Simulation apparatus, simulation system, and simulation method that ensure use of general-purpose PC

摘要

A simulation apparatus includes a status-transition-frequency input, a job status unit, a job-status simulating unit, an error-occurrence-rate input unit, and a device alert unit. The status-transition-frequency input unit receives an input of a status transition frequency of a job executable by a device. The job status unit simulates a status transition of the job based on the status transition frequency. The job-status simulating unit makes a transition of a status of the job based on the status transition by the job status unit as a simulation. The error-occurrence-rate input unit receives an input of an error occurrence rate of the job. The device alert unit makes a transition of a status of the device based on the error occurrence rate as a simulation.

主权项

1. An apparatus for simulating an image forming apparatus, the simulation apparatus simulating execution of print jobs, transmitted from a client apparatus, via a driver, the simulation apparatus comprising:
an operation display unit; a network communication unit for receiving print-job execution requests from the client apparatus; and a control unit including a central processing unit (CPU) configured for i) receiving a print-job execution request from the client apparatus, ii) executing the print job, and iii) transmitting status transitioning of the print job to the client apparatus, the control unit including the CPU being further configured for
receiving print-job-language data and a job recognition ID for the print job from the client apparatus,receiving input of status transition frequency and of printing-error occurrence rate, set via the operation display unit,automatically transitioning the status of a print job to one of at least waiting-for-execution, middle-of-execution, or completion-of-execution, based on the status transition frequency,i) converting the print-job-language data into data that can be handled by a program executed by the print-job-simulation-execution processing unit, and ii) extracting the job recognition ID,generating print-job-status transition data whereby status transitioning of a print job is set, the print job corresponding to the job recognition ID output from the print-job-language parser unit,generating print-job-event transition information for the job recognition ID from the print-job-status transition data,generating device-event transition information for the job recognition ID, as a device alert when an event occurs, based on the error occurrence rate, andtransmitting event transition information for the job recognition ID, including the print-job-event transition information and the device-event transition information, to a client apparatus having transmitted a print-job execution request.