Print Data Candidate Identification via Schedule-Based Notification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inefficiencies in searching for and printing documents associated with schedules, as existing systems require manual access to schedule management servers to check for and print documents, increasing time and labor.
Innovation Solution
A printing system that includes a printing apparatus and a server, where the server identifies print data candidates and notifies users based on a schedule management function, allowing the printing apparatus to print selected data at a user-defined time, thereby streamlining the document retrieval and printing process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users manually access the schedule management server to check for documents associated with schedules, then users can find and print the required documents, but users spend excessive time and labor searching for and printing documents
Solution Approach 1:
The server performs preliminary actions by automatically identifying print data candidates associated with schedules and notifying users in advance. The notification device sends notifications to users' terminals before the users need to print documents, pre-processing the document identification and notification steps that would otherwise require manual user action.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by automatically identifying documents that need to be printed based on schedule information, eliminating the need for users to manually search for documents. The server autonomously performs document identification, candidate selection, and notification delivery without requiring user intervention in the search process.
2Ease of operation
If the system automatically identifies and notifies print data candidates, then user time and labor are reduced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server performs multiple functions using existing components: it accesses schedule management services, identifies print data candidates based on schedule information, selects appropriate candidates, and delivers notifications. This multi-functional approach avoids adding separate dedicated devices while achieving automated document identification and notification.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification device acts as an intermediary between the server and the user's terminal. It receives notification data from the server and delivers it to the user's terminal, simplifying the communication interface while enabling automated notifications without requiring complex direct integration between the server and user devices.
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AI summary
A printing system includes a printing apparatus and a server, wherein the printing apparatus is configured to print, based on print data, an image on a sheet and wherein the server is configured to identify print data candidates and notify a user of the identified print data candidates at a timing based on a time set by a schedule management function, wherein printing apparatus prints the image on the sheet is based on print data selected by the user from among the notified print data candidates.