Abstract: A printing system capable of reducing workload of an operator by automatically separating finishing specifics of a printed product into tasks to be performed by an on-line printer and tasks to be performed by an off-line finishing device. The printing system comprises an on-line client, print server and printer as well as an off-line finishing device, and the print server receives the job ticket from the client, separates the finishing specifics included in the received job ticket into those to be performed by the printer and those to be performed by the finishing device based on information regarding specifications and installed options of the printer and finishing device, sets in the printer parameters for the finishing specifics separated and assigned to the printer, and creates data for a finishing device job ticket that includes the finishing specifics separated and assigned to the finishing device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a printing system in which any one of plural printers implements a print job outputted by a print instructing apparatus, without employing an exclusive apparatus that controls the plurality of printers so as to determine a processing destination printer. The printer serving as one of the plural printers acquires a print job stored in a storage device and is capable of implementing the print job. The storage device stores the print job received from the print instructing apparatus, therein, and receives accesses from the plural printers. The printer includes: a detecting section to access to the storage device so as to detect the print job stored in the storage device; an acquiring section to acquire the print job detected by the detecting section from the storage device; and a processing section to implement the print job acquired by the acquiring section.

Abstract: A print server receives a job ticket from a client to calculate, according to the job ticket, the number of sheets required for an operation performed on the sheets and the number of sheets in stock that can be used for the operation. The server further calculates the time required for the operation performed on the sheets in stock, and calculates a free space of a storage location that is left after the operation performed on the sheets in stock. The server accordingly plans a schedule for ordering lacking sheets, in order to allow sheets that can be accommodated in the free space to be restocked before completion of the process on the sheets in stock. This process is repeated to continue the operation.

Abstract: A printing system capable of reducing workload of an operator by automatically separating finishing specifics of a printed product into tasks to be performed by an on-line printer and tasks to be performed by an off-line finishing device. The printing system comprises an on-line client, print server and printer as well as an off-line finishing device, and the print server receives the job ticket from the client, separates the finishing specifics included in the received job ticket into those to be performed by the printer and those to be performed by the finishing device based on information regarding specifications and installed options of the printer and finishing device, sets in the printer parameters for the finishing specifics separated and assigned to the printer, and creates data for a finishing device job ticket that includes the finishing specifics separated and assigned to the finishing device.