Print control apparatus, printer, display apparatus, and print system for managing a print job based upon a completion condition
A print control apparatus includes a completion condition obtaining unit and a management unit. The completion condition obtaining unit obtains, when executing a print job for printing one or more pages satisfying a predetermined condition, a completion condition of the print job. The management unit manages the print job as uncompleted until the obtained completion condition is satisfied even when a recording material on which the one or more pages are printed is ejected.
1. A print control apparatus comprising:
a controller configured to
obtain a completion condition of a print job when executing the print job for printing one or more pages satisfying a predetermined condition; and
manage the print job as uncompleted until the obtained completion condition is satisfied even when a recording material on which the one or more pages are printed is ejected, wherein
the predetermined condition is printing in color using both normal color materials and special color materials,
the completion condition is a total of a number of times of printing and a number of times of additional printing on each page,
the controller does not execute subsequent processing until the print job is completed, and
even when the completion condition is not satisfied, the controller is configured to cause the print job to be completed when no further printing is necessary.
2. The print control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the print job is a print job for performing printing a plurality of times on each page.
3. The print control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, when the print job uses a normal color material that is a color material used normally and a special color material that is used specially for the print job, the print job performs printing a plurality of times.
4. The print control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is configured to separately obtain the number of times of additional printing for overprinting the special color material on top of the normal color material and for overprinting the special color material on bottom of the normal color material.
5. The print control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to cause a display to display the number of times of additional printing.
6. The print control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to cause the display to display a list of print jobs that have not reached the number of times of additional printing.
7. The print control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to cause the display to display a progress status including the number of times of additional printing.
8. The print control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:
the controller is configured to give an instruction on details of processing to a print unit that performs printing.
9. The print control apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to change an amount of a special color material used specially for the print job between (a) using both a normal color material that is a color material used normally and the special color material in one print operation and (b) overprinting the special color material on the normal color material.
10. The print control apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to output, to the print unit, operation instruction information for giving an instruction on an operation necessary for satisfying the completion condition of the print job.
11. The print control apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is configured to cause the operation instruction information to be printed.
12. The print control apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to cause a mark serving as the operation instruction information to be printed, the mark representing a progress status reflecting the number of times of additional printing and/or a paper feeding direction of a recording material.
13. The print control apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the controller is configured to change, depending on how many times additional printing is performed, a setting of whether to perform printing from a first page or a last page, and a setting of an ejection face of a recording material.
14. The print control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller does not execute a subsequent print job, post-processing, or deletion of the print job until the print job is completed.
15. A printer comprising:
a print unit that performs printing on a recording material using a color material; and
a print controller that controls the print unit on the basis of a print job,
wherein the print controller is configured to
obtain a completion condition of the print job when executing the print job for printing one or more pages satisfying a predetermined condition; and
manage the print job as uncompleted until the obtained completion condition is satisfied even when a recording material on which the one or more pages are printed is ejected, wherein
the predetermined condition is printing in color using both normal color materials and special color materials,
the completion condition is a total of a number of times of printing and a number of times of additional printing on each page,
the print controller does not execute subsequent processing until the print job is completed, and
even when the completion condition is not satisfied, the print controller is configured to cause the print job to be completed when no further printing is necessary.
16. A print system comprising:
a print unit that performs printing on a recording material using a color material;
a print controller that controls the print unit on the basis of a print job; and
a print server that transmits the print job to the print controller and manages progress of the print job,
wherein the print controller is configured to
obtain a completion condition of the print job when executing a print job for printing one or more pages satisfying a predetermined condition; and
manage the print job as uncompleted until the obtained completion condition is satisfied even when a recording material on which the one or more pages are printed is ejected, wherein
the predetermined condition is printing in color using both normal color materials and special color materials,
the completion condition is a total of a number of times of printing and a number of times of additional printing on each page,
the print controller does not execute subsequent processing until the print job is completed, and
even when the completion condition is not satisfied, the print controller is configured to cause the print job to be completed when no further printing is necessary.
17. The print system according to claim 16 , wherein the controller is configured to notify the print server of completion of the print job when the print job satisfies the completion condition.
18. The print system according to claim 16 , wherein the controller is configured to notify the print server that the print job is uncompleted when the print job does not satisfy the completion condition even when a recording material on which the one or more pages are printed is ejected.