System and method for controlling a printing device capable of enabling specific user to occupy specific cassette or specific sheet output position under certain condition during the process of driving printing device connected to plurality of user computers through network

A method for controlling the printing of a printing device controlling system, comprising the steps of:

• initializing a printing device controller of a printing device controlling system and a printing device by applying an electric power to a manipulation panel, the printing device controller, and the printing device, the printing device controlling system including the printing device, a manipulating panel, the printing device controller, and a host computer;
• setting an exclusive use with respect to a cassette and a sheet outputting position of the printing device under a predetermined set condition, in response to an input from the manipulation panel or the host computer;
• and
• printing specific contents in the cassette and the sheet outputting position of the printing device that are set to be exclusively used, according to a print command from the host computer.

A method, comprising:

• applying power to a printing device system, said printing device system including a printing device controller, manipulation panel, a printing device, and a host computer, said printing device including a plurality of sheet storage units and a plurality of sheet outputting position units, each one of the sheet storage units storing a same type of printable medium, each one of the sheet outputting position units outputting the printable medium having images generated by said printing device;
• initializing said printing device controller and said printing device;
• determining whether there is an input from said manipulation panel or said host computer;
• determining whether the input is a function required by a user when there is an input from said manipulation panel or said host computer;
• determining whether the function is an exclusive use with respect to the sheet storage unit when the input is determined to be a function required by a user;
• setting the group of printable medium to be used exclusively when the function is determined to be an exclusive use with respect to the sheet storage unit;
• determining whether an exclusive use is to be set with respect to a sheet outputting position unit when it is determined that the exclusive use is not set with respect to the sheet storage unit or when the sheet storage unit is set to be exclusively used;
• setting the corresponding sheet outputting position unit to be exclusively used when it is determined that exclusive use is to be set with respect to the sheet outputting position unit;
• determining whether there is a print command when it is determined that the exclusive use is not set with respect to the sheet outputting position unit or when the corresponding sheet outputting position unit is set to be exclusively used;
• and
• printing data transmitted from the host computer when it is determined that the print command is received.

A system controlling a printing device, comprising:

• said printing device including a plurality of sheet storage unit storing sheets on which images will be formed and a plurality of sheet outputting units outputting the sheets on which the images are formed;
• a manipulation panel including a display unit displaying a print state and an input unit inputting print setting conditions;
• a host computer inputting the print setting conditions and giving a print command to output the work result of a user to said printing device;
• and
• a printing device controller including a host interface unit interfacing said host computer, a manipulation panel interface unit interfacing said manipulation panel, and a printing device interface unit interfacing said printing device, said printing device controller processing signals received through the interface units,
• further comprised of said printing device controller determining whether an exclusive use is to be set with respect to at least one of said sheet outputting position units when said sheet storage unit is set to be exclusively used and determining whether there is a print command when it is determined that the exclusive use is not set with respect to said one of said sheet outputting position units or when the corresponding sheet outputting position unit is set to be exclusively used.