Printing system, printing method and computer-readable recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9594987-B2
Application number	US-201314060767-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2013
Priority date	Oct 24, 2012
Publication date	Mar 14, 2017
Grant date	Mar 14, 2017

Abstract

The printing system according to the present invention includes a specifying unit configured to specify specified data from print object data of a print job containing the print object data and a print setting of the print object data, the specified data representing the print object data to be printed; a partial extraction unit configured to extract the specified data and a partial print setting from the print job, the partial print setting representing the print setting to be applied to the specified data; a job generation unit configured to newly generate a print job containing the specified data and the partial print setting; and a printing unit configured to print an image based on the generated print job.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing system, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
specify data to be partially printed by chapter from print object data of a print job, the data to be partially printed by chapter representing data of a chapter selected to be partially printed from the print object data, and the print job including
the print object data,
a print setting applied to all of the print object data, and
a post-process setting applied to all of the print object data;

determine, after the data is specified, whether the data includes all of the print object data or whether the data includes less than all of the print object data;
extract, from the print object data of the print job when the data is determined to include less than all of the print object data, the data and a partial process setting including a partial print setting and a partial post-process setting, the partial print setting representing the print setting to be applied to the data for partial printing, and the partial post-process setting representing the post-process setting to be applied to the data after the partial printing;
extract, when the data is determined to include all of the print object data, the data, the print setting applied to all of the print object data and the post-process setting applied to all of the print object data
edit, when a setting to be applied is specified and the data is printed, the data extracted according to the setting;
generate the print job to include the edited data; and
print an image according to the print job, wherein

the data is a print object data page list.

2. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to:
specify the partial process setting and the post-process setting to be applied to the specified data by chapter,
edit the partial process setting based on the print setting and the post-process setting specified by chapter, and
generate the print job to include the edited partial process setting and the data.

3. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to extract the print object data when the data is determined to include less than all of the print object data.

4. A printing method, comprising:
specifying, by circuitry of a printing system, data to be partially printed by chapter from print object data of a print job, the data to be partially printed by chapter representing data of a chapter selected to be partially printed from the print object data, and the print job including
the print object data,
a print setting applied to all of the print object data, and
a post-process setting applied to all of the print object data;

determining, after the data is specified, whether the data includes all of the print object data or whether the data includes less than all of the print object data;
extracting, by the circuitry from the print object data of the print job when the data is determined to include less than all of the print object data, the data and a partial process setting including a partial print setting and a partial post-process setting, the partial print setting representing the print setting to be applied to the data for partial printing, and the partial post-process setting representing the post-process setting to be applied to the data after the partial printing;
editing, when a setting to be applied is specified and the data is printed, the data extracted according to the setting;
generating the print job to include the edited data; and
printing an image according to the print job, wherein
the specified data is a print object data page list.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that contains a computer program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
specifying data to be partially printed by chapter from print object data of a print job, the data to be partially printed by chapter representing data of a chapter selected to be partially printed from the print object data, and the print job including
the print object data,
a print setting applied to all of the print object data, and
a post-process setting applied to all of the print object data;

determining, after the data is specified, whether the data includes all of the print object data or whether the data includes less than all of the print object data;
extracting from the print object data of the print job when the data is determined to include less than all of the print object data, the data and a partial process setting including a partial print setting and a partial post-process setting, the partial print setting representing the print setting to be applied to the data for partial printing, and the partial post-process setting representing the post-process setting to be applied to the data the partial printing;
editing, when a setting to be applied is specified and the data is printed, the data extracted according to the setting;
generating the print job to include the edited data; and
printing an image according to the print job, wherein
the specified data is a print object data page list.

Assignees

• Watanabe Mie
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Watanabe Mie

Classifications

• G06F2206/1514

  Sub-job · CPC title

• G06F3/1212

  achieving reduced delay between job submission and print start · CPC title

• G06F3/1267

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

• G06F3/1285

  Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server · CPC title

• G06K15/1806 Primary

  Receiving job control commands · CPC title