PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER MACHINE, CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINT SERVER MACHINE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a client PC 9 to check the status of a printer 5 even when print data is transmitted to a print server 11 without communicating with the printer 5 in authenticated printing.;SOLUTION: The client PC 9 transmits the print data 9b for authenticated printing to a print server 11a of a print server PC 11. The print server 11a stores the print data 9b, and thereafter, when a user is authenticated, transmits the stored print data 9b to the printer 5. In this process, the status monitor 9c of the client PC 9 transmits a status request related to the printer 5 to the print server PC11. The printer MIB proxy 11b of the print server PC 11 acquires status information (printer MIB5b) from the printer 5, and transmits the acquired status information to the client PC 9 in response to the status request from the client PC 9.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT