JP2011138329A - Print control system, print control device, control method, program, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a print system which can, even when print ends in the middle, easily print any unfinished print job. <P>SOLUTION: A print control system includes: a print information recording means for recording the elapsed situations of print including the print data of a print job and the number of print finished pages; a storage job confirmation means for confirming whether a print job whose print has not been finished yet is stored based on the number of print finished pages of the print job recorded by the print information recording means in accordance with the restart of an information processor; and a print data generation means for, when the unfinished print job is confirmed by the storage job confirmation means, generating the print data of the unfinished print job from the print data and the number of print finished pages stored in the print information management means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a print control system that can easily perform uncompleted printing even when printing is terminated midway.

  In recent years, printers capable of printing by connecting a terminal and a printer with a USB cable or the like have become widespread. In the case of such a system that prints via UBS connection or the like, there is a problem in that printing stops halfway if the terminal is shut down or the printer is turned off during printing.

  In order to solve this problem, Patent Document 1 proposes a printing control method that can guarantee printing even when printing is not completed normally. It is described that if the host side is turned off, the print job that may have failed may be restored and managed from the intermediate file, and the print job will be regenerated for the specified print job. ing.

JP 2004-54895 A

However, in Patent Document 1, since a print job is regenerated from an intermediate file and printed, there is a problem that flexible reprinting cannot be performed, such as printing only incomplete parts that are not actually printed. It was.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a printing system that can easily perform uncompleted printing even when printing is finished halfway.

  In the information processing apparatus capable of outputting a print job from an application to a connected printing apparatus, the print information recording means for recording a print progress state including print data of the print job and the number of print completion pages; A storage job confirmation unit that confirms whether an uncompleted print job is stored based on the number of print completion pages of the print job recorded by the print information recording unit when the information processing apparatus is restarted; Print data generation for generating incomplete print data from the print data and the number of print completed pages stored in the print information management means when an uncompleted print job is confirmed by the saved job confirmation means And means.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily perform uncompleted printing even when printing is finished halfway.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of a printing system according to an embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a function structure of a client terminal. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of a client terminal. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a processing flow of a print job. It is a figure which shows the memory map of RAM of a client terminal. It is a figure which shows the main flow of the monitoring part of this system. It is a figure which shows the flow of the preservation | save process of the printing information of this system. It is a figure which shows the flow of the shutdown determination process in a monitoring part. It is a figure which shows the flow of the shutdown process in a monitoring part. It is a figure which shows the flow of the remaining printing time measurement process in a monitoring part. It is a figure which shows the flow of the reprint process in a monitoring part. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a flow of a printing process in a printer driver unit. It is a figure which shows the flow of the determination process of a plug & play. It is a figure which shows the flow of a system setting information preservation | save process. It is an image figure of the system setting screen in a setting application. It is an image figure of a shutdown confirmation screen. FIG. 10 is an image diagram of a remaining job printing screen. FIG. 10 is an image diagram of an incomplete print job list screen. It is an image figure of a device setting confirmation screen. It is an image figure of a reprint setting screen. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a device information table 21. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system setting table 22. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print setting table 23. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the document information table. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a job information table 25. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a printing status table 26. FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The client terminal 101 and the printing apparatus 102 are communicably connected via a USB cable. The client terminal 101 can execute various programs such as application programs, and is equipped with a printer driver having a function of converting print data into a printer language corresponding to the printer. The client terminal 101 supports a plurality of printer drivers.
The printing apparatus 102 is a device having a function capable of acquiring a model name, a device name, the number of printer completion pages and the like.

The cable used for connection is not limited to a USB cable, and any cable that can transmit print data from the client terminal 101 to the printing apparatus 102, such as a parallel cable, Bluetooth, or LAN connection, may be used.
When the printing operation (S1) is instructed by the user, the printing apparatus 102 that has received the print request from the client terminal 101 executes printing (S2).

The client terminal 101 performs print monitoring on the printing apparatus 102 (S3). When the client terminal 101 receives a shutdown request, the client terminal 101 detects printing and displays a warning dialog. (S5) If the shutdown is to be continued when an unprinted job remains, the job information is saved and the shutdown is performed (S6-1). It is also possible to cancel the shutdown (S6-2).
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the client terminal 101 illustrated in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the client terminal 101 includes a monitoring unit 103 and a printer driver unit 104, and stores various tables.

The monitoring unit 103 includes a print information storage processing unit 2101 that performs print information storage processing, a shutdown determination processing unit 2102 that performs shutdown determination processing, a shutdown processing unit 2103 that performs shutdown processing, and a reprint processing unit that performs reprint processing. 2104, a remaining time measurement processing unit 2105 that measures the remaining printing time, a plug and play determination processing unit 2106 that performs plug and play determination, and a system setting processing unit 2107 that performs system setting processing.
The printer driver unit 104 includes a print processing unit 2108 that performs printing processing.

The device information table storage unit 2109 stores a device information table 21. The system setting table storage unit 2111 stores a system setting table 22. The print setting table storage unit 2113 stores a print setting table 23. The document information table storage unit 2115 stores a document information table 24. The job information table storage unit 2117 stores a job information table 25. The printing status table storage unit 2119 stores a printing status table 26. Details of each table will be described later.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus corresponding to the client terminal 101 of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the client terminal 101 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 201, a random access memory (RAM) 202, a read only memory (ROM) 203, a KBC (keyboard controller) 204, and a DC via a system bus 211. (Display Controller) 206, MC (Memory Controller) 208, NW I / F (Network Interface) 210, and the like are connected.

  The CPU 201 controls each device connected to the system bus 211 based on a program stored in the “program ROM” of the ROM 203 and controls the entire information processing apparatus. Further, font data and the like are stored in the “font ROM” of the ROM 203, and various data are stored in the “data ROM” of the ROM 203.

  The RAM 202 functions as a main memory, work area, and the like for the CPU 201. The KBC 204 controls input from a keyboard 205 or a pointing device (not shown) such as a mouse. The DC 206 controls display on the display 207. The display may be a CRT or another type of display device such as an LCD.

The MC 208 controls access to the hard disk 209, a flexible disk (FD) (not shown), a CD-ROM, and the like. The NW I / F 210 performs communication via the network 212.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating how a print job issued from a client is processed in the print job control system.

  The client terminal 101 includes a printer driver unit 104 that stores a print job issued by the application 401, a terminal shutdown status, a device monitoring function, and a monitoring unit 103 that detects terminal activation. The printer driver unit 104 is activated at the printing execution timing, and the monitoring unit 103 is always activated to perform monitoring.

When printing is instructed from the application 401, the application program generates a series of drawing commands via the OS graphic function, and passes the drawing commands to the Windows (registered trademark) Spooler 402 via the printer driver of the printer driver unit 104. The Windows (registered trademark) Spooler 402 passes the print job to the job control port monitor 403 and transmits it to the print device 404.
The monitoring unit 103 has a function of detecting and monitoring the state of the printing device 404 via the API.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a memory map of the RAM 202 in FIG. Reference numeral 301 denotes a basic I / O program, which has an IPL (Initial Program Loading) function for starting the operation of the OS by reading the OS from the hard disk 209 into the RAM 202 when the control device is turned on. This is the area that contains the program.

Reference numeral 302 denotes an operating system (OS), and 303 denotes a printing apparatus control program, which is stored in an area secured on the RAM 202. Reference numeral 304 denotes related data, which is also stored in an area secured on the RAM 202. Reference numeral 305 denotes a work area in which an area for the CPU 201 to execute the printing apparatus control program is secured.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the main flow of the monitoring unit 103 of this system, and the process is started by being called when the printing process is executed.

First, in S601, print information storage processing is performed (for details of the print information storage processing, call S701 in FIG. 7). Next, in S602, a shutdown determination process is performed (for details of the shutdown determination process, call S801 in FIG. 8), and in S603, a shutdown process is performed (for details of the shutdown process, call S901 in FIG. 9). . In step S604, the reprinting process is performed (for details of the reprinting process, call S1101 in FIG. 11), and the process ends.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of print information storage processing in the monitoring unit 103 of the present system. The processing starts when called from S501 in FIG.

  In step S701, the monitoring unit 103 acquires a print job list and searches the job information table 25 based on the job ID. If it does not exist, the information is stored in the job information table 25, the document is stored in the document information table 24, and the unfinished contents are described in the printing status table 26. If information already exists in the job information table 25, the information is updated. It also acquires the printing progress status (number of printed pages). In step S702, a print status flag is acquired from the print status table 26 using the job ID as a key. If the print status flag is incomplete, the job information acquired from the device (job ID, document name, output destination, reception time, total number of pages, number of completed pages, model name, device name, color mode, page layout, print (Method, output size, etc.) are stored in the job information table 25.

  FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the print setting table 23. A device name 2301, a model name 2302, a drying time (seconds) 2303, a maximum paper size 2304, and a currently usable paper size 2305 are set.

  FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of the job information table 25. A job ID 2501, a document name 2502, an output destination 2503, a reception time 2504, a total page number 2505, a print completion page number 2506, a model name 2507, a device name 2508, a color mode 2509, a page layout 2510, a printing method 2511, and an output size 2512 Is set.

In step S703, the print setting acquired from the device is stored in the print setting table 2114. In step S704, the print completion status is confirmed. If printing is completed (YES in step S704), the monitoring is skipped, the backup job is deleted in step S705, and the process ends. If it is not completed in S704 (NO in S704), the change process is repeated in S701.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flow of the shutdown determination process in the monitoring unit of this system, and the process is started by being called from S602 in FIG.

In step S <b> 801, the monitoring unit 103 determines whether the client terminal is going to be shut down during printing. If the client terminal is going to be shut down during printing in S801 (YES in S801), job information is acquired from the job information table 25, and it is determined in S802 whether there is a job with an unprinted page.
If the shutdown is not performed in S801 (NO in S801), the process is terminated.
If there is no job with unprinted pages in S802 (NO in S802), the process ends.

  On the other hand, if there is a job with an unprinted page in S802 (YES in S802), a shutdown confirmation screen shown in FIG. 16 is displayed in S803.

  FIG. 16 shows a shutdown confirmation screen 1601 displayed on the client terminal 101 when a shutdown instruction is given to the client terminal 101 during printing. When the OK button 1602 is pressed, the shutdown process is executed, and when the cancel button 1603 is pressed, the shutdown confirmation screen is closed and the process ends.

If the OK button 1602 is pressed in S803 (YES in S803), the process ends. On the other hand, when the cancel button 1603 is pressed (NO in S803), a shutdown process is performed in S804.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a flow of shutdown processing in the monitoring unit of this system, and the processing is started by being called from S603 in FIG.

The monitoring unit 103 acquires setting information from the system setting table 22 in S901. In step S902, it is determined whether to wait until printing is completed. Specifically, the determination is made based on the contents set in the print wait column 2205 of the system setting table 22.
FIG. 22 is an example showing the contents set in the system setting table 22. The contents set on the system setting screen of FIG. 15 are stored.

  FIG. 15 is an image diagram of the system setting on the screen of the application for setting the monitoring unit of the present system. This system is a resident application. When the setting screen of this system is opened, a system setting screen 1501 is displayed. Information that can be set includes reprint valid 1502, automatic reprint 1503, print range 1504, device setting 1505, shutdown setting 1506, and timeout value (ms) 1507.

  In the reprint valid 1502, reprint “valid” or “invalid” can be selected. In the automatic reprint 1503, it is possible to automatically select “Yes” or “No” for reprinting. In the print range 1504, “only unprinted” or “print all” can be selected. In the device setting 1505, “validate previous setting” or “leave this setting” can be selected. In the shutdown setting 1506, “print up to the currently processed page and shut down and exit”, “shut down immediately”, “print all pages of the current job”, and “print all pages of all jobs” can be selected. . Here, when “shut down immediately” is selected, “invalid” is stored in the print completion wait field 2205, and when other than that is selected, “valid” is stored. In the timeout value (ms) 1507, a timeout value can be set.

  Returning to the flowchart, when waiting for completion of printing in S902 (YES in S902), remaining time measurement processing is performed in S903. The remaining time measurement process will be described later.

  Next, in S904, it is determined whether the remaining time measured in S093 is within the timeout time. Specifically, the determination is made by comparing the time set in the timeout value column 2206 of the system setting table 22.

  If it is within the timeout time (YES) in S904, the remaining job printing image shown in FIG. 17 is displayed in S905, and a shutdown command is issued after waiting for completion of printing in S908.

  FIG. 17 is a UI image diagram displayed on the client terminal 101 during remaining job printing before shutdown. If it is within the timeout time in S904 of FIG. 9, the process waits until the printing is completed. At this time, a remaining job printing screen 1701 is displayed in step S905.

  In S902, when not waiting for the completion of printing (NO in S902) and not in the timeout time in S904 (NO in S904), in S906, it is determined whether to display the job after restart. This determination is made based on whether or not automatic reprinting 2202 is set to automatic on the system setting screen 22.

When a job is displayed after restart in S906 (YES in S906), a shutdown command is issued in S908. On the other hand, if the job is not displayed after the restart in S906 (NO in S906), the job is deleted from the job information table 25 in S907, and a shutdown command is issued in S908. By this command, the client terminal 101 is shut down.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a flow of remaining printing time measurement processing in the monitoring unit of the present system, and the processing is started by being called from S903 in FIG.

The monitoring unit 103 acquires information about the device from the device information table 21 in S1001. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the setting contents of the device information table 21. A device model name 2101 and a print speed (seconds) 2102 are stored.
The remaining printing time is calculated from the device information acquired in S1002 and the number of remaining pages.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a flow of reprint processing in the monitoring unit of the present system. This is called from S604 in FIG. 6 to start processing.
In step S1101, the monitoring unit 103 acquires setting information from the system setting table 22 in FIG. 22 and the document information table 24 in FIG.

  FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of a document information table, in which a document name 2402 of a document to be printed and a path name 2403 of a storage destination are associated with each other by a job ID 2401 and stored. This is stored when a printing command is executed from the terminal device 101.

  Next, in S1102, it is determined whether there is a saved job. If there is no saved job in S1102 (NO in S1102), the reprint process is terminated. On the other hand, if there is a stored job in S1102 (YES in S1102), whether or not automatic reprinting is performed is determined in S1103 based on not setting the reprint valid column 2201.

  In the case of automatic reprinting in S1103 (YES in S1103), the print settings are reflected in S1111, reprinting is performed in S1112, and the job information table 2118 is cleared in S1113. After clearing, the process proceeds to S1102.

To reflect the print settings, the print range 2203 is acquired from the system information table 22, and when only unprinted is set, the total page number 2505 and the print completion page number 2506 are acquired from the job information table 25, and the print start page By determining. If the device setting 2204 is the previous setting, the contents stored in the print setting table 23 can be reflected on the device.
If the automatic reprinting is not performed in S1103 (NO in S1103), the incomplete print job list screen shown in FIG. 18 is displayed in S1104.

  FIG. 18 is an image diagram of an incomplete print job list displayed at the time of restart. In step S1104, an uncompleted print job list 1801 is displayed upon restart. In the thumbnail display 1802, thumbnails of the selected job are displayed. In the incomplete print job list 1803 (in the incomplete print job list 1803 acquired from the job information table 25, job information is displayed. When a job is selected from the list and a preview button 1804 is pressed, a preview is executed. Selecting a job from the list and pressing the device setting button 1805 displays a device setting confirmation screen 1901. Selecting a job from the list and pressing the delete button 1806 deletes the selected job. Selecting a job and pressing a reprint button 1807 displays a reprint setting screen 2001. Selecting a job from the list and pressing a close button 1808 closes the unfinished print job list screen and ends the processing. .

  FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a device setting confirmation screen 1901. In step S1107, a device setting confirmation screen is displayed. When a job is selected from the displayed incomplete print job list 1801 and a device setting button 1805 is pressed, a device setting screen 1901 is displayed. Only browsing is possible here.

  The information that can be browsed is the settings at the time of previous printing (device name 1902, model name 1903, drying time (seconds) 1904, maximum paper size 1905, currently usable paper size 1906). When a close button 1907 is pressed, the device setting confirmation screen is closed, and the process ends.

Returning to the flowchart, the description will be continued. In S1105, it is determined what button was pressed. When the preview button is pressed in S1105, the preview screen is displayed using the information acquired from the document information table 2116 in S1106.
When the device setting button is pressed in S1105, the device setting confirmation shown in FIG. 19 is displayed in S1107.
If any other button is pressed in S1105, it is determined in S1108 whether the delete button, the reprint button, or the close button is pressed.
If the delete button is pressed in S1108, the job information table 2118 is cleared in S1113. After clearing, the process proceeds to S1104.
If the close button is pressed in S1108, the incomplete print job list screen shown in FIG. 18 is closed and the process ends.
When the reprint button is pressed in S1108, the reprint setting screen shown in FIG. 20 is displayed in S1109.

  FIG. 20 is a reprint setting image diagram. When a job is selected from the displayed incomplete print job list and a reprint button 1807 is pressed, a reprint setting screen 2001 is displayed. In the print range 2002, “print only unprinted portion” or “select whether to print all” can be selected. In the device setting 2003, “current setting” or “previous setting” can be selected. When an OK button 2004 is pressed, the reprint setting is reflected. When a cancel button 2005 is pressed, the reprint setting screen is closed and the process ends.

In S1110, it is determined whether or not the OK button is pressed on the reprint setting screen. If the OK button is pressed in S1110 (YES in S1110), the print setting is reflected in S1111 and reprinting is performed in S1112. In step S1113, the job information table 2118 is cleared. The process returns to S1102.
On the other hand, if the cancel button is pressed in S1110 (NO in S1110), the process returns to S1104.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a flow of print processing in the printer driver unit of the present system. The process is started by being called when the print process is executed. When printing is performed on the printing apparatus, a printing process is performed.

First, in S1201, an instruction is acquired from Windows (registered trademark), and in S1202, it is determined whether there is a print start instruction. In the case of a print start command in S1202 (YES in S1202), in S1203, the print status is stored in the print status table 2110 (job ID, print status flag). At this time, incomplete is set in the printing status flag 2602 of the printing status table 26 shown in FIG. Flag types include incomplete / completed.
FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of the printing status information table 26. As shown in FIG. 26, a job ID 2601 and a print status flag 2602 are set.
In step S1204, preview file creation is started. Thereafter, the process proceeds to the process of S1201.
If it is not a print start command in S1202 (YES in S1202), it is determined in S1205 whether it is a page start command.

In the case of a page start command in S1205 (YES in S1205), the process proceeds to the process of S1201. On the other hand, if it is not a page start command in S1205 (NO in S1205), it is determined in S1206 whether it is a page end command.
In the case of a page end command in S1206 (YES in S1206), the process proceeds to S1201.
If it is not a page end command in S1206 (NO in S1206), it is determined in S1207 whether it is a print end command.

  In S1207, if it is not the end of printing (NO in S1207), it is determined whether or not it is a drawing command in S1208. If it is not a drawing command in S1208 (NO in S1208), the process proceeds to S1201.

  On the other hand, in the case of a drawing command in S1208 (YES in S1208), a process for converting the Windows (registered trademark) drawing command into a printer language is performed in S1209, and then converted into a preview language in S1210. Save the page. Thereafter, the process proceeds to S1201.

  If printing is finished in S1207 (YES in S1207), preview file creation is finished in S1212. In step S1213, the document information of the preview file is stored in the document information table 24 (job ID, document name, path). Thereafter, in step S1214, the printing status is stored in the printing status table 2110 (print status flag). At this time, completion is set in the print status flag 2602.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a flow of plug and play determination processing of the present system. When the terminal is activated with no device connected, that is, when the device is connected from the state where the device is not connected and there is an incomplete job, the incomplete print job list screen shown in FIG. 18 is displayed. It is the flow of the determination process at the time of displaying.
First, information is acquired from the job information table 25 in S1301, and it is determined in S1302 whether there is an incomplete job. (how?)

If there is no uncompleted job in S1302 (NO in S1302), the plug and play determination process ends. On the other hand, if there is an incomplete job in S1302 (YES in S1302), setting information is acquired from the print setting table 2114 in S1303.
In step S <b> 1304, it is determined whether a job that matches the model name acquired from the print setting table 23 exists in the job information table 25.

If there is a job with a matching model name in S1304 (YES in S1304), an uncompleted print job list screen shown in FIG. 19 is displayed in S1305 (S1305). After the display, the flow from S1104 onward in FIG. 11 is followed.
If there is no job with the same model name in S1304 (NO in S1304), the plug and play determination process ends.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a flow of system setting information storage processing of the present system.
First, information is acquired from the system setting table 22 in S1401, and a system setting screen 1501 as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed in S1402.
Next, it is determined what button is pressed in S1403.
If the OK button is pressed in S1403 (YES in S1403), the set contents are stored in the system setting table 22 in S1404.
If the cancel button is pressed in S1403 (NO in S1403), the system setting process is terminated.
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily perform uncompleted printing even when printing is finished halfway.

  Although one embodiment has been described above, the present invention can take an embodiment as, for example, a system, apparatus, method, program, or recording medium, and specifically includes a plurality of devices. The present invention may be applied to a system including a single device.

  The program according to the present invention is a program that can be executed by a computer according to the processing method of the flowchart shown in the present invention. The storage medium according to the present invention stores a program that can be executed by a computer. The program in the present invention may be a program for each processing method of each device.

  As described above, a recording medium that records a program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program stored in the recording medium. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by executing the reading.

  In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the novel function of the present invention, and the recording medium storing the program constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program, for example, flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD-ROM, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, EEPROM, silicon A disk, solid state drive, or the like can be used.

  Further, by executing the program read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) operating on the computer based on an instruction of the program is actually It goes without saying that a case where the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by performing part or all of the processing and the processing is included.

  Furthermore, after the program read from the recording medium is written to the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion board is based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that the case where the CPU or the like provided in the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

  Further, the present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a case where the present invention is achieved by supplying a program to a system or apparatus. In this case, by reading a recording medium storing a program for achieving the present invention into the system or apparatus, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.

Furthermore, by downloading and reading a program for achieving the present invention from a server, database, etc. on a network using a communication program, the system or apparatus can enjoy the effects of the present invention.
In addition, all the structures which combined each embodiment mentioned above and its modification are also included in this invention.

101 Client Terminal 102 Printing Device 103 Monitoring Unit 104 Printer Driver Unit 201 CPU (Central Processing Unit)
202 RAM (Random Access Memory)
203 ROM (Read Only Memory)
204 KBC (Keyboard Controller)
205 Keyboard 206 DC (Display Controller)
207 Display 208 MC (Memory Controller)
209 Hard disk 210 NW I / F (Network Interface)
211 System Bus 212 Network 301 Basic I / O Program 302 OS
303 Printing Device Control Program 304 Related Data 305 Work Area 401 Application 402 Windows (registered trademark) Spooler
403 Job control port monitor 404 Printing device

Claims (7)

In an information processing device that can output a print job from an application to a connected printing device,
Print information recording means for recording the progress of printing including the print data of the print job and the number of print completion pages;
A stored job confirmation unit that confirms whether a print job that has not been printed is stored based on the number of print completion pages of the print job recorded by the print information recording unit when the information processing apparatus is restarted; ,
Print data generation for generating incomplete print data from the print data and the number of print completed pages stored in the print information management means when an uncompleted print job is confirmed by the saved job confirmation means Means,
An information processing apparatus comprising: Shutdown determination means for monitoring whether or not a shutdown command has been issued to the information processing apparatus;
A shutdown processing unit that executes a shutdown after waiting for the printing of the print job to be completed when it is determined that the shutdown instruction is issued by the shutdown determination unit and there is a job with an unprinted page;
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: Remaining time calculation means for calculating the remaining time until shutdown by the shutdown processing means based on the printing speed of the printing apparatus and the number of unprinted pages,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: Second storage for confirming whether a print job that has not been printed is stored based on the number of print completion pages of the print job recorded in the print information management means when the printing apparatus is connected Job confirmation means,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: In a method for controlling an information processing apparatus capable of outputting a print job from an application to a connected printing apparatus,
A print information recording step for recording the progress of printing including the print data of the print job and the number of printed pages;
A saved job confirmation step for confirming whether a print job that has not been printed is saved based on the number of print completed pages of the print job recorded in the print information recording step with the restart of the information processing apparatus; ,
Print data generation for generating incomplete print data from the print data and the number of print completed pages recorded in the print information recording step when an incomplete print job is confirmed in the stored job confirmation step Steps,
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, comprising: A program executable in an information processing apparatus capable of outputting a print job from an application to a connected printing apparatus,
Print information recording means for recording the progress of printing including the print data of the print job and the number of printed pages;
A stored job confirmation unit that confirms whether a print job that has not been printed is stored based on the number of print completion pages of the print job recorded by the print information recording unit when the information processing apparatus is restarted.
Print data generation for generating incomplete print data from the print data and the number of print completed pages stored in the print information management means when an uncompleted print job is confirmed by the saved job confirmation means A program for causing the information processing apparatus to function as means.   A storage medium storing the program according to claim 6 in a computer-readable manner.

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