公开(公告)号：US20080123130A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-29

申请号：US11794232

申请日：2005-12-27

申请人： Akira Matsumoto ,  Toshihiro Shima ,  Atsushi Yoshino

发明人： Akira Matsumoto ,  Toshihiro Shima ,  Atsushi Yoshino

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/1207 ,  G06F3/1259 ,  G06F3/1285

摘要： In a distributed printing system of the invention, in response to reception of a print job, a distributed printing control device specifies distribution destination printing devices for the received print job, stores identification information of the specified distribution destination printing devices, and distributes divisions of the received print job as divisional print jobs to the specified distribution destination printing devices. In response to an instruction given by a client, the distributed printing control device sends a transmission request for print job-related information on processing of the distributed divisional print jobs to the distribution destination printing devices and receives the print job-related information from the distribution destination printing devices. The distributed printing control device correlates the received print job-related information to the stored identification information of the distribution destination printing devices and sends the print job-related information correlated to the identification information to the client. The client receives the print job-related information correlated to the identification information from the distributed printing control device and displays information identifying each of the plural distribution destination printing devices and information representing a progress status of each of the divisional print jobs distributed to the plural distribution destination printing devices, based on the received print job-related information and the correlated identification information. This arrangement of the invention enables the client to readily identify the distribution destination printing devices specified by the distributed printing control device and to display the progress status of each of the divisional print jobs distributed to the respective identified distribution destination printing devices.

摘要翻译： 在本发明的分布式打印系统中，响应于接收到打印作业，分布式打印控制装置指定所接收的打印作业的分发目的地打印装置，存储指定的分发目的地打印装置的识别信息，并且分配 接收打印作业作为分区打印作业到指定的分发目的地打印设备。 响应于客户端的指示，分布式打印控制装置向分配目的地打印装置发送关于分发分区打印作业的处理的打印作业相关信息的发送请求，并从分发中接收打印作业相关信息 目的地打印设备。 分布式打印控制装置将接收到的打印作业相关信息与存储的分发目的地打印装置的识别信息相关联，并将与识别信息相关的打印作业相关信息发送给客户端。 客户端从分布式打印控制装置接收与识别信息相关的打印作业相关信息，并显示识别多个分发目的地打印装置中的每一个的信息和表示分配给多个分发的每个分割打印作业的进度状态的信息 目的地打印设备，基于所接收的打印作业相关信息和相关标识信息。 本发明的这种布置使得客户能够容易地识别由分布式打印控制装置指定的分发目的地打印装置，并且显示分配给各个所识别的分发目的地打印装置的每个分割打印作业的进度状态。

公开(公告)号：US20060192998A1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-31

申请号：US11359506

申请日：2006-02-23

申请人： Toshihiro Shima ,  Akira Matsumoto

发明人： Toshihiro Shima ,  Akira Matsumoto

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/1288 ,  G06F3/1207 ,  G06F3/1229 ,  G06F3/1259

摘要： In a message display control apparatus of the invention, when an administrator of a server computer presses a ‘Details’ button on a setting window displayed on the screen of a display unit, a message display setting module of a CPU in the server computer opens a detailed setting window on the screen of the display unit. The administrator operates an input unit to tick any desired checkboxes among an ‘On end of printing at all printers’ checkbox, an ‘On error’ checkbox, an ‘On end of printing at each printer’ checkbox, and a ‘Show copy number at the begging of copy mode printing’ checkbox, in a ‘Report Clustering status’ field on the detailed setting window. Such selective ticking specifies permission for display of messages corresponding to the ticked checkboxes among preset four messages on the monitor screen of a client computer. This arrangement enables display of only the desired messages on the monitor screen of the client computer and accordingly relieves the user of the client computer from feeling annoyed with frequent display of unnecessary messages.

摘要翻译： 在本发明的消息显示控制装置中，当服务器计算机的管理员在显示单元的屏幕上显示的设置窗口上按下“详细”按钮时，服务器计算机中的CPU的消息显示设置模块打开 显示单元屏幕上的详细设置窗口。 复选框“打印错误”复选框，“打印机打印结束时”复选框，以及“在所有打印机打印结束时”显示复印件号码 请求复制模式打印“复选框，在详细设置窗口的”报告群集状态“字段中。 这种选择性勾选指定在客户端计算机的监视器屏幕上预设的四个消息中显示对应于勾选的复选框的消息的许可。 这种布置使得仅在客户端计算机的监视器屏幕上显示期望的消息，并且相应地减轻了客户端计算机的用户感到烦恼，频繁地显示不必要的消息。

公开(公告)号：US20060050304A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-09

申请号：US11214763

申请日：2005-08-31

申请人： Takuya Abe ,  Toshihiro Shima ,  Atsushi Yoshino ,  Akira Matsumoto

发明人： Takuya Abe ,  Toshihiro Shima ,  Atsushi Yoshino ,  Akira Matsumoto

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/1229 ,  G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1288

摘要： A management server has printer monitoring information that associates the time at which a network board begins printer monitoring and the printer being monitored. The management server receives from the network board the printer's serial number, the network board's MAC address and the time at which the network board was replaced, and registers these items of information in the printer monitoring information. The network board monitors the printer and collects log information. For each log file uploaded from the network board, the management server specifies and associates which printer the log file belongs to based on the time at which the log file was collected and printer monitoring information and stores the log file in the log database while maintaining such association.

摘要翻译： 管理服务器具有打印机监视信息，其将网络板开始打印机监视的时间与正被监视的打印机相关联。 管理服务器从网络板接收打印机的序列号，网络板的MAC地址和网络板的更换时间，并将这些信息记录在打印机监控信息中。 网络板监视打印机并收集日志信息。 对于从网络板上传的每个日志文件，管理服务器根据收集日志文件的时间和打印机监视信息指定和关联日志文件所属的打印机，并将日志文件存储在日志数据库中，同时保持这样 协会。

公开(公告)号：US07791753B2

公开(公告)日：2010-09-07

申请号：US11389176

申请日：2006-03-27

申请人： Akira Matsumoto ,  Toshihiro Shima

发明人： Akira Matsumoto ,  Toshihiro Shima

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1254 ,  G06F3/1286

摘要： A client computer of the invention utilizes a printer driver for a distribution source printer to send a print job to the distribution source printer. The distribution source printer distributes each print job sent with setting of a preset second port number to multiple distribution destination printers. The client computer includes: a storage unit that stores a first printer driver with property information including specification of a port number, which is specified and used for transmission of each print job and is currently set to a preset first port number, as one printer driver for the distribution source printer; and a printer driver generation module that, in response to an externally given instruction, duplicates the property information of the first printer driver read from the storage unit and changes the port number included in the duplicated property information of the first printer driver to the preset second port number, which is different from the preset first port number, so as to generate a second printer driver as another printer driver for the distribution source printer. This arrangement enables the first printer driver and the second printer driver having the different settings of the port number included in the property information to be readily provided in the client computer as multiple different printer drivers for the distribution source printer.

摘要翻译： 本发明的客户端计算机利用分发源打印机的打印机驱动程序将打印作业发送到分发源打印机。 分发源打印机将发送的每个打印作业以预设的第二个端口号的设置分配到多个分发目的地打印机。 客户计算机包括：存储单元，其存储具有指定并用于每个打印作业的传输的当前设置为预设的第一端口号的端口号的属性信息的第一打印机驱动程序作为一个打印机驱动程序 用于分发源打印机; 以及打印机驱动器生成模块，响应于外部给定的指令，复制从存储单元读取的第一打印机驱动程序的属性信息，并将包含在第一打印机驱动程序的复制属性信息中的端口号改变为预设的第二 端口号，其与预设的第一端口号不同，以便生成作为分发源打印机的另一打印机驱动程序的第二打印机驱动程序。 这种布置使得具有属性信息中包括的端口号的不同设置的第一打印机驱动程序和第二打印机驱动程序能够容易地作为用于分发源打印机的多个不同的打印机驱动程序在客户端计算机中提供。

公开(公告)号：US20070230463A1

公开(公告)日：2007-10-04

申请号：US11730458

申请日：2007-04-02

申请人： Toshihiro Shima ,  Takuya Abe ,  Akira Matsumoto

发明人： Toshihiro Shima ,  Takuya Abe ,  Akira Matsumoto

IPC分类号： H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04L43/0817 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/046

摘要： The invention provides a technique improving the reliability of acquisition of management information from a network device. A monitoring apparatus has a network device identifier extraction unit configured to extract a network device identifier to identify a network device in the network from communication data sent over the network by the network device, the network device identifier assigned to the network device being changeable over time; an individual identification information acquiring unit configured to acquire an individual identification information from a specific network device that is identified by the network device identifier, the individual identification information uniquely and universally identifying the network device; a monitoring subject determination unit configured to determine whether the specific network device is a monitoring subject device that is subject to monitoring, based on the individual identification information; and a management information acquiring unit configured to acquire a management information from the specific network device when the specific network device is determined to be a monitoring subject device, the management information being an information relating to the specific network device and changing over time.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种提高从网络设备获取管理信息的可靠性的技术。 监视装置具有网络设备标识符提取单元，被配置为从由网络设备通过网络发送的通信数据中提取网络设备标识符以识别网络中的网络设备，分配给网络设备的网络设备标识符随时间变化 ; 个人识别信息获取单元，被配置为从由所述网络设备标识符识别的特定网络设备获取单独的识别信息，所述个体识别信息是唯一地且通用地识别所述网络设备; 监视对象确定单元，被配置为基于所述个人识别信息来确定所述特定网络设备是否是要进行监视的监视对象设备; 以及管理信息获取单元，被配置为当所述特定网络设备被确定为监视对象设备时从所述特定网络设备获取管理信息，所述管理信息是与所述特定网络设备有关的信息并随时间变化。

公开(公告)号：US20060256373A1

公开(公告)日：2006-11-16

申请号：US11389176

申请日：2006-03-27

申请人： Akira Matsumoto ,  Toshihiro Shima

发明人： Akira Matsumoto ,  Toshihiro Shima

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1254 ,  G06F3/1286

摘要： A client computer of the invention utilizes a printer driver for a distribution source printer to send a print job to the distribution source printer. The distribution source printer distributes each print job sent with setting of a preset second port number to multiple distribution destination printers. The client computer includes: a storage unit that stores a first printer driver with property information including specification of a port number, which is specified and used for transmission of each print job and is currently set to a preset first port number, as one printer driver for the distribution source printer; and a printer driver generation module that, in response to an externally given instruction, duplicates the property information of the first printer driver read from the storage unit and changes the port number included in the duplicated property information of the first printer driver to the preset second port number, which is different from the preset first port number, so as to generate a second printer driver as another printer driver for the distribution source printer. This arrangement enables the first printer driver and the second printer driver having the different settings of the port number included in the property information to be readily provided in the client computer as multiple different printer drivers for the distribution source printer.

摘要翻译： 本发明的客户端计算机利用分发源打印机的打印机驱动程序将打印作业发送到分发源打印机。 分发源打印机将发送的每个打印作业以预设的第二个端口号的设置分配到多个分发目的地打印机。 客户计算机包括：存储单元，其存储具有指定并用于每个打印作业的传输的当前设置为预设的第一端口号的端口号的属性信息的第一打印机驱动程序作为一个打印机驱动程序 用于分发源打印机; 以及打印机驱动器生成模块，响应于外部给定的指令，复制从存储单元读取的第一打印机驱动程序的属性信息，并将包含在第一打印机驱动程序的复制属性信息中的端口号改变为预设的第二 端口号，其与预设的第一端口号不同，以便生成作为分发源打印机的另一打印机驱动程序的第二打印机驱动程序。 这种布置使得具有属性信息中包括的端口号的不同设置的第一打印机驱动程序和第二打印机驱动程序能够容易地作为用于分发源打印机的多个不同的打印机驱动程序在客户端计算机中提供。

公开(公告)号：US20060066900A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-30

申请号：US11235212

申请日：2005-09-27

申请人： Takuya Abe ,  Toshihiro Shima ,  Atsushi Yoshino ,  Akira Matsumoto

发明人： Takuya Abe ,  Toshihiro Shima ,  Atsushi Yoshino ,  Akira Matsumoto

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/121 ,  G03G15/5075 ,  G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1288 ,  H04N1/00222 ,  H04N2201/3205

摘要： A network connection apparatus of the invention has a list that includes at least device identification information used to identify a device as a monitor object device to be monitored by a monitor server. When the network connection apparatus is attached to the device, the network connection apparatus acquires the device's identification information from the device and determines whether the device is the monitor object device to be monitored by the monitor server, based on the acquired identification information and the list. In response to a negative result of the determination showing that the device is not the monitor object device, the network connection apparatus prevents transmission of the monitor information stored in the device to the monitor server via the network.

摘要翻译： 本发明的网络连接装置具有列表，其至少包括用于将设备标识为要由监视服务器监视的监视对象设备的设备标识信息。 当网络连接装置附接到设备时，网络连接装置从设备获取设备的识别信息，并且基于获取的识别信息和列表来确定设备是否是监视服务器要监视的监视对象设备 。 响应于显示设备不是监视对象设备的确定的否定结果，网络连接设备防止经由网络将存储在设备中的监视信息传送到监视服务器。

公开(公告)号：US08045485B2

公开(公告)日：2011-10-25

申请号：US11730458

申请日：2007-04-02

申请人： Toshihiro Shima ,  Takuya Abe ,  Akira Matsumoto

发明人： Toshihiro Shima ,  Takuya Abe ,  Akira Matsumoto

IPC分类号： H04L12/28

CPC分类号： H04L43/0817 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/046

摘要： The invention provides a technique improving the reliability of acquisition of management information from a network device. A monitoring apparatus has a network device identifier extraction unit configured to extract a network device identifier to identify a network device in the network from communication data sent over the network by the network device, the network device identifier assigned to the network device being changeable over time; an individual identification information acquiring unit configured to acquire an individual identification information from a specific network device that is identified by the network device identifier, the individual identification information uniquely and universally identifying the network device; a monitoring subject determination unit configured to determine whether the specific network device is a monitoring subject device that is subject to monitoring, based on the individual identification information; and a management information acquiring unit configured to acquire a management information from the specific network device when the specific network device is determined to be a monitoring subject device, the management information being an information relating to the specific network device and changing over time.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种提高从网络设备获取管理信息的可靠性的技术。 监视装置具有网络设备标识符提取单元，被配置为从由网络设备通过网络发送的通信数据中提取网络设备标识符以识别网络中的网络设备，分配给网络设备的网络设备标识符随时间变化 ; 个人识别信息获取单元，被配置为从由所述网络设备标识符识别的特定网络设备获取单独的识别信息，所述个体识别信息是唯一地且通用地识别所述网络设备; 监视对象确定单元，被配置为基于所述个人识别信息来确定所述特定网络设备是否是要进行监视的监视对象设备; 以及管理信息获取单元，被配置为当所述特定网络设备被确定为监视对象设备时从所述特定网络设备获取管理信息，所述管理信息是与所述特定网络设备有关的信息并随时间变化。

公开(公告)号：US20060279775A1

公开(公告)日：2006-12-14

申请号：US11357096

申请日：2006-02-21

申请人： Akira Matsumoto ,  Toshihiro Shima ,  Atsushi Yoshino

发明人： Akira Matsumoto ,  Toshihiro Shima ,  Atsushi Yoshino

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/1285 ,  G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/124 ,  G06F3/1261

摘要： This invention provides a control method for a distributed printing system equipped with a display which is capable of distributing print jobs to a plurality of printing apparatuses connected to a network. The control method includes: a candidate destination display control step of displaying candidate destinations selected from the plurality of printing apparatuses as candidates of destination of the distribution of the print jobs. The candidate destination display control step includes the step of displaying a status regarding availability for use for each of the candidate destinations.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种配备有能够将打印作业分配给连接到网络的多个打印装置的显示器的分布式打印系统的控制方法。 控制方法包括：候选目的地显示控制步骤，其将从多个打印设备中选择的候选目的地显示为打印作业的分发的目的地的候选。 候选目的地显示控制步骤包括显示关于每个候选目的地使用的可用性的状态的步骤。

公开(公告)号：US20060192997A1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-31

申请号：US11355071

申请日：2006-02-16

申请人： Akira Matsumoto ,  Toshihiro Shima

发明人： Akira Matsumoto ,  Toshihiro Shima

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/126 ,  G06F3/1204 ,  G06F3/1259 ,  G06F3/1288

摘要： In a print status monitor system of the invention, a specified printer receives a polling interval reduction request from a server in response to polling made at a normal polling interval set to a polling interval, and changes the polling interval to a shorter polling interval, which is shorter than the normal polling interval. The server sends a print status transmission request to the specified printer, in response to polling made by the specified printer at the shorter polling interval. The specified printer receives the print status transmission request sent from the server in response to the polling made to the server at the shorter polling interval, obtains print status information representing the status of a print job, and sends the obtained print status information to the server. The server receives and obtains the print status information sent from the specified printer in response to the print status transmission request. This arrangement enables the server to monitor the status of a print job sent to a printer under management of the server, while reducing the potential for heavy network traffic.

摘要翻译： 在本发明的打印状态监视器系统中，指定的打印机响应于以轮询间隔设定的正常轮询间隔进行的轮询，从服务器接收到轮询间隔缩小请求，并将轮询间隔改变为更短的轮询间隔， 比正常轮询间隔短。 响应于指定打印机在较短的轮询间隔进行的轮询，服务器向指定的打印机发送打印状态传送请求。 指定的打印机响应于以较短的轮询间隔对服务器进行的轮询，接收从服务器发送的打印状态传送请求，获得表示打印作业的状态的打印状态信息，并将获得的打印状态信息发送到服务器 。 响应于打印状态传送请求，服务器接收并获取从指定打印机发送的打印状态信息。 这种安排使得服务器能够监视在服务器管理下发送到打印机的打印作业的状态，同时减少重型网络流量的可能性。