Patent ID: 9244638
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K

Claim Text:
1. A print server connected to a plurality of printers including a first printer configured to receive print data with a prescribed pixel count that is smaller than pixel counts of print data to be received by the rest of the plurality of printers, the print server comprising: a job data receiving unit configured to receive job data subject to printing, a first conversion unit configured to convert the job data into intermediate image data having a pixel count equal to or less than the prescribed pixel count, an instruction receiving unit configured to, after the job data is received, receive an execution instruction for which one or more of the plurality of the printers is specified as a printing execution printer configured to execute printing of the job data, a second conversion unit configured to generate the print data corresponding to the printing execution printer by converting the intermediate image data to data of the pixel count to be input to the printing execution printer, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the print data to the printing execution printer.