Printing device, maintenance notification method, and program

Abstract

To urge maintenance by easily determining that a use region is changed in a printer, a job transmission device, a maintenance notification method and a program.SOLUTION: A printer 1 comprises: an acquisition unit 51 (step S12) which acquires first region information (for example, first locale ID) set to a user terminal 101 being an example of a job transmission device that transmits a printing job from the received printing job; and a notification unit 52 which performs notification (step S17) that urges execution of maintenance on the basis of such a state that the first region information acquired by the acquisition unit 51 does not correspond to second region information (for example, second locale ID) held by the printer 1 and expressing a use region of the printer 1 (step S16: YES).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a printing apparatus, a job transmission apparatus, a maintenance notification method, and a program.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, an inkjet printer that receives data of a display language from an external storage device and switches the display language has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this inkjet printer, the display language can be switched according to the region where it is shipped after manufacture.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

[0003]

Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0004] By the way, a printing apparatus may be moved to and used in another different language region after shipment. When the printing apparatus is moved and used, maintenance such as changing to appropriate settings according to each region may be required. The above appropriate settings are, for example, settings corresponding to differences in supply voltage, color profiles, paper settings, and the like. If appropriate settings are not made, the printing apparatus may malfunction or the function (for example, print quality) may deteriorate.

[0005] The fact that the usage area of the printing device has changed can be determined based on time information obtained from an NTP (Network Time Protocol) server or the like, or area information obtained from a GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like. However, when the printing device is not connected to an external network and time information cannot be obtained, or when area information cannot be obtained from the GPS, etc., it is not possible to determine that the usage area of the printing device has changed.

[0006] An object of the present invention is to provide a printing device, a job transmission device, a maintenance notification method, and a program that can easily determine that the usage area has changed and prompt maintenance.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0007] In one aspect, the printing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires, from a received print job, first area information set in a job transmission device that transmits the print job, and a notification unit that performs a notification prompting execution of maintenance based on a non-correspondence between the first area information acquired by the acquisition unit and second area information held by the printing device and representing the usage area of the printing device.

Effects of the Invention

[0008] According to the above aspect, it is possible to easily determine that the usage area has changed and prompt maintenance.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0010] Hereinafter, a printing apparatus, a job transmission apparatus, a maintenance notification method, and a program according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0011] <First Embodiment> FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a printing system in the first embodiment.

[0012] The printing system shown in FIG. 1 includes a printing apparatus 1 and a user terminal 101.

[0013] The printing apparatus 1 includes a medium supply unit 10, a conveyance unit 20, a printing unit 30, a medium discharge unit 40, a control unit 50, a storage unit 60, an operation panel 70, and a communication unit 80. Although not shown, the printing apparatus 1 may also include a scanner or the like that reads image data from a document.

[0014] The medium supply unit 10 has a loading table on which media such as paper are loaded, and supplies the media loaded on this loading table toward the printing unit 30.

[0015] The conveyance unit 20 has, for example, rollers, belts, etc., and conveys the medium inside the printing apparatus 1.

[0016] The printing unit 30 performs printing on the medium conveyed by the conveyance unit 20. The printing method of the printing unit 30 is not particularly limited, and examples include an inkjet printing method and a stencil printing method.

[0017] The medium discharge unit 40 has a loading table on which the medium is loaded and exposed outside the printing apparatus 1, and discharges the medium printed by the printing unit 30 onto the loading table.

[0018] The control unit 50 has, for example, one or more processors (e.g., a CPU: Central Processing Unit) that function as an arithmetic processing unit for controlling the operations of each part of the printing apparatus 1. This processor reads and executes a predetermined program from, for example, the storage unit 60 or from a storage medium (non-transitory computer-readable recording medium) detachable from the printing apparatus 1, thereby functioning as the acquisition unit 51 and the notification unit 52.

[0019] The acquisition unit 51 acquires the first locale ID set in the user terminal 101 that transmits the print job from the print job received by the communication unit 80. This first locale ID is an example of the first regional information and is, for example, an ID representing the region (language) such as the country of the OS (Operating System) of the job transmission apparatus (user terminal 101) that transmits the print job. This locale ID consists of numbers, for example, as shown in FIG. 5.

[0020] Although details will be described later, based on the fact that the first locale ID acquired by the acquisition unit 51 does not match the second locale ID (an example of the second regional information) held by the printing apparatus 1 and representing the usage region of this printing apparatus 1, the notification unit 52 gives a notification prompting the execution of maintenance.

[0021] For example, the notification unit 52 may prompt the user to perform maintenance by causing the display unit 71 to display a maintenance notification screen 71a with the content "There may be a problem with the image adjustment. Please contact the service provider." as shown in FIG. 3. The notification unit 52 may perform notification by voice output, or may perform notification to an external device such as the user terminal 101 via the communication unit 80. Note that the notification unit 52 may perform a notification prompting the execution of maintenance at a predetermined timing (for example, every few years or every few months) based on the start date of use of the printing apparatus 1 stored in the hard disk device of the storage unit 60, at a predetermined timing based on the number of prints, and the like. Further, the notification unit 52 may perform a notification prompting the execution of maintenance based on the non-correspondence between the first locale ID and the second locale ID at the above-described predetermined timing, or may wait for other notification timings such as at the time of consumable replacement, and perform the notification simultaneously at these timings.

[0022] In addition, the control unit 50 changes various settings such as the print settings of the printing unit 30 such as color mode setting, the conveyance settings of the conveyance unit 20, and time setting. The control unit 50 performs, for example, manual setting changes such as during maintenance based on an input operation in the user input unit 72, and automatic setting changes accompanying the update of the functions of the printing apparatus 1.

[0023] The storage unit 60 includes, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory) which is a read-only semiconductor memory in which a predetermined control program is recorded in advance, a RAM (Random Access Memory) which is a semiconductor memory that can be written to and read from as needed as a work storage area when the processor executes various control programs, and other memories, and a hard disk device.

[0024] As will be described later, the storage unit 60 stores a second locale ID, which is an example of second region information indicating the region where the printing apparatus 1 is used, and which is held by the printing apparatus 1. The storage unit 60 may store this second locale ID in a plurality of different locations such as a ROM and a hard disk drive. Even if the usage region of the printing apparatus 1 changes, the second locale ID remains held by the printing apparatus 1 as it is. Therefore, the second locale ID when the usage region of the printing apparatus 1 changes represents the usage region before the change of the usage region until it is deleted once.

[0025] The operation panel 70 includes a display unit 71 that displays various information, and an input unit 72 that receives input of various information by a user (e.g., a general user, a maintenance staff, etc.). When the display unit 71 has a touch panel, the display unit 71 also serves as the input unit 72. Note that the maintenance staff may be a person selected from general users or a maintenance staff specialized in maintenance.

[0026] The communication unit 80 is an interface unit that exchanges various information with various devices such as a user terminal 101 connected wirelessly or wired via a network. The communication unit 80 receives, for example, a print job from the user terminal 101.

[0027] The user terminal 101 includes a control unit 110, a storage unit 120, a communication unit 130, a display unit 140, and an input unit 150. The user terminal 101 is an example of a job transmission device. For example, the user terminal 101 is an installed terminal such as a desktop computer, or a portable terminal such as a tablet terminal, a smartphone, or a notebook computer. The job transmission device is not limited to the user terminal 101, and may be a print control device that controls the printing apparatus 1 or other devices.

[0028] The control unit 110 has, for example, one or more processors (e.g., a CPU) that function as an arithmetic processing unit for controlling the operations of each part of the user terminal 101. This processor reads and executes a predetermined program such as an OS from the storage unit 120 or from a storage medium (non-transitory computer-readable recording medium) that is detachable from the user terminal 101, thereby controlling each part of the user terminal 101. Further, the control unit 110 may control the printing device 1 by reading and executing a printer driver.

[0029] The storage unit 120 includes, for example, a ROM which is a read-only semiconductor memory in which a control program is pre-recorded, a RAM which is a semiconductor memory that can be written to and read from at any time and is used as a working storage area as needed when the processor executes various control programs, and other memories, and a hard disk device in which a predetermined program such as an OS is pre-stored. The locale ID of the OS is the first locale ID as described above.

[0030] The communication unit 130 is an interface unit that exchanges various information with various devices such as the printing device 1 connected wirelessly or wired via a network. The communication unit 130 is an example of a transmission unit that transmits a print job to the printing device 1. The print job incorporates the first locale ID under the control of the control unit 110.

[0031] The display unit 140 is a display that displays various information.

[0032] The input unit 150 is, for example, a keyboard device, a mouse device, a touch panel, etc., and receives input of various operation information by the user.

[0033] As described above, the printing apparatus 1 acquires, from the received print job, a first locale ID (an example of first regional information) set in the user terminal 101 (an example of a job transmission apparatus) that transmits this print job, and based on the fact that the acquired first locale ID does not match the second locale ID (an example of second regional information) held by the printing apparatus 1 and representing the usage area of this printing apparatus 1, performs a notification prompting the execution of maintenance. From the perspective of the method, the maintenance notification method acquires, from the received print job, the first locale ID set in the user terminal 101 that transmits this print job, and based on the fact that this first locale ID does not match the second locale ID held by the printing apparatus 1 and representing the usage area of this printing apparatus 1, performs a notification prompting the execution of maintenance.

[0034] Also, from the perspective of the program, the program causes a computer (for example, a computer such as the control unit 50 of the printing apparatus 1) to execute a function of acquiring the first locale ID set in the user terminal 101 that transmits the received print job, and a function of performing a notification prompting the execution of maintenance based on the fact that this first locale ID does not match the second locale ID held by the printing apparatus 1 and representing the usage area of this printing apparatus 1.

[0035] Note that the above-described maintenance notification method and program are executed, for example, by the printing apparatus 1, but may also be executed by other apparatuses such as a dedicated print control apparatus that controls the printing apparatus 1.

[0036] Next, the maintenance notification process in this first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2. Note that in the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, the process when the storage unit 60 of the printing apparatus 1 does not store the second locale ID will also be described together.

[0037] The process of the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 is performed, for example, by the control unit 50 after the printing apparatus 1 is activated.

[0038] First, the acquisition unit 51 analyzes the print job received by the communication unit 80 (step S11), and acquires the first locale ID included in this print job (step S12).

[0039] Here, the acquisition unit 51 may perform sampling processing (step S13) to determine whether the acquisition of the first locale ID satisfies the continuous acquisition condition. The continuous acquisition condition is, for example, that the same first locale ID is acquired from the print job over a specified period or continuously a specified number of times or more. Note that the sampling processing (step S13) may be omitted, but it is desirable to perform it in order to exclude the case where a temporarily different locale ID is acquired as the first locale ID. Also, in the sampling processing (step S13), the acquisition of the first locale ID does not necessarily have to be performed every time a print job is received.

[0040] Next, the acquisition unit 51 determines whether a locale ID (second locale ID) is stored in the storage unit 60 (step S13). If the locale ID (second locale ID) is not stored in the storage unit 60 (step S14: NO), the acquired first locale ID is stored in the storage unit 60 as the second locale ID (step S15). Then, the process shown in FIG. 2 ends.

[0041] If the locale ID (second locale ID) is stored in the storage unit 60 (step S14: YES), the notification unit 52 determines whether the first locale ID acquired by the acquisition unit 51 does not match the second locale ID stored in the storage unit 60 (for example, first locale ID ≠ second locale ID) (step S16).

[0042] If the first locale ID acquired by the acquisition unit 51 matches the second locale ID stored in the storage unit 60 (step S16: NO), the process shown in FIG. 2 ends.

[0043] If the first locale ID obtained by the acquisition unit 51 does not match the second locale ID stored in the storage unit 60 (step S16: YES), the notification unit 52 issues a notification prompting the execution of maintenance (step S17), and the process shown in FIG. 2 ends.

[0044] As described above, for example, the notification unit 52 may prompt the user to execute maintenance by causing the display unit 71 to display a maintenance notification screen 71a with the content "There may be a problem with the image adjustment. Please contact the service provider." as shown in FIG. 3.

[0045] The user prompted to execute maintenance may contact a maintenance technician (service provider), and the maintenance technician specialized in maintenance may perform the maintenance operation. Also, if the user prompted to execute maintenance is a maintenance technician selected from general users, the user may perform the maintenance operation himself / herself. Note that when performing maintenance, since it can be said that the usage area of the printing device 1 has changed, in order to update the second area information (second locale ID) representing the usage area of the printing device 1, the second area information held in the printing device 1 may be deleted once and then saved again in step S15 described above.

[0046] The notification unit 52 may also notify the content of the maintenance to be performed in the area (transmission area) corresponding to the first locale ID set in the user terminal 101, which can be said to be the area after the movement of the printing device 1. The content of this maintenance is, for example, the drive voltage of the inkjet head of the printing unit 30 when the supply voltage differs depending on the area before and after the movement of the printing device 1. Also, the content of the maintenance may be, for example, color adjustment according to the area of the destination (e.g., color adjustment using a color profile for expressing a specific red color in China).

[0047] If the maintenance is not performed even after a predetermined period has elapsed since the notification prompting the execution of the maintenance is given, the notification unit 52 may give a notification prompting the execution of the maintenance again. Further, if the maintenance is not performed even when the notification unit 52 gives a notification prompting the execution of the maintenance a plurality of times, the notification unit 52 may give a notification by a warning display (such as that the image quality cannot be guaranteed) at the time of printing or the like. If the maintenance is not performed even after the warning display, it is advisable to cause the printing device 1 to perform printing with restricted functions (for example, printing at a reduced printing speed, printing with a reduced printing density, etc.). Further, the notification unit 52 may stop the use of the printing device 1. Here, the restriction of the functions of the printing device 1 and the stop of use are performed for preventing failures and preventing quality degradation.

[0048] In addition, if the difference in the setting conditions to be set in the maintenance due to the change of the region of the printing device 1 (for example, the difference in the head drive voltage, etc.) is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, it is advisable to perform the restriction of the functions of the printing device 1 and the stop of use earlier than when the difference is less than the predetermined value. Further, if there is no need to perform the maintenance, the notification unit 52 may omit the notification process for the execution of the maintenance.

[0049] In the above description, locale ID was described as an example of the first regional information and the second regional information. However, the first regional information and the second regional information are not limited to the locale ID. Further, for example, the first regional information may be a locale ID and the second regional information may be information other than the locale ID. Also, the region represented by the first regional information (the first locale ID) and the region represented by the second regional information (the second locale ID) may be, for example, when one represents the region of Tokyo and the other represents the region of Japan, considered to be corresponding even if there is a difference in the way of capturing the region as long as they include a common region. Further, the user terminal 101 (the communication unit 130 which is an example of a transmission unit), which is an example of a job transmission device, does not transmit a print job to the printing device 1, but may transmit an execution job other than the print job to an execution device other than the printing device 1. By the way, when the usage region of the execution device changes, it is normal for the language setting to be set to that of the destination. The user terminal 101 sends the execution job to the execution device including language information. Therefore, after the change of the language setting, the execution device may check the language information of the plurality of received execution jobs, and if the most frequent language information matches the language information of the language setting set in the execution device, it may be determined that the usage region of the execution device has changed. Thereby, it is possible to easily determine that the usage region of the execution device has changed and prompt maintenance.

[0050] Also, with regard to the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 (for example, the acquisition process of the first locale ID after the analysis of the print job in steps S11 and S12 described above, or the determination process of the correspondence between the first locale ID and the second locale ID in step S16 described above), it may be performed not every time a print job is received, but at an arbitrary timing such as every specified number of receptions of the print job. In this case, the control of the control unit 50 can be simplified.

[0051] In the first embodiment described above, the printing apparatus 1 includes an acquisition unit 51 that acquires, from the received print job, a first locale ID which is an example of first area information set in a user terminal 101 which is an example of a job transmission apparatus that transmits this print job, and a notification unit 52 that performs a notification prompting execution of maintenance based on the fact that the first locale ID acquired by the acquisition unit 51 does not match a second locale ID which is an example of second area information held by the printing apparatus 1 and represents the area where the printing apparatus 1 is used.

[0052] Further, the user terminal 101 which is an example of a job transmission apparatus includes a communication unit 130 which is an example of a transmission unit that transmits a print job (an example of an execution job) to the printing apparatus 1 (an example of an execution apparatus), and a storage unit 120 that stores a first locale ID which is an example of first area information set in the user terminal 101, and the communication unit 130 transmits a print job including the first locale ID to the printing apparatus 1.

[0053] Further, the maintenance notification method is, for example, a maintenance notification method performed by the printing apparatus 1, which acquires, from the received print job, a first locale ID which is an example of first area information set in a user terminal 101 which is an example of a job transmission apparatus that transmits the print job, and performs a notification prompting execution of maintenance based on the fact that the first locale ID does not match a second locale ID which is an example of second area information held by the printing apparatus 1 and represents the area where the printing apparatus 1 is used.

[0054] Further, the program causes a computer (for example, a computer such as the control unit 50 of the printing apparatus 1) to execute a function of acquiring, from the received print job, a first locale ID which is an example of first area information set in a user terminal 101 which is an example of a job transmission apparatus that transmits the print job, and a function of performing a notification prompting execution of maintenance based on the fact that the first locale ID does not match a second locale ID which is an example of second area information held by the printing apparatus 1 and represents the area where the printing apparatus 1 is used.

[0055] Therefore, for example, based on the fact that the first locale ID set in the user terminal 101 that transmits a print job does not match the second locale ID representing the usage area of the printing apparatus 1, it can be determined that the printing apparatus 1 is being used after being moved to a different area. As a result, even when time information cannot be obtained from an NTP server or the like, or when location information cannot be obtained from GPS or the like, it is possible to easily determine that the usage area has been changed. Further, since it is possible to determine that the usage area of the printing apparatus 1 or the like has been changed, it is possible to prompt maintenance that becomes necessary with the change of the usage area at an appropriate timing and content. Therefore, according to the first embodiment, it is possible to easily determine that the usage area has been changed and prompt maintenance.

[0056] Further, in the first embodiment, the notification unit 52 gives a notification prompting execution of maintenance based on the fact that the first locale ID obtained by the acquisition unit 51 does not match the second locale ID and satisfies the continuous acquisition condition. As a result, it is possible to exclude the case where a temporarily different locale ID is obtained as the first locale ID, so that it is possible to more accurately determine that the printing apparatus 1 is being used after being moved to a different area. Therefore, false notification of maintenance can be prevented.

[0057] Further, in the first embodiment, the first area information is the locale ID (first locale ID) of the OS of the user terminal 101 which is an example of a job transmission apparatus that transmits a print job. By using the information of the OS of the user terminal 101 (job transmission apparatus) in this way, the possibility that the first area information is the transmission area of the user terminal 101 increases, so that it is possible to more accurately determine that the printing apparatus 1 is being used after being moved to a different area. Therefore, false notification of maintenance can be prevented.

[0058] <Second Embodiment> In the second embodiment, not only does the first regional information (first locale ID) not correspond to the second regional information (second locale ID), but also based on the fact that the first language information related to the second regional information does not correspond to the second language information of the language setting of the printing apparatus 1, a notification prompting the execution of maintenance is performed, which is different from the first embodiment described above. For other matters, the same as the first embodiment described above can be adopted. Therefore, only the different matters will be described.

[0059] FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the maintenance notification process in the second embodiment.

[0060] The flowchart shown in FIG. 4 is the same as the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, except that the processes of steps S21 and S22 are performed in addition to the processes of the flowchart shown in FIG. 2. Therefore, only matters related to the processes of steps S21 and S22 will be described.

[0061] As described above, when the first locale ID acquired by the acquisition unit 51 does not correspond to the second locale ID stored in the storage unit 60 (step S16: YES), the notification unit 52 converts the second locale ID into the first language information (for example, the language information shown in FIG. 5) (step S21). For example, as shown in FIG. 5, if the second locale ID is 1041, the first language information will be Japanese information.

[0062] Next, the notification unit 52 determines whether the above-mentioned first language information does not correspond to the second language information of the language setting of the printing apparatus 1 (step S22). The second language information of the language setting of the printing apparatus 1 is, for example, Japanese information if the language setting is Shift_JIS, and Chinese information if the language setting is Unicode (UTF-8).

[0063] As an example, as shown in FIG. 5, consider the case where the second locale ID is 1041 (Japan) and the language related to this second locale ID is Japanese. In this case, if the language setting of the printing apparatus 1 is Shift_JIS, since the second language information is Japanese information, the notification unit 52 determines that the first language information (Japanese) related to the second locale ID and the second language information (Japanese) of the language setting of the printing apparatus 1 correspond (step S22: NO). On the other hand, if the language setting of the printing apparatus 1 is Unicode (UTF-8), since the second language information is Chinese information, the notification unit 52 determines that the first language information (Japanese) related to the second locale ID and the second language information (Chinese) of the language setting of the printing apparatus 1 do not correspond (step S22: YES).

[0064] When the first language information and the second language information correspond (step S22: NO), the process shown in FIG. 4 ends. Also, when the first language information and the second language information do not correspond (step S22), the notification unit 52 performs a notification prompting the execution of maintenance as described above (step S17), and the process shown in FIG. 4 ends.

[0065] Note that the correspondence between the first language information and the second language information (step S22: NO) may be set as a storage condition in the process of storing the first locale ID as the second locale ID (step S15) as described above. That is, since the second locale ID stored in the printing apparatus 1 represents the usage area of the printing apparatus 1, it may be set as a storage condition that it corresponds to the second language information of the language setting of the printing apparatus 1.

[0066] In the second embodiment described above, for the same matters as those in the first embodiment described above, the same effects can be obtained, that is, the effects such as easily determining that the usage area of the printing apparatus 1 has been changed and being able to prompt maintenance can be obtained.

[0067] Also, in the second embodiment, the notification unit 52 performs a notification prompting the execution of maintenance based on the fact that the first locale ID (first regional information) does not correspond to the second locale ID (second regional information), and the first language information related to the second locale ID does not correspond to the second language information of the language setting of the printing apparatus 1. By the way, when the usage area of the printing apparatus 1 is changed, it is normal that the language setting of the printing apparatus 1 is also changed. Therefore, when the language setting of the printing apparatus 1 is not changed (that is, when the second language information of the language setting of the printing apparatus 1 corresponds to the first language information related to the second regional information representing the usage area of the printing apparatus 1), it can be considered that the usage area of the printing apparatus 1 has not been changed. Therefore, when the language setting of the printing apparatus 1 is not changed, even if the first locale ID and the second locale ID do not correspond, for example, when a print job (first locale ID) is transmitted from the user terminal 101 in which the first regional information (first locale ID) different from the usage area of the printing apparatus 1 is set, it is possible not to perform the notification of the execution of maintenance. Therefore, false notification of maintenance can be prevented.

[0068] Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and the components can be modified and embodied without departing from the gist thereof at the implementation stage. Also, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of components disclosed in the above-described embodiments. For example, all the components shown in the embodiments may be appropriately combined. Needless to say, various modifications and applications are possible without departing from the gist of the invention. Hereinafter, the invention described in the claims of the present application at the time of filing is appended.

[0069] [Appendix 1] An acquisition unit that acquires first regional information set in a job transmission apparatus that transmits the received print job from the received print job; A notification unit that performs a notification prompting the execution of maintenance based on the fact that the first regional information acquired by the acquisition unit does not correspond to second regional information held by the printing apparatus and representing the usage area of the printing apparatus; A printing apparatus characterized by comprising

[0070] [Appendix 2] Based on the fact that the first regional information obtained by the acquisition unit does not correspond to the second regional information when the acquisition by the acquisition unit satisfies the continuous acquisition condition, the notification unit performs a notification prompting the execution of the maintenance The printing apparatus according to Appendix 1, characterized by the above

[0071] [Appendix 3] Based on the fact that the first regional information and the second regional information do not correspond, and the first language information related to the second regional information and the second language information of the language setting of the printing apparatus do not correspond, the notification unit performs a notification prompting the execution of the maintenance The printing apparatus according to Appendix 1 or 2, characterized by the above

[0072] [Appendix 4] The first regional information is the locale ID of the OS (Operating System) of the job transmission apparatus The printing apparatus according to any one of Appendices 1 to 3, characterized by the above

[0073] [Appendix 5] A job transmission apparatus comprising a transmission unit that transmits an execution job to an execution apparatus, Further comprising a storage unit that stores the first regional information set in the job transmission apparatus, The transmission unit transmits the execution job including the first regional information to the execution apparatus The job transmission apparatus characterized by the above

[0074] [Appendix 6] Acquire the first regional information set in the job transmission apparatus that transmits the received print job from the received print job, Based on the fact that the first regional information and the second regional information held by the printing apparatus and representing the usage area of the printing apparatus do not correspond, a notification prompting the execution of the maintenance is performed The maintenance notification method characterized by the above

[0075] [Appendix 7] A function of acquiring, from a received print job, first area information set in a job transmission device that transmits the print job, and a function of performing a notification that prompts the execution of maintenance based on the fact that the first area information does not match second area information held by a printing device and representing the area where the printing device is used. A program characterized by causing a computer to execute.

Explanation of Signs

[0076] 1 Printing device 10 Media supply unit 20 Conveying unit 30 Printing unit 40 Media discharge unit 50 Control unit 51 Acquisition unit 52 Notification unit 60 Storage unit 70 Operation panel 71 Display unit 71a Maintenance notification screen 72 Input unit 80 Communication unit 101 User terminal 110 Control unit 120 Storage unit 130 Communication unit 140 Display unit 150 Input unit

Claims

1. An acquisition unit that acquires first region information set in a job transmission device that transmits the received print job from the received print job; An informing unit that performs an informing to prompt execution of maintenance based on that the first region information acquired by the acquisition unit does not match second region information held by a printing device and representing a usage region of the printing device Comprising The informing unit performs an informing to prompt execution of maintenance based on that the first region information does not match the second region information, and that first language information related to the second region information does not match second language information of a language setting of the printing device A printing device characterized by the above

2. The informing unit performs an informing to prompt execution of maintenance based on that the first region information acquired by the acquisition unit and the second region information do not match, where the acquisition by the acquisition unit satisfies a continuous acquisition condition The printing device according to claim 1, characterized by the above

3. The first region information is a locale ID of an OS (Operating System) of the job transmission device The printing device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above

4. Acquire first region information set in a job transmission device that transmits the received print job from the received print job, Based on that the first region information and second region information held by a printing device and representing a usage region of the printing device do not match, perform an informing to prompt execution of maintenance, Performing the informing is to perform an informing to prompt execution of maintenance based on that the first region information and the second region information do not match, and that first language information related to the second region information and second language information of a language setting of the printing device do not match A maintenance informing method characterized by the above

5. A function of acquiring first region information set in a job transmission device that transmits the received print job from the received print job and A function of performing an informing to prompt execution of maintenance based on that the first region information and second region information held by a printing device and representing a usage region of the printing device do not match A program for causing a computer to execute, The function of performing the informing is to perform an informing to prompt execution of maintenance based on that the first region information and the second region information do not match, and that first language information related to the second region information and second language information of a language setting of the printing device do not match A program characterized by the above

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