# US 2019/0377533 A1 · Printing process management apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

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- Number: US 2019/0377533 A1
- Document ID: US20190377533A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/352,840
- Filed: 2019-03-14
- Published: 2019-12-12
- Earliest claimed: 2018-06-11
- Assignees: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Masaharu TONOUCHI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190377533A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/1207: {resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission}
- G06F 3/1294: {Status or feedback related to information exchange}
- G06F 3/1203: {Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management}
- G06F 3/1211: {Improving printing performance}
- G06F 3/1259: {Print job monitoring, e.g. job status}
- G06F 3/1262: {by grouping or ganging jobs}
- G06F 3/1282: {High volume printer device}
- G06F 3/1285: {Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server}
- G06F 3/1215: {achieving increased printing speed, i.e. reducing the time between printing start and printing end}
- Y02P 90/30: Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

A printing process management apparatus includes a display unit that displays product identification information regarding a print product, including print information, and group identification information regarding a group, including the print information as a processing unit, while associating the product identification information and the group identification information with each other, a reception unit that receives an instruction to switch a display mode of the display unit and displays management information indicating a processing state of print information in one of at least two display modes comprising a first mode, in which a plurality of pieces of print information included in a product and groups, including the plurality of pieces of print information, are identified, and a second mode, in which a plurality of pieces of print information belonging to a group and print products, including the plurality of pieces of print information, are identified, and a display control unit that, if the reception unit receives the instruction to switch the display mode, identifies group identification information or product identification information selected by an operator, and displays the identified identification information differently from other pieces of identification information of a same type in a new display mode.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A printing process management apparatus comprising:
a display unit that displays product identification information regarding a print product, including print information, and group identification information regarding a group, including the print information as a processing unit, while associating the product identification information and the group identification information with each other;
a reception unit that receives an instruction to switch a display mode of the display unit and displays management information indicating a processing state of print information in any one of at least two display modes comprising a first mode, in which a plurality of pieces of print information included in a product and groups, including the plurality of pieces of print information, are identified, and a second mode, in which a plurality of pieces of print information belonging to a group and print products, including the plurality of pieces of print information, are identified; and
a display control unit that, if the reception unit receives the instruction to switch the display mode, identifies group identification information or product identification information selected by an operator, and displays the identified identification information differently from other pieces of identification information of a same type in a new display mode.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The printing process management apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the reception unit receives an instruction to switch to a display mode for managing a printing process in post-processing and later steps in addition to the display modes for managing a printing process relating to the first and second modes, and
wherein, if the reception unit receives the instruction to switch to the display mode for managing the printing process in the post-processing and the later steps, the display control unit displays the printing process in the post-processing and the later steps.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The printing process management apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the display unit also displays print part identification information regarding a print part of the print product while associating the print part identification information with the product identification information and the group identification information.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The printing process management apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein, if the reception unit receives the instruction to switch the display mode, the display control unit identifies print part identification information selected by the operator and displays the identified print part identification information differently from other pieces of print part identification information in a new display mode.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The printing process management apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the display control unit displays only management information including the identified group identification information or the identified product identification information.

### Claim 6

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for managing a printing process, the process comprising:
displaying product identification information regarding a print product, including print information, and group identification information regarding a group, including the print information as a processing unit, while associating the product identification information and the group identification information with each other;
receiving an instruction to switch a display mode in the displaying and displaying management information indicating a processing state of print information in one of at least two display modes comprising a first mode, in which a plurality of pieces of print information included in a product and groups, including the plurality of pieces of print information, are identified, and a second mode, in which a plurality of pieces of print information belonging to a group and print products, including the plurality of pieces of print information, are identified; and
identifying, if the instruction to switch the display mode is received in the receiving, group identification information or product identification information selected by an operator, and displaying the identified identification information differently from other pieces of identification information of a same type in a new display mode.

### Claim 7

A printing process management apparatus comprising:
display means for displaying product identification information regarding a print product, the identification information including print information, and group identification information regarding a group, the group identification information including the print information as a processing unit, while associating the product identification information and the group identification information with each other;
reception means for receiving an instruction to switch a display mode of the display means and displaying management information indicating a processing state of print information in any one of at least two display modes comprising a first mode, in which a plurality of pieces of print information included in a product and groups, including the plurality of pieces of print information, are identified, and a second mode, in which a plurality of pieces of print information belonging to a group and print products, including the plurality of pieces of print information, are identified; and
display control means for, if the reception means receives the instruction to switch the display mode, identifying group identification information or product identification information selected by an operator, and displaying the identified identification information differently from other pieces of identification information of a same type in a new display mode.