Server and printing system
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHiromu Okada
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Abstract
A server includes a server storage that stores a print job related information record in which a print job ID is associated with network information, a first acquirer that acquires a print request, a transmitter that transmits a print instruction to a terminal device based on the stored network information associated with the print job ID included in the print request acquired by the first acquirer, a second acquirer that acquires print job information from the terminal device, and an updater that updates, based on the acquired print job information, the stored print job related information record including the print job ID included in the print job information acquired by the second acquirer.
Claims9
A server configured to communicate via a network with a terminal device that stores a print job and a printing device that performs printing based on the print job received from the terminal device, the server comprising:
- a storage that stores association information in which identification information of the print job is associated with network information of the terminal device;
- a first acquirer that acquires a print request including the identification information from the printing device;
- a transmitter that transmits, to the terminal device, a print instruction to transmit the print job indicated by the identification information included in the acquired print request based on the network information stored in the storage and associated with the identification information included in the acquired print request when the first acquirer acquires the print request;
- a second acquirer that acquires print job information including the identification information and the network information from the terminal device;
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- an updater that updates, based on the acquired print job information, the association information stored in the storage and including the identification information included in the acquired print job information when the second acquirer acquires the print job information.
A printing system comprising:
- a terminal device that stores a print job;
- a printing device that performs printing based on the print job received from the terminal device;
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- a server configured to communicate with the terminal device and the printing device via a network, wherein
- the terminal device includes a print job information transmitter that transmits, to the server, print job information including identification information of the print job and network information of the terminal device, and
- the server includes
- a storage that stores association information in which the identification information is associated with the network information,
- a first acquirer that acquires a print request including the identification information from the printing device,
- a transmitter that transmits, to the terminal device, a print instruction to transmit the print job indicated by the identification information included in the acquired print request based on the network information stored in the storage and associated with the identification information included in the acquired print request when the first acquirer acquires the print request,
- a second acquirer that acquires the print job information from the terminal device, and
- an updater that updates, based on the acquired print job information, the association information stored in the storage and including the identification information included in the acquired print job information when the second acquirer acquires the print job information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.