| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To search a printer matched with preferential conditions while considering states of a plurality of printers connected to a network. <P>SOLUTION: Preferential conditions are inputted as extraction conditions for a plurality of printers connected to a network (S100), printer information containing performances, functions, states and the like of the printers is acquired (S120), the printers are rearranged in the order matched to the preferential conditions using the acquired printer information and the inputted preferential conditions (S130), and printers of highest three ranks are displayed out on a monitor together with values used to judge conditions (S140). Thus, a user can more appropriately select the printer by considering current states of printers such as whether or not printers are in states of requiring warmup or whether or not printers are under printing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
