US 7,605,936 B2 · Print job creation apparatus and print job creation and output method

Abstract

A print job creation apparatus of the invention connecting with a local network uses an output destination setting window 66 to set an output destination for output of a print job under creation or a created print job with respect to each combination of a print service and a paper size in a tabular form. Each setting field in the output destination setting window 66 includes an output destination setting box 67 on the upper row to set a selected output destination, a paper type setting box 68 on the middle row to set a selected type of printing paper, and an output step setting box 69 on the lower row to set a selected print job creation step for output of a print job to the output destination. A pulldown menu is open in the output destination setting box 67 to give available options including other print job creation apparatuses and printers connecting with the same local network and other print job creation apparatuses and printers connecting with a different local network. A print job is output to the preset output destination, in response to an interruption command to interrupt creation of the print job in the middle or in response to an execution command to execute the print job.

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Dependent claims

A print job creation apparatus that is connected to a first local network and creates a print job with respect to a print service selected among multiple print service options, said print job creation apparatus comprising:

an output destination setting module that sets, as an output destination of print jobs for each print service, another print job creation apparatus located on a second local network that is linked via a global network with the first local network, and sets a step prior to a layout editing step among a print job creation process including an image registration step, a template selection step, the layout editing step, and a print instruction step, as an allowable output step to allow output of a print job under creation to a preset output destination;
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a job output module that, when the output destination of an object print job is set to the another print job creation apparatus located on the second local network and creation of the object print job is completed to the allowable output step and the creation of the object print job is interrupted, outputs the object print job under creation to an output destination set corresponding to a print service of the object print job, among output destinations set by said output destination setting module, so that the layout editing step for the object print job is executed by the another print job creation apparatus located on the second local network.

A print job creation and output method that causes a first computer connected to a first local network to create and output a print job with respect to a print service selected among multiple print service options, said print job creation and output method comprising the steps of:

(a) setting, as an output destination of print jobs for each print service, a second computer located on a second local network that is linked via a global network with the first local network, and setting a step prior to a layout editing step among a print job creation process including an image registration step, a template selection step, the layout editing step, and a print instruction step, as an allowable output step to allow output of a print job under creation to a preset output destination, and storing the settings;
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(b) when the output destination of an object print job is set to the second computer located on the second local network and creation of the object print job is completed to the allowable output step and the creation of the object print job is interrupted, outputting the object print job under creation to an output destination set corresponding to a print service of the object print job, among output destinations set and stored in said step (a), so that the layout editing step for the object print job is executed by the second computer located on the second local network.

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Print job creation apparatus and print job creation and output method

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Print job creation apparatus and print job creation and output method

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