Print processing method for a plurality of printing apparatuses connected to a network

A print processing method for print-processing on a basis of print image data and print instruction data related to the print image data transferred from a terminal in a system comprising a plurality of printing apparatus connected to each other to be communicable with said terminal, through a communication network, said method comprising:

• a receiving step of receiving said print instruction data and said print image data;
• a storing step of storing said print image data received by said receiving step to a memory;
• a preparing step of preparing a document managing table for managing document managing data including a document ID of each stored pint image data, a storage address thereof, a receiving data and time, a user ID of a user requesting the print processing, a current execution state, and a substitutive printing apparatus ID when the substitutive printing is designated;
• a print-processing step of executing print-processing of said print image data by use of a first printing apparatus connected to the communication network in accordance with said print instruction data received by said receiving step and said document managing table;
• a detecting step of detecting an error at the time of executing the print-processing in said first printing apparatus;
• a determining step of determining a substitutive printing by use of a second printing apparatus connected to the first printing apparatus through the communication network when the error is detected by said error detection step;
• a notifying step of notifying the substitutive print-processing to said second printing apparatus determined by said determining step;
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• an issuing step of issuing a report sheet on which data of the substitutive print-processing notified by said notifying step is printed at the first printing apparatus when said error is released.

A print processing method for print-processing on a basis of print image data and print instruction data related to the print image data transferred from a terminal in a system comprising a plurality of printing apparatus connected to each other to be communicable with said terminal through a communication network, said method comprising:

• a receiving step of receiving said print instruction data and said print image data;
• a print-processing step of executing print-processing of said print image data by use of a first printing apparatus connected to the communication network in accordance with said print instruction data received by said receiving step;
• a predicting step of predicting an error at the time of executing the print-processing in said first printing apparatus, wherein said predicting step includes an error judging step which refers to an error detecting table storing a current performing state and a caution value, each corresponding to each of a plurality of checking items, and judges that an error of a corresponding checking item occurs when said current performing state is less than said caution value;
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• a notifying step of notifying a message to said terminal which has transmitted said print instruction data, when the error is predicted by said predicting step.

A print processing method for print-processing on a basis of print image data and print instruction data related to the print image data transferred from a terminal in a system comprising a plurality of printing apparatus connected to each other to be communicable with said terminal through a communication network, said method comprising:

• a receiving step of receiving said print instruction data and said print image data;
• a first print-processing step of executing print-processing of said print image data by use of a first printing apparatus connected to the communication network in accordance with said print instruction data received by said receiving step;
• a detecting step of detecting an error at the time of executing the print-processing in said first printing apparatus;
• a storing step of storing a residual print image data whose print-processing is unfinished at the time when the error is detected by said error detecting step;
• an issuing step of issuing a report sheet on which data specifying print image data stored in said storing step is printed at the first printing apparatus when said error is released;
• a report sheet reading step of reading a content of the report sheet issued by the first printing apparatus in said report sheet issuing step;
• a reading step of reading print image data stored in said storing step based on data read in said report sheet reading step when the report sheet is read in the report sheet reading step;
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• a second print-processing step of executing print-processing based on said print image data read in said reading step by use of a second printing apparatus connected to the first printing apparatus through the communication network.