Increasing efficiency in setting of output parameters to be provided to an output device in an output processing system for printing

In a printing processing system for performing a predetermined output process on print data, an output parameter setting device for setting a predetermined set of output parameters suitable for a medium to be printed in an output device, said output parameter setting device comprising:

• a) a data storage device capable of storing said print data therein, said data storage device including
• a-1) a first database having stored therein first records including information for identifying individual media to be printed,
• a-2) a second database having stored therein second records including a set of output parameters for each of said media,
• a-3) a third database having stored therein third records including order information for printing,
• a-4) a fourth database having stored therein fourth records including storage destination information about said print data, and
• a-5) a fifth database having stored therein firth records including setting information for setting said predetermined set of output parameters for said output device, based on the contents of said first to fourth databases;
• and
• b) an output data processing device for setting said predetermined set of output parameters for said output device based on the details of an order, said output data processing device including
• b-1) an input processing element for storing data required for establishment of said setting information into said first to fifth databases,
• b-2) an output processing element for transferring to said output device said predetermined set of output parameters conforming to a predetermined condition among said sets of output parameters stored in said second database, and
• b-3) a print data processing element for storing said print data in said data storage device and for reading said print data from said data storage device to transfer said print data to said output device.

A method of setting a predetermined set of output parameters suitable for a medium to be printed in an output device in an output processing system for performing a predetermined output process on print data, said method comprising the steps of:

• (a) storing in first to fifth databases data required for establishment of setting information for setting said predetermined set of output parameters for said output device;
• (b) transferring to said output device said predetermined set of output parameters conforming to a predetermined condition among sets of output parameters stored in said second database;
• (c) storing said print data in a data storage device;
• and
• (d) reading said print data from said data storage device to transfer said print data to said output device,
• wherein said output processing system includes said data storage device having said first to fifth databases,
• said first database having stored therein first records including information for identifying individual media to be printed,
• said second database having stored therein second records including said sets of output parameters respectively for said media,
• said third database having stored therein third records including order information for printing,
• said fourth database having stored therein fourth records including storage destination information about said print data,
• said fifth database having stored therein firth records including setting information for setting said predetermined set of output parameters for said output device, based on the contents of said first to fourth databases,
• said predetermined set of output parameters being set based on the details of an order.

A computer readable medium which stores a program executed by a computer to cause said computer to function as an output data processing device in a printing processing system, said output data processing device setting a predetermined set of output parameters for an output device based on the details of an order, said output data processing device comprising:

• a) an input processing element for storing in first to fifth databases data required for establishment of setting information for setting said predetermined set of output parameters for said output device,
• said first database having stored therein first records including information for identifying individual media to be printed,
• said second database having stored therein second records including a set of output parameters for each of said media,
• said third database having stored therein third records including order information for printing,
• said fourth database having stored therein fourth records including storage destination information about said print data,
• said fifth database having stored therein firth records including said setting information, based on the contents of said first to fourth databases;
• b) an output processing element for transferring to said output device said predetermined set of output parameters conforming to a predetermined condition among said sets of output parameters stored in said second database;
• and
• c) a print data processing element for storing said print data in a predetermined data storage device provided in said printing processing system and for reading said print data from said data storage device to transfer said print data to said output device.