. The control device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to:
control the printing processing of the printing manufacturing process so that the reprinting manufacture is immediately before the other printing manufacture; and
control the other processing except for the printing processing so that the end time is in time for the delivery date.

8. The control device according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to:
perform control so that the reprinting manufacture is caused not to be continuous with the other printing manufacture in which the same sheet as the reprinting manufacture is used and downstream processing of the printing manufacturing process is caused to precede to allow the end time to be in time for the delivery date.

9. The control device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the reprinting manufacture is performed in a case where a product of the printing process is defective in a post-processing process or an inspection process.

10. A control system that includes a printing device and a post-processing device and controls a printing manufacturing process including printing processing and post-processing in a plurality of types of printing manufacture, the control system comprising:
according to an occurrence of an event in which the printing processing of the printing manufacture having a delivery date has ended but reprinting manufacture is required,
an acquisition section that acquires information about a type of a sheet to be used in the reprinting manufacture, wherein the reprinting manufacture is to perform the printing manufacture again;
a prediction section that predicts a time required for each processing of the printing manufacturing process in the reprinting manufacture;
a calculation section that uses the time, which is predicted by the prediction section, to calculate an end time of the reprinting manufacture, in a case where the reprinting manufacture is incorporated so as to be continuous with other printing manufacture in which the same sheet as the reprinting manufacture is used; and
a determination section that determines whether or not to incorporate the reprinting manufacture so that the reprinting manufacture is continuous with the other printing manufacture depending on whether or not the end time of the reprinting manufacture calculated by the calculation section is in time for the delivery date of the printing manufacture.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a control program causing a computer to implement various functions of a printing manufacturing process including printing processing and post-processing in a plurality of types of printing manufacture, the control program causing the computer to implement:
according to an occurrence of an event in which the printing processing of the printing manufacture having a delivery date has ended but reprinting manufacture is required,
a function of acquiring information about a type of a sheet to be used in the reprinting manufacture info illation about printing manufacture, wherein the reprinting manufacture is to perform the printing manufacture again;
a function of predicting a time required for each processing of the printing manufacturing process in the reprinting manufacture;
a function of calculating an end time of the reprinting manufacture, in a case where the reprinting manufacture is incorporated, so as to be continuous with other printing manufacture in which the same sheet as the reprinting manufacture is used; and
a function to performing control to determine whether or not to incorporate the reprinting manufacture so that the reprinting manufacture is continuous with the other printing manufacture depending on whether or not the end time of the reprinting manufacture is in time for the delivery date of the printing manufacture.

Assignees

• Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp

Inventors

• Ota Takuya

Classifications

• G06F3/1282

  High volume printer device · CPC title

• G06F3/1263 Primary

  based on job priority, e.g. re-arranging the order of jobs, e.g. the printing sequence · CPC title

• G06F3/1211 Primary

  Improving printing performance · CPC title