Patent ID: 11966648
Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. A process management method performed by an industrial printing system for production printing, comprising a plurality of print servers for distributed processing of jobs, comprising the steps of:
storing capability information indicating capability of processability in rasterizing process, printing process, and post-processing process;
setting a plurality of groups that each designate an apparatus capable of processing a job based on the stored capability information;
collecting the job as corresponding to each of the set groups by determining from the processing requirements of the jobs; and
transmitting the collected jobs to the apparatuses designated in the groups to request processing thereof;
wherein
the step of setting a plurality of groups comprises setting:
a server group having a print server capable of rasterizing as the apparatus of the server group,
a printing group having a printing apparatus capable of the printing process as the apparatus of the printing group, and
a post-processing group having a post-processing apparatus capable of the post-processing process as the apparatus of the post-processing group.