Patent ID: 9176699
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing system having a print portion, the printing system comprising: a storage portion configured to store job data based on which a plurality of first print jobs is executed, the first print jobs being instructed by a specific user; an obtaining portion configured to, in response to a request made by the specific user, obtain group information on a group of the first print jobs; and a job execution portion configured to, after the print portion starts the first print jobs, leave a second print job other than the first print jobs unexecuted and execute all of the first print jobs based on the group information, and after that, execute the second print job; wherein the obtaining portion obtains, as the group information, information on a number of the first print jobs; and the printing system further comprises: a memory portion configured to store a job sequence based on which the first print jobs and the second print job are to be executed; a tentative reservation portion configured to, when the group information is received, add tentative print jobs to the job sequence in such a manner that the tentative print jobs are executed successively, a number of the tentative print jobs corresponding to the number indicated in the group information; and an altering portion configured to, when data for executing any one of the first print jobs is received from the server, alter the job sequence in such a manner that any one of the tentative print jobs is replaced with said any one of the first print jobs, wherein the job execution portion executes the first print jobs and the second print job based on the job sequence.