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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Eiji Sakaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Eiji Sakaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A list of plural printers, which are connected to a network, is displayed on a display of a personal computer. An operator selects desired printers as a printer group, of which name is given for a registration. Processing performance of the registered printer group is displayed on the display. The registered printer group can be treated as like an individual printer. In addition, when print jobs of the plural numbers of prints are instructed to the printer group, a job is distributed to each of the printers in the printer group. A job progressing situation of each printer is displayed for an user.