INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to

store received-order information indicating that production of printed matter is acceptable and containing device information used for producing the printed matter,

receive order information with respect to a process for producing the printed matter,

identify the received-order information indicating that the production of the printed matter is acceptable from the stored received-order information by using the printed matter indicated in the order information as a search condition, and

associate the order information with at least one device corresponding to the device information associated with the identified received-order information.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor derives an operational status of the at least one device associated with the order information and generates display information for displaying the derived operational status.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor generates the display information for displaying the operational status including the operational status of the at least one device before the production of the printed matter indicated in the order information is accepted and the operational status of the at least one device when the production of the printed matter indicated in the order information is accepted.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor derives an amount of change in the operational status of the at least one device from the operational status of the at least one device before the production of the printed matter is accepted and the operational status of the at least one device after the production of the printed matter is accepted, and identifies the order information corresponding to the designated amount of change.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor displays the operational status of the at least one device for each step to be executed by the at least one device in the production of the printed matter.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor displays the operational status of the at least one device for each step to be executed by the at least one device in the production of the printed matter.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the processor displays the operational status of the at least one device for each step to be executed by the at least one device in the production of the printed matter.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one device includes a plurality of devices, and

wherein the processor further acquires an authority level for performing control for displaying the operational status for each device, and generates the display information for displaying the operational status of each device in accordance with the authority level.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one device includes a plurality of devices, and

wherein the processor further acquires an authority level for performing control for displaying the operational status for each device, and generates the display information for displaying the operational status of each device in accordance with the authority level.

10 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one device includes a plurality of devices, and

wherein the processor further acquires an authority level for performing control for displaying the operational status for each device, and generates the display information for displaying the operational status of each device in accordance with the authority level.

11 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one device includes a plurality of devices, and

wherein the processor further acquires an authority level for performing control for displaying the operational status for each device, and generates the display information for displaying the operational status of each device in accordance with the authority level.

12 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one device includes a plurality of devices, and

wherein the processor further acquires an authority level for performing control for displaying the operational status for each device, and generates the display information for displaying the operational status of each device in accordance with the authority level.

13 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one device includes a plurality of devices, and

wherein the processor further acquires an authority level for performing control for displaying the operational status for each device, and generates the display information for displaying the operational status of each device in accordance with the authority level.

14 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when the processor associates the order information with the device information related to the received-order information, the processor searches for the received-order information and accepts whether or not the received-order information is to be selected.

15 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, when the processor associates the order information with the device information related to the received-order information, the processor searches for the received-order information and accepts whether or not the received-order information is to be selected.

16 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein, when the processor associates the order information with the device information related to the received-order information, the processor searches for the received-order information and accepts whether or not the received-order information is to be selected.

17 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein, when the processor associates the order information with the device information related to the received-order information, the processor searches for the received-order information and accepts whether or not the received-order information is to be selected.

18 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to

store the order information,

receive the received-order information and identify the order information indicating an order of the printed matter that is producible from the stored order information by using the printed matter indicated in the received-order information as the search condition, and

associate the identified order information with the at least one device corresponding to the device information associated with the received-order information.

19 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein, when the processor associates the order information with the device information related to the received-order information, the processor searches for the order information and accepts whether or not the order information is to be selected.

20 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:

storing received-order information indicating that production of printed matter is acceptable and containing device information used for producing the printed matter;

receiving order information with respect to a process for producing the printed matter;

identifying the received-order information indicating that the production of the printed matter is acceptable from the stored received-order information by using the printed matter indicated in the order information as a search condition; and

associating the order information with at least one device corresponding to the device information associated with the identified received-order information.