Print Data Element Management for Efficient Reprinting
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Solution Overview
Problem
In existing information processing systems, reprinting multiple print data elements requires users to search and re-output each element, consuming time and effort, and necessitates the management device to re-transmit print data elements to processing devices, which is inefficient.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system with a management device and processing devices that associate print data elements with reprinting information, allowing the management device to output print data elements to processing devices with reprinting information, enabling efficient reprinting without re-transmitting data, and storing print data elements with reprinting information for later processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the management device receives and re-transmits print data elements for reprinting, then the reprinting function is achieved, but the user's time and effort for searching and re-outputting each element increases
Solution Approach 1:
The management device stores information indicating the possibility of reprinting in association with each print data element when the print data is initially received and processed. This preliminary storage of reprinting capability information eliminates the need for users to search for print data elements later, as the system has already prepared the necessary information for quick reprinting access.
2Productivity
If the management device re-transmits print data elements to processing devices for reprinting, then the reprinting function is achieved, but the management device's workload and data transmission requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and stores only the essential information indicating the possibility of reprinting along with the print data element, rather than storing or re-transmitting the entire print data set. This extraction of critical reprinting information reduces the data transmission burden on the management device while still enabling efficient reprinting operations.
3Loss of time
If the system stores print data elements with reprinting information for later processing, then reprinting can be done without re-transmission, but the storage requirements and data management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different storage strategies to different parts of the print data: the full print data elements are stored for complete reprinting capability, while only essential reprinting possibility information is stored for quick access. This local differentiation in storage quality allows the system to balance between reprinting speed and storage efficiency, avoiding the need to store redundant full data sets.
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AI summary
An information processing system includes a management device configured to manage print data including print data elements. The management device includes a first processor configured to manage the print data and the print data elements in association with each other, and in response to specification of a possibility of reprinting of the print data, output the print data element to the processing device while associating information indicating the possibility of reprinting with the print data element. Each of the processing devices includes a second processor configured to process the print data element output from the management device, cause a memory to store the print data element associated with the information indicating the possibility of reprinting, and in response to a reprinting instruction from the management device, process the print data element associated with the information indicating the possibility of reprinting by reading the print data element from the memory.