Seiko Epson Corporation

Masaki Fukiage

Ryosuke Kakio

Takashi Sera

Shinichi Tsuruyama

A server of a printing system includes a print instruction acquisition unit configured to acquire a print instruction indicated by a voice that is a print instruction of a content included in a content group from a voice intermediation device, a selection unit configured to select a content to be printed from the content group according to the print instruction, and a transmitter configured to transmit print data for printing the selected content to the printing device. The selection unit totalizes a printing count of each content included in the content group for a plurality of users, and selects the content to be printed from the content group based on the totalized printing count. The selection unit may select the content to be printed from the content group based on an attribute applicable to a user. The printing device receives the print data and performs printing according to the print data.

Printing system and server

A server of a printing system includes a print instruction acquisition unit acquiring a print instruction of a content contained in a content group by a voice from a voice mediation device, a selection unit selecting the content to be printed from the content group according to the print instruction, and a transmission unit transmitting print data for printing of the selected content to a printing apparatus of the printing system, wherein the content group contains a plurality of time-dependent contents having different probabilities for selection according to a time when the print instruction is acquired, the selection unit selects the content to be printed from the content group so that each of the plurality of time-dependent contents is selected with the probability according to the time when the print instruction is acquired. The printing apparatus receives the print data and executes printing according to the print data.

A printing system includes: a printing device; and a server connected to the printing device via a network. The server includes a print instruction acquisition unit that acquires a print instruction by voice from a voice mediation device and a transmitter that transmits to the printing device print data for printing content based on the print instruction among printable content. The printing device receives the print data, and performs printing in accordance with the print data. The print instruction includes a list print instruction for printing a list of at least part of the printable content. When the list print instruction is acquired, the transmitter transmits list data for printing the list to the printing device. The printing device receives the list data, and prints the list in accordance with the list data.

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Shiojiri, Japan

Masaki Fukiage