| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ensure a receipt time requested by a user. <P>SOLUTION: A printing apparatus includes: an input means for inputting the reception time of an output document, the kind and the number of prints of the output document; a prediction means for predicting a printing time and a time required for processing other than a printing time based on the reception time of the output document, the kind and the number of prints of the output document which are input by the input means; a scheduling means for scheduling reserved printing based on the printing time and required time which are predicted by the prediction means; and a notification means for notifying a deadline time for the reception of a document relating to the output document, based on the printing schedule reserved by the scheduling means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
