Printing system, printing control method, and computer readable medium

• US 20080007780A1
• Filed: 10/12/2006
• Published: 01/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ihara, Fujio
• Application Number:
  US11/546,834
• Publication Number:
  US 20080007780A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2143 Clearing memory, e.g. to prevent the data from being stolen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/121 Facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1222 Increasing security of the print job
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1274 Deleting of print job
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration

Abstract

There is provided a printing system including a receiving unit that receives from a computer document data to be used for printing in a printer, a storage unit that stores document data received by the receiving unit at least until the document data are used for printing in the printer, a monitoring unit that monitors a processing condition of the printer, and a deleting unit that deletes document data stored in the storage unit when the monitoring unit detects that the printer enters an anomalous condition.

Claims

1. A printing system comprising:

a receiving unit that receives, from a computer, document data to be used for printing in a printer;

a storage unit that stores the document data received by the receiving unit at least until the document data are used for printing in the printer;

a monitoring unit that monitors a processing condition of the printer; and

a deleting unit that deletes the document data stored in the storage unit when the monitoring unit detects that the printer enters an anomalous condition.

2. The printing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reacquiring unit that, if the deleting unit deletes the document data in the storage unit, reacquires the deleted document data from the computer after the printer is restored from the anomalous condition.

3. The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the document data is associated with accompanying information used for determining whether or not protection is needed, and

the deleting unit deletes protective document data determined to require protection by the accompanying information selected from the document data stored in the storage unit.

4. The printing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a supplying unit that, if the printer is in the process of printing document data on a print medium when the monitoring unit detects that the printer enters the anomalous condition, supplies different information to the printer such that the different information from the document data used in the process of printing is printed on the print medium.

5. A printing control method comprising:

receiving, from a computer, document data to be used for printing in a printer;

storing received document data in a storage unit at least until the document data are used for printing in the printer;

monitoring a processing condition of the printer; and

deleting document data stored in the storage unit when the monitoring detects that the printer enters an anomalous condition.

6. The printing control method according to claim 5, further comprising:

if document data in the storage unit are deleted, reacquiring the deleted document data from the computer after the printer is restored from an anomalous condition.

7. The printing control method according to claim 5, wherein

the document data are associated with accompanying information used for determining whether or not protection is needed, and

the deleting process comprises deleting document data determined to require protection by the accompanying information selected from the document data stored in the storage unit.

8. The printing control method according to claim 5, further comprising:

if the printer is in the process of printing document data on a print media when the monitoring detects that the printer enters an anomalous condition, supplying different information to the printer such that different information from the document data used in the process of printing is printed on the print medium.

9. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for printing control, the process comprising:

receiving from a computer document data to be used for printing in a printer;

storing received document data in a storage unit at least until the document data are used for printing in the printer;

monitoring a processing condition of the printer; and

deleting document data stored in the storage unit when the monitoring detects that the printer enters an anomalous condition.

10. The computer readable medium according to claim 9, further comprising:

if document data in the storage unit are deleted, reacquiring the deleted document data from the computer after the printer is restored from an anomalous condition.

11. The computer readable medium according to claim 9, wherein

the document data are associated with accompanying information used for determining whether or not protection is needed, and

the deleting comprises deleting document data determined to require protection is by the accompanying information selected from the document data stored in the storage unit.

12. The computer readable medium according to claim 9, further comprising:

if the printer is in the process of printing document data on a print media when the monitoring detects that the printer enters an anomalous condition, supplying different information to the printer such that different information from the document data used in the process of printing is printed on the print medium.

13. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for enabling a computer to perform a process for printing control, the process comprising:

receiving from a computer document data to be used for printing in a printer;

storing received document data in a storage unit at least until the document data are used for printing in the printer;

monitoring a processing condition of the printer; and

deleting document data stored in the storage unit when the monitoring detects that the printer enters an anomalous condition.

14. The computer data signal according to claim 13, further comprising:

if document data in the storage unit are deleted, reacquiring the deleted document data from the computer after the printer is restored from an anomalous condition.

15. The computer data signal according to claim 13, wherein

the document data are associated with accompanying information used for determining whether or not protection is needed, and

the deleting comprises deleting document data determined to require protection is by the accompanying information selected from the document data stored in the storage unit.

16. The computer data signal according to claim 13, further comprising:

if the printer is in the process of printing document data on a print media when the monitoring detects that the printer enters an anomalous condition, supplying different information to the printer such that different information from the document data used in the process of printing is printed on the print medium.