JP-7856608-B2 - Information processing device and program

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Inventors

浜田祐丞
宮崎創
西耕一郎
茎津有貴

Assignees

東芝テック株式会社

Dates

Publication Date: 20260511
Application Date: 20230810

Claims (3)

An information processing device that is connected to a server in a manner that enables communication with the server, which stores registration information including first printable media type information, second printable media type information, and printing device location information for each printing device corresponding to the registration information, The system includes a control unit that receives print media type information indicating the type of print medium to which an image will be printed, transmits the received print media type information to the server, then receives the registration information from the server as a response to the transmitted print media type information, and displays print device information indicating one or more printing devices on the display unit based on the received registration information . The first printable media type information is information indicating the type of printing media set in the printing device, The second printable media type information is information indicating the types of printable media that are provided to customers as printable media by the printing device at the facility where the printing device is located. When the server receives the print media type information, it determines, for each printing device corresponding to the registration information, whether or not the print media of the specified type is stored as a print media that can be set in the printing device, based on the difference between the first printable print media type information and the second printable print media type information, and transmits the registration information corresponding to each of the one or more printing devices that have been determined to store the print media of the specified type to the information processing device. Information processing device.
The control unit, in response to the received operation, causes the display unit to display a map showing the location of each of the selected one or more printing devices. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1.
The computer of an information processing device, which is connected to a server that stores registration information including first printable media type information, second printable media type information, and printing device location information for each printing device corresponding to the registration information, The information processing device receives print media type information indicating the type of print medium to which the image will be printed. The information processing device receives the print media type information and transmits it to the server. Subsequently, the server receives the registration information from the information processing device as a response to the print media type information transmitted by the information processing device. Based on the registration information received by the information processing device , the device displays information on one or more printing devices on the display unit. It is a program , The first printable media type information is information indicating the type of printing media set in the printing device, The second printable media type information is information indicating the types of printable media that are provided to customers as printable media by the printing device at the facility where the printing device is located. When the server receives the print media type information, it determines, for each printing device corresponding to the registration information, whether or not the print media of the specified type is stored as a print media that can be set in the printing device, based on the difference between the first printable print media type information and the second printable print media type information, and transmits the registration information corresponding to each of the one or more printing devices that have been determined to store the print media of the specified type to the information processing device. program.

Description

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an information processing device and a program. Conventionally, information processing devices have been known that can search for multifunction printers near the user's current location that are capable of printing the image the user wants to print. Japanese Patent Publication No. 2018-111580 This is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of information processing system 1.This figure shows an example of the types of printing media set in each paper feed cassette of a certain printing device 20.This figure shows an example of an image displaying a list of target printing devices.This figure shows an example of a map displayed by the first information processing device when the first information processing device receives an operation via button BA shown in Figure 3.This figure shows an example of the functional configuration of the information processing device 30.This figure shows an example of the processing flow for the first information processing device to display a list of target printing devices.This diagram shows an example of the processing flow when server 10, which has acquired search information, outputs registration information. The information processing system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In each drawing, identical components are denoted by the same reference numerals. As an example of the information processing system according to the embodiment, information processing system 1 will be described as an example. (Configuration of the information processing system) Referring to Figure 1, the configuration of the information processing system 1 will be explained. Figure 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information processing system 1. Information processing system 1 prompts the user to search for a printing device suitable for printing the image the user desires. The information processing system 1 comprises, for example, a server 10, N printing devices 20, and M information processing devices 30. N can be any integer, provided there is one or more integers. M can be any integer, provided there is one or more integers. For convenience of explanation, each of the N printing devices 20 is represented by the same symbol. However, some or all of the N printing devices 20 may be of different types. In Figure 1, for simplification, three printing devices 20 are shown as an example of the N printing devices 20. Each of the M information processing devices 30 is represented by the same symbol for convenience of explanation. However, some or all of the M information processing devices 30 may be of different types. In Figure 1, for simplification, one printing device 20 is shown as an example of the M information processing devices 30. In the information processing system 1, the server 10 is connected to each of the N printing devices 20 via wireless or wired communication. In the example shown in Figure 1, the server 10 is connected to each of the three printing devices 20 via wired communication. The server 10 may communicate with some or all of the N printing devices 20 via different communication networks, or they may communicate with each other via the same communication network. In the information processing system 1, the server 10 is connected to each of the M information processing devices 30 via wireless or wired communication. In the example shown in Figure 1, the server 10 is connected to one of the information processing devices 30 via wireless communication. The server 10 may communicate with some or all of the M information processing devices 30 via different communication networks, or they may communicate via the same communication network. As an example, we will describe the case where these N printing devices 20 are already logged into the server 10. That is, in this embodiment, the process related to logging into the server 10 by these N printing devices 20 will be omitted from the explanation. As another example, we will describe the case where these M information processing devices 30 are already logged into the server 10. That is, in this embodiment, the process related to logging into the server 10 by these M information processing devices 30 will be omitted from the explanation. Server 10 receives operations from each of the M information processing devices 30. For the sake of explanation, the information processing device 30 shown in Figure 1 will be referred to as the first information processing device. The processing performed by Server 10 in response to operations received from the first information processing device is the same as the processing performed by Server 10 in response to operations received from the other information processing devices 30. As an example, the configuration of Server 10 will be explained using the processing performed by Server 10 when an operation is received from the first information processing device as an examp