Print control program and medium and information processing apparatus

• US 20040160613A1
• Filed: 02/11/2004
• Published: 08/19/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Shirai, Kenichi, Kurotsu, Noriyoshi, Morooka, Hidekazu, Kikuchi, Koji, Kitagata, Kei, Kayama, Hiroyuki, Wanda, Koichiro, Ohshima, Masamichi, Yagita, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 7,719,703 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1212 achieving reduced delay between job submission and print start
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1261 by using alternate printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1263 based on job priority, e.g. re-arranging the order of jobs, e.g. the printing sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration

Abstract

A print control program executed by an information processing apparatus, which spools print data created and spooled via a print data creation module such as a printer driver again and concurrently performs the re-spooling and output of the print data to a resending destination or an alternate device. It is thereby possible to speed up a throughput of the output on alternation of printing or resending.

Claims

1. A print control program executed by an information processing apparatus, comprising:

a spooling step of spooling print data created and spooled via a print data creation module again; and

a control step of concurrently performing the spooling of the print data of said spooling step and output of the print data to a resending destination or an alternate device.

2. The print control program according to claim 1, further comprising:

an ID creation step of creating a first ID issued correspondingly to the print data created via said print data creation module and a second ID to the print data spooled in said spooling step apart from said first ID; and

a management step of performing job management corresponding to the second ID created in said ID creation step.

3. The print control program according to claim 2, wherein the first ID is an ID issued via an OS.

4. The print control program according to claim 1, wherein, on alternation or resending of said print data, said control step continues the spooling of the data already spooled before the alternation or resending.

5. The print control program according to claim 1, further comprising:

a notification step of notifying said second ID to an alternation destination printer specified of a plurality of printers via an alternate setting screen;

an identification step of identifying the print data to be alternated based on said second ID notified in said notification step; and

a reading step of reading the print data identified in said identification step, and

said control step concurrently processes the spooling of the print data in said spooling step and said reading step.

6. The print control program according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of printers has port information set up correspondingly.

7. A storage medium having a print control program to be executed by a computer stored therein in a computer-readable form, wherein the program comprises:

a spooling step of uniquely spooling print data created and spooled via a printer driver again; and

a control step of concurrently performing the spooling of the print data of said spooling step and output of the print data to a resending destination or an alternate device.

8. The storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the program further comprises:

an ID creation step of creating a first ID issued correspondingly to the print data created via said printer driver and a second ID to the print data spooled in said spooling step apart from said first ID; and

a management step of performing job management corresponding to the second ID created in said ID creation step.

9. The storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the first ID is an ID issued via an OS.

10. The storage medium according to claim 7, wherein, on alternation or resending of said print data, said control step continues the spooling of the data already spooled before the alternation or resending.

11. The storage medium according to claim 7, wherein the program further comprises:

a notification step of notifying said second ID to an alternation destination printer specified of a plurality of printers via an alternate setting screen;

an identification step of identifying the print data to be alternated based on said second ID notified in said notification step; and

a reading step of reading the print data identified in said identification step, and

said control step concurrently processes the spooling of the print data in said spooling step and said reading step.

12. The storage medium according to claim 7, wherein each of said plurality of printers has port information set up correspondingly.

13. An information processing apparatus for exerting print control, comprising:

a spooling unit, adapted for again spooling print data created and spooled via a print data creation module; and

a control unit, adapted for concurrently performing the spooling of the print data by said spooling unit and output of the print data to a resending destination or an alternate device.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising:

an ID creation unit, adapted for creating a first ID issued correspondingly to the print data created via the print data creation module and a second ID to the print data spooled by said spooling unit apart from said first ID; and

a management unit, adapted for performing job management corresponding to the second ID created by said ID creation unit.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the first ID is an ID issued via an OS.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein, on alternation or resending of said print data, said control unit continues the spooling of the data already spooled before the alternation or resending.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, further comprising:

a notification unit, adapted for notifying said second ID to an alternation destination printer specified of a plurality of printers via an alternate setting screen;

an identification unit, adapted for identifying the print data to be alternated based on said second ID notified by said notification unit; and

a reading unit, adapted for reading the print data identified by said identification unit,

wherein said control unit concurrently performs the spooling of the print data by said spooling unit and the reading by said reading unit.

18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein each of said plurality of printers has port information set up correspondingly.