PRINTING SYSTEM, INTERMEDIATE SERVER, PRINTING DEVICE, JOB SYSTEM, METHOD FOR EXECUTING PRINT JOB, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM

摘要

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.

主权项

1. An intermediate server used outside a network, the network having one or more printing devices and a distributing server for distributing data to each of said one or more printing devices, the intermediate server comprising:
a receiving portion configured to receive job data for execution of a print job and designation data indicating an identifier of each of executing printing devices that are to execute the print job among said one or more printing devices; a first transmission portion configured to send, to the distributing server, the job data and the designation data received by the receiving portion; a saving portion configured to save the job data received by the receiving portion when the job data cannot be transferred to the distributing server; and a second transmission portion configured to send, in response to a request from any one of said one or more printing devices, the job data saved in the saving portion to the printing device as a request source.