# US 2017/0286031 A1 · Data processing device and non-transitory computer readable medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0286031 A1 - Document ID: US20170286031A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/258,431 - Filed: 2016-09-07 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-29 - Assignees: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kenki MATSUI; Yuta YAMAGUCHI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170286031A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/1255: {Settings incompatibility, e.g. constraints, user requirements vs. device capabilities} - G06F 3/1205: {resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets} - G06F 3/1208: {resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview} - G06F 3/1239: {Restricting the usage of resources, e.g. usage or user levels, credit limit, consumables, special fonts} - G06F 3/1268: {Job submission, e.g. submitting print job order or request not the print data itself} - G06F 3/1285: {Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A data processing device includes a receiving unit that receives printing request data which indicates a request for printing of a document, the printing request data including user property data indicating a property of a user of a printed matter and number-of-printed-copies data indicating a number of copies corresponding to the user property data; an acquiring unit that acquires, from a storage device that stores condition data indicating a condition related to a printing setting corresponding to the user property data, the condition data corresponding to the user property data with respect to the user property data; and an instructing unit that instructs a printing device to print the document by the number of copies indicated by the number-of-printed-copies data corresponding to the user property data based on a printing setting satisfying a condition indicated by the condition data corresponding to the user property data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A data processing device comprising: a receiving unit that receives printing request data which indicates a request for printing of a document, the printing request data including one or more pieces of user property data indicating a property of a user of a printed matter and number-of-printed-copies data indicating a number of copies corresponding to each of the one or more pieces of user property data; an acquiring unit that acquires, from a storage device that stores condition data indicating a condition related to a printing setting corresponding to each of the one or more pieces of user property data, the condition data corresponding to the user property data with respect to each of the one or more pieces of user property data; and an instructing unit that instructs a printing device to print the document by the number of copies indicated by the number-of-printed-copies data corresponding to the user property data based on a printing setting satisfying a condition indicated by the condition data corresponding to the user property data with respect to each of the one or more pieces of user property data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the condition data indicates a combination of one or more setting values in the printing setting, and the instructing unit instructs to print based on a combination of one or more setting values included in the printing setting indicated by the condition data in an instruction to print with respect to each of the one or more pieces of user property data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein the receiving unit receives printing setting data indicating a printing setting for the document, the condition data indicates presence or absence of an authority to perform printing based on a setting value in a printing setting, and the instructing unit changes a setting value which is unauthorized based on the condition data corresponding to the user property data to a setting value which is authorized among one or more setting values included in the printing setting indicated by the printing setting data, and instructs to print based on the printing setting having the changed setting value in an instruction to print with respect to each of the one or more pieces of user property data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein there is a case where the receiving unit receives printing request data including user property data indicating a plurality of properties with respect to one user, and in a case where the user property data with respect to one user which is included in the printing request data indicates a plurality of properties, the instructing unit selects a setting value to be adopted in accordance with a predetermined rule among setting values included in a printing setting satisfying a condition indicated by condition data corresponding to each of the plurality of properties with respect to each of one or more setting items of a printing setting, and instructs to print based on the printing setting including the selected setting value. ### Claim 5 A data processing device comprising: a receiving unit that receives printing request data which indicates a request for printing of a document, the printing request data further including number-of-printed-copies data indicating a number of copies, there being a case where the receiving unit receives printing request data that further includes one or more pieces of user property data indicating a property of a user of a printed matter and number-of-printed-copies data indicating a number of copies corresponding to each of the one or more pieces of user property data and a case where the receiving unit receives printing request data that does not include the user property data, an acquiring unit that acquires, from a storage device that stores condition data indicating a condition related to a printing setting corresponding to each of the one or more pieces of user property data, the condition data corresponding to the user property data with respect to each of the one or more pieces of user property data; and an instructing unit that instructs a printing device to print the document by the number of copies indicated by the number-of-printed-copies data; wherein, in a case where the receiving unit receives the printing request data that does not include the user property data, the instructing unit does not give an instruction to print based on a printing setting including a setting value for which an authority is not given to a requester having made a request for printing indicated by the printing request data in an instruction to print based on the printing request data, and in a case where the receiving unit receives the printing request data that includes the user property data, the instructing unit gives an instruction to print based on a printing setting satisfying a condition indicated by the condition data based on the user property data included in the printing request data regardless of presence or absence of an authority of the requester having made a request for printing indicated by the printing request data in an instruction to print based on the printing request data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where a document, which is printed in accordance with a printing setting satisfying a condition indicated by condition data corresponding to user property data included in printing request data, satisfies a predetermined condition, the instructing unit instructs a notification device to give a notice to a requester having made a request for printing indicated by the printing request data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein, the instructing unit determines whether competition occurs between setting values included in a printing setting satisfying a condition indicated by the condition data corresponding to the user property data included in the printing request data, and in a case where the instructing unit determines that the competition occurs, the instructing unit instructs a notification device to give a notice to a requester having made a request for printing indicated by the printing request data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where a document, which is printed in accordance with a printing setting satisfying a condition indicated by the condition data corresponding to the user property data included in the printing request data, satisfies a predetermined condition, the instructing unit changes one or more setting values included in the printing setting in accordance with a predetermined rule. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The data processing device according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where a document, which is printed in accordance with a printing setting satisfying a condition indicated by the condition data corresponding to the user property data included in the printing request data, satisfies a predetermined condition, the instructing unit changes a layout of the document in accordance with a predetermined rule. ### Claim 10 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to function as: a receiving unit that receives printing request data which indicates a request for printing of a document, the printing request data including one or more pieces of user property data indicating a property of a user of a printed matter and number-of-printed-copies data indicating a number of copies corresponding to each of the one or more pieces of user property data; an acquiring unit that acquires, from a storage device that stores condition data indicating a condition related to a printing setting corresponding to each of the one or more pieces of user property data, the condition data corresponding to the user property data with respect to each of the one or more pieces of user property data; and an instructing unit that instructs a printing device to print the document by the number of copies indicated by the number-of-printed-copies data corresponding to the user property data based on a printing setting satisfying a condition indicated by the condition data corresponding to the user property data with respect to each of the one or more pieces of user property data.