Preventing print data from being transmitted when printer is in a busy state
A printing controller apparatus includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and a controller. The transmitting unit performs transmission of first printing information to a printer. The receiving unit receives state information indicating a state of the printer. The controller performs control of the transmitting unit to prohibit the transmission of the first printing information to the printer if the state information indicates a state in which second printing information different from the first printing information is currently being printed or a state in which the second printing information is to be printed.
1. A printing controller apparatus comprising:
a first transmitting unit that performs transmission of first printing information jobs to a printer;
a receiving unit that receives, for each of a plurality of requests to transmit the first printing information jobs to the printer, state information indicating a state of the printer prior to a determination being made of whether or not a corresponding first printing information job is to be transmitted to the printer; and
a controller configured to:
determine, for each of the plurality of requests, whether or not to transmit the corresponding first printing information job to the printer; and
control the first transmitting unit to prohibit the transmission of the corresponding first printing information job to the printer without prompting a user to cancel the first printing information job, if the state information indicates a state in which a second printing information job, different from the corresponding first printing information job, is currently being printed or a state in which the second printing information job is to be printed,
wherein the second printing information job is transmitted from a second transmitting unit different from the first transmitting unit,
if the state information indicates the state in which the second printing information job is currently being printed or the state in which the second printing information job is to be printed, the second printing information job being associated with a user identifier that is a different user identifier different from a user identifier associated with the first printing information job, the controller controls the first transmitting unit to prohibit the transmission of the first printing information job to the printer, and
the user identifiers each belong to one of a plurality of groups that are predetermined and if the state information indicates the state in which the second printing information job is currently being printed or the state in which the second printing information job is to be printed, the second printing information job being associated with the different user identifier belonging to the group that is a different group and that is different from the group to which the user identifier in the first printing information job belongs, the controller controls the first transmitting unit to prohibit the transmission of the first printing information job.
2. The printing controller apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the controller controls the first transmitting unit to prohibit the transmission of the first printing information job to the printer, the controller controls a display to cause the display to indicate the state in which the second printing information job associated with the different user identifier is currently being printed or the state in which the second printing information job is to be printed.
3. The printing controller apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the controller controls the first transmitting unit to prohibit the transmission of the first printing information job to the printer, the controller controls a display to cause the display to indicate the state in which the second printing information job associated with the different user identifier belonging to the different group is currently being printed or the state in which the second printing information job is to be printed.
4. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer included in a printing controller apparatus to execute a process for controlling printing, the process comprising:
performing transmission of first printing information jobs to a printer from a first transmitting unit;
receiving, for each of a plurality of requests to transmit the first printing information jobs to the printer, state information indicating a state of the printer prior to a determination being made of whether or not a corresponding first printing information job is to be transmitted to the printer;
determining, for each of the plurality of requests, whether or not to transmit the corresponding first printing information job to the printer; and
controlling the first transmitting unit to prohibit the transmission of the corresponding first printing information job from the first transmission unit to the printer without prompting a user to cancel the first printing information job, if the state information indicates a state in which a second printing information job, different from the corresponding first printing information job, is currently being printed or a state in which the second printing information job is to be printed,
wherein the second printing information job is transmitted from a second transmitting unit different from the first transmitting unit,
if the state information indicates the state in which the second printing information job is currently being printed or the state in which the second printing information job is to be printed, the second printing information job being associated with a user identifier that is a different user identifier different from a user identifier associated with the first printing information job, the controller controls the first transmitting unit to prohibit the transmission of the first printing information job to the printer, and
the user identifiers each belong to one of a plurality of groups that are predetermined and if the state information indicates the state in which the second printing information job is currently being printed or the state in which the second printing information job is to be printed, the second printing information job being associated with the different user identifier belonging to the group that is a different group and that is different from the group to which the user identifier in the first printing information job belongs, the controller controls the first transmitting unit to prohibit the transmission of the first printing information job.