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1. An apparatus for submitting a print job to a specified printer, comprising:
a print job conversion part configured to convert an electronic document which was created with a specific application software in a document format specific to the application software and is to be printed, into a print file, wherein the print file is in a print-ready printer independent form that is independent of the specified printer and independent of computing platform, and the conversion is performed without employing a printer driver corresponding to the specified printer and without employing the specific application software used to create the electronic document; a job ticket formation part configured to generate a job ticket file, based on print settings selected by a user, wherein the job ticket file is associated with, and separate from, the print file in the print-ready printer independent form; a job submission part configured to submit the job ticket file and the print file in the print-ready printer independent form to the specified printer, without using said printer driver and without employing the specific application software; and an archival part configured to archive the job ticket file and the print file in the print-ready printer independent form, by storing the job ticket file and the print file separately on a storage device, after the job ticket file and the print file are submitted by the job submission part, wherein the print file in the print-ready printer independent form is printable by any of a plurality of various different printers having different printer capabilities, and wherein each of (i) said print job conversion part converts the electronic document and (ii) said job submission part submits the print file, without opening the specific application that created the document corresponding to the print file. |
