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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Hidenori Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Hidenori Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a print management unit configured to allocate a plurality of print data sets to a plurality of image forming apparatuses, respectively, the plurality of print data sets being obtained by dividing one print data set; a separator data generation unit configured to generate, for each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, print data for a separator, the print data for the separator including management information that includes information regarding a particular print data set among the plurality of print data sets and information regarding a particular image forming apparatus among the plurality of image forming apparatuses to which the particular print data set is allocated; and an output unit configured to output, for each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses, the particular print data set and the print data for the separator to the particular image forming apparatus.