Industrial printing system, site server, and processing management method for distributed processing of production printing in peer-to-peer

A site server for performing distributed processing of jobs in an industrial printing system that performs production printing, comprising:

• a storage unit configured to store a capacity table showing a capacity of processing in print processing and post-processing;
• a processing determination unit configured to determine another site server that can process the job from a plurality of site servers based on the capacity table stored in the storage unit;
• and
• a processing management unit configured to perform schedule setting for processing the job by the other site server determined to be capable of processing by the processing determination unit and transmit the job to the other site server to request processing according to the schedule setting, wherein
• the site server further comprises:
• a trust relationship unit configured to establish a trust relationship that allows restricted access with the other site server;
• and
• the processing management unit transmits and processes the job to the other site server for which the trust relationship is established by the trust relationship unit.

A processing management method executed by an industrial printing system having a plurality of site servers that perform distributed processing of jobs and performing production printing, comprising the steps of:

• storing a capacity table showing a capacity of processing in print processing and post-processing;
• determining another site server capable of processing the job from the plurality of site servers based on the capacity table that is stored;
• performing schedule setting for processing the job by the other site server determined to be capable of processing;
• and
• transmitting the job to the other site server to request processing according to the schedule setting, wherein
• the method further comprises establishing a trust relationship that allows restricted access with the other site server;
• and
• the step of transmitting the job to the other site server comprises transmitting and processing the job to the other site server for which the trust relationship is established.