Patent ID: 9092722
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A printing control apparatus to communicate with a document management server, an image forming apparatus, and an information processing apparatus, wherein the document management server manages document information, and wherein the information processing apparatus is operated by a user, the printing control apparatus comprising: at least one processor coupled to a memory; a storage unit configured to store a print condition table including element information and display information corresponding to the element information; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first feed information from the document management server using a uniform resource locator (URL) designated from the information processing apparatus through a subscription site setting screen, wherein the first feed information represents a state of the document information managed by the document management server; a print condition setting screen generation unit configured to generate a print condition setting screen based on display information, wherein the display information is based on the first feed information element information according to the element information included in the print condition table; a receiving unit configured to receive a print condition set via the print condition setting screen from the information processing apparatus, and configured to store the received print condition; a condition determination unit configured to determine, after the first acquisition unit uses the URL to reacquire feed information from the document management server as second feed information, whether the second feed information matches the stored print condition stored by the receiving unit; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the document management server and in a case where the condition determination unit determines that the second feed information matches the stored print condition, a document and document information based on the second feed information; a specifying unit configured to specify an available image forming apparatus based on an acquired status of the image forming apparatus; an image a generation unit configured to, in a case where a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus are specified as the available image forming apparatus by the specifying unit, generate a first preview image based on first print setting information set in the first image forming apparatus and the acquired document information and generate a second preview image based on second print setting information set in the second image forming apparatus and the acquired document information; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the information processing apparatus, third feed information, wherein the third feed information is generated by adding the first and second preview images generated by the image generation unit and information of the available first and second image forming apparatuses specified by the specifying unit to the second feed information that matches the stored print condition, wherein the storage unit, the first acquisition unit, the print condition setting screen generation unit, the receiving unit, the condition determination unit, the second acquisition unit, the specifying unit, the image generation unit, and the transmission unit are implemented by the at least one processor.