Printing system, printing method and computer-readable recording medium
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorRyosuke INODA
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Abstract
A printing system includes print controllers provided respectively for print engines and a hardware processor that selects a print controller for performing job allocation processing for determining a job executing printer, from the print controllers. The print controller is capable of performing first processing (job allocation processing) for performing job allocation processing and second processing (RIP processing) for generating drawing data for execution of a print job by the relevant print engine, and when a print job is provided from a client terminal, the hardware processor estimates efficiency of processing of the print job, and based on a result of the estimation, determines a print controller for performing job allocation processing.
Claims11
A printing system including a client terminal and a plurality of printers including print engines, the client terminal and the plurality of printers being connected via a network, a print job from the client terminal being executed by a job executing printer selected from the plurality of printers, the printing system comprising:
- print controllers provided respectively for the print engines;
- a hardware processor that selects a print controller that performs job allocation processing for determining the job executing printer, from the print controllers, wherein:
- each print controller is capable of executing first processing for performing the job allocation processing and second processing for generating drawing data for execution of the print job by the relevant print engine;
- and
- when the print job is provided from the client terminal, the hardware processor estimates efficiency of processing of the print job, and based on a result of the estimation, determines the print controller that performs the job allocation processing.
A printing method for executing a print job from a client terminal via a job executing printer selected from a plurality of printers including print engines, the client terminal and the plurality of printers being connected via a network, the printing method comprising:
- receiving the print job provided from the client terminal;
- and
- upon reception of the print job in the receiving, estimating efficiency of processing of the print job, and based on a result of the estimating, selecting a print controller that performs job allocation processing from print controllers provided respectively for the print engines.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program causing a computer in a printing system including a client terminal and a plurality of printers including print engines, the client terminal and the plurality of printers being connected via a network, a print job from the client terminal being executed by a job executing printer selected from the plurality of printers, to perform:
- receiving the print job provided from the client terminal;
- and
- upon reception of the print job in the receiving, estimating efficiency of processing of the print job, and based on a result of the estimation, determining a print controller for performing job allocation processing from print controllers provided respectively for the print engines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.