Print job management apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHisashi Saino, Hidenobu Suzuki, Aiko Okajima, Shigeji Kanada, Kiyoshi Tsunashima, Yoshihiro Tsujimura
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Abstract
A print job management apparatus includes a storage unit in which a plurality of print jobs are stored, a holding condition managing unit, and a print controlling unit. The holding condition managing unit determines whether any of the print jobs satisfy a holding condition. The print controlling unit transmits each print job that is determined to satisfy the holding condition through a communication unit to an image forming apparatus.
Claims17
A print job management apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit configured to receive a plurality of print jobs and, for each print job, a data storage time which indicates a period of time for storing the respective print job;
- a storage unit configured to store the plurality of print jobs;
- and
- a processor functioning as:
- a holding condition managing unit that
- controls the storage unit to store each received data storage time in correspondence with the respective print job,
- determines whether the period of time for each print job has passed, and
- removes from the storage unit each print job for which the corresponding period of time has passed, and
- a print controlling unit that
- receives a signal from an image forming apparatus designating one of the plurality of print jobs, and
- transmits the designated print job to the image forming apparatus if the signal is received before the period of time corresponding to the designated print job passes.
A method of managing print jobs in a print job management apparatus the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a plurality of print jobs and, for each print job, a data storage time which indicates a period of time for storing the respective print job;
- controlling a storage unit to store each received data storage time in correspondence with the respective print job;
- determining whether the period of time of each print job has passed;
- removing from the storage unit each print job for which the corresponding period of time has passed;
- receiving a signal from an image forming apparatus designating one of the plurality of print jobs;
- and
- transmitting the designated print job to the image forming apparatus if the signal is received before the period of time corresponding to the designated print job passes.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that causes a print job management apparatus to carry out the steps of:
- receiving a plurality of print jobs and, for each print job, a data storage time which indicates a period of time for storing the respective print job;
- controlling a storage unit to store each received data storage time in correspondence with the respective print job;
- determining whether the period of time of each print job has passed;
- removing from the storage unit each print job for which the corresponding period of time has passed;
- receiving a signal from an image forming apparatus designating one of the plurality of print jobs;
- and
- transmitting the designated print job to the image forming apparatus if the signal is received before the period of time corresponding to the designated print job passes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.