Printing system that transmits job information independently of print data

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6115132
SERIAL NO

08997790

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A client transmits only job information of print data to a server, the server manages a print order in accordance with the job information, and if printable, the client transmits the print data directly to a printer. After the print is completed, the printer notifies the server of a print completion, and upon reception of this print completion notice, the server instructs the client to delete the print data. In a print system on a network configured as above, the network traffic is not increased, a large memory capacity is not necessary for the server so that the server load is reduced, the job management of the server can be performed by the client, the completion of a print operation can be monitored, and a print operation is possible even if the server is in an error state.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kakehashi, Takuya Yokohama, JP 2 146
Kimura, Mitsuo Yokohama, JP 61 768
Nakatsuma, Takuji Urayasu, JP 11 261
Takeda, Junichi Inagi, JP 38 507
Wanda, Koichiro Kawasaki, JP 47 751
Yagita, Takashi Tokyo, JP 18 591

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