Patent ID: 7729002
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing system wherein a plurality of printers, for printing depending upon a print job, are connected through a network, to hold print jobs over the plurality of printers so that information of the print job, for a predetermined system user, can be displayed of among the print jobs being held, the system comprising: a collating-information acquiring section that acquires collating information to collate the system user; a plurality of print-job holding sections that hold a plurality of print jobs corresponding respectively to and relevant to the plurality of printers, in association with the collating information; a print-job-information acquiring section that acquires print-job information matched to the acquired collating information of among the information of the print jobs being held by the print-job holding sections; a print-job-information display section that displays the acquired piece of print job information and, when displaying the print-job information, displays preferentially print-job information higher in possibility to make a printing of among those pieces of print-job information to display; and a print-count-information acquiring section that acquires information about a print count as to print job, the print-iob-information display section displaying the print-job information in an order of greater print count as to print job of among those pieces of print-job information to display, depending upon the print-count information acquired.