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INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, REGISTRATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

  • US 20130070288A1
  • Filed: 02/01/2012
  • Published: 03/21/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An information processing system comprising:

  • a first management device that manages, for each user, information on a function of a printer that the user is permitted to use in the printer;

    a second management device that accepts registration of a virtual printer corresponding to a set of a printer and a function to be used in the printer, and that manages the registered virtual printer; and

    a registration device that registers a virtual printer in the second management device,wherein the registration device includesan identification unit that identifies a user and a printer that are related to a print request,an acquisition unit that acquires information on a function that the identified user is permitted to use in the identified printer, from the first management device, anda registration unit that registers a virtual printer corresponding to a set of the identified printer and the function indicated by the information that has been acquired by the acquisition unit, in the second management device in association with the identified user, andwherein the second management device includesa processing unit that processes, upon receiving from the identified user a print instruction in which the virtual printer registered in association with the identified user is specified, the print instruction on the basis of the set of the printer and the function corresponding to the specified virtual printer.

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