Information processing apparatus, information processing system, print control method, and storage medium storing computer readable program
US6474881B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T70/5089
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The object is to print continuously in the specified order by one operation a series of print jobs printed in any timing by a plurality of host computers for the same printer even if a usual print job is spooled together in a print server. In a method for solving the problem, a print server identifies ordered print jobs for which print order is to be specified and non-ordered print jobs out of a plurality of print jobs transmitted in any timing from a client, the print order for each print job identified as such is rearranged and aligned in specified order, and the output order for each print job aligned for a printer based on the state of alignment.
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