Title:
PRINTER CONTROL UNIT, PRINTER, AND PRINTER CONTROL METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017010487
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a procedure for effectively executing a printing job with consumables residual quantity or in printing time to be searched.SOLUTION: A printer control unit comprises: an acquisition section acquiring consumables residual quantity or printing time in a printer; and a determination section determining an execution procedure for causing the printer to complete at least a part of a plurality of printing jobs with the consumables residual quantity or in the printing time acquired by the acquisition section. The determination section determines the execution procedure on the basis of a result of comparison between consumables quantity consumed by execution of at least the part of the plurality of printing jobs or a prediction value of the printing time and the consumables residual quantity or the printing time acquired by the acquisition section.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
KUBOTA HIROAKI
Application Number:
JP2015128460A
Publication Date:
January 12, 2017
Filing Date:
June 26, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORP
International Classes:
G06F3/12; B41J29/38
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuaki Watanabe
Keisuke Nishida
Satoshi Nakai
Keisuke Nishida
Satoshi Nakai