| 摘要 |
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for monitoring the consumption of paper, toner, energy, other resources, etc., by an information technology device, and for encouraging a user to reduce consumption of such resources when using the information technology device. |
| 主权项 |
1. A job processing system including plural resources, to perform print or copy operations, said system comprising a processor and a non-transitory medium embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to configure the system to include:
a job processing part that
receives an instruction to perform a specific print job or copy job from a user, receives specific job settings for the specific print job or copy job, and determines total amounts of time and resources to be consumed in a case that the specific print job or copy job is performed based on the received job settings, anddetermines alternative job settings to obtain savings in time and calculates total amounts of savings in time to be consumed in a case that the specific print job or copy job is performed with the alternative job settings determined by the job processing part applied to the specific print job or copy job, in place of the received job settings; and a user interface part that outputs to the user a message, before the specific print job or copy job is performed, indicating the alternative job settings to be recommended to be applied to the specific print job or copy job, in place of the received job settings, and also indicating the total amounts of savings of time in the case that the specific print job or copy job is performed with the alternative job settings determined by the job processing part, and allows the user to select to apply said alternative job settings determined by the job processing part, in place of the received job settings, for the specific print job or copy job, wherein the total amounts of savings in time to be consumed in a case that the specific print job or copy job is performed with the alternative job settings is calculated without user control and prior to the user interface part outputting a message indicating the alternative job settings, and wherein when the job processing part receives a request from the user to perform a specified print job or copy job, the job processing part determines a user-specific print resource consumption level based on historical usage of print resources corresponding to print jobs or copy jobs submitted by the user and determines an average print resource consumption level based on historical usage of print resources corresponding to print jobs or copy jobs submitted by a plurality of users, and the user interface part outputs a message comparing the user-specific print resource consumption level of the user to the average print resource consumption level of the plurality of users. |
