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US 12,287,994 · App. 17/715,971 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Printing control apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and printing control method

Inventor: Kazuhiro Ohkawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
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Patent No.
US 12,287,994
App. No.
17/715,971
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printing control apparatus includes a processor configured to: transmit, when a print instruction is received from an operator, a printing processing command based on a print job to a printing apparatus; receive result information related to a result of an operation of the printing apparatus operating in accordance with the printing processing command from the operator; and transmit the result information to a process management apparatus.

Claims (62)

1. A printing control apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

transmit, when a print instruction is received from an operator, a printing processing command based on a print job to a printing apparatus;

receive an instruction for a completion report which includes a completion of the print job;

display, on a screen, a message indicating that the completion report is unnecessary in response to the completion report not being requested;

display, on the screen, information of the completion report in response to the completion report having been request;

receive result information related to a result of an operation of the printing apparatus operating in accordance with the printing processing command from the operator; and

transmit the completion report which includes the result information to a process management apparatus.

2. The printing control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the print job includes one or more items of the result information that request the operator to input, and

the processor is configured to:

perform control to display each of the items of the result information of the print job on a display apparatus, and

receive information corresponding to each of the items of the result information of the print job from the operator, as the result information.

3. The printing control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the result information received from the operator includes a stop time and a reason for stop in a stop of the printing apparatus that occurs when the printing apparatus operates in accordance with the printing processing command.

4. The printing control apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the result information received from the operator includes a stop time and a reason for stop in a stop of the printing apparatus that occurs when the printing apparatus operates in accordance with the printing processing command.

5. The printing control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the result information received from the operator includes the number of sheets consumed without forming a printed product, that is generated when the printing apparatus operates in accordance with the printing processing command.

6. The printing control apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the result information received from the operator includes the number of sheets consumed without forming a printed product, that is generated when the printing apparatus operates in accordance with the printing processing command.

7. The printing control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the print job includes request presence or absence information indicating whether or not the operator is requested to input the result information, and

the processor is configured to:

perform control, in a case where the request presence or absence information of the print job indicates that there is a request, to display a screen for receiving the result information from the operator on a display apparatus, and

perform control, in a case where the request presence/absence information of the print job indicates that there is no request, not to display the screen on the display apparatus.

8. The printing control apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to:

forcibly set, when the operator changes print setting information of the print job, that affects the operation of the printing apparatus, the request presence or absence information of the print job to be requested.

9. The printing control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform control, when the processor receives an instruction from the operator to erase the print job stored in a storage apparatus before receiving the result information from the operator, to display a warning screen indicating that the result information has not been input on a display apparatus.

10. The printing control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform control, when the processor receives an instruction from the operator to erase the print job stored in a storage apparatus before receiving the result information from the operator, to display a warning screen indicating that the result information has not been input on the display apparatus.

11. The printing control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform control, when the processor receives an instruction from the operator to erase the print job stored in a storage apparatus before receiving the result information from the operator, to display a warning screen indicating that the result information has not been input on a display apparatus.

12. The printing control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform control, when the processor receives an instruction from the operator to erase the print job stored in a storage apparatus before receiving the result information from the operator, to display a warning screen indicating that the result information has not been input on the display apparatus.

13. The printing control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform control, when the processor receives an instruction from the operator to erase the print job stored in a storage apparatus before receiving the result information from the operator, to display a warning screen indicating that the result information has not been input on a display apparatus.

14. The printing control apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform control, when the processor receives an instruction from the operator to erase the print job stored in a storage apparatus before receiving the result information from the operator, to display a warning screen indicating that the result information has not been input on the display apparatus.

15. The printing control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform control, when the processor receives a request for input of the result information from the operator in a state where the printing apparatus has not completed printing processing of the specified number of sheets for the print job, to display a warning screen indicating that the printing processing has not been completed on a display apparatus.

16. The printing control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform control, when the processor receives a request for input of the result information from the operator in a state where the printing apparatus has not completed printing processing of the specified number of sheets for the print job, to display a warning screen indicating that the printing processing has not been completed on the display apparatus.

17. The printing control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform control, when the processor receives a request for input of the result information from the operator in a state where the printing apparatus has not completed printing processing of the specified number of sheets for the print job, to display a warning screen indicating that the printing processing has not been completed on a display apparatus.

18. The printing control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform control, when the processor receives a request for input of the result information from the operator in a state where the printing apparatus has not completed printing processing of the specified number of sheets for the print job, to display a warning screen indicating that the printing processing has not been completed on the display apparatus.

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

transmitting a printing processing command based on a print job to a printing apparatus when a print instruction is received from an operator;

receiving an instruction for a completion report which includes a completion of the print job;

displaying, on a screen, a message indicating that the completion report is unnecessary in response to the completion report not being requested;

displaying, on the screen, information of the completion report in response to the completion report having been request;

receiving result information related to result of operation of the printing apparatus operating in accordance with the printing processing command from the operator; and

transmitting the completion report which includes the result information to a process management apparatus.

20. A printing control method comprising:

transmitting a printing processing command based on a print job to a printing apparatus when a print instruction is received from an operator;

receiving an instruction for a completion report which includes a completion of the print job;

displaying, on a screen, a message indicating that the completion report is unnecessary in response to the completion report not being requested;

displaying, on the screen, information of the completion report in response to the completion report having been request;

receiving result information related to result of operation of the printing apparatus operating in accordance with the printing processing command from the operator; and

transmitting the completion report which includes the result information to a process management apparatus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2022
From: OHKAWA, KAZUHIRO
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 059554/0022 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-175541 · Oct 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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