Printer controlling device, printer controlling method, and computer product
US6709176B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 9, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1287
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A schedule view is displayed in a print server. In the schedule view, print-jobs are displayed with rectangular shapes having lengths corresponding to printing time and color (or pattern) corresponding to its state, and the print-jobs are arranged and displayed in the order of prints to which the print-jobs are allocated. It is possible to intuitively grasp relative magnitude of a load of each printer by the length of a job graph, and an absolute amount of the load of each printer converted into a printing time by a displayed time scale. In addition to this, details of a job which is being processed, details of a selected job, and a state of each printer are also displayed.
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