Routing method performed by cloud printing system and cloud server and system for performing the same

1. A document routing method performed by a cloud printing system, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a request to print a document;

selecting, by the processor based on attributes of the document, one of a plurality of rendering clusters;

selecting, by the processor based on a job performing status of each of a plurality of rendering servers, one of the plurality of rendering servers included in the selected rendering cluster;

transmitting, by the processor, the document to the selected rendering server; and

requesting, by the processor, the selected rendering server to perform rendering on the document.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the one of the plurality of rendering clusters comprises:

determining a load with respect to the rendering of the document based on the attributes of the document; and

selecting, as the load becomes higher, a rendering cluster with a higher performance.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the selecting of the one of the plurality of rendering clusters further comprises:

calculating a load value indicating a degree of the load with respect to the rendering of the document by applying a weight and an assigned value that are preset to each of the attributes of the document; and

selecting a rendering cluster corresponding to the calculated load value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the one of the plurality of rendering clusters comprises:

selecting a rendering cluster in consideration of a customer type of a user who transmits the request to print.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the one of the plurality of rendering clusters comprises:

calculating an average rendering time per printing job with respect to each of the plurality of rendering servers; and

selecting a rendering server with a minimum average rendering time based on the calculated average rendering times.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the calculating of the average rendering time per printing job comprises:

calculating the average rendering time per printing job within a preset certain period.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the calculating of the average rendering time per printing job comprises:

calculating the average rendering time of a preset certain number of printing jobs.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the one of the plurality of rendering servers comprises:

calculating a variation of an average rendering time per printing job with respect to each of the plurality of rendering servers; and

selecting a rendering server with a minimum variation from among the calculated variations.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the calculating of the variation of the average rendering time comprises: calculating an average rendering time per printing job with respect to at least two preset certain periods and comparing the calculated average rendering time with respect to the at least two preset certain periods.

10. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program, which when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to control to perform the method of claim 1 .

11. A cloud server for supporting a cloud printing service, the cloud server comprising:

a processor to select a rendering server according to a rendering load of a document;

a plurality of rendering clusters each including a plurality of rendering servers;

and

a deploy server to transmit a rendered document to an image forming apparatus,

wherein the processor:

selects one of the plurality of rendering clusters based on attributes of the document,

selects one of the plurality of rendering servers included in the selected rendering cluster based on a job performing status of each of the plurality of rendering servers, and

requests the selected rendering server to perform rendering on the document.

12. The cloud server of claim 11 , wherein the processor determines a load with respect to rendering of the document based on the attributes of the document and selects, as the load becomes higher, a rendering cluster with a higher performance.

13. The cloud server of claim 12 , wherein the processor:

calculates a load value indicating a degree of the load with respect to rendering of the document by applying a weight and an assigned value that are preset to each of the attributes of the document, and

selects a rendering cluster corresponding to the calculated load value.

14. The cloud server of claim 11 , wherein the processor selects a rendering cluster in consideration of a customer type of a user who transmits a print request.

15. The cloud server of claim 11 , wherein the processor:

calculates an average rendering time per printing job with respect to each of the plurality of rendering servers, and

selects a rendering server with a minimum average rendering time based on the calculated average rendering time per printing job.

16. The cloud server of claim 15 , wherein the processor calculates the average rendering time per printing job within a preset certain period.

17. The cloud server of claim 15 , wherein the processor calculates the average rendering time of a preset certain number of printing jobs.

18. The cloud server of claim 11 , wherein the processor:

calculates a variation of an average rendering time per printing job with respect to each of the plurality of rendering servers, and

selects a rendering server with a minimum variation among the calculated variations.

19. The cloud server of claim 18 , wherein the processor:

calculates an average rendering time per printing job with respect to at least two preset certain periods, and

compares the calculated average rendering time with respect to the at least two preset certain periods.

20. A method of providing a user interface (UI) for setting conditions used for performing a document routing method performed by a cloud printing system, the method comprising:

providing a UI for receiving a condition used for selecting a rendering cluster based on attributes of a document and a condition used for selecting a rendering server based on a job performing status of the rendering server; and

selecting the rendering cluster and the rendering server according to the conditions received through the UI and transmitting the document to the selected rendering server.