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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhiro Yoshimoto, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/126 (2013.01); G06F 3/122 (2013.01); G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1207 (2013.01); G06F 3/1212 (2013.01); G06F 3/1267 (2013.01); G06F 3/1291 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing control system comprising: a plurality of image forming apparatuses set as parent units; and a plurality of image forming apparatuses set as child units, all of which are connected together through a network, wherein a child of the child units unit obtains a job list response from any one of the parent units either storing a print data item to be identified with a job name of a print data item included in a job list information item requested by a job list request, or not storing the print data item.