Printing system, printing management device, print server, printing method, and storage medium

A printing management device for use in a printing system, the printing system designed to operate on a network and comprising a printing terminal connected to the network and printing a print-out document, a communication terminal connected to the network and transmitting a request of the print-out document, a WWW server connected to the network and communicating with the communication terminal via the network, a document converter connected to the network and converting the print-out document into a printable data for the printing terminal when the print-out document is not in a printable form that is appropriate for the printing terminal, and the printing management device connected to the network and transmitting a printing-related data to the communication terminal through the WWW server, the printing management device comprising:

• a first unit acquiring a document specific data identifying the print-out document from the communication terminal and transmitting the document specific data to the document converter;
• a second unit transmitting a first reservation identification data identifying a printing reservation of the print-out document to both the communication terminal and the printing terminal;
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• a third unit transmitting the printable data from the document converter to the printing terminal, so that the printing terminal performs printing of the print-out document with the printable data when a second reservation identification data received from the communication terminal at the printing terminal matches the first reservation data received from the printing management device at the printing terminal.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a program embodied therein for causing a computer of a printing management device to execute a printing method, the printing management device adapted for use in a printing system, the printing system designed to operate on a network and comprising a printing terminal connected to the network and printing a print-out document, a communication terminal connected to the network and transmitting a request of the print-out document, a WWW server connected to the network and communicating with the communication terminal via the network, a document converter connected to the network and converting the print-out document into a printable data for the printing terminal when the print-out document is not in a printable form that is appropriate for the printing terminal, and the printing management device connected to the network and transmitting a printing-related data to the communication terminal through the WWW server, the printing method comprising:

• acquiring a document specific data identifying the print-out document from the communication terminal and transmitting the document specific data to the document converter;
• transmitting a first reservation identification data identifying a printing reservation of the print-out document to both the communication terminal and the printing terminal;
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• transmitting the printable data from the document converter to the printing terminal, so that the printing terminal performs printing of the print-out document with the printable data when a second reservation identification data received from the communication terminal at the printing terminal matches the first reservation identification data received from the printing management device at the printing terminal.