Job processing apparatus, control method, and program that processes a plurality of jobs in response to reception of execution instructions thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9772804-B2
Application number	US-201213495946-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2012
Priority date	Jun 30, 2011
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

When a job processing apparatus receives an execution instruction of a job including group identification information used for identifying a group, the job processing apparatus continuously processes a plurality of jobs that belong to the group identified by the group identification information such that the plurality of jobs are not interrupted by a job that belongs to a different group, and further notifies a state of each of the plurality of processed jobs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing system in which at least a client apparatus and a server apparatus and at least a printing apparatus are to be connected, the printing system comprising:
the client apparatus including:
a display unit configured to display a list of documents stored in the server apparatus; and
a first controlling unit having a processor which executes instructions stored in a memory or having circuitry, the first controlling unit being configured to:
transmit, to the server apparatus, a printing request for printing a plurality of documents selected from the list of documents displayed by the display unit;

the server apparatus including:
a second controlling unit having a processor which executes instructions stored in a memory or having circuitry, the second controlling unit being configured to:
generate print data from the plurality of documents based on the transmitted printing request; and
transmit, to the client apparatus, a generation request for generating a print job in response to the transmitted printing request; and

the printing apparatus including:
a third controlling unit having a processor which executes instructions stored in a memory or having circuitry, the third controlling unit being configured to:
generate a plurality of job identifications as many as a number of the plurality of documents selected in the client apparatus in response to receiving, from the client apparatus, the generation request transmitted from the server apparatus; and
transmit, to the client apparatus, the generated plurality of job identifications,

wherein the second controlling unit of the server apparatus is further configured to transmit, to the client apparatus, a plurality of uniform resource locators and a plurality of job identifications corresponding to respective pieces of the print data in response to receiving, from the client apparatus, the plurality of job identifications transmitted from the printing apparatus, the uniform resource locators being information indicating a storing destination of the print data on the server apparatus, and
wherein the first controlling unit of the client apparatus is further configured to transmit, to the printing apparatus, the plurality of uniform resource locators and the plurality of job identifications transmitted from the server apparatus.

2. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the printing apparatus further includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the server apparatus, print data to be specified by the plurality of uniform resource locators in response to receiving the transmitted plurality of uniform resource locators.

3. The printing system according to claim 2 , wherein the printing apparatus further includes a printing unit configured to print the print data acquired by the acquiring unit.

4. The printing system according to claim 3 , wherein the third controlling unit of the printing apparatus is configured to issue a notification of information indicating that the printing unit finishes printing data each time the printing unit finishes one piece of print data.

5. A control method for a printing system in which at least a client apparatus and a server apparatus and at least a printing apparatus are to be connected, the control method comprising:
displaying, by the client apparatus, a list of documents stored in the server apparatus;
transmitting, from the client apparatus to the server apparatus, a printing request for printing a plurality of documents selected from the displayed list of documents;
generating, by the server apparatus, print data from the plurality of documents based on the printing request transmitted from the client apparatus;
transmitting, from the server apparatus to the client apparatus, a generation request for generating a printing job in response to the printing request transmitted from the client apparatus;
generating, by the printing apparatus, a plurality of job identifications as many as a number of the plurality of documents selected in the client apparatus in response to receiving, from the client apparatus, the generation request transmitted from the server apparatus;
transmitting, from the printing apparatus to the client apparatus, the plurality of job identifications generated by the printing apparatus;
transmitting, from the server apparatus to the client apparatus, the plurality of uniform resource locators and the plurality of job identifications corresponding to the respective pieces of print data generated by the server apparatus, in response to receiving, from the client apparatus, the plurality of job identifications transmitted from the printing apparatus, the uniform resource locators being information indicating a storing destination of the print data on the server apparatus; and
transmitting, from the client apparatus to the printing apparatus, the plurality of uniform resource locators and the plurality of job identifications transmitted from the server apparatus.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that upon execution by a computer causes the computer to perform a control method for a printing system in which at least a client apparatus and a server apparatus and at least a printing apparatus are to be connected, the control method comprising:
displaying, by the client apparatus, a list of documents stored in the server apparatus;
transmitting, from the client apparatus to the server apparatus, a printing request for printing a plurality of documents selected from the displayed list of documents;
generating, by the server apparatus, print data from the plurality of documents based on the printing request transmitted from the client apparatus;
transmitting, from the server apparatus to the client apparatus, a generation request for generating a printing job in response to the printing request transmitted from the client apparatus;
generating, by the printing apparatus, a plurality of job identifications as many as a number of the plurality of documents selected in the client apparatus in response to receiving, from the client apparatus, the generation request transmitted from the server apparatus;
transmitting, from the printing apparatus to the client apparatus, the plurality of job identifications generated by the printing apparatus;
transmitting, from the server apparatus to the client apparatus, the plurality of uniform resource locators and the plurality of job identifications corresponding to the respective pieces of print data generated by the server apparatus, in response to receiving, from the client apparatus, the plurality of job identifications transmitted from the printing apparatus, the uniform resource locators being information indicating a storing destination of the print data on the server apparatus; and
transmitting, from the client apparatus to the printing apparatus, the plurality of uniform resource locators and the plurality of job identifications transmitted from the server apparatus.

7. A printing apparatus which is able to communicate with a client apparatus and a server apparatus configured to store a plurality of documents, the printing apparatus comprising:
a controlling unit having a processor which executes instructions stored in a memory or having circuitry, the controlling unit being configured to:
receive, from the client apparatus, a generation request for generating a printing job;
generate a plurality of job identifications as many as a number of a plurality of documents selected in the client apparatus in response to receiving the generation request;
transmit, to the client apparatus, the generated plurality of job identifications; and
receive, from the client apparatus, a plurality of uniform resource locators correspond

Assignees

• Ito Yuki
• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Ito Yuki

Classifications

• G06F3/1288

  in client-server-printer device configuration · CPC title

• G06F3/1208 Primary

  resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview · CPC title

• G06F3/1262

  by grouping or ganging jobs · CPC title

• G06F3/1259

  Print job monitoring, e.g. job status · CPC title