Patent ID: 8817281
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A document processing server on which an application that processes document data under instructions from a client device runs and on which the document data is managed, comprising: an acquiring unit which acquires print environment information about an outputting print device specified according to a print instruction for the document data from the client device, wherein the print environment information includes identification information of the outputting print device and print setting capability information; a sending unit which sends the acquired print environment information to a print setting server; a receiving unit which receives, from the print setting server, print setting information acquired by the print setting server providing advanced print setting screen data corresponding to the print environment information to the client device; and an outputting unit which outputs the document data instructed to be printed and the received print setting information for printing with the outputting print device, wherein each of print setting servers is provided by a different one of a plurality of print device manufacturers, and the sending unit refers to the identification information for identifying a print setting server provided by a manufacturer of the outputting print device included in the print environment information and sends the print environment information to the identified print setting server from the print setting servers.