Printing system
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshinori Nakashima
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Abstract
A DSC 10 compares number of objects to be printed in a printing job set by itself to number of objects that have already been printed on a single printing paper described in a printing state notice issued from a printer 30 with respect to the DSC 10 to thereby calculate and retain number of the printing objects to be set in the printing job, and issues the printing job in which the calculated number of the objects to be printed is set when the printing process is executed next.
Claims11
A printing client connected to a printing server for executing a printing process in which a maximum n number (n is a natural number of at least 1) of images on each printing paper are printed in such manner that an intercommunication therebetween is allowed, the printing client being notified of a printing state of the printing process by the printing server, wherein
- the printing client outputs a printing instruction for dividing entire groups of images including m number of images defined in the following expression into first groups of images having p number of images and q number of groups and a second group of images having r number of images and one or none group to the printing server,
- m=p*q+r*s
- p is a natural number not including 0
- r satisfies p>r
- q, r are natural numbers including 0,
- s=0 or 1
- and the printing client further calculated the maximum number of the images n for the each printing paper from the printing state notified by the printing server and changes the number of the images in the first groups of images p based on the comparison of the maximum number of the images n to the number of the images in the first groups of images p set in the printing client and divides the entire groups of images into the first groups of images and the second group of images based on a changed number of images in the first groups of images p′ at a next time when the printing instruction is issued.
A printing server connected to a printing client for outputting a printing instruction for dividing entire groups of images including m number of images defined in the following expression into first groups of images having p number of images and q number of groups and a second group of images having r number of images and one or none group and printing the respective divided images on each printing paper in such manner that an intercommunication therebetween is allowed, the printing server further executing a printing process in which n number of images (n is a natural number of at least 1) are printed per the printing paper based on the printing instruction,
- m=p*q+r*s
- p is a natural number not including 0
- r satisfies p>r
- q, r are natural numbers including 0
- s=0 or 1
- wherein the printing server dynamically sets number of images to be printed on the each printing paper n′ (n′<=n) based on the printing instruction received from the printing client and executes the printing process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.