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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2003
Takeshi Muto, Nara, JP;
Kouji Miyake, Yamatokooriyama, JP;
Kazuhiro Mizude, Souraku-gun, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
When a request for a change in output information and output order of, or cancellation of an output process of, image data obtained from computersis made by a user, a print server apparatusnotifies other users of requested change content and obtains from each user an instruction indicating whether to permit a change process based on the notified change content or not. With this image processing apparatus, when a plurality of users make requests for output processes of respective image data and a change in output order of each image data or the like is requested, other users can confirm the change content and get to other work appropriately so as to enhance the work efficiency.