Image processor for processing reservation and information processor for requesting reservation
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahito Yamazaki
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Abstract
To provide an image processor making it possible to reserve a printer even if no job is generated and to be shared by a plurality of users in order to preferentially and securely process a job of a reserver in a reserved time zone, which accepts a reservation of a job while no job is received, secures resources used for the reserved job, and controls the reserved job by using the resources secured by the securing means.
Claims56
An image processor to be shared by a plurality of users, comprising:
- first setting means for reserving and setting a job-processing time zone for a job of a reserver;
- second setting means for setting a job control mode for one or more jobs of a user other than the reserver in the reserved time zone;
- and
- job control means for processing the job of the reserver preferentially to the one or more jobs of the other user in the reserved time zone, in accordance with settings by said first and second setting means,
- wherein the job control mode set by said second setting means includes a first control mode, in which the job of the reserver is processed but the one or more jobs of the other user are rejected, and a second control mode, in which the job of the reserver is preferentially processed and the one or more jobs of the other user are processed, and
- wherein either one of the first and second control modes may be selected.
An information processor that communicates with an image processor, said comprising:
- reservation means for reserving a job to be processed in a certain time zone to the image processor;
- and
- setting means for setting a job control mode for an unreserved job by the image processor in the reserved time zone,
- wherein the job control mode set by said setting means includes a first control mode, in which a job of a reserver is processed but one or more jobs of a user other than the reserver are rejected, and a second control mode, in which the job of the reserver is preferentially processed and the one or more jobs of the other user are processed, and
- wherein either one of the first and second control modes may be selected.
A method for controlling an image processor to be shared by a plurality of users, comprising:
- a first setting step of reserving and setting a job-processing time zone for a job of a reserver;
- a second setting step of setting a job control mode for one or more jobs of a user other than the reserver in the reserved time zone;
- and
- a job control step of processing the job of the reserver preferentially to the one or more jobs of the other user in the reserved time zone, in accordance with settings in said first and second setting steps,
- wherein the job control mode set in said second setting step includes a first control mode, in which the job of the reserver is processed but the one or more jobs of the other user are rejected, and a second control mode, in which the job of the reserver is preferentially processed and the one or more jobs of the other user are processed, and
- wherein either one of the first and second control modes may be selected.
A method for controlling an information processor for communicating with an image processor, comprising:
- a reservation step of reserving a job to be processed in a certain time zone to the image processor;
- and
- a setting step of setting a job control mode for an unreserved job by the image processor in the reserved time zone,
- wherein the job control mode set in said setting step includes a first control mode, in which a job of a reserver is processed but one or more jobs of a user other than the reserver are rejected, and a second control mode, in which the job of the reserver is preferentially processed and the one or more jobs of the other user are processed, and
- wherein either one of the first and second control modes may be selected.
A computer-readable memory medium storing a program for implementing a method of controlling an image processor to be shared by a plurality of users, the method comprising:
- a first setting step of reserving and setting a job-processing time zone for ajob of a reserver;
- a second setting step of setting a job control mode for one or more jobs of a user other than the reserver in the reserved time zone;
- and
- a job control step of processing the job of the reserver preferentially to the one or more jobs of the other user in the reserved time zone, based on settings in said first and second setting steps,
- wherein the job control mode set in said second setting step includes a first control mode, in which the job of the reserver is processed but the one or more jobs of the other user are rejected, and a second control mode, in which the job of the reserver is preferentially processed and the one or more jobs of the other user are processed, and
- wherein either one of the first and second control modes may be selected.
A computer-readable memory medium storing a program for implementing a method of controlling an information processor that communicates with an image processor, the method comprising:
- a reservation step of reserving a job to be processed in a certain time zone to the image processor;
- and
- a setting step of setting a job control mode of the image processor for an unreserved job in the time zone,
- wherein the job control mode set in said setting step includes a first control mode, in which a job of a reserver is processed but one or more jobs of a user other than the reserver are rejected, and a second control mode, in which the job of the reserver is preferentially processed and the one or more jobs of the other user are processed, and
- wherein either one of the first and second control modes may be selected.
A program product embodying a program for implementing a method of controlling an image processor to be shared by a plurality of users, the method comprising:
- a first setting step of reserving and setting a job-processing time zone for a job of a reserver;
- a second setting step of setting a job control mode for one or more jobs of a user other than the reserver in the reserved time zone;
- and
- a job control step of processing the job of the reserver preferentially to the one or more jobs of the other user in the reserved time zone, based on settings in said first and second setting steps,
- wherein the job control mode set in said second setting step includes a first control mode, in which the job of the reserver is processed but the one or more jobs of the other user are rejected, and a second control mode, in which the job of the reserver is preferentially processed and the one or more jobs of the other user are processed, and
- wherein either one of the first and second control modes may be selected.
A program product embodying a program for implementing a method of controlling an information processor that communicates with an image processor, the method comprising:
- a reservation step of reserving a job to be processed in a certain time zone to the image processor;
- and
- a setting step of setting a job control mode of the image processor for an unreserved job in the time zone,
- wherein the job control mode set in said setting step includes a first control mode, in which a job of a reserver is processed but one or more jobs of a user other than the reserver are rejected, and a second control mode, in which the job of the reserver is preferentially processed and the one or more jobs of the other user are processed, and
- wherein either one of the first and second control modes may be selected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.