IP Library Granted Patent US 11,526,319
Granted Patent B2
US 11,526,319 · App. 17/858,079 · Granted Dec 13, 2022

Printing management apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing printing management program

Inventors: Kenji Miyata (Kanagawa, JP); Takashi Morimura (Kanagawa, JP); Takuma Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06F3/1296H04N1/00477
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Patent No.
US 11,526,319
App. No.
17/858,079
Granted
Dec 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printing management apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire an order quantity being a quantity of paper required for printing, acquire a stock quantity for each attribute of paper, the stock quantity being a quantity of paper having at least one or more attributes in common with attributes of the paper which is required for the printing and is in stock by a printer, and, when the order quantity is greater than the stock quantity and a sum of at least two stock quantities is equal to or greater than the order quantity, display the printer as a printer capable of accepting an order.

Claims (24)

1. A printing management apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to

acquire an order quantity being a quantity of paper required for printing,

acquire a stock quantity for each attribute of paper, the stock quantity being a quantity of paper having at least one or more attributes in common with attributes of the paper which is required for the printing and is in stock by a printer, and

when the order quantity is greater than the stock quantity and a sum of at least two stock quantities is equal to or greater than the order quantity, display the printer as a printer capable of accepting an order.

2. The printing management apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the attribute includes information regarding a brand or a type of paper, and

the processor is configured to acquire the stock quantity of the paper having the at least one or more attributes in common with the attributes of the paper required for the printing.

3. The printing management apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to include a cost associated with the order for each candidate for the printer in the display.

4. The printing management apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor is configured to include a cost associated with the order for each candidate for the printer in the display.

5. The printing management apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor is configured to include, as the cost associated with the order, at least one of a cost of the paper required for the printing, a cost for performing printing on the paper by a candidate for the printer, or a cost for shipping the paper on which the printing has been performed, from the candidate for the printer to an orderer.

6. The printing management apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein in paper having two types or more of attributes, at least one of a type of the paper or a brand of the paper is common.

7. The printing management apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to display a source of moving the stock quantity and a destination of moving the stock quantity when the processor displays a candidate for the printer regarding addition of the stock quantities.

8. The printing management apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the processor is configured to display the source of moving the stock quantity and the destination of moving the stock quantity by arrows.

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

acquiring an order quantity being a quantity of paper required for printing;

acquiring a stock quantity for each attribute of paper, the stock quantity being a quantity of paper having at least one or more attributes in common with attributes of the paper which is required for the printing and is in stock by a printer; and

when the order quantity is greater than the stock quantity and a sum of at least two stock quantities is equal to or greater than the order quantity, displaying the printer as a printer capable of accepting an order.

Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-045804 · Mar 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16927996 · Jul 14, 2020
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