PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20080079993A1
• Filed: 08/31/2007
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kanamoto, Yoshiji
• Application Number:
  US11/848,805
• Publication Number:
  US 20080079993A1
• 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 3/1244 Job translation or job parsing, e.g. page banding
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/02 using printers
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/1823 for evaluating the resources needed, e.g. rasterizing time, ink, paper stock

Abstract

A printing system comprises a processor that causes the printing system to perform processing including a plurality of jobs, the plurality of jobs including at least a first-type job of the first-type job and a second-type job, and a controller that causes the printing system to cancel printing processing of a job to be processed in case that the job is the first-type job and is not the second-type job and in case that the job is the first-type job including an unperformable processing condition by the printing system.

Claims

1. A printing system comprising:

a processor that causes the printing system to perform processing including a plurality of jobs, the plurality of jobs including at least a first-type job of the first-type job and a second-type job; and

a controller that causes the printing system to cancel printing processing of a job to be processed in case that the job is the first-type job and is not the second-type job and in case that the job is the first-type job including an unperformable processing condition by the printing system.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller causes the printing system to perform printing processing of the job in case that the job is the first-type job and is not the second-type job and in case that the job is the first-type job which does not include the unperformable processing condition by the printing system.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines processing for the first-type job including the unperformable processing condition by the printing system on the basis of rule information which is stored in a storage unit and associated with the first-type job.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the processor allows accepting the second-type job while a printing apparatus performs printing processing of the first-type job, and

the controller allows the printing system to perform printing processing of the second-type job upon completion of printing processing of the first-type job in case that the second-type job is accepted while the printing apparatus performs printing processing of the first-type job.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller performs control for the second-type job that is independent of control for the first-type job.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines processing for the second-type job including the unperformable processing condition by the printing system on the basis of rule information which is stored in a storage unit and associated with the second-type job.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller causes a storage unit which stores rule information for determining processing for the first-type job including the unperformable processing condition by the printing system, to store print data of the first-type job and print data of the second-type job.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the controller determines, on the basis of a user setting which is accepted via a user interface unit and is necessary to determine processing for the first-type job including the unperformable processing condition by the printing system, whether to cancel printing processing of the first-type job including the unperformable processing condition by the printing system.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of processing conditions are designated for the first-type job by using an XML, and a plurality of processing conditions are designated for the second-type job without using the XML.

10. A printing system comprising:

a processor that causes the printing system to perform processing including a plurality of jobs, the plurality of jobs including at least a first-type job of the first-type job and a second-type job; and

a controller that causes the printing system to perform performable processing in the printing system among a plurality of processes which are needed in a job to be processed without canceling printing processing of the job, in case that the job is the first-type job and is not the second-type job, and in case that the job is the first-type job including an unperformable processing condition by the printing system.

11. A printing system comprising:

a processor that causes the printing system to perform processing of a plurality of jobs, the plurality of jobs including at least a first-type job of the first-type job and a second-type job; and

a controller that causes the printing system to selectively perform first-processing and second-processing for a job to be processed in case that the job is the first-type job and is not the second-type job and in case that the job is the first-type job including an unperformable processing condition by the printing system,

wherein the first-processing causes the printing system to cancel printing processing of the job, and

the second-processing causes the printing system to perform performable processing of a plurality of processes needed in the job without canceling printing processing of the job.

12. A print control method in a printing system, comprising the steps of:

processing of causing the printing system to perform processing including a plurality of jobs, the plurality of jobs including at least a first-type job of the first-type job and a second-type job; and

controlling of causing the printing system to cancel printing processing of a job to be processed in case that the job is the first-type job and is not the second-type job and in case that the job is the first-type job including an unperformable processing condition by the printing system.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method causes the printing system to perform printing processing of the job in case that the job is the first-type job and is not the second-type job and in case that the job is the first-type job which does not include the unperformable processing condition by the printing system.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method determines processing for the first-type job including the unperformable processing condition by the printing system on the basis of rule information which is stored in a storage unit and associated with the first-type job.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein

the method allows accepting the second-type job while a printing apparatus performs printing processing of the first-type job, and

the method allows the printing system to perform printing processing of the second-type job upon completion of printing processing of the first-type job in case that the second-type job is accepted while the printing apparatus performs printing processing of the first-type job.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method performs control for the second-type job that is independent of control for the first-type job.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method determines processing for the second-type job including the unperformable processing condition by the printing system on the basis of rule information which is stored in a storage unit and associated with the second-type job.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method causes a storage unit which stores rule information for determining processing for the first-type job including the unperformable processing condition by the printing system, to store print data of the first-type job and print data of the second-type job.

19. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method determines, on the basis of a user setting which is accepted via a user interface unit and is necessary to determine processing for the first-type job including the unperformable processing condition by the printing system, whether to cancel printing processing of the first-type job including the unperformable processing condition by the printing system.

20. The method according to claim 12, wherein a plurality of processing conditions are designated for the first-type job by using an XML, and a plurality of processing conditions are designated for the second-type job without using the XML.

23. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program for causing a computer to perform a method defined in claim 12.

21. A print control method in a printing system, comprising the steps of:

processing of causing the printing system to perform processing including a plurality of jobs, the plurality of jobs including at least a first-type job of the first-type job and a second-type job; and

controlling of causing the printing system to perform performable processing in the printing system among a plurality of processes which are needed in a job to be processed without canceling printing processing of the job, in case that the job is the first-type job and is not the second-type job, and in case that the job is the first-type job including an unperformable processing condition by the printing system.

22. A print control method in a printing system, comprising the steps of:

processing of causing the printing system to perform processing of a plurality of jobs, the plurality of jobs including at least a first-type job of the first-type job and a second-type job; and

controlling of causing the printing system to selectively perform first-processing and second-processing for a job to be processed in case that the job is the first-type job and is not the second-type job and in case that the job is the first-type job including an unperformable processing condition by the printing system,

wherein the first-processing causes the printing system to cancel printing processing of the job, and

the second-processing causes the printing system to perform performable processing of a plurality of processes needed in the job without canceling printing processing of the job.