Print management device and computer readable medium

1. A print management device comprising:

a processor programmed to:

generate spare capacity information of at least one printing device based on a print plan, a print status of the at least one printing device that is performing printing, and an operation time of the at least one printing device, the operation time being a preset time per day in which the at least one printing device operates, the print plan being derived based on capability information of the at least one printing device, the spare capacity information indicating how much the at least one printing device can perform printing in addition to the print plan during the operation time, and

perform a control for displaying the spare capacity information in association with an image indicating the at least one printing device on a display screen for displaying the print status of the at least one printing device,

wherein the capability information of the at least one printing device includes a first print speed indicating a number of sheets that the at least one printing device is able to print per unit time,

wherein the print plan includes a first print time that is derived based on a planned sheet number that is determined in advance and the first print speed,

wherein the print status includes

an elapsed print time in accordance with a printed sheet number out of the planned sheet number, and

a second print time that is derived based on a remaining sheet number to be printed out of the planned sheet number and a second print speed indicating a number of sheets that the at least one printing device actually prints per unit time, and

wherein the processor is programmed to perform a control for updating the displaying of the information indicating the spare capacity of the at least one printing device based on the first print time, the elapsed print time, and the second print time,

wherein the second print speed is a value that is obtained by dividing the printed sheet number by a statistical value of print time according to a condition of a temperature and a humidity at a time of printing and at least one of a type and a size of the sheet that is printed by the at least one printing device.

2. A print management device comprising:

a processor programmed to:

generate spare capacity information of at least one printing device based on a print plan, a print status of the at least one printing device that is performing printing, and an operation time of the at least one printing device, the operation time being a preset time per day in which the at least one printing device operates, the print plan being derived based on capability information of the at least one printing device, the spare capacity information indicating how much the at least one printing device can perform printing in addition to the print plan during the operation time, and

perform a control for displaying the spare capacity information in association with an image indicating the at least one printing device on a display screen for displaying the print status of the at least one printing device,

wherein the capability information of the at least one printing device includes a first print speed indicating a number of sheets that the at least one printing device is able to print per unit time,

wherein the print plan includes a first print time that is derived based on a planned sheet number that is determined in advance and the first print speed,

wherein the print status includes

an elapsed print time in accordance with a printed sheet number out of the planned sheet number, and

a second print time that is derived based on a remaining sheet number to be printed out of the planned sheet number and a second print speed indicating a number of sheets that the at least one printing device actually prints per unit time, and

wherein the processor is programmed to perform a control for updating the displaying of the information indicating the spare capacity of the at least one printing device based on the first print time, the elapsed print time, and the second print time, and

wherein the information indicating the spare capacity of the at least one printing device is represented as a number of sheets that is obtained by multiplying the second print speed by a spare time that is obtained by subtracting the elapsed print time and the second print time from the operation time, the operation time being determined in advance.

3. The print management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the information indicating the spare capacity of the at least one printing device is represented as a number of sheets that is obtained by multiplying the second print speed by a spare time that is obtained by subtracting the elapsed print time and the second print time from the operation time, the operation time being determined in advance.

4. The print management device according to claim 2 ,

wherein, in a case where occurrence of an error is detected, the processor is programmed to further perform a control of subtracting a preset time required for dealing with the error from the spare time.

5. The print management device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the preset time is based on a statistical value obtained by analysis of records of time needed for dealing with the error at previous occurrences of the error.

6. The print management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one printing device includes a plurality of printing devices, and

wherein the processor is programmed to further perform a control to update the displaying of the information indicating the spare capacity for each of the plurality of printing devices.

7. The print management device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the plurality of printing devices have a same characteristic in common.

8. The print management device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one printing device is connected to a post-processing device, and

wherein the processor is programmed to further perform a control for displaying information indicating a spare capacity of the post-processing device based on a post-processing plan that is derived based on capability information of the post-processing device and a post-processing status of the post-processing device that is performing post-processing.

9. The print management device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the capability information of the post-processing device includes a first post-processing speed indicating a number of books that the post-processing device is capable of processing per unit time,

wherein the post-processing plan includes a first post-processing time that is derived based on a planned book number that is determined in advance and the first post-processing speed,

wherein the post-processing status includes

an elapsed post-processing time in accordance with a post-processed book number out of the planned book number, and

a second post-processing time that is derived based on a remaining number of unprocessed books out of the planned book number and a second post-processing speed indicating a number of books that the post-processing device actually processes per unit time, and

wherein the processor is programmed to further perform a control for updating the display of information indicating the spare capacity of the post-processing device based on the first post-processing time, the elapsed post-processing time, and the second post-processing time.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for print management, the process comprising:

generating spare capacity information of at least one printing device based on a print plan, a print status of the at least one printing device that is performing printing, and an operation time of the at least one printing device, the operation time being a preset time per day in which the at least one printing device operates, the print plan being derived based on capability information of the at least one printing device, the spare capacity information indicating how much the at least one printing device can perform printing in addition to the print plan during the operation time, and

performing a control for displaying the spare capacity information in association with an image indicating the at least one printing device on a display screen for displaying the print status of the at least one printing device,

wherein the capability information of the at least one printing device includes a first print speed indicating a number of sheets that the at least one printing device is able to print per unit time,

wherein the print plan includes a first print time that is derived based on a planned sheet number that is determined in advance and the first print speed,

wherein the print status includes

an elapsed print time in accordance with a printed sheet number out of the planned sheet number, and

a second print time that is derived based on a remaining sheet number to be printed out of the planned sheet number and a second print speed indicating a number of sheets that the at least one printing device actually prints per unit time, and

wherein the computer is programmed to perform a control for updating the displaying of the information indicating the spare capacity of the at least one printing device based on the first print time, the elapsed print time, and the second print time,

wherein the information indicating the spare capacity of the at least one printing device is represented as a number of sheets that is obtained by multiplying the second print speed by a spare time that is obtained by subtracting the elapsed print time and the second print time from the operation time, the operation time being determined in advance.

11. The print management device according to claim 1 , wherein the spare capacity information quantitatively indicates how much the at least one printing device can perform printing in addition to the print plan during the operation time.

12. The print management device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the second print speed is a value that is obtained by dividing the printed sheet number by a measured value of the elapsed print time.

13. The print management device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the second print speed is a value that is obtained by dividing the printed sheet number by a statistical value of a print time according to at least one of a type and a size of a sheet that is printed by the at least one printing device.

14. The print management device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the at least one printing device includes a plurality of printing devices, and

wherein the processor is programmed to further perform a control to update the displaying of the information indicating the spare capacity for each of the plurality of printing devices.

15. The print management device according to claim 14 ,

wherein the plurality of printing devices have a same characteristic in common.

16. The print management device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the at least one printing device is connected to a post-processing device, and

wherein the processor is programmed to further perform a control for displaying information indicating a spare capacity of the post-processing device based on a post-processing plan that is derived based on capability information of the post-processing device and a post-processing status of the post-processing device that is performing post-processing.

17. The print management device according to claim 16 ,

wherein the capability information of the post-processing device includes a first post-processing speed indicating a number of books that the post-processing device is capable of processing per unit time,

wherein the post-processing plan includes a first post-processing time that is derived based on a planned book number that is determined in advance and the first post-processing speed,

wherein the post-processing status includes

an elapsed post-processing time in accordance with a post-processed book number out of the planned book number, and

a second post-processing time that is derived based on a remaining number of unprocessed books out of the planned book number and a second post-processing speed indicating a number of books that the post-processing device actually processes per unit time, and

wherein the processor is programmed to further perform a control for updating the display of information indicating the spare capacity of the post-processing device based on the first post-processing time, the elapsed post-processing time, and the second post-processing time.