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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2014
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Mitsunori Nakatsuka, Amagasaki, JP;
Kouichi Tomita, Kawanishi, JP;
Masato Fujii, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Miyake, Takarazuka, JP;
Kei Nakahara, Suita, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An intermediate server used outside a network having one or more printing devices and a distributing server for distributing data to each of said one or more printing devices is provided. The intermediate server includes a receiving portion for receiving job data for execution of a print job and designation data indicating an identifier of each executing printing device that is to execute the print job among the printing devices; a first transmission portion for sending, to the distributing server, the job data and the designation data received; a saving portion for saving the job data when the job data cannot be transferred to the distributing server; and a second transmission portion for sending, in response to a request from any one of the printing devices, the job data saved in the saving portion to the printing device as a request source.