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Print management method and print management apparatus

US10514871B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 22, 2018
Grant dateDec 24, 2019
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1253
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A print management apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to receive print data and first attribute information of the print data from a terminal, perform a determination of a first printer as an output destination candidate from among a plurality of printers in accordance with setting information and the first attribute information, generate first print data adapted to the first printer based on the print data before an output instruction is received from the first printer, and when the output instruction is received from the first printer, transmit first output data to the first printer based on the first print data, and when an output instruction is received from a second printer, generate second print data adapted to the second printer based on the print data, and transmit second output data to the second printer based on the second print data.

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