INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT JOB CONVERSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20120019866A1
• Filed: 09/28/2011
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kuroshima, Masashi
• Application Number:
  US13/247,870
• Publication Number:
  US 20120019866A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1206 resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1214 at the submitting node
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1226 Discovery of devices having required properties
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1232 Transmitting printer device capabilities, e.g. upon request or periodically
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1245 by conversion to intermediate or common format
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1247 by conversion to printer ready format
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1256 User feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/126 Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1264 by assigning post-processing resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1268 Job submission, e.g. submitting print job order or request not the print data itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1275 Print workflow management, e.g. defining or changing a workflow, cross publishing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1282 High volume printer device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server

Abstract

To improve work efficiency and reduce work costs, automatic transmission/reception and conversion of a print job can be performed (without requiring manual work) among plural printing systems having different functions. An information processing apparatus, connected to plural printing systems, can create a job ticket for a second system based on a job ticket and content data for a first system and device function information for the second system.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a printing system, comprising:

an acquiring unit configured to obtain device function information in the printing system;

a changing unit configured to change a processing order of postpress described in first work instruction data in which a plurality of works are described to an order such that the printing system can output a final printed material as ordered, when it is determined that the first work instruction data includes a work that cannot be performed by the printing system based on the first work instruction data and the device function information in the printing system; and

a generation unit configured to create second work instruction data for the printing system indicating that the printing system performs the postpress described in the first work instruction data in the order changed by said changing unit.

2. A method for an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a printing system, the method comprising:

obtaining device function information in the printing system;

changing a processing order of postpress described in first work instruction data in which a plurality of works are described to an order such that the printing system can output a final printed material as ordered, when it is determined that the first work instruction data includes a work that cannot be performed by the printing system based on the first work instruction data and the device function information in the printing system; and

creating second work instruction data for the printing system indicating that the printing system performs the postpress described in the first work instruction data in the order changed.

3. A computer-readable recording medium storing instructions which, when executed by an apparatus configured to communicate with printing system, causes the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

obtaining device function information in the printing system;

changing a processing order of postpress described in first work instruction data in which a plurality of works are described to an order such that the printing system can output a final printed material as ordered, when it is determined that the first work instruction data includes a work that cannot be performed by the printing system based on the first work instruction data and the device function information in the printing system; and

creating second work instruction data for the printing system indicating that the printing system performs the postpress described in the first work instruction data in the order changed.