Output information providing method, output information providing system, document outputting method, and document outputting system

• US 20050117179A1
• Filed: 11/04/2004
• Published: 06/02/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Mihira, Sachiko, Ito, Tatsuo
• Application Number:
  US10/980,731
• Publication Number:
  US 20050117179A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.150
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/00 Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data , e.g. computer output printersprinting or plotting combined with another operation, e.g. with conveying, G06K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/1802 Receiving generic data, e.g. fonts, colour palettes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/181 Receiving print data characterized by its formatting, e.g. particular page description languages
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/1859 involving data processing distributed amongst different data processing apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2215/0017 Preparing data for the controlling system, e.g. status, memory data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00233 details of image data reproduction, e.g. network printing or remote image display using an image reproducing device as a local output from a computer H04N1/00238; digital output from computer to printer unit G06F3/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00236 using an image reading or reproducing device, e.g. a facsimile reader or printer, as a local input to or local output from a computer image input to or image output from a computer via a network H04N1/00209
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00278 with a printing apparatus, e.g. a laser beam printer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/001 Sharing resources, e.g. processing power or memory, with a connected apparatus or enhancing the capability of the still picture apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0065 Converting image data to a format usable by the connected apparatus or vice versa

Abstract

In an output information providing method for providing an edit property indicating edit contents executable for a document and an output property indicating an output method executable when the document is output, an output condition property candidate obtain request is received, and the output condition property candidate is provided to a request originator sending the output condition property candidate obtain request.

Claims

1. An output information providing method for providing an edit property indicating edit contents executable for a document and an output property indicating an output method executable when the document is output, said output information providing method comprising:

receiving an output condition property candidate obtain request for obtaining an output condition property candidate; and

providing the output condition property candidate to a request originator sending the output condition property candidate obtain request.

2. The output information providing method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising obtaining the edit property.

3. The output information providing method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising merging a plurality of edit properties to obtain a merged edit property when the plurality of edit properties are obtained.

4. The output information providing method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising obtaining the output property.

5. The output information providing method as claimed in claim 4, further comprising obtaining the output condition property candidate from the output property and the edit property.

6. The output information providing method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said providing the output condition property candidate provides edit information concerning an edit of the document as well as the property obtained by said obtaining the output property, instead of providing the output condition property candidate.

7. The output information providing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the document is printed out, the output property includes as contents of the output property at least one of a capability of setting copies of the document, a capability of setting a sheet size to print out, a capability of printing both sides, a capability of collating copies, a capability of indicating a tray, a capability of printing multi-pages of the document on a single sheet, a capability of printing the document by a variable magnification, a capability of indicating a partial area in the document to print out, a capability of indicating a color print for the document, and a capability of setting a finisher.

8. The output information providing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the edit property includes as contents of the edit property, at lease one of a capability of pasting a stamp to the document, a capability of a drawing operation, a capability of deleting, copying, pasting, moving, or converting a color with respect to an indicated area, a capability of continuously editing multi-pages, and a capability of eliminating a stain of a ground color.

9. An output information providing system for providing an output condition property candidate including an edit property indicating edit contents executable with respect to a document and an output property indicating an output method executable when the document is output, to a client requesting editing or outputting the document, said output information providing system comprising:

an output condition property candidate obtain request receiving part receiving an output condition property candidate obtain request for obtaining an output condition property candidate from the client; and

an output condition property candidate providing part providing the output condition property candidate to the client.

10. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 9, further comprising at least one Web service part providing a Web service.

11. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a Web client part functioning as a client of said Web service part.

12. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 11, further comprising an outputting service part being the Web service part and obtaining the output property.

13. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 12, further comprising an editing service part being the Web service part and obtaining the edit property.

14. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 12, further comprising an output service client part being the Web client part and obtaining the output property from said outputting service part.

15. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 13, further comprising an edit service client part being the Web client part and obtaining the edit property from said editing service part.

16. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 15, wherein said edit service client part obtains said edit property from at least one of a plurality of the editing service parts.

17. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the edit property includes as contents of the edit property, at lease one of a capability of pasting a stamp to the document, a capability of a drawing operation, a capability of deleting, copying, pasting, moving, or converting a color with respect to an indicated area, a capability of continuously editing multi-pages, and a capability of eliminating a stain of a ground color.

18. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 12, further comprising an output condition property candidate obtaining part obtaining the output condition property candidate from the output property obtained by said outputting service part and the edit property obtained by said editing service part.

19. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 18, wherein said output condition property candidate obtaining part merges the plurality of the edit properties to obtain a merged edit property, when a plurality of the edit properties are obtained.

20. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 18, wherein said output condition property candidate providing part provides the output property obtained by said outputting service part and edit information concerning an edit of the document, instead of providing the output condition property candidate.

21. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 12, wherein when the document is printed out, the output property includes as contents of the output property at least one of a capability of setting copies of the document, a capability of setting a sheet size to print out, a capability of printing both sides, a capability of collating copies, a capability of indicating a tray, a capability of printing multi-pages of the document on a single sheet, a capability of printing the document by a variable magnification, a capability of indicating a partial area in the document to print out, a capability of indicating a color print for the document, and a capability of setting a finisher.

22. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 11, wherein said Web client part is provided for each specification of the Web service parts.

23. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 22, wherein the each specification of the Web service parts is a version of a communication protocol.

24. The output information providing system as claimed in claim 10, wherein each of the Web client parts can use a plurality of the Web service part simultaneously.

25. A document outputting method for editing and outputting a document, comprising:

receiving an output condition property candidate obtain request including an output property indicating an outputting method executable when the document is output;

providing the output condition property candidate to a request originator sending the output condition property candidate;

receiving a document output request including an output condition being selected from the output condition property;

editing the document based on the output condition; and

outputting the document being edited based on the output condition.

26. The document outputting method as claimed in claim 25, further comprising obtaining the edit property.

27. The document outputting method as claimed in claim 26, further comprising obtaining a merged edit property in which a plurality of the edit properties are merged when the plurality of the edit properties are obtained.

28. The document outputting method as claimed in claim 26, further comprising obtaining the output property.

29. The document outputting method as claimed in claim 28, further comprising obtaining the output condition property candidate from the output property and the edit property.

30. The document outputting method as claimed in claim 29, wherein said providing the output property candidate provides edit information concerning an edit of the document with the output property obtained in said obtaining the output property, instead of providing the output condition property candidate.

31. The document outputting method as claimed in claim 26, wherein when the document is printed out, the output property includes as contents of the output property at least one of a capability of setting copies of the document, a capability of setting a sheet size to print out, a capability of printing both sides, a capability of collating copies, a capability of indicating a tray, a capability of printing multi-pages of the document on a single sheet, a capability of printing the document by a variable magnification, a capability of indicating a partial area in the document to print out, a capability of indicating a color print for the document, and a capability of setting a finisher.

32. The document outputting method as claimed in claim 25, wherein the edit property includes as contents of the edit property, at lease one of a capability of pasting a stamp to the document, a capability of a drawing operation, a capability of deleting, copying, pasting, moving, or converting a color with respect to an indicated area, a capability of continuously editing multi-pages, and a capability of eliminating a stain of a ground color.

33. The document outputting method as claimed in claim 25, wherein said receiving a document output request receives the document.

34. A document outputting system for providing an edit property indicating edit contents executable for a document and an output property indicating an outputting method executable when the document is output to a client requesting outputting the document, said document outputting system comprising:

an output property candidate obtain request receiving part receiving an output property candidate obtain request for obtaining an output condition property candidate from the client;

an output condition property candidate providing part providing the output condition property candidate to the client;

a document output request receiving part receiving a document output request including an output condition being selected from the output condition property candidate;

an editing service part editing the document based on the output condition; and

an outputting service part outputting the document being edited based on the output condition.

35. The document outputting system as claimed in claim 34, further comprising an output property obtaining part obtaining the output property.

36. The document outputting system as claimed in claim 35, further comprising an output service client part obtaining the output property from the output property obtaining part.

37. The document outputting system as claimed in claim 34, further comprising an edit property obtaining part obtaining the edit property.

38. The document output system as claimed in claim 37, further comprising an edit service client part obtaining the edit property from said edit property obtaining part.

39. The document outputting system as claimed in claim 37, further comprising an output condition property candidate generating part generating the output condition property candidate from the output property obtained by said output property obtaining part and the edit property obtained by said edit property obtaining part.

40. The document outputting system as claimed in claim 39, wherein said output condition property candidate generating part generates a merged edit property in which a plurality of the edit properties are merged when the plurality of the edit properties are received.

41. The document outputting system as claimed in claim 39, wherein said output condition property candidate providing part provides the output property obtained by an output property obtaining part and edit information concerning an edit of the document, instead of providing the output condition property candidate.

42. The document outputting system as claimed in claim 37, wherein the edit property includes as contents of the edit property, at lease one of a capability of pasting a stamp to the document, a capability of a drawing operation, a capability of deleting, copying, pasting, moving, or converting a color with respect to an indicated area, a capability of continuously editing multi-pages, and a capability of eliminating a stain of a ground color.

43. The document outputting system as claimed in claim 34, wherein when the document is printed out, the output property includes as contents of the output property at least one of a capability of setting copies of the document, a capability of setting a sheet size to print out, a capability of printing both sides, a capability of collating copies, a capability of indicating a tray, a capability of printing multi-pages of the document on a single sheet, a capability of printing the document by a variable magnification, a capability of indicating a partial area in the document to print out, a capability of indicating a color print for the document, and a capability of setting a finisher.