US 8,570,551 B2 · Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program capable of providing useful information to a user based on logs stored in a printing system and improving the usability of each user who operates a printing system

Abstract

A printing system includes a storage unit (HD) adapted to store a print logs relating to each of a plurality of print data having been printed, the print log including relevant information relating to the print data; a reception unit adapted to receive relevant information relating to print data to be printed; a search unit adapted to search a print log including the relevant information received by the reception unit from the print logs stored in the storage unit; and a display unit adapted to display information indicating a print apparatus that has printed print data corresponding to the print log found by the search unit, which is extracted from the relevant information included in the print log found by the search unit.

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Dependent claims

A printing system comprising:

a storage unit adapted to store a plurality of logs, each of which including data indicating a document that has been printed and data indicating a printer that has printed the document;
a selecting unit adapted to select a document to be printed;
a retrieving unit adapted to retrieve information indicating a recommendable printer for printing the document selected by the selecting unit, based on the logs stored in the storage unit, wherein the retrieving unit retrieves, as the information indicating the recommendable printer, information indicating a printer that has printed a same type of document selected by the selecting unit;
and
a display unit adapted to display the information indicating the recommendable printer retrieved by the retrieving unit.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

12/038,748Filed 27 Feb 2008

Priority

JP 2007-0530532 Mar 2007

Published

US 2008/0212131 A14 Sep 2008

Granted

29 Oct 2013

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

G06F 3/1207
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission
G06F 3/1256
Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client: user feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks
G06F 3/1273
Print job management: print job history, e.g. logging, accounting, tracking
G06F 3/1288
Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server: in client-server-printer device configuration

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program capable of providing useful information to a user based on logs stored in a printing system and improving the usability of each user who operates a printing system

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Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program capable of providing useful information to a user based on logs stored in a printing system and improving the usability of each user who operates a printing system

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Abstract

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