公开(公告)号：US5802260A

公开(公告)日：1998-09-01

申请号：US562181

申请日：1995-11-22

申请人： Takuya Shimakawa ,  Seiji Kageyama ,  Satoru Matsumoto ,  Makoto Kitagawa ,  Takahiro Shiotani ,  Naomi Tamura

发明人： Takuya Shimakawa ,  Seiji Kageyama ,  Satoru Matsumoto ,  Makoto Kitagawa ,  Takahiro Shiotani ,  Naomi Tamura

IPC分类号： B41J29/38 ,  G06F3/12 ,  G06K15/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/1293

摘要： A printing system having a plurality of printers and computers connected to each other through a communication network is disclosed. A first computer is connected with a second computer through the network. A first computer generates a printing job and a print request signal for executing the printing job according to a print request designated by the user to a first printer. A first computer also generates a continued print request signal containing information unique to the user according to a continued print request from the user requesting the execution of the printing job to a second printer. The printing job and each signal are transmitted to the communication network from the communication unit of the first computer. A second computer receives the printing job and each signal through the communication network. The second computer further causes the first printer to execute the printing job designated by the user in accordance with the print request signal. Upon receipt of a signal containing a continued print request and information unique to the user, the second computer decides that the information unique to a user belongs to the user designating the printing job. In the case where it is decided that the signal containing a continued print request and information unique to a user belongs to the user, the second computer causes the second printer to execute the printing job according to a continued print request.

摘要翻译： 公开了具有通过通信网络彼此连接的多个打印机和计算机的打印系统。 第一台计算机通过网络与第二台计算机连接。 第一计算机根据用户指定的打印请求生成打印作业和用于执行打印作业的打印请求信号到第一打印机。 第一计算机还根据用户请求执行打印作业到第二打印机的持续打印请求，生成包含用户唯一的信息的连续打印请求信号。 打印作业和每个信号从第一计算机的通信单元发送到通信网络。 第二台计算机通过通信网络接收打印作业和每个信号。 第二计算机进一步使第一打印机根据打印请求信号执行由用户指定的打印作业。 在接收到包含连续打印请求的信号和用户唯一的信息时，第二计算机判定用户唯一的信息属于指定打印作业的用户。 在确定包含连续打印请求的信号和用户唯一的信息属于用户的情况下，第二计算机使得第二打印机根据连续打印请求执行打印作业。