Print management system and program

Abstract

To enable an operator to collect printed matters (papers after printing) in a printing order designated in a print job before division, even when the print job is divided and executed by a plurality of printing machines.SOLUTION: A print management system includes a print management server 10 and a printer group 24. The processor of the print management server, by executing a program, determines whether or not it is necessary to designate a collection order of printed matters in a case where a plurality of printing machines executes a print job, according to a type of print job, and determines that it is necessary to designate the collection order in a case where the print job is a group job or a page division job, and displays the collection order of the printed matters on a display device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Claims

1. Processor and Display device and Equipped with, The aforementioned processor executes a program, Depending on the type of print job, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to specify the order in which the printed materials will be collected when the print job is executed on multiple printing presses. If specifying the collection order is necessary, the collection order of the printed materials will be displayed on the display device. Print management system.

2. The processor, when the type of print job is a group job, displays the collection order of the multiple jobs constituting the group job on the display device. The print management system according to claim 1.

3. The processor displays the collection order on the display device according to the printing order of each job specified in the group job. The print management system according to claim 2.

4. The processor, when the type of print job is a page-splitting job, displays the collection order of the multiple jobs constituting the page-splitting job on the display device. The print management system according to claim 1.

5. The processor displays the collection order according to a predetermined page order of the print job on the display device. The print management system according to claim 4.

6. The processor, when the type of print job is a multi-copy print job, displays the retrieval order on the display device according to predetermined operational rules. The print management system according to claim 1.

7. The aforementioned operational rules include at least one of the following: priority order, deadline order, collection location after collection, and worker travel distance. The print management system according to claim 6.

8. The processor determines that specifying the collection order is unnecessary when the type of print job is a multi-copy print job. The print management system according to claim 1.

9. The processor displays the representational graphic of the printed material on the display device in association with the printing press and its output tray that receive the output. The print management system according to claim 1.

10. The processor, when there are print results for multiple print jobs in the output tray, displays the representational figure on the display device for each of the multiple print jobs. The print management system according to claim 9.

11. The processor displays a mark indicating the retrieval order in relation to the representational figure on the display device. The print management system according to claim 9.

12. The aforementioned processor, by executing a program, further, Enter that the aforementioned printed material has been collected. The recovery order displayed on the display device is updated according to the input. A print management system according to any one of claims 1 to 11.

13. In a computer processor, Depending on the type of print job, the step of determining whether it is necessary to specify the order in which the printed materials will be collected when the print job is executed on multiple printing machines, If it is necessary to specify the collection order, the step of displaying the collection order of the printed materials on a display device, A program that executes the command.

Images