Image Processing Apparatus Print Job Conflict Resolution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Image processing apparatuses face inconvenience when both reservation printing and pre-printing paper sheet confirmation are set for a single print job, leading to halted printing processes due to conflicts between settings, often resulting in user confirmation requests at inconvenient times when the user is absent.
Innovation Solution
The apparatus generates print jobs that exclusively include either a time request or a print medium confirmation request, ensuring that only one of these requests is processed, thereby preventing conflicts and allowing printing to proceed without user confirmation when the user is unavailable.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If both reservation printing and pre-printing paper sheet confirmation are set for one print job, then the system provides comprehensive printing control options, but the printing process is halted due to conflict between settings when user confirmation is required at inconvenient times
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the operational parameter of the print job by detecting the coexistence of reservation printing and pre-printing paper sheet confirmation settings, then automatically adjusting the execution mode to prioritize reservation printing time over user confirmation requirements, resolving the conflict between comprehensive control options and printing process continuity
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-judgment and self-processing by automatically detecting the conflicting settings and determining the appropriate execution priority without requiring external user intervention, allowing the printing process to proceed autonomously even when user confirmation would normally be required
2Reliability
If pre-printing paper sheet confirmation is required, then the system ensures proper paper sheet selection, but the printing process cannot proceed when the user is absent at the requested confirmation time
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary judgment during print job generation to detect whether both reservation printing and pre-printing paper sheet confirmation are set, and pre-determines the execution priority before the printing process begins, preventing potential delays caused by user absence at confirmation time
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the execution parameter by automatically adjusting the priority between reservation printing time and paper sheet confirmation requirements, allowing the printing process to proceed at the reserved time without waiting for user confirmation when both settings coexist
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus capable of, even both of reservation printing and pre-printing paper sheet confirmation are set for one print job, preventing a printing process from substantially being halted due to a confliction between these two settings. The image processing apparatus is capable of generating a print job, a time request and a print medium confirmation request. The image processing apparatus performs: a first process, which exclusively generates one of the time request and the print medium confirmation request, generates the print job including the generated one request, and performs a process corresponding to the generated one request prior to printing based on the print job; or a second process, which generates the time request and the print medium confirmation request, generates both of the two request, and exclusively performs one of the two requests prior to printing based on the print job.