Information processing apparatus, distributed printing control method, storing medium and program

A distribution printing system that controls distribution printing, comprising:

• a child job controller that controls generating of a plurality of child jobs for a plurality of printers based on intermediate data generated as a parent job in accordance with application data, in response to input of an instruction for distribution printing;
• an output controller that controls outputting each of the plurality of child jobs to a corresponding one of the plurality of printers;
• and
• a deletion controller that controls deletion of the plurality of child jobs and the parent job, wherein when deletion of one of the plurality of child jobs is instructed, said deletion controller deletes the one child job, without deleting the parent job, if another of the plurality of child jobs is present, and deletes the one child job and the parent job, if no other ones of the plurality of child job are present.

A method of controlling distribution printing, comprising:

• a generating step of generating a plurality of child jobs for a plurality of printers based on intermediate data generated as a parent job in accordance with application data, in response to input of an instruction for distribution printing;
• an output step of outputting each of the plurality of child jobs to a corresponding one of the plurality of printers;
• and
• a deleting step of deleting of the plurality of child jobs and the parent job, wherein when deletion of one of the plurality of child jobs is instructed, said deletion controller deletes the one child job, without deleting the parent job, if another of the plurality of child jobs is present, and deletes the one child job and the parent job, if no other ones of the plurality of child job are present.

A computer program stored in a computer-readable medium, the computer program for controlling distribution printing, comprising:

• code for generating of a plurality of child jobs for a plurality of printers based on intermediate data generated as a parent job in accordance with application data, in response to input of an instruction for distribution printing;
• code for outputting each of the plurality of child jobs to a corresponding one of the plurality of printers;
• and
• code for deleting of the plurality of child jobs and the parent job, wherein when deletion of one of the plurality of child jobs is instructed, said deletion controller deletes the one child job, without deleting the parent job, if another of the plurality of child jobs is present, and deletes the one child job and the parent job, if no other ones of the plurality of child job are present.

A computer-readable medium storing a computer program for a distribution printing system that controls distribution printing, comprising:

• child job code that controls generating of a plurality of child jobs for a plurality of printers based on intermediate data generated as a parent job in accordance with application data, in response to input of an instruction for distribution printing;
• output code that controls outputting each of the plurality of child jobs to a corresponding one of the plurality of printers;
• and
• deletion code that controls deletion of the plurality of child jobs and the parent job, wherein when deletion of one of the plurality of child jobs is instructed, said deletion code deletes the one child job, without deleting the parent job, if another of the plurality of child jobs is present, and deletes the one child job and the parent job, if no other ones of the plurality of child job are present.