Patent Abstract:
A non-transitory recording medium has a program recorded therein that is executable by a computer. The program causes the computer to implement functions of a detection unit configured to detect an event which occurs in an output apparatus in which intervention of a user is required, and a screen displaying unit configured to display a notification screen including information relating to the event, an instruction reception field configured to receive an instruction to cope with the event from the user, and a preview image displaying reception field configured to receive a request for displaying a preview image of the output data from the user. The screen displaying unit is configured to display the preview image of the output data which was being output by the output apparatus when the event occurred, in response to receiving the request for displaying the preview image of the output data from the user.

Full Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    The present application is based on and claims the benefit of priority of Japanese Priority Application No. 2015-035824 filed on Feb. 25, 2015 with the Japanese Patent Office, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0003]    The disclosures herein generally relate to a non-transitory recording medium, an information processing apparatus, and an output management method. 
         [0004]    2. Description of the Related Art 
         [0005]    There are cases in which a user wants to confirm a print result of print data on papers without performing actual printing. A technique which displays a preview image of the print data in a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is known in the art. 
         [0006]    Japanese Patent No.4982404 discloses an image processing system which provides a preview image for a client apparatus in order to cause the client apparatus to display the preview image, thereby allowing a user of the client apparatus to refer to the preview image. 
         [0007]    The preview function of the above described image processing system is for meeting the need of the user for confirming the preview of the print result before an image forming apparatus starts to perform printing. Thus, the preview function of the above described image processing system is not supposed to be used by the user after the image forming apparatus starts to perform the printing. 
         [0008]    There are cases in which a user wants to display a preview image in order to determine an action to perform when an event requiring user intervention such as a failure has occurred after starting the printing. In the above described image processing apparatus, it is not easy to display the preview image when the event requiring the user intervention has occurred after starting the printing. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0009]    It is a general object of at least one embodiment of the present invention to provide a non-transitory recording medium, an information processing apparatus, and an output management method that substantially obviate one or more problems caused by the limitations and disadvantages of the related art. 
         [0010]    An embodiment of the present invention provides a non-transitory recording medium having a program recorded therein that is executable by a computer. The program when executed causes the computer to implement functions of a detection unit configured to detect an event which occurs in an output apparatus which outputs output data, intervention of a user being required in the event, and a screen displaying unit configured to display a notification screen, the notification screen including information relating to the event which occurred in the output apparatus, an instruction reception field configured to receive an instruction to cope with the event from the user, and a preview image displaying reception field configured to receive a request for displaying a preview image of the output data from the user. The screen displaying unit is configured to display the preview image of the output data which was being output by the output apparatus when the event occurred, in response to receiving the request for displaying the preview image of the output data from the user. 
         [0011]    An embodiment of the present invention also provides an information processing apparatus which includes a detection unit configured to detect an event which occurs in an output apparatus which outputs output data, intervention of a user being required in the event, and a screen displaying unit configured to display a notification screen, the notification screen including information relating to the event which occurred in the output apparatus, an instruction reception field configured to receive an instruction to cope with the event from the user, and a preview image displaying reception field configured to receive a request for displaying a preview image of the output data from the user. The screen displaying unit is configured to display the preview image of the output data which was being output by the output apparatus when the event occurred, in response to receiving the request for displaying the preview image of the output data from the user. An embodiment of the present invention also provides an output management method executed in an output management system, the output management system including a terminal apparatus operated by a user and an information processing apparatus for managing output data from an output apparatus, the output management method including a step of detecting an event which occurs in the output apparatus, intervention of the user being required in the event and a step of displaying a notification screen, the notification screen including information relating to the event which occurred in the output apparatus, an instruction reception field configured to receive an instruction to cope with the event from the user, and a preview image displaying reception field configured to receive a request for displaying a preview image of the output data from the user. The step of displaying the notification screen is performed by displaying the preview image of the output data which was being output by the output apparatus when the event occurred, in response to receiving the request for displaying the preview image of the output data from the user. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0012]      FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a print system according to a first embodiment; 
           [0013]      FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer of the first embodiment; 
           [0014]      FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a printer apparatus according to the first embodiment; 
           [0015]      FIG. 4  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a client apparatus according to the first embodiment; 
           [0016]      FIG. 5  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a print server apparatus according to the first embodiment; 
           [0017]      FIG. 6  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the printer apparatus according to the first embodiment; 
           [0018]      FIG. 7  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a preview image displaying process of the printing system according to the first embodiment; 
           [0019]      FIG. 8  is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a failure notification screen; 
           [0020]      FIG. 9  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process relating to a print preview screen; 
           [0021]      FIG. 10  is a sequence diagram illustrating another example of a preview image displaying process of the print system according to the first embodiment; 
           [0022]      FIG. 11  is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a failure notification screen; 
           [0023]      FIG. 12  is a conceptual diagram illustrating another example of a failure notification screen; and 
           [0024]      FIG. 13  is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a paper confirmation notification screen. 
       
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
       [0025]    In the following, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that although a print system will be described below as an example of an embodiment of an output system, the present invention is not limited to this. The output system may be an output system in which an output result of electronic data is displayed as a preview image and a user can confirm the preview image. 
       First Embodiment 
       [0026]    &lt;System Configuration&gt; 
         [0027]      FIG. 1  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a print system  1  according to a first embodiment. In the print system shown in  FIG. 1 , a print management system  5  is connected to one or more print apparatuses  14  via a network N 2  such as a local area network (LAN). In the print management system  5 , one or more print client apparatuses  10  are connected to a print server apparatus  12  via a network N 1  such as the local area network (LAN). The print server apparatus  12  is connected to the one or more print apparatuses  14  via the network N 2  such as the local area network (LAN). The print client apparatus  10 , the print server apparatus  12 , and the printer apparatus  14  are hosts of the networks N 1  and N 2 . 
         [0028]    The print client apparatus  10  is an information processing apparatus which is used by a user. The print client apparatus  10  may be a terminal apparatus such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, and a personal computer (PC). The print server apparatus  12  is an information processing apparatus which performs management of printing. Further, the print server apparatus  12  may be an information processing apparatus which is used by the user. 
         [0029]    The printer apparatus  14  is an apparatus which performs transferring (prints) print data on a paper. It should be noted that the printer apparatus  14  may be a copy machine, a multifunction peripheral, or the like which includes two or more functions such as a copying function, a scanning function, a facsimile function, and the like. It should be noted that a configuration of the print system  1  shown in  FIG. 1  is an example and the print system  1  may be another configuration. For example, in the print system  1  shown in  FIG. 1 , the print server apparatus  12  may include a plurality of information apparatuses. 
         [0030]    &lt;Hardware Configuration&gt; 
         [0031]    The print client apparatus  10  and the print server apparatus  12  shown in  FIG. 1  may be implemented by a computer having a hardware configuration as shown in  FIG. 2 , for example.  FIG. 2  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer  500 . 
         [0032]    In  FIG. 2 , the computer  500  includes an input device  501 , a display device  502 , an external I/F  503 , a RAM  504 , a ROM  505 , a CPU  506 , a communication I/F  507 , and a hard disk drive (HDD)  508  that are interconnected via a bus B. It should be noted that in some embodiments, the input device  501  and the display device  502  may be connected to the computer  500  when they need to be used. 
         [0033]    The input device  501  includes a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, and the like. The input device  501  is used for inputting various operation signals by the user. The display device  502  includes a display and the like. The display device  502  displays processing results of the computer  500 . The communication I/F  507  is an interface for connecting the computer  500  to the networks N 1  and N 2 . In this way, the computer  500  may perform data communication with other computers via the communication I/F  507 . 
         [0034]    The HDD  508  is an example of a nonvolatile storage device storing programs and data. The programs and the data stored in the HDD  508  may include an operating system (OS) which is basic software and controls overall operations of the computer  500 , application software (referred to as the application hereinafter) which provides various functions under the control of the OS, and the like. It should be noted that the computer  500  may use a drive apparatus (for example, a solid state drive (SSD)) which uses a flash memory as a storage medium instead of the HDD  508 . 
         [0035]    The external I/F  503  is an interface between the computer  500  and an external device. The external device may be a recording medium  503   a,  or the like. Thus, the computer  500  may read from and/or write on the storage medium  503   a  via the external I/F  503 . The storage medium  503   a  may be a flexible disk, a compact disk (CD), a digital versatile disk (DVD), an SD memory card, a universal serial bus (USB) memory, or the like. 
         [0036]    The ROM  505  is an example of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory (storage device) which can store programs and/or data even when the power is turned off. The ROM  505  stores programs and data such as a basic input/output system (BIOS) to be executed when the computer  500  is started, OS settings, network settings, and the like. The RAM  504  is an example of a volatile semiconductor memory (storage device) which temporarily stores programs and/or data. The CPU  506  includes an arithmetic and logic unit which reads a program and/or data from a storage device such as the ROM  505  and/or the HDD  508 , loads the program and/or data in the RAM  504 , and executes processes according to the program and/or data to control the overall operations and functions of the computer  500 . The print client apparatus  10  and the print server apparatus  12  of the first embodiment may implement various processes as described below using the above described hardware configuration of the computer  500 . 
         [0037]    The printer apparatus  14  shown in  FIG. 1  may be implemented by a hardware configuration shown in  FIG. 3 , for example.  FIG. 3  is a block diagram illustrating an example of the hardware configuration of the printer apparatus  14  according to the first embodiment. The printer apparatus  14  includes a controller  601 , an operation panel  602 , an external I/F  603 , a communication I/F  604 , a printer  605 , and the like. 
         [0038]    The controller  601  includes a CPU  611 , a RAM  612 , a ROM  613 , a non-volatile RAM (NVRAM)  614 , a HDD  615 , and the like. The ROM  613  stores various programs and data. The RAM  612  temporarily stores programs and data. The NVRAM  614  may store setting information, for example. The HDD  615  stores various programs and data. 
         [0039]    The CPU  611  may control the overall operations and functions of the printer apparatus  14  by loading out one or more of the programs, data, and setting information stored in the ROM  613 , the NVRAM  614 , or the HDD  615  onto the RAM  612 , and executing processes accordingly, for example. 
         [0040]    The operation panel  602  includes an input unit for receiving an operation input from the user, and a display unit for displaying information. The external I/F  603  is an interface between the printer apparatus  14  and an external device. The external device may be a recording medium  603   a,  or the like. In this way, the printer apparatus  14  may perform read/write operations on the recording medium  603   a  via the external I/F  603 . The recording medium  603   a  may be an IC card, a flexible disk, a CD, a DVD, an SD memory card, a USB memory, or the like. 
         [0041]    The communication I/F  604  is an interface for connecting the printer apparatus  14  to the network N 2 . In this way, the printer apparatus  14  may establish data communication with the print server apparatus  12  which is connected to the network N 2  via the communication I/F  604 . The printer  605  may print (transfer) print data onto a sheet such as paper (sheet). 
         [0042]    &lt;Software Configuration&gt; 
         [0043]    &lt;Print Client Apparatus&gt; 
         [0044]    The print client apparatus  10  of the first embodiment may be implemented by a functional configuration (process block) shown in  FIG. 4 , for example.  FIG. 4  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration (process block) of the print client apparatus  10 . 
         [0045]    The print client apparatus  10  implements a client function unit  21  by executing programs. The client function unit  21  has a configuration which includes a screen display unit  22  and a server communication unit  23 . 
         [0046]    The screen display unit  22  has a screen displaying function for performing conversation (interaction) with the user. The server communication unit  23  has a transmission function for transmitting a request to the print server apparatus  12  and a reception function for receiving a response and notification from the print server apparatus  12 . The client function unit  21  may provide the user with a means for controlling the print management system  5 . 
         [0047]    &lt;Print Server Apparatus&gt; 
         [0048]    The print server apparatus  12  according to the first embodiment may be implemented by a functional configuration (process block) shown in  FIG. 5 , for example.  FIG. 5  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration (process block) of the print server apparatus  12  according to the first embodiment. 
         [0049]    The print server apparatus  12  implement a client function unit  41  and a server function unit  45  by executing programs. The client function unit  41  has a configuration which includes a screen display unit  42  and a server communication unit  43 . The screen display unit  42  has a screen displaying function for performing conversation (interaction) with the user. 
         [0050]    The server communication unit  43  has a transmission function for transmitting a request to the server function unit  45  and a reception function for receiving a response and notification from the server function unit  45 . 
         [0051]    The print system  1  according to the first embodiment may be a configuration which includes at least one of the client function unit  21  of the print client apparatus  10  and the client function unit  41  of the print server apparatus  12 . 
         [0052]    The server function unit  45  includes a client communication unit  46 , an image generating unit  47 , a print management unit  48 , and a printer communication unit  49 . The client communication unit  46  has a reception function for receiving a response from the client function unit  21  of the print client apparatus  10  or the client function unit  41  of the print server apparatus  12  and a transmission function for transmitting a request and notification to the client function unit  21  or the client function unit  41 . 
         [0053]    The image generating unit  47  generates a preview image based on input print data. The print management unit  48  has a control function for controlling execution of the printing and a holding function for holding the print data. The printer communication unit  49  has a transmission function which transmits the print data to the printer apparatus  14  and a monitoring function which monitors status of the printer apparatus  14  and status of a print process. The server function unit  45  provides the client function unit  21  of the print client apparatus  10  or the client function unit  41  of the print server apparatus  12  with a print management function. 
         [0054]    &lt;Printer Apparatus&gt; 
         [0055]    The printer apparatus  14  according to the first embodiment may be implemented by a functional configuration (process block) shown in  FIG. 6 , for example.  FIG. 6  is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration (process block) of the printer apparatus  14 . The printer apparatus  14  includes a communication unit  61 , a print processing unit  62 , and a status confirmation unit  63 . 
         [0056]    The communication unit  61  has a reception function for receiving the print data from the print server apparatus  12  and a confirmation request for confirming the status of the printer apparatus  14  and the print process status, and a transmission function for transmitting a confirmation response of the status of the printer apparatus  14  and the print process status. 
         [0057]    The print processing unit  62  performs a print process which prints the received print data from the printer  605  according to print settings. The status confirmation unit  63  confirms the status of the printer apparatus  14  and the status of the print process in response to receiving the confirmation request for confirming the status of the printer apparatus  14  and the print process status. The status confirmation unit  63  transmits the confirmation response of the status of the printer apparatus  14  and the status of the print process to the print server apparatus  12  using the communication unit  61 . 
         [0058]    &lt;Details of Process&gt; 
         [0059]    In the following, details of processes of the print system  1  according to the first embodiment will be described. The print system  1  according to the first embodiment may displays the preview image following the steps shown in  FIG. 7 , for example, when an event in which intervention of the user is required such as confirmation of papers (notification of paper confirmation), occurrence of failure, or the like has occurred after starting the printing. It should be noted that the failure may be a jam which has occurred in a conveyance path of the printer apparatus  14  or a paper-out condition on the printer apparatus  14 . An example in which the user controls the print management system  5  from the client function unit  41  of the print server apparatus  12  will be described with reference to  FIG. 7 . 
         [0060]      FIG. 7  is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a preview image displaying process of the print system  1  according to the first embodiment. In step S 1 , the user selects a print job for performing the printing from a print job management screen displayed in the screen display unit  42  in order to request starting of the printing. In step S 2 , the screen display unit  42  requests the server communication unit  43  to start the printing of the print job selected by the user. 
         [0061]    In step S 3 , the server communication unit  43  requests the client communication unit  46  of the server function unit  45  to start the printing of the print job selected by the user. In step S 4 , the client communication unit  46  requests the print management unit  48  to start the printing of the print job selected by the user. 
         [0062]    In step S 5 , the print management unit  48  requests the printer communication unit  49  to start the printing of the print job selected by the user. 
         [0063]    At that time, the print management unit  48  stores (preserves) the print data of the print job which is requested to start printing in the storage unit of the print server apparatus  12 . 
         [0064]    In step S 6 , the printer communication unit  49  transmits the print data of the print job selected by the user to the printer apparatus  14 . The printer apparatus  14  starts a print process of the received print data. 
         [0065]    In step S 7 , the printer communication unit  49  confirms the status of the printer apparatus  14  and the status of the print process with respect to the printer apparatus  14  in at every predetermined time (at constant intervals). The status of the printer apparatus  14  may be an operational status of the printer apparatus  14 , an error occurrence situation or the like. The status of the print process may be progress of the print process of the print data, an error occurrence situation or the like. 
         [0066]    The printer communication unit  49  notifies the print management unit  48  of failure information in step S 8  in response to detecting the error occurrence of the printer apparatus  14  or the print process in step S 7 . It should be noted that the failure information may include identification information of the print job in which the error has occurred, a page number being printed at timing (point of time) when the error occurred, content of the error and the like. In step S 9 , the print management unit  48  notifies the client communication unit  46  of the failure information. 
         [0067]    In step S 10 , the client communication unit  46  notifies the server communication unit  43  of the client function unit  41  of the failure information. In step S 11 , the server communication unit  43  notifies the screen display unit  42  of the failure information. In step S 12 , the screen display unit  42  generates a failure notification screen  1000  as shown in  FIG. 8  based on the notified failure information in order to display the failure notification screen  1000  in the display device  502 . 
         [0068]      FIG. 8  is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of the failure notification screen  1000 . The failure notification screen  1000  shown in  FIG. 8  is a configuration which includes a failure information displaying area  1001 , a print job information displaying area  1002 , and a failure response instruction area  1003 . The failure notification screen  1000  is a screen for providing the user with the failure information and for receiving an instruction (operation) to cope with the failure from the user. 
         [0069]    The failure information displaying area  1001  displays the content of the error occurring in the printer apparatus  14 , and the page number being printed at the timing when the error occurred. The print job information displaying area  1002  displays the identification information (ID, name, or the like) of the print job in which the error has occurred. 
         [0070]    In the failure response instruction area  1003 , for receiving the instruction to cope with the failure from the user, a button, a radio button, a checkbox or the like may be arranged. In the failure response instruction area  1003  shown in  FIG. 8 , a print stop button  1012  and a reprinting button  1013  for performing reprinting by specifying a page from which the printing restarts are arranged. Further, in the failure response instruction area  1003 , a preview button  1011  for starting a print preview screen is arranged. 
         [0071]    The user may easily display the preview image of the print job in which the error has occurred by pushing the preview button  1011  arranged in the failure notification screen  1000 . As described above, in the print system  1  according to the first embodiment, the user may easily call up the preview image displaying function of the print job in which the error has occurred from the failure notification screen  1000 . 
         [0072]    In step S 13 , the user requests the screen display unit  42  to display the preview image of the print job in which the error has occurred by pushing the preview button  1011  in the failure notification screen  1000 . The page of the print job displayed in the preview image may be the page being printed at the timing when the error occurred or a page which has been specified by the user. 
         [0073]    In step S 14 , the screen display unit  42  of the print server apparatus  12  requests the server communication unit  43  to obtain the preview image. In step S 15 , the server communication unit  43  requests the client communication unit  46  of the server function unit  45  to obtain the preview image. 
         [0074]    In step S 16 , the client communication unit  46  requests the image generating unit  47  to obtain the preview image, and obtains the preview image. It should be noted that the image generating unit  47  may read out the print data of the print job stored in a storage unit of the print server apparatus  12  and convert the print data into the preview image. 
         [0075]    In step S 17 , the client communication unit  46  provides the server communication unit  43  of the client function unit  41  with the preview image. In step S 18 , the server communication unit  43  provides the screen display unit  42  with the preview image provided from the client communication unit  46 . In step S 19 , the screen display unit  42  displays the print preview screen which includes the preview image, which is provided from the server communication unit  43 , in the display device  502 . 
         [0076]      FIG. 9  is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process relating to the print preview screen. The process goes to step S 22  from step S 21  when the screen display unit  42  is notified of the failure information. In response to the notification of the failure information, the failure notification screen  1000 , in which the preview button  1011  is arranged, is generated as shown in  FIG. 8 . The screen display unit  42  displays the failure notification screen  1000 , which is generated, in the display device  502 . 
         [0077]    In response to an event in which the button on the failure notification screen  1000  is pushed (YES in step S 23 ), the screen display unit  42  goes to (perform) a process according to the pushing of the button. In response to an event in which the print stop button  1012  is pushed, the screen display unit  42  goes to step S 24  and requests the server communication unit  43  to stop the printing, and the printing is stopped. 
         [0078]    In response to pushing of the reprinting button  1013  for performing the reprinting by specifying the page from which the printing restarts, the screen display unit  42  goes to step S 25 . Then, the screen display unit  42  transmits, to the server communication unit  43 , the reprinting request in which the start page is specified and cause to perform the reprinting in which the start page is specified. In response to pushing of the preview button  1011 , the print server apparatus  12  goes to step S 26  and performs the preview displaying process for causing the display device  502  to display the print preview screen as shown in step S 14  to S 19  in  FIG. 7 . After displaying the print preview screen, the screen display unit  42  returns to step S 23  and continues the process. 
         [0079]    As described above,  FIG. 7  shows an example in which the user controls the print management system  5  from the client function unit  41  of the print server apparatus  12 . In the print system  1  according to the first embodiment, the print management system  5  may be controlled from the client function unit  21  of the print client apparatus  10  as shown in  FIG. 10 .  FIG. 10  is a sequence diagram illustrating another example of a preview image displaying process of the print system  1  according to the first embodiment. 
         [0080]    In the sequence diagram shown in  FIG. 10 , the client function unit  21  of the print client apparatus  10  requests the server function unit  45  of the print server apparatus  12  to execute the process instead of the client function unit  41  shown in the sequence diagram in  FIG. 7 . Since other processes of the sequence diagram in  FIG. 10  are similar to the sequence diagram in  FIG. 7 , descriptions of the processes in  FIG. 7  are omitted. 
         [0081]    As described above, the print system  1  according to the first embodiment may request displaying of the preview image of the print job in which the error has occurred from the client function unit  21  of the print client apparatus  10  or the client function unit  41  of the server apparatus  12 . 
         [0082]    Next, a specific example of the failure notification screen  1000  shown in  FIG. 8  will be described.  FIG. 11  is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a failure notification screen  1100 . Similar to the failure notification screen  1000  shown in  FIG. 8 , the failure notification screen  1100  shown in  FIG. 11  is a configuration which includes a failure information displaying area  1101 , a print job information displaying area  1102 , and a failure response instruction area  1103 . 
         [0083]    In  FIG. 11 , the failure notification screen  1100  shows an example in which the error has occurred in the printer apparatus  14  at a third page of a first copy (a first edition) of the print job. In the failure information displaying area  1101 , a message which indicates that the error has occurred in the printer apparatus  14  at the third page of the first copy of the print job is displayed. Further, in the print job information displaying area  1102 , a management number, a reception ID, a job name, and a serial number are displayed as the identification information of the print job in which the error has occurred. 
         [0084]    In the failure response instruction area  1103 , a radiobox (radio button) for prompting the user to specify a report cancel, a job cancel, and a reprinting for performing the reprinting in which the start page is specified are arranged. The user may select the report cancellation, the job cancellation, or the reprinting in which the start page is specified as an instruction to cope with the failure, from the radiobox (radio button) arranged in the failure response instruction area  1103 . 
         [0085]    Further, in the failure response instruction area  1103 , the preview button  1104  for starting the print preview screen is arranged. The user may easily display the preview image of the print job in which the error has occurred by pushing the preview button  1104  arranged in the failure notification screen  1100 . 
         [0086]    The preview image displayed at first may be a page being printed at the timing (point of time) when the error occurred or a page specified by a text box positioned at the left side of the preview button  1104 . 
         [0087]    The specification of the page with respect to the text box positioned at the left side of the preview button  1104  may be performed by the user. However, the page being printed at the timing when the error occurred may be specified as the default, for example. In other words, a value which indicates the page of the print data which page was being output by the printer apparatus  14  may be displayed in the text box as the default. This is because the preview image of the page which the user wants to confirm in a case in which the error has occurred is often the page being printed at the timing when the error occurred. 
         [0088]    Thus, to specify the page being printed at the timing when the error occurred may omit the specifying operation of the page by the user. To use the failure notification screen  1100  shown in  FIG. 11  may enable the user to call up easily the preview image displaying function of the print job in which the error has occurred. 
         [0089]      FIG. 12  is a conceptual diagram illustrating another example of a failure notification screen  1200 . Similar to the failure notification screen  1100  shown in  FIG. 11 , the failure notification screen  1200  shown in  FIG. 12  is a configuration which includes a failure information displaying area  1201 , a print job information displaying area  1202 , and a failure response instruction area  1203 . The failure notification screen  1200  shown in  FIG. 12  differs from the failure notification screen  1100  shown in  FIG. 11  in that a test print instruction area  1205  is arranged in the failure response instruction area  1203 . 
         [0090]    The user may perform a test print by instructing from the test print instruction area  1205  before selecting any one of a report cancellation, a job cancellation, and a reprinting in which the start page is specified from the failure response instruction area  1203  as an instruction to cope with the failure. In the test print instruction area  1205 , the text box for specifying the start page and the last page is arranged as an area specification of the test print. Further, in the test print instruction area  1205 , the preview buttons  1204  are arranged at the right side of the text box for specifying the start page and the last page. 
         [0091]    The user may easily display the preview image of the start page from which the test print is to be performed by pushing the preview button  1204  arranged at the right side of the text box for specifying the start page. Further, the user may easily display the preview image of the last page to which the test print is to be performed by pushing the preview buttons  1204  arranged at the right side of the text box for specifying the last page. 
       Another Embodiment 
       [0092]    The print system  1  according to first embodiment has the configuration which includes the print client apparatus  10 , the print server apparatus  12 , and the printer apparatus  14  as shown in  FIG. 1 . As for another embodiment, the print system  1  may be a configuration in which the server function unit  45  shown in  FIG. 5  is mounted on the print client apparatus  10  in order to omit the print server apparatus  12 . 
         [0093]    Further, in the above described first embodiment, the examples in which the user displays the preview image from the failure notification screen  1000 , the failure notification screen  1100 , and the failure notification screen  1200  have been described. However, some embodiments may display the preview image from a paper confirmation notification screen  1300  as shown in  FIG. 13 . The paper confirmation notification screen  1300  is a screen for prompting the user to confirm the paper (sheet) which is set in the printer apparatus  14 . 
         [0094]    The paper confirmation notification screen  1300  shown in  FIG. 13  is a configuration which includes a paper confirmation information displaying area  1301 , a print job information displaying area  1302 , a test print instruction area  1303 , and a paper confirmation response instruction area  1304 . Similar to the failure notification screen  1200  shown in  FIG. 12 , the test print may be performed from the test print instruction area  1303  in the paper confirmation notification screen  1300  shown in  FIG. 13 . In the test print instruction area  1303 , the text box for specifying the start page and the last page is arranged as an area specification of the test print. 
         [0095]    Further, in the test print instruction area  1303 , the preview button  1305  is arranged at the right side of the text box for specifying the start page and the last page. The user may easily display the preview image of the start page from which the test print is to be performed by pushing the preview button  1305  arranged at the right side of the text box for specifying the start page. Further, the user may easily display the preview image of the last page to which the test print is to be performed by pushing the preview button  1305  arranged at the right side of the text box for specifying the last page. 
         [0096]    &lt;Summary&gt; 
         [0097]    According to the above described embodiments, the user may easily display the preview image when the event in which the intervention of the user is required such as confirmation of papers, occurrence of failure, or the like is required has occurred after starting the printing. To make the preview image information for making a decision may enable the user to perform the instruction to cope with the failure or the confirmation of the papers appropriately. 
         [0098]    For example, in a case in which the print data is a report of a CSV format, the user may specify the start page of the reprinting appropriately by displaying the preview image in order to confirm displaying content of each of the pages. 
         [0099]    Further, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, but various variations and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that the printer communication unit  49  is an example of a detecting unit. The screen display units  22  and  24  are examples of screen display units. The print management unit  48  is an example of an output management unit. The failure notification screen  1000  and the paper confirmation notification screen  1300  are examples of notification screens. 
         [0100]    The preview button  1011  and the preview button  1305  are examples of preview image displaying reception fields (units). The failure response instruction area  1003  and the paper confirmation response instruction area  1304  are examples of instruction reception fields (units). The print client apparatus  10  is an example of a terminal apparatus. The print server apparatus  12  is an example of an information processing apparatus. The printer apparatus  14  is an example of an output apparatus. The print data is an example of output data. The print management system  5  is an example of an output management system. The text box is an example an input box.

Technology Classification (CPC): 6