Patent ID: 8351064

Claim:
An image output setting control system comprising: an output condition reception section that receives a setting of an output condition concerning an image output process; a first output instruction section that provides an instruction so that an output process is performed in accordance with the output condition received by the output condition reception section; and an image output apparatus that performs an output process in accordance with the instruction provided by the first output instruction section, wherein the output condition reception section receives, for a single output instruction, an instruction input of an output condition different for each predetermined range, and the first output instruction section provides an output instruction, in which an output condition different for each output range is set, to the image output apparatus in accordance with the output conditions for the respective predetermined ranges received by the output condition reception section, and wherein an image output instruction apparatus provided with the output condition reception section; and a management server provided with the first output instruction section, wherein the image output instruction apparatus includes an output condition notification section that notifies the output instruction section of information of the output conditions for the respective predetermined range received by the output condition reception section before notifying the management server of an output instruction, and a second output instruction section, when the output conditions for the respective predetermined range received by the output condition reception section are determined, the second output instruction section provides the output instruction, in which an output condition different for each output range is set, to the management server, the management server includes an output apparatus function information acquisition section that acquires, from plural types of image output apparatuses having different functions, function information of the respective image output apparatuses, the output apparatus function information acquisition section that manages the acquired function information, and a suitable output apparatus selection section that selects one of the image output apparatuses being capable of executing a process in accordance with the output condition for each predetermined range, based on (i) the information of the output condition for each predetermined range notified by the output condition notification section and (ii) the function information managed by the output apparatus function information acquisition section, and upon receipt of the output instruction provided by the second output instruction section, the first output instruction section provides the output instruction to the image output apparatus selected for each output condition by the suitable output apparatus selection section.