Patent ID: 7706008
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An output system comprising: a plurality of network devices including a first network device and a second network device for performing an output based on output data and an output data managing device for managing the output data, wherein the plurality of network devices and the output data managing device are communicably connected; the output data managing device has an output data memory unit for storing the output data correspondingly to collated information; a collating information receiving unit for receiving collating information; an output data retrieving unit for retrieving the output data from the output data memory unit based on the collating information received by the collating information receiving unit; and an output data transmitting unit for transmitting the output data retrieved and outputted by the output data retrieving unit to the network devices; the network devices each have a collating information reading unit for reading the collating information from a memory medium; a collating information transmitting unit for transmitting the collating information read by the collating information reading unit to the output data managing device; an output data receiving unit for receiving the output data; an output unit for performing the output based on the output data received by the output data receiving unit; and an output limit unit for allowing the output using the output unit only while the memory medium is attached to the collating information reading unit; the output limit unit of the first network device allowing the output using the output unit of the first network device when the memory medium is attached to the collating information reading unit of the first network device, interrupting the output unit of the first network device when the memory medium is detached from the collating information reading unit of the first network device, and restarting the output unit of the first network device when the memory medium is reattached to the collating information reading unit of the first network device; the output limit unit of the second network device restarting the output using the output unit of the second network device, when the memory medium is attached to the collating information reading unit of the second network device after detachment from the first network device, the output unit of the second network device starting from an interrupting portion of the output based on when the memory medium was detached from the collating information reading unit of the first network device.