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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Miyamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiko Okazawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yuuji Takayama, Yokohama, JP;
Hikaru Uchidate, Yokohama, JP;
Munehito Kurata, Suntou-gun, JP;
Hiroshi Hagiwara, Suntou-gun, JP;
Masayuki Takao, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiko Shinjo, Machida, JP;
Senju Sato, Hachioji, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling a printing system includes displaying, in a mobile terminal, a setting region for inputting a print setting for print data, and a search region for inputting a search condition for image forming apparatus candidates, of a plurality of image forming apparatuses, for executing printing, and searching, in a management system, for one or more image forming apparatuses, out of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, in accordance with the search condition input in the search region of the screen, and displaying display content that associates information of the image forming apparatuses with charge information for when the print data is printed by the image forming apparatuses, respectively, on a screen that includes a selection region by which it is possible to select the printing target, out of the one or more image forming apparatuses found in the searching.