IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, PROGRAM, PRINTER DRIVER AND SYSTEM

• Main Authors: OGAWA TATSUYA, NAKASHITA TSUNAHITO, FUKUI AKITOMO, HANEDA MANABU, KOSHIGAYA MOTOKI, KUBOTA TSUTOMU, TABUCHI HIDETAKA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 13.12.2023
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRINTING; REGULATING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To manage whether or not a print output can be surely delivered to a user, as a delivery history.SOLUTION: An image formation apparatus 100 performs printing based on a printing job (S203), receives a completion notification from an automatic printed matter delivery device 300 (S212), transmits a reception confirmation request to a PC corresponding to a user (request source user and designated user) based on the job according to the reception of the completion notification (S217), receives a confirmation request based on a user operation performed by the PC relevant to the reception confirmation request from the PC (S218), and registers information indicating that the printed matter is received by the user based on the job as a job history of the job according to the reception of the confirmation notification (completion registration; S220).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10 【課題】印刷出力を取得すべきユーザーに確実に配達できたか否かを配達履歴として管理できるようにすること。【解決手段】画像形成装置１００は、印刷ジョブに基づき印刷を行い（Ｓ２０３）、自動印刷物配達装置３００から完了通知を受信する（Ｓ２１２）。この完了通知の受信に応じて、前記ジョブに基づくユーザー（依頼元ユーザーや指定ユーザー）に対応するＰＣに対して、受取確認要求を送信する（Ｓ２１７）。さらに、この受取確認要求に関連してＰＣで行われたユーザー操作に基づく確認通知を、ＰＣから受信する（Ｓ２１８）。この確認通知の受信に応じて、前記印刷物が前記ジョブに基づくユーザーにより受け取られたことをと示す情報を、前記ジョブのジョブ履歴として登録する（完了登録；Ｓ２２０）。【選択図】図１０