PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINT SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR

• US 20080030782A1
• Filed: 03/28/2007
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: WATANABE, Masaki
• Granted Patent: US 8,233,183 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/608 Secure printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1207 resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1222 Increasing security of the print job
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1238 Secure printing, e.g. user identification, user rights for device usage, unallowed content, blanking portions or fields of a page, releasing held jobs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1259 Print job monitoring, e.g. job status
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0029 Avoiding duplicate transfer of image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0087 Image storage device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

A printing apparatus includes: a detecting portion that detects a connection with an external storage device that stores print data and print completed page information of the print data; a reading portion that reads the print data and the print completed page information from the external storage device; and a printing portion that prints the print data from a next page of a print completed page with reference to the print completed page information.

Claims

1. A printing apparatus comprising:

a detecting portion that detects a connection with an external storage device that stores print data and print completed page information of the print data;

a reading portion that reads the print data and the print completed page information from the external storage device; and

a printing portion that prints the print data from a next page of a print completed page with reference to the print completed page information.

4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a rewriting portion that rewrites the print completed page information stored in the external storage device, whenever printing one page is completed.

6. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reading portion reads print data recorded with management data including the print completed page information as print target data.

7. The printing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a deleting portion that deletes the management data, when printing all pages of the print data is completed.

8. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing portion stops printing the print data, when the detecting portion no longer detects the connection with the external storage device.

2. A printing apparatus comprising:

a detecting portion that detects a connection with an external storage device that stores print data and address information of an external device;

a reading portion that reads the print data and the address information from the external storage device;

an acquiring portion that connects to the external device by using the address information and acquires print completed page information of the print data from the external device; and

a printing portion that prints the print data from a next page of a print completed page with reference to the print completed page information of the print data.

5. The printing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a transmitting portion that transmits the print completed page information to the external device, whenever printing one page is completed.

3. A printing apparatus comprising:

a detecting portion that detects a connection with an external storage device that stores print completed page information of print data and address information of an external device;

a reading portion that reads the print completed page information and the address information from the external storage device;

an acquiring portion that connects with the external device by using the address information and acquires the print data from the external device; and

a printing portion that prints the print data from a next page of a print completed page with reference to the print completed page information of the acquired print data.

9. A print system comprising:

an external device that stores print completed page information of print data; and

a printing apparatus including a detecting portion that detects a connection with an external storage device that stores the print data and address information of the external device, a reading portion that reads the print data and the address information, an acquiring portion that connects with the external device by using the address information and acquires the print completed page information from the external device, and a printing portion that prints the print data from a next page of a print completed page with reference to the print completed page information of the print data.

12. The print system according to claim 9, wherein the printing apparatus comprises a transmitting portion that transmits the print completed page information to the external device, whenever printing one page is completed.

13. The print system according to claim 9, wherein the reading portion reads print data recorded with management data including the print completed page information as print target data.

14. The print system according to claim 13, wherein the printing apparatus comprises a deleting portion that deletes the management data when printing all pages of the print data is completed.

15. The print system according to claim 9, wherein the printing portion stops printing the print data when the detecting portion no longer detects the connection with the external storage device.

10. A print system comprising:

an external device that stores print data; and

a printing apparatus including a detecting portion that detects a connection with an external storage device that stores print completed page information of the print data and address information of the external device, a reading portion that reads the print completed page information and the address information from the external storage device, an acquiring portion that connects with the external device by using the address information and acquires the print data from the external device, and a printing portion that prints the print data from a next page of a print completed page with reference to the print completed page information of the acquired print data.

11. The print system according to claim 10, wherein the printing apparatus comprises a rewriting portion that rewrites the print completed page information stored in the external storage device, whenever printing one page is completed.

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

detecting a connection with an external storage device that stores print data and print completed page information of the print data;

reading the print data and the print completed page information from the external storage device; and

printing the print data from a next page of a print completed page with reference to the print completed page information.

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

detecting a connection with an external storage device that stores print data and address information of an external device;

reading the print data and the address information from the external storage device;

connecting to the external device by using the address information and acquires print completed page information of the print data from the external device; and

printing the print data from a next page of a print completed page with reference to the print completed page information of the print data.

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

detecting a connection with an external storage device that stores print completed page information of print data and address information of an external device;

reading the print completed page information and the address information from the external storage device;

connecting with the external device by using the address information and acquires the print data from the external device; and

printing the print data from a next page of a print completed page with reference to the print completed page information of the acquired print data.