Printing server group including a print service of transferring a print job to a printer via a network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9524133
APP PUB NO 20150261482A1
SERIAL NO

14207185

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A printing system comprises: an obtaining unit which obtains information about a printer, a first user, and a print server; a storing unit which generates, based on the information, a printer object used when using the printer via the print service, and stores the generated printer object in association with the information of the print server which manages the printer; a providing unit which, if the first user selects the print server, provides a setting window for instructing to share, with a second user, a plurality of printers managed by the selected print server; and a changing unit which changes a state of printer objects of the respective printers to a shared state to allow the second user to use the printer objects of the respective printers managed by the selected print server if sharing is instructed.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Takano, Shinichi Yokohama, JP 37 160

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