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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2022
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Hiroyuki Ataka, Sakai, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A print instruction device includes: a communicator that communicates with plural printers, each of which has a function as a parent machine storing print data and a function as a child machine acquiring and printing the print data; a print data sending processor that sends the print data to be stored in the parent machine; a print completion reception processor that receives print completion information from the child machine; a print history manager that updates print-related history on the basis of the received print completion information; and a parent machine setting device that specifies a most frequently used printer on the basis of the updated history when sending the print data, switches the parent machine to a specified printer, and causes the switched parent machine to send the print data.