Seiko Epson Corporation

Yuma Kitahara

Ryosuke Kakio

Takashi Sera

Yosuke Kawakami

A print control server that controls printing via an SNS includes a display controller that causes, when a printer registration request is received from an account of a user of the SNS, an SNS server that manages the SNS to display, on a terminal device operated by the user, an input screen on which an e-mail address that uniquely identifies a printer is entered, an acquisition unit that acquires the e-mail address entered on the input screen, and a registration unit that refers to a database which specifies, in advance, a correspondence relationship with an e-mail address with respect to a plurality of printers and that registers, when the e-mail address acquired by the acquisition unit matches any e-mail address specified in the database, the account in association with the printer identified by the e-mail address acquired by the acquisition unit.

Print control server for printer registration over an SNS

A print control server that controls printing through an SNS includes a registration section configured to register, in association with each other, a first account that is an account of a user of the SNS and print setting information including designation information of a printer to be used for printing. The registration section issues a first password when accepting a designation of the first account and a designation of a second account that is an account of a user of the SNS and that is to be a share destination of a print setting, notifies the first account of the first password through the SNS, and registers, when a password posted on the SNS by the second account coincides with the first password, the print setting information registered in association with the first account also in association with the second account.

Print control server and print control method for controlling printing through a social networking service

A print control server includes a print controller that acquires a print instruction entered by a user belonging to a group chat in a chat system provided by a social networking service (SNS) and causes a printer to execute printing in accordance with the print instruction, a history acquirer that acquires a print history, based on the print instruction, of the printer, and a notifier that notifies the print history in a chat form to an administrator of the group chat via the chat system.

Print control server and print control method for chat system administration

A print control server includes a detector that detects a print instruction or a setting instruction entered by the user in the chat system provided by the SNS, a print controller that executes printing using a printer in accordance with the print instruction or configures a setting relating to the printer in accordance with the setting instruction, and a manager that associates identification information of the user with a privilege of the user in the chat system and stores the identification information and the privilege of the user. The print controller references the information stored by the manager to identify the privilege associated with the identification information of the user who has entered the print instruction or the setting instruction, and limits, based on the identified privilege, the printing to be executed in accordance with the print instruction or the setting to be configured in accordance with the setting instruction.

Print control server and print control method

A print control server that controls printing through an SNS includes a registration section configured to register, in association with each other, a first account that is an account of a user of a first SNS and print setting information including designation information of a printer to be used for printing. The registration section accepts a designation of the first account and a designation of a second account that is an account of a user of a second SNS and that is to be a share destination of a print setting, and registers the print setting information associated with the first account also in association with the second account.

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Ina, Japan

Yuma Kitahara