Printing process assistance system

A printing process assistance system, comprising:

• a printer configured to execute a printing process of printing a paste material onto a board, which is supported by a plurality of backup pins, via openings in a mask by moving the paste material on the mask by a squeegee in a state where the mask overlies the board, and a cleaning process of cleaning a lower surface of the mask a predetermined number of times at a predetermined cleaning interval;
• a controller configured to control an operation in each of the printing process and the cleaning process;
• an inspection part configured to inspect a level of a smudge of the paste material on the board subjected to the printing process;
• and
• an information output configured to output, when a result of the inspection shows continual smudge occurrence, assistive information to reduce the smudge to a destination which is at least one of the controller or a notification part configured to notify an operator of information, wherein
• the information output is configured to output, to the destination, information to increase a frequency of cleaning processes as the assistive information.