Printing system
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorDaiki Sakamoto
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Abstract
In a network that connects a plurality of computers and a printing apparatus, a printing system whose printing apparatus receives a print job from the computers and performs printing based on the received print job, includes a function restriction information storage unit which stores function restriction information that restricts a printing function for each of groups divided according to users of the computers, and a control unit which inhibits a restricted printing function from being fulfilled based on the function restriction information stored in the function restriction information storage unit in accordance with a group of one of the computers when the one of the computers uses the printing apparatus to perform printing.
Claims19
A printing system in a network that connects a plurality of computers and a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus receiving a print job from the computers and performing printing based on the received print job, the printing system comprising:
- a function restriction information storage unit which stores function restriction information that restricts a printing function for each of groups divided according to users of the computers;
- and
- a control unit which inhibits a restricted printing function from being fulfilled based on the function restriction information stored in the function restriction information storage unit in accordance with a group of one of the computers when the one of the computers uses the printing apparatus to perform printing.
A printing method of a printing system in a network that connects a plurality of computers and a printing apparatus, the printing apparatus receiving a print job from the computers and performing printing based on the received print job, the printing method comprising:
- acquiring function restriction information that restricts a printing function for each of groups divided according to users of the computers;
- and
- inhibiting a restricted printing function from being fulfilled based on the function restriction information corresponding to a group of one of the computers when the one of the computers uses the printing apparatus to perform printing.
A printing apparatus that is connected to a plurality of computers via a network to receive a print job from the computers and perform printing based on the received print job, the printing apparatus comprising:
- a function restriction information storage unit which stores function restriction information that restricts a printing function for each of groups divided according to users of the computers;
- and
- a control unit which inhibits a restricted printing function from being fulfilled based on the function restriction information stored in the function restriction information storage unit in accordance with a group indicated by group information when the control unit receives a print job including the group information.
A printing apparatus connected to a plurality of computers and a computer of an administrator who administrates the printing apparatus via a network, the printing apparatus receiving a print job from the computers, and executing printings on the basis of the received print job, the printing apparatus comprising:
- a determining unit which determines that it is necessary to give the computer of the administrator notice of the received print job on the basis of information indicating groups divided in accordance with users of said plurality of computers included in the print job when a print job is received from one of said plurality of computers, restriction on a function of printing corresponding to the groups, and a condition under which a notice of the print job which has been set in advance is carried out with respect to the computer of the administrator;
- a notifying unit which, when it is determined at the determining unit that it is necessary to give notice of the print job, once suspends the received print job, and gives the computer of the administrator notice of the print job;
- and
- a processing unit which, when information indicating an instruction relating to process for the print job responding to the notice from the notifying unit is received, carries out process based on the instruction even if the function of printing included in the print job has been restricted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.