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EP-4254161-B1 - PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND RECYCLED PAPER PRODUCTION METHOD

EP4254161B1EP 4254161 B1EP4254161 B1EP 4254161B1EP-4254161-B1

Inventors

  • WAKASA, TAKAHIRO

Dates

Publication Date
20260506
Application Date
20230327

Claims (10)

  1. A recycled paper production method comprising: a printing step (SP) of performing printing on recording paper using a first printing section (10), which includes a print control section (100); a print information acquisition step (S210) of acquiring first print information (Psi) indicating a print status in the first printing section, the first print information being received from the print control section (100); a determination step (S240) of determining whether or not collection of waste paper is necessary according to the print status indicated by the first print information (Psi); a print request step (S250) for printing a collection form in the case that the determination step determines that the collection of the waste paper is necessary; a print processing step (S260, S180) of printing the collection form using the first printing section (10) in the case that the determination step determines that the collection of the waste paper is necessary; a collection step (S280) of collecting waste paper using the collection form; and a production step of producing recycled paper from the collected waste paper, wherein the first print information (Psi) includes information on the number of printed sheets for each type of recording paper on which printing is performed.
  2. The recycled paper production method according to claim 1, further comprising: a first mode and a second mode, wherein in the first mode, in the print request step (S240-S260), the collection form is printed based on the first print information (Psi), and in the collection step (S280), the waste paper is collected using the collection form based on the first print information (Psi), and in the second mode, in the print request step (S240), the collection form is not printed regardless of the first print information, and in the collection step, the waste paper is collected without using the collection form based on the first print information.
  3. The recycled paper production method according to claim 1, wherein the first print information (Psi) includes information indicating presence or absence of a transport error of the recording paper, and in the print request step (S240-S260), a timing at which the collection form is printed is faster when the first print information includes information indicating that the transport error occurs than when the first print information does not include the information indicating that the transport error occurs.
  4. The recycled paper production method according to claim 1, wherein the first print information (Psi) includes information on whether or not a printed matter includes confidential information.
  5. The recycled paper production method according to claim 1, wherein in the print request step (S240-S260), the collection form is printed based on the first print information (Psi) stored in a first storage section (130) and collection information (Csi) indicating a collection status of the waste paper collection.
  6. The recycled paper production method according to claim 1, wherein in the print request step (S240-S260), when it is determined that the waste paper collection is necessary and an administrator of the first printing section (10) permits printing of the collection form, the print request section (260) prints the collection form, and in the print request step, when it is determined that the waste paper collection is necessary and the administrator of the first printing section does not permit the printing of the collection form, the print request section waits for the permission to print the collection form.
  7. The recycled paper production method according to claim 1, wherein identification information (ID) for specifying a collection destination for the waste paper collection is printed on the collection form.
  8. The recycled paper production method according to claim 1, wherein in the print request step (S240-S260), whether or not the waste paper collection is necessary is determined based on the first print information (Psi1) indicating the print status in the first printing section (10-1) and second print information (Psi2) indicating a print status in a second printing section (10-2) different from the first printing section.
  9. A print management system (SY) comprising: a first storage section (130) configured to store first print information (Psi) indicating a print status in a first printing section (10), which includes a print control section (100), the first print information having been received from the print control section (100); a determination section (200) configured to determine whether or not waste paper collection is necessary based on the print status indicated by the first print information; the print control section (100) being configured to control the first printing section (10) to print a collection form in the case that the determination section (200) determines that the collection of the waste paper is necessary; and a collection request section (250) configured to request the waste paper collection for recycling by using the collection form based on the determination result of the determination section, wherein the first print information (Psi) includes information on the number of printed sheets for each type of recording paper on which printing is performed.
  10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a print management program, the print management program causing a computer to execute: a first acquisition function of communicating with a printing section (10) which includes a print control section (100) to acquire a print status in the printing section; a determination function of determining whether or not waste paper collection is necessary based on the print status, the print status being received from the print control section (100); a print control function performed by the print control section (100) of controlling the printing section (10) to print a collection form in the case that the determination function determines that the collection of the waste paper is necessary; and a collection request function of requesting the waste paper collection for recycling by using the collection form based on the determination result of the determination function, wherein the first print information (Psi) includes information on the number of printed sheets for each type of recording paper on which printing is performed.

Description

BACKGROUND 1. Technical Field The present disclosure relates to a print management system and a recycled paper production method. 2. Related Art In the related art, as a printing apparatus for forming a character or an image on paper, a printing apparatus capable of communicating via the Internet as disclosed in JP-A-2020-088593 is known. In recent years, environmental protection has been increasingly required. JP 2007-137648 discloses a waste paper recovery management device managed by a person in charge of operation management, which is provided with a means for registering waste paper recovery request information from a business company office into a recovery request information data base. The device includes a means for performing processing for a waste paper recovery request for a recovery business company based on the waste paper recovery request information registered in the recovery request information data base, and a means for registering waste paper recovery actual results information by the recovery business company into a recovery actual results information data base by associating the information with each business company office. SUMMARY According to the invention, there is provided a recycled paper production method as defined in claim 1. According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a print management system as defined in claim 9. According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a print management program as defined in claim 10. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an outline of waste paper collection using a print management system.FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the print management system.FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation example of the print management system.FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation example of the print management system.FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an operation example of a print management system of a second embodiment.FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an outline of waste paper collection using a print management system of a third embodiment. DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. The drawings used are for convenience of explanation. 1. First Embodiment 1.1 Outline of Waste Paper Collection Using Print Management System FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an outline of waste paper collection using a print management system SY. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the print management system SY of a first embodiment includes a printing apparatus 1 and a management server 2. The printing apparatus 1 and the management server 2 are communicably connected to each other by using, for example, a signal line such as a LAN (Local Area Network) cable. In addition to the print management system SY, FIG. 1 illustrates a user 3 of the printing apparatus 1 and a waste paper collector 4 that collects used recording paper from the user 3 as waste paper. The printing apparatus 1 and the management server 2 may be communicably connected by wireless communication that does not use a signal line. Here, the waste paper is unnecessary paper, and includes, for example, paper whose intended use has ended after printing, paper which has failed in printing and is not used, or the like. In addition, the user 3 is not limited to a person that directly operates the printing apparatus 1, and includes a corporation or the like that causes an employee to perform the operation. The printing apparatus 1 stores an identification information ID that specifies the user 3. The identification information ID is information for specifying the user 3 who uses the printing apparatus 1, and includes, for example, information such as the name, address, and contact information of the user 3. The identification information ID stored in the printing apparatus 1 is output to the management server 2. Further, the printing apparatus 1 generates and outputs a printed matter by executing print processing on the recording paper based on the operation of the user 3. Specifically, image data Dp including information on characters and images formed on the recording paper by the operation of the user 3 is input to the printing apparatus 1. The printing apparatus 1 executes print processing of printing a character or an image corresponding to information included in the input image data Dp on a recording paper. Then, the printing apparatus 1 outputs the recording paper on which the print processing has been executed as a printed matter. Here, the printing apparatus 1 only needs to be able to print the character or image corresponding to the information included in the image data Dp on the recording paper. For example, the printing apparatus 1 may be an ink jet printer that prints a desired character or image on the recording paper by landing ink on