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130 results about "Print server" patented technology

A print server, or printer server, is a device that connects printers to client computers over a network. It accepts print jobs from the computers and sends the jobs to the appropriate printers, queuing the jobs locally to accommodate the fact that work may arrive more quickly than the printer can actually handle. Ancillary functions include the ability to inspect the queue of jobs to be processed, the ability to reorder or delete waiting print jobs, or the ability to do various kinds of accounting (such as counting pages, which may involve reading data generated by the printer(s)). Print servers may be used to enforce administration policies, such as color printing quotas, user/department authentication, or watermarking printed documents.

Storage medium, print control method, and system

The present invention relates to a computer program for extending a function of a generative AI service. Upon receiving a print request through the generative AI service, the computer program causes a computer of the information processing apparatus to function so as to acquire authentication information related to the user. The computer program causes the above computer to function so as to acquire apparatus information related to an available image forming apparatus from the printing server using the acquired authentication information related to the user, and specify the image forming apparatus to execute printing based on the apparatus information.
Owner:CANON KK

Printing device, control method therefor, and printing system

Provided is a printing system including a print server and a printing device. The print server is provided with: a holding unit that holds a print job in a pending state on the basis of a determination that the printing device has a release request function for requesting the print server to release the print job from the pending state; a release unit that releases the print job from the pending state on the basis of a request from the printing device or a request from a device different from the printing device; and a transmission unit that transmits the print job released from the pending state to the printing device. The printing device is provided with: a login unit that provides a login function for logging a user into the printing device; a setting unit for setting whether or not to enable the login function and whether or not to notify the print server that the printing device has the release request function; a notification unit that notifies the print server that the printing device has the release request function, on the basis of the setting to notify the print server that the printing device has the release request function; an acquisition unit that acquires the print job from the print server after the print job is released from the pending state; and a printing unit that executes printing according to the acquired print job.
Owner:CANON KK

Cloud print server, cloud print system, cloud printing setting method, and storage medium

A cloud print server manages a printing apparatus and device attributes of the printing apparatus, a device type included in the device attribute having information indicating a type of a printing apparatus. The cloud print server displays a list of printing apparatuses managed by the cloud print server while not displaying a specific type of printing apparatus or hanging a display mode of the specific type of printing apparatus and accept selection of the printing apparatus list displayed by an administrator. The cloud print server associates the selected printing apparatus to a virtual printer, stores a print job submit to the virtual printer in one or more memory in association with the virtual printer and transmits the print job stored in association with the virtual printer to the associated printing apparatus according to an instruction from a user.
Owner:CANON KK

Printing device, control method for the same, and printing system

To provide a technique that can execute holding printing by using a printing device not having a pull-print function.SOLUTION: A printing system including a print server and a printing device is provided. The print server comprises: a maintaining unit that maintains a print job in a holding state on the basis of a determination that a printing device has a cancellation request function of requesting the print server to cancel the holding state of the print job; a cancellation unit that cancels the holding state of the print job on the basis of a request from a device different from the printing device; and a transmission unit that transmits the print job for which the holding state is cancelled to the printing device. The printing device comprises: a notification unit that notifies the print server of the fact that the printing device has the cancellation request function despite the fact that the printing device does not have the cancellation request function; an acquisition unit that acquires the print job from the print server after the holding state of the print job is cancelled on the basis of the request from the device different from the printing device; and a printing unit that executes printing according to the acquired print job.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 17
Owner:CANON KK

Cloud printing platform printing method based on encryption technology

The invention discloses a cloud printing platform printing method based on an encryption technology, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, a cloud printer builds a Socket sending connection instruction and sends the connection instruction to a cloud printing server, and the cloud printing server carries out the symmetric encryption verification of the cloud printer, and judges whether the cloud printer is authorized or not; by adopting the cloud computing technology, the terminal equipment is remotely connected with the cloud printer through the internet, the limitation that a traditional printer needs to communicate through physical connection or a local area network is broken through, the compatibility problem between different equipment is eliminated, and the communication efficiency is improved through combination of socket communication and a symmetric encryption algorithm. According to the technical scheme, the data are comprehensively protected in the transmission process, the safety of data transmission is ensured, the risk that the data are stolen or tampered is reduced, in addition, the risk that the task is lost is remarkably reduced by monitoring the printing task in the printing process in real time, it is ensured that a user can recover printing in time, and the reliability of the system and the satisfaction degree of the user are improved.
Owner:ZHUHAI ZYWELL TECH CO LTD

Industrial printing system, print server, and processing management method that print peer-to-peer according to attribute of printing apparatus at distributed destination in production printing

Provided is an industrial printing system that enables output with the attribute of a printing apparatus at the distributed destination of production printing in a peer-to-peer manner. An attribute acquisition unit acquires other attribute information supported by other printing apparatus at distributed destination. A table generation unit compares acquired other attribute information with own attribute information supported by own printing apparatus to generate a conversion table that is set with a conversion rule for a mismatched attribute. A processing management unit sends the job to the other print server to request for processing based on generated conversion table so that the job is to be printed by the other printing apparatuses.
Owner:KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC

Information processing apparatus, print server, and method for controlling them

To provide an appropriate configuration profile to a user.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a configuration profile that represents the ability of a logical printer provided by a print server, and is associated with a user of the information processing apparatus; a presentation unit that presents details of the acquired configuration profile to the user, and receives a change in the details; a registration unit that registers the configuration profile with the details designated by the user in a printer driver for creating a print job for the logical printer; and a creation unit that creates a screen for creating the print job on the basis of the configuration profile registered in the printer driver.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 13
Owner:CANON KK

Network printing method, cloud printing server, storage medium, and electronic device

PCT designated stage expiredWO2025152781A1TransmissionPictoral communicationComputer printingThe Internet
The present application provides a network printing method, a cloud printing server, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method is applied to the cloud printing server and comprises: receiving a document to be printed that is uploaded by a cloud terminal, wherein the cloud terminal and the cloud printing server are located in the same local area network; creating a printing task for said document on the cloud printing server, wherein by means of a gateway, the cloud printing server communicates with a network printer located in the Internet; receiving, from an APP client, a printing instruction for printing said document in the printing task, wherein the APP client is located on the cloud terminal or located on another mobile terminal; and on the basis of the printing instruction, transmitting said document to the network printer for printing.
Owner:ZTE CORP

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program

To execute, at low cost, replacement of a printed material in which a defect is detected with a reprinted material.SOLUTION: A defect detection data acquisition unit acquires defect detection data stored in a storage. A defective page position data acquisition unit acquires defective page position data indicating the position of a page in which a defect is detected which corresponds to the acquired defect detection data stored in the storage. An interruption position data acquisition unit acquires insertion sheet interruption printing position data indicating the position of a page to which an insertion sheet is interrupted from a printing server. An insertion sheet print image creation unit creates image data including identification information associating the insertion sheet and a reprinting sheet with each other as insertion sheet print image data, on the basis of the defect detection data, defective page position data, and insertion sheet interruption printing position data. The created insertion sheet print image data is output to a printer or the printing server.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
Owner:CANON KK

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, control method for information processing apparatus, and storage medium

An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a cloud print server that provides a cloud print service, the information processing apparatus comprising: one or more memory devices that store a set of instructions; and one or more processors that execute the set of instructions to: obtain specific information regarding an image formation of an image forming apparatus capable of communicating with the cloud print server; accept a setting in accordance with the obtained specific information, the setting pertaining to the image formation in the image forming apparatus; and issue an instruction for the image formation in the image forming apparatus, the instruction including the setting.
Owner:CANON KK

Program, control method, and information processing device.

The objective is to provide a mechanism that allows for the rapid installation of printer drivers. [Solution] The installer 1210 is a program that installs a printer driver, which is already installed on the print server 1000 and has certificate data that proves the legitimacy of the digital signature, onto the client computer 3000. The installer 1210 causes the computer to perform a sharing determination step to determine whether the printer driver is set to be shareable with the client computer 3000, and a data generation step to generate installation data that includes certificate data from the print server 1000 and can be installed on the client computer 3000 if it is determined that the printer driver is set to be shareable.
Owner:CANON KK

Information processing apparatus and application

To provide an information processing apparatus that, when configuration information of a printer registered in a cloud print server is changed, can update the configuration information stored in a client terminal.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus described in the specification has: acquisition means that acquires configuration information of a printing device from a cloud print server system; storage means that stores the acquired configuration information; control means that displays a print setting screen on display means on the basis of the configuration information stored in the storage means; transmission means that, in a state where the configuration information is stored in the storage means, transmits a request for acquiring configuration information; and update means that updates the configuration information stored in the storage means by using the configuration information acquired on the basis of the transmitted acquisition request.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7
Owner:CANON KK

Printing system and processing method of printing system

To enable a plurality of users belonging to different customers to use one image forming apparatus via a print server.SOLUTION: The print server includes a first reception unit configured to receive first user information of login from the terminal, a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first customer identification information corresponding to the first user information, a second reception unit configured to receive a registration code of the image forming apparatus input by the terminal, and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information of the image forming apparatus corresponding to the registration code. The information processing apparatus includes a registration unit configured to, in a case where second customer identification information different from the first customer identification information is registered, register the first customer identification information and the second customer identification information in the identification information of the image forming apparatus, and a first transmission unit configured to, based on a print instruction from the terminal, transmit a print job to the image forming apparatus corresponding to the identification information of the image forming apparatus in which the first customer identification information is registered.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6
Owner:CANON KK

Cloud print system, cloud print server system and printing method

A cloud print system comprising a first cloud print server and a second cloud print server; wherein the first cloud print server is configured to manage a second virtual printer of the second cloud print server in association with a first virtual printer of the first cloud print server, store a print job submitted to the first virtual printer in one or more first memory devices in association with the first virtual printer, and transmit the print job stored in association with the first virtual printer to the second virtual printer according to an instruction from a user.
Owner:CANON KK

Printing apparatus and method for controlling the same

This printing device is provided with: a remote printing unit for performing printing in accordance with a print job transmitted from a print server via a wide area network; a local printing unit for performing printing according to a print job transmitted from an information processing apparatus connected to the same network as the printing apparatus; and a transmission unit for transmitting, to a print server, support information indicating that the printing apparatus supports a standard print function included as a standard in an operating system of the information processing apparatus, the transmitting section transmits support information to the print server in response to at least one of the following events: completing registration of the printing apparatus with the print server; the printing apparatus has been activated in a state in which the printing apparatus has been registered with a print server; the function of printing according to the print job sent from the print server has changed from a disabled state to an enabled state; the server is set to send support information to the print server; the configuration information of the printing apparatus has changed; and the state of the printing apparatus has changed.
Owner:CANON KK

Storage medium, printing control method, printing system, and computer program product

The invention provides a storage medium, a printing control method, a printing system, and a computer program product. The invention relates to a computer program for extending the functionality of a generative AI service. Upon receiving a print request through a generative AI service, a computer program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus to run to acquire authentication information related to a user. The computer program causes the computer to run so as to acquire device information related to an available image forming device from the print server using the acquired authentication information related to the user, and designate an image forming device that performs printing according to the device information.
Owner:CANON KK

Printing apparatus, control method therefor, and printing system

A printing apparatus configures a setting for using a hold printing function of obtaining a print job held in a pending state in a printing server and executing printing processing, in a case where the hold printing function is set to be used, provides the printing server with a notification indicating that the printing apparatus is capable of making a cancellation request that requests the printing server to cancel the pending state of the print job, obtains the print job from the printing server after the pending state of the print job is cancelled based on a request from an apparatus different from the printing apparatus, and executes printing in accordance with the obtained print job.
Owner:CANON KK

Information processing device, recording medium, and computer program product

The object of the present invention is to provide an information processing device and a recording medium, which can determine the image forming device that a user wants to use to perform image forming instructions even if there are multiple image forming devices at a distance closer than the position detection accuracy of a mobile terminal device and the structure does not have a display unit. The print server (16) accepts a terminal ID that can identify the user, location information of the mobile terminal device (14) and a print instruction from a mobile terminal device (14) carried by the user, generates voice authentication information for authenticating the accepted print instruction, and outputs voice from an image forming device (12) located within a predetermined range of the accepted location information. If the voice authentication information and the authentication information input using the mobile terminal device (14) meet a predetermined relationship, the image is formed by the image forming device (12).
Owner:FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

Device and method for controlling the same, cloud print server system and method for controlling the same, cloud print system and method for controlling the same, and storage medium

A device that connects to a cloud print server system comprises a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the cloud print server system, a registration request including a device type indicating at least one of cloud printing functions and cloud scanning functions, a reception unit configured to receive, from the cloud print server system, a service identifier for acquiring an access token corresponding to a device type included in the registration request and end point information indicating an end point, an acquisition unit configured to transmit the service identifier to the cloud print server system, and acquire, from the cloud print server system, an access token for use in a service corresponding to the device type; and a communication unit configured to communicate with the end point by using the access token when executing the service.
Owner:CANON KK

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, CLOUD PRINT SERVER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, CLOUD PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

A device that connects to a cloud print server system includes a transmitting device for transmitting, to the cloud print server system, a registration request including a device type indicating at least one of cloud printing functions and cloud scanning functions, a receiving device for receiving, from the cloud print server system, a service identifier for acquiring an access token corresponding to a device type included in the registration request and endpoint information indicating an endpoint, an acquiring device for transmitting the service identifier to the cloud print server system and for acquiring an access token for use in a service corresponding to the device type from the cloud print server system, and a communicating device for communicating with the endpoint using the access token when the service is executed.
Owner:CANON KK

Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing virtual printer program, printing control device, and printing method

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a virtual printer program, the virtual printer program causing a computer to execute first communication processing, second communication processing, and printing processing. The first communication processing is processing of pretending a printer for a general-purpose printer driver and communicating with the general-purpose printer driver. In the second communication processing, communication is performed with a print server. In the printing processing, a print job acquired from the general-purpose printer driver in the first communication processing is transmitted to the print server: in the second communication processing to cause a printer connected to the print server via a network to perform printing.
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP

Information processing device, print setting method, and program

This provides technology for utilizing extended print settings in cloud printing services. [Solution] The information processing device of the present invention, in setting print settings for print data to be fed into a comprehensive logical printer, includes a warning display means that displays a warning on the print settings screen where the print settings are made, indicating that the extended print settings are valid only for a specific physical printer, and the print settings set by the application are sent to the print server that provides the cloud print service.
Owner:CANON KK

Image forming apparatus, control method for the same, and storage medium

The image forming apparatus capable of communicating with a cloud print server system including a cloud print service, the image forming apparatus comprising: one or more memory devices that store a set of instructions; and one or more processors that execute the set of instructions to: display a two-dimensional code including identification information by which the image forming apparatus can be identified, and receive information relating to the two-dimensional code set in the cloud print service, wherein control of whether or not to display the two-dimensional code is performed based on the information relating to the two-dimensional code, and the two-dimensional code is used by the cloud print server system to identify the image forming apparatus and transmit a saved print job.
Owner:CANON KK

Information processing devices and applications

The information processing device described herein aims to enable updating the configuration information stored in the client terminal when the configuration information of a printer registered with the cloud print server changes. [Solution] The information processing device described herein is characterized by comprising: an acquisition means for acquiring configuration information of a printing device from a cloud print server system; a storage means for storing the acquired configuration information; a control means for displaying a print setting screen on a display means based on the configuration information stored in the storage means; a transmission means for transmitting a request to acquire configuration information while the configuration information is stored in the storage means; and an update means for updating the configuration information stored in the storage means using the configuration information acquired based on the transmitted acquisition request.
Owner:CANON KK

Image forming apparatus, control method thereof, storage medium, and computer program product

The invention provides an image forming apparatus, a control method thereof, a storage medium, and a computer program product. An image forming apparatus capable of communicating with a cloud print server system including a cloud print service, the image forming apparatus including: one or more storage devices that store an instruction set; and one or more processors that execute the instruction set to: display a two-dimensional code including identification information capable of recognizing the image forming apparatus; and receiving information related to the two-dimensional code set in the cloud print service, in which control of whether to display the two-dimensional code is performed based on the information related to the two-dimensional code, and the cloud print server system recognizes the image forming apparatus using the two-dimensional code and transmits the stored print job.
Owner:CANON KK

Printer management method and system based on SNMP technology, computer equipment and storage medium

The invention relates to the technical field of equipment management, and discloses a printer management method and system based on the SNMP technology, computer equipment and a storage medium. A shared printing server side is introduced, and a unified consumable management database and a unified printing driving channel are established by the shared printing server side; compared with the prior art, more efficient and unified management of each piece of network printing equipment and consumables can be realized, and each piece of specific driving program does not need to be installed, so that technical innovation and management upgrading are realized, and remarkable market competitiveness and practical value can be shown in a current complex and changeable market environment.
Owner:GUANGDONG POWER GRID CO LTD DONGGUAN POWER SUPPLY BUREAU

Apparatus, cloud printing server system, cloud printing system and control method thereof

The invention provides a device, a cloud printing server system, a cloud printing system and a control method thereof. A cloud printing apparatus is connected to a cloud print server system, the cloud printing apparatus including: a transmission unit configured to transmit a registration request including an apparatus type indicating at least one of a cloud print function and a cloud scan function to the cloud print server system; a receiving unit configured to receive, from the cloud print server system, a service identifier for acquiring an access token corresponding to a device type included in the registration request and endpoint information indicating an endpoint; an acquisition unit configured to transmit the service identifier to the cloud print server system, and acquire an access token used in a service corresponding to the device type from the cloud print server system; and a communication unit configured to communicate with the endpoint by using the access token when the service is executed.
Owner:CANON KK

Laser printing control method and system

The embodiment of the present application relates to the technical field of laser printing, and discloses a laser printing control method, comprising: receiving to-be-printed information transmitted by a user terminal; sending a movement signal to a mechanical arm to move a laser module at the movement end of the mechanical arm to a printing position; transmitting the to-be-printed information to a printing system to perform format conversion to obtain laser printing information; transmitting the laser printing information to a corresponding laser printing module through a laser printing server to perform a printing operation on a to-be-printed workpiece at the printing position; acquiring workpiece image information of the to-be-printed workpiece through a camera module, and performing image recognition on the workpiece image information to obtain recognition result information, and if the recognition result information does not meet the set requirements, a warning is given. The laser printing control method in the embodiment of the present application has technical effects such as automation, flexibility, quality control and intelligent management, improves printing efficiency and quality, reduces production cost, and creates greater value for enterprises.
Owner:GUANGZHOU RUIJIN INTELLIGENT TECH CO LTD

Storage medium, information processing apparatus, and system

The present invention is directed to a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that extends functions of a generative AI service, the computer program causing a computer of an information processing apparatus to function so as to specify a print range upon receiving a print request via the generative AI service, generate a print job based on the print request and the print range, register the generated print job with a print server, obtain information related to a connection destination for executing the print job from the print server, and present the print job and the information related to the connection destination to a user via the generative AI service.
Owner:CANON KK

Printing system, printing method thereof, program and print server system

This invention provides a print system, a printing method, a program, and a print server system for converting data into a printable format for an image forming apparatus that performs printing. [Solution] A print system 100 comprising a print server and one or more image forming apparatuses, wherein the print server includes acquisition means for acquiring data to be printed from an information processing terminal, identification means for identifying one or more formats that can be printed by the image forming apparatus that performs printing among the one or more image forming apparatuses, conversion means for determining whether conversion of the format of the data to be printed is necessary based on the format of the data to be printed and one or more formats, and if conversion is necessary, converting the data to at least one of the one or more formats, and transmission means for transmitting the data that has been converted if conversion is necessary to the image forming apparatus that performs printing, when conversion is not necessary for the data.
Owner:CANON KK