| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooperation system for improving convenience without requiring operation for a user to sequentially select and set image formation devices used as control objects, and automatically setting the image formation system instantly executing a printing process in lieu of an image formation device used as a control object when the image formation device is not in a state for instantly printing. <P>SOLUTION: In a server device 120, a device setting manager 127 identifies an MFP 100 being a remote operation source device, and automatically sets it as an image formation device to be used for printing by an application. In addition, the device setting manager 127 retrieves an image formation device having a similarity value set in a predetermined range when the remote operation source device is not in a state that it instantly prints, and specifies the image formation device as a substitutional image formation device executing an instant printing process on behalf of the remote operation source device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |
