| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform processing to be applied to document data for image processors, connected to the network, by decentralizing the processing among the image processors. <P>SOLUTION: In this image processor 64 into which the number of printed sheets is input and into which instruction data are input from a collaborative processing server 80, the instruction data, the number of which corresponds to the number of the printed sheets, are replicated and stored. In the other image processors 64 which are connected to the network, when an operational status of the image processor 64 is in a state wherein the instruction data can be processed, the instruction data, the number of which corresponds to the operational status, are moved from the image processor 64 into which the instruction data are input; the document data are read; and the image corresponding to the document data can be printed according to the moved instruction data. Thus, printing processing can be distributed among the image processors and performed without the need for load distribution control, scheduling and the like by a server etc. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
