Printing System

• US 20090207428A1
• Filed: 02/12/2009
• Published: 08/20/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ryobi Limited (Techtronic Industries Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Ryobi Limited (Techtronic Industries Company Limited)
• Inventors: Takahashi, Mamoru, Tanimoto, Hiroko
• Application Number:
  US12/370,054
• Publication Number:
  US 20090207428A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.900
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1207 resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/121 Facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1229 Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1259 Print job monitoring, e.g. job status
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server

Abstract

An object is to provide a printing system that is capable of reducing the time loss while keeping the function to instantly adjust the operation status of a printing press, through the structure in which even if one display part fails to operate, another display part can instantly display the information which has been displayed by the one display part. There is provided a printing system for a printing press, which includes two control devices, each including a display part for displaying plural kinds of the operation status of the printing press and an input part for setting or changing operation conditions relating to the operation status that is being displayed in the display part, the two control devices being installed with the same computer program relating to the operation conditions, and one of the two control devices being connected to the printing press, and being connected to the residual control device by wire or wireless, in which the two control devices each are provided with a mirroring function, allowing the operation condition inputted from the one control device to be rewritten into the residual control device and stored therein.

Claims

1. A printing system for a printing press, comprising two control devices, each including a display part for displaying plural kinds of the operation status of the printing press and an input part for setting or changing operation conditions relating to the operation status that is being displayed in the display part, said two control devices being installed with the same computer program relating to said operation conditions, and one of the two control devices being connected to the printing press, and being connected to the residual control device by wire or wireless, wherein said two control devices each are provided with a mirroring function, allowing the operation condition inputted from said one control device to be rewritten into the residual control device and stored therein.

2. A printing system according to claim 1, further comprising a same-mode displaying prohibition means for prohibiting the display parts of the one control device and the residual control device from simultaneously displaying the same display mode.

3. A printing system according to claim 1, wherein a screen of each of the plural display parts is a touch panel screen that is capable of inputting the operation conditions by touching the screen.

5. A printing system according to claim 1, further comprising a same-mode displaying prohibition means for prohibiting the display parts of the one and at least one of the residual control devices from simultaneously displaying the same display mode.

4. A printing system for a printing press, comprising three or more control devices, each including a display part for displaying plural kinds of the operation status of the printing press and an input part for setting or changing operation conditions relating to the operation status that is being displayed in the display part, said three or more control devices being installed with the same computer program relating to said operation conditions, and one of the three or more control devices being connected to the printing press, and being connected to the residual control devices by wire or wireless, wherein said three or more control devices each are provided with a mirroring function, allowing the operation condition inputted from said one control device to be rewritten into the residual control devices and stored therein.

6. A printing system according to claim 4, wherein a screen of each of the plural display parts is a touch panel screen that is capable of inputting the operation conditions by touching the screen.