| US 7,492,474 B2 | ||
| Information processing apparatus, distributed printing controlling method, storing medium and program | ||
| Koichiro Wanda, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 05, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/446,116. | ||
| Application 11/446116 is a division of application No. 09/949715, filed on Sep. 12, 2001, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2000-276482 (JP), filed on Sep. 12, 2000; and application No. 2001-257700 (JP), filed on Aug. 28, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0221392 A1, Oct. 05, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 358—1.15 [709/201] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A distribution printing system that controls distribution printing, comprising:
a child job controller that controls generating of a plurality of child jobs for a plurality of printers based on intermediate
data generated as a parent job in accordance with application data, in response to input of an instruction for distribution
printing;
an output controller that controls outputting each of the plurality of child jobs to a corresponding one of the plurality
of printers;
a determination unit that determines, when deletion of one of the plurality of child jobs is instructed, whether another of
the plurality of child jobs is present or no other ones of the plurality of child jobs are present; and
a deletion controller that controls deletion of the plurality of child jobs and the parent job, wherein said deletion controller
deletes the one child job, without deleting the parent job, if another of the plurality of child jobs is present, and deletes
the one child job and the parent job, if no other ones of the plurality of child jobs are present based on a determination
made by said determination unit.
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