Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus determination method, and medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKimio Hayashi
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Abstract
The amount of paper that remains in a paper feeding tray and the amount of paper that is to be used for a printing job are compared based on information regarding the paper feeding tray acquired from an image forming apparatus, a printing job status in the image forming apparatus, and information regarding the paper that is to be used for the printing job to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus, and an image forming apparatus that reduces the number of times paper replacement and paper replenishment occur for the printing job is selected.
Claims13
An information processing apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus that can execute a printing job, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a state of a paper feeding stage from an image forming apparatus of interest;
- a determination unit configured to determine, based on the state of the paper feeding stage, whether or not the image forming apparatus of interest has a number of sheets that are to be consumed for a printing job of interest;
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- a decision unit configured to determine the image forming apparatus determined by the determination unit to have the number of sheets, to be a transmission destination of the printing job of interest.
An information processing apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus that can execute a printing job, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a state of a paper feeding stage from an image forming apparatus of interest;
- a determination unit configured to determine, based on the state of the paper feeding stage, whether or not the image forming apparatus of interest has a number of sheets that are to be consumed for a printing job of interest;
- a display unit configured to display the image forming apparatus determined by the determination unit to have the number of sheets such that the image forming apparatus can be distinguished from an image forming apparatus not determined to have the number of sheets;
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- a selection unit configured to select an image forming apparatus that is a transmission destination of the printing job of interest from among image forming apparatuses displayed by the display unit, according to an operation performed by an operator.
An image forming apparatus determination method that is performed by an information processing apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus that can execute a printing job, the method comprising:
- acquiring a state of a paper feeding stage from an image forming apparatus of interest;
- determining, based on the state of the paper feeding stage, whether or not the image forming apparatus of interest has a number of sheets that are to be consumed for a printing job of interest;
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- determining the image forming apparatus determined to have the number of sheets, to be a transmission destination of the printing job of interest.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing, when executed by a computer connected to an image forming apparatus that can execute a printing job, the computer to perform operations of:
- acquiring a state of a paper feeding stage from an image forming apparatus of interest;
- determining, based on the state of the paper feeding stage, whether or not the image forming apparatus of interest has a number of sheets that are to be consumed for a printing job of interest;
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- determining the image forming apparatus determined to have the number of sheets, to be a transmission destination of the printing job of interest.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for causing, when executed by a computer connected to an image forming apparatus that can execute a printing job, the computer to perform operations of:
- acquiring a state of a paper feeding stage from an image forming apparatus of interest;
- determining, based on the state of the paper feeding stage, whether or not the image forming apparatus of interest has a number of sheets that are to be consumed for a printing job of interest;
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- displaying the image forming apparatus determined to have the number of sheet such that the image forming apparatus can be distinguished from an image forming apparatus not determined to have the number of sheets;
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- selecting an image forming apparatus that is a transmission destination of the printing job of interest from among the displayed image forming apparatuses, according to an operation performed by an operator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.