To provide a print system suitable for a photo studio with the ability of accurately managing the performance history of a print job and the status of a printer, etc.
There are a plurality of client machines 5A, 5B connected with a LAN 4 and a print server machine 2 in the photo studio 1. The client machines 5A and 5B prepare print job data, the print server machine 2 receives them and distributes the print job to a plurality of printers 3A and 3B to be performed. The print server machine 2 manages print information such as the performance history of the print job and the status of the printer. A user refers to the print information inside the print server machine 2 by using WWW browsers of the client machines 5A and 5B. Also, when the performance of the print job is completed or a printer error occurs, the print server machine 2 automatically reports that to the client server machines 5A and 5B.
TAKABAYASHI NOBUHISA
JPH0916350A | 1997-01-17 | |||
JP2000250727A | 2000-09-14 |