Proxy Print Job Output for Timely Acquisition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printing technologies fail to ensure timely completion of print jobs due to interruptions like print job waiting or machine troubles, leading to missed estimated use times, and existing solutions are inadequate for transferring print jobs to nearby devices or requesting vicarious execution after job issuance.
Innovation Solution
A printing device and management method that allows setting a user other than the job issuer to instruct the output of the printed matter, enabling vicarious acquisition and output even after job issuance, with features like user selection from candidates, communication with other devices, and reporting of job status.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If printing is performed using a single printing device, then printing processing can be completed, but printing may not be completed by the estimated use time due to interruptions or machine troubles
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple printing devices into a unified system where print jobs can be automatically transferred between devices. When one device experiences interruptions or troubles, the system merges resources by redirecting the job to another available device, ensuring printing completion while maintaining the estimated use time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by monitoring print job status and detecting interruptions or machine troubles before they cause complete failure. When issues are detected, the system proactively transfers the job to another device in advance, preventing time loss and ensuring timely completion.
2Ease of operation
If the job issuer performs operations to identify and solve causes of printing interruptions, then printing can be resumed, but the estimated use time cannot be met
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically detecting printing interruptions and transferring jobs between devices without requiring manual intervention from the job issuer. The automatic transfer mechanism handles cause identification and job resumption autonomously, eliminating time loss while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback mechanisms to monitor print job status in real-time. When interruptions are detected, the feedback loop triggers automatic job transfer to another device, enabling rapid resumption without manual operations and preserving the estimated use time.
3Loss of time
If the print job is deleted to meet the estimated use time, then the job issuer is in time for the meeting, but the printed matter cannot be obtained
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple printing devices into a redundant pool, ensuring that even if one device fails or a job is deleted from one device, the same job can be executed on another device, guaranteeing printed matter availability while meeting time constraints.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically transferring jobs between devices before the estimated use time expires. This proactive transfer ensures that printing completion is achieved on time without requiring manual job deletion, maintaining both time adherence and printed matter availability.
4Reliability
If another device is requested to perform printing vicariously, then printing can continue, but the request cannot be made after job issuance with existing technologies
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal job management mechanism that can operate with any printing device in the network. The job transfer functionality is designed to be device-agnostic, allowing requests to be made after job issuance without increasing overall system complexity, as the same protocol works across different device types.
Data Source
AI summary
A printing device includes an authentication unit, a job input unit configured to receive input of a print job, a printing processing unit configured to perform printing processing for the print job, and an instruction input unit configured to receive input of an instruction on output of a printed matter of the print job. The printing processing in the printing processing unit is controlled in accordance with an instruction from a user successfully authenticated by the authentication unit. The printing device further includes a proxy registration processing unit capable of setting, for the print job, a user different from an issuer of the print job as a user who instructs output of the printed matter, and causes the printed matter to be output when the instruction on output is made by the user set as the user who instructs output of the printed matter.