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Proxy printing system, information processing apparatus, and controlling method

US7855794B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 1, 2004
Grant dateDec 21, 2010
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Expiry dateNov 26, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1273
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a proxy printing system, one print job is transmitted to a first one of printers connected over a network, and when a print failure occurs in the first printer, a second networked printer processes the print job to perform proxy printing. The system detects a failure of the first printer attempting to process the print job and issues a notification. In accordance with managed history information for the first printer, the proxy printing system detects whether a printer that has previously processed a print job as a proxy for the first printer exists out of the networked printers. The system issues a notification indicating at least one detected printer as a proxy destination candidate. The system performs control so that the printer is used to execute proxy print processing, and updates the history management table after the execution of the proxy print processing.

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