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Document management system and method for controlling a document print operation

US8373876B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2006
Grant dateFeb 12, 2013
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1285
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A document management system and method of efficiently controlling a document print operation that entails storing specifying information pertaining to identification information of document data for a printing apparatus, determining whether or not the document data corresponding to the identification information has been updated after a prior printing of the document, and transmitting to the printing apparatus either the document data or the specifying information depending on the results of the determination.

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