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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2015
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kenro Hama, Amagasaki, JP;
Katsuhiko Akita, Amagasaki, JP;
Daisuke Sakiyama, Kawanishi, JP;
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Kobe, JP;
Kazusei Takahashi, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yuki Asai, Itami, JP;
Takeshi Maekawa, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Tanaka, Amagasaki, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print system includes a print server and a plurality of image forming apparatuses. The print server externally receives a print job, extracts a print job that includes user identification information included in a download request received from any of the image forming apparatuses, transmits the print job to an image forming apparatus that transmits the download request, detects a progress status of the print job executed by a first image forming apparatus that receives the print job, detects the print job transmitted to the first image forming apparatus as a job in progress in response to reception of a download request from a second image forming apparatus, splits the job in progress into a first split job and a second split job, transmits the second split job to the second image forming apparatus, and transmits an end command to the first image forming apparatus.