JPH1097480A - Printing system, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and output apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To enable a specific person who should receive a printed material to easily know that a printed material addressed to the user is being output. SOLUTION: A transmission side host computer 1 specifies an output destination (a second output device 4) by a print data output destination setting means 19 and sets a message transmission destination to receive print data by a message transmission destination setting means 21. I do. Next, the print data is output to the second output device 4 via the print data output means 20 and the message is transmitted via the message transmission means 22 to the receiving host computer 2.
To the message monitoring means 23. When the message monitoring means 23 detects that the message is addressed to a specific person, the message output means 24 outputs that the message is addressed to the specific person and displays it on the CRT.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an output apparatus. More specifically, the present invention relates to an output apparatus such as a printer, a copier, and a facsimile apparatus, and information such as a host computer. The present invention relates to a printing system including a processing device, the information processing device, the information processing method thereof, and the output device.

[0002]

Conventionally, in a printing system in which a plurality of computers and printing apparatuses are connected to a predetermined communication network, when a printed matter is transmitted from a transmitting terminal to a receiving terminal and output, Although it was possible to output a printed matter to an output device (printing apparatus, copier, facsimile machine, etc.) of the side terminal, it was not possible to inform the output device of a specific person who should receive the printed matter. For this reason, the fact that the printed matter is left unattended on the output device, or that the person who sent the printed matter transmitted the printed matter to the specific person who should receive the printed matter and output it to the output device is separately described. There was a problem of having to notify.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and a printing system and an information processing method that enable a specific person who should receive a printed material to easily know that a printed material addressed to the user is being output. It is an object to provide a processing device, an information processing method, and an output device.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing system in which a plurality of information processing apparatuses and a plurality of output apparatuses are connected via a predetermined communication network. In a printing system including a communication network managing unit that manages a processing device and an output device, the information processing device is specified by an output device specifying unit that specifies an output device to output print data, and the information processing device is specified by the output device specifying unit. A print data output unit that outputs the print data to the specific output device, a specific person setting unit that sets a specific person to receive the print data, and a predetermined message addressed to the specific person set by the specific person setting unit. Message transmitting means for transmitting, message monitoring means for monitoring a predetermined message transmitted to the specific person, and transmitting the predetermined message to the specific person When it is detected that it is is characterized by and a message display means for displaying the predetermined message.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus for specifying an output device to output print data from among a plurality of output devices connected through a predetermined communication network. Means, print data output means for outputting the print data to the specific output device specified by the output device specifying means, specific person setting means for setting a specific person to receive the print data, and the specific person setting means Message transmitting means for transmitting a predetermined message addressed to a specific person, message monitoring means for monitoring a predetermined message transmitted to the specific person, and detecting that the predetermined message has been transmitted to the specific person Message display means for displaying the predetermined message when the message has been received.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing method, wherein a transmitting side information processing apparatus specifies an output device to output print data from among a plurality of output devices, and transmits the print data to the specified specific output device. While outputting, the specific person who should receive the print data is set, and a predetermined message is transmitted to the specific person set by the specific person setting means, while the receiving side information processing device is transmitted to the specific person. The system is characterized in that the predetermined message is monitored, and when it is detected that the predetermined message has been transmitted to a specific person, the predetermined message is displayed.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the printing system, a plurality of information processing apparatuses and a plurality of output apparatuses are connected via a predetermined communication network, and a communication network management means for managing the information processing apparatuses and the output apparatuses. Equipped printing system,
An output device specifying unit configured to specify an output device to output print data; a specific person setting unit configured to set a specific person to receive the print data; and a specification result and specification of the output device specifying unit Data output means for outputting the setting result of the person setting means, and data determination means for determining the output result of the data output means and outputting the print data to the specific output device and transmitting a predetermined message to the specific person Message monitoring means for monitoring a predetermined message transmitted to the specific person, and message display means for displaying the predetermined message when detecting that the predetermined message has been transmitted to the specific person. It is characterized by having.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus comprising: an output device specifying unit that specifies an output device to output print data from among a plurality of output devices connected via a predetermined communication network; A specific person setting unit for setting a specific person to be received; a data output unit for outputting a specification result of the output device specifying unit and a setting result of the specific person setting unit; and determining the output result of the data output unit. A data determination unit that outputs the print data to an output device and transmits a predetermined message to the specific person; a message monitoring unit that monitors a predetermined message transmitted to the specific person; and the predetermined message is transmitted to the specific person. Message display means for displaying the predetermined message when it is detected that the message has been transmitted.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, the transmitting-side information processing device specifies an output device to which print data is to be output from a plurality of output devices, and sets a specific person to receive the print data. Then, while outputting the print data to the specific output device based on the specified output device information and the set specific person information and transmitting a predetermined message to the specific person, the receiving side information processing device is A predetermined message transmitted to a specific person is monitored, and when it is detected that the predetermined message has been transmitted to the specific person, the predetermined message is displayed.

In a printing system according to a seventeenth aspect, a plurality of information processing devices and a plurality of output devices are connected via a predetermined communication network, and a communication network managing means for managing the information processing devices and the output devices is provided. A printing system provided with the information processing apparatus, an output device specifying unit that specifies an output device to output print data, a specific person setting unit that sets a specific person to receive the print data, A data output unit that outputs a setting result of the specific person setting unit to the specific output device; a message monitoring unit that monitors a predetermined message transmitted to the specific person; and that the predetermined message is transmitted to the specific person. And a message display means for displaying the predetermined message when the data is detected, wherein the output device is inputted from the data output means. And data discriminating means for discriminating the serial specific person information, is characterized by and a message transmitting means for transmitting a predetermined message to a specific person discriminated by the data discrimination means.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus, comprising: an output device specifying unit that specifies an output device to output print data from among a plurality of output devices; and a specific person that sets a specific person to receive the print data. Setting means, data output means for outputting the specification result of the output device specifying means and the setting result of the specific person setting means to the specific output device, and message monitoring means for monitoring a predetermined message transmitted to the specific person; And a message display means for displaying the predetermined message when detecting that the predetermined message has been transmitted to a specific person.

According to a twenty-third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an output device comprising: a data discriminating unit for discriminating specific person information to receive print data transmitted from an information processing device connected via a predetermined communication network; Message transmitting means for transmitting a predetermined message to the determined specific person.

According to a twenty-fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing method, the transmitting-side information processing apparatus specifies an output device to which the print data is to be output, and sets a specific person to receive the print data. Outputting the print data and the specific person information to an output device, the specified output device discriminates the specific person information and transmits a message to the specific person, while the receiving side information processing device is addressed to the specific person. When the transmitted predetermined message is monitored and it is detected that the predetermined message has been transmitted to a specific person, the predetermined message is displayed.

[0014]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing one embodiment of a printing system according to the present invention. The printing system includes first and second host computers 1 and 2,
The first and second output devices 3 and 4 are mutually connected via a predetermined communication network 5 such as a LAN, for example, from the first host computer 1 to the second host computer 2 and the second
The desired data is transmitted to each of the output devices 4, and a message or the like to be described later is displayed on the second host computer 2 and a printed matter is output from the second output device 4. The first
As the second output devices 3 and 4, specifically, a printing device, a copying machine, a facsimile device, or the like is used.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram schematically showing the first host computer 1 (or the second host computer 2).

Reference numeral 6 denotes a central processing unit (CPU), which controls the entire apparatus and performs arithmetic processing.

7 is a read only memory (ROM),
It stores a system startup program, character pattern data normally used as a system font and used for displaying characters in a menu, or character code information as system font code system information (new JIS, old JIS, etc.). . The system font is ROM
7 may be any of the typeface data or the typeface specified by the user in advance.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a random access memory (RAM), which is loaded with and stores operation results and data of various programs described later, and is used as a work area.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a keyboard for inputting various data such as a message transmission destination. Reference numeral 10 denotes a keyboard control unit (KB) for transmitting input data from the keyboard 9 to the CPU 6.
C).

A display device (CRT) 11 displays a message such as a recipient address of a printed material, and the like.
The data transmitted from the CRT control unit (CRTC) 12 is displayed on a screen.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a disk controller (DKC) which is connected to external storage devices such as a flexible disk device (FD) 13 and a hard disk device (HD) 14 and controls these external storage devices. Reference numeral 16 denotes a network interface that controls an interface operation with the predetermined communication network 1. 17 is a system bus.
The above components are connected to each other via the system bus 17.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a processing system of the present printing system, in which a message is transferred from a first host computer 1 to a second host computer 2 and print data is sent to a second output device 4. It shows the case of transmission.

That is, the first host computer 1 on the transmission side manages the machine names and address information of the devices connected to the predetermined communication network 5 by network management means 18.
Print data output for selecting and setting a specific output device (in the present embodiment, the second output device 4) to output print data from among a plurality of output devices connected to the predetermined communication network 5 Destination setting means 19 and the second output device 4 set as an output destination by the print data output destination setting means 19
A print data output means 20 for outputting print data to a specific host computer to which a message is to be output from a plurality of host computers connected to the predetermined communication network 5 (in this embodiment, the second host computer 2 )
Message destination setting means 21 for selecting and setting
A message transmission unit 22 for transmitting a message to the second host computer 2 set as an output destination by the message transmission destination setting unit 21.

The second host computer 2 on the receiving side has a message monitoring means 23 for monitoring the destination of the message, and a message output means 24 for displaying on the CRT 11 together with the specific person that the message is addressed to the specific person.
And In this embodiment, for the sake of convenience, the first host computer 1 has been described as a transmitting host computer and the second host computer 2 has been described as a receiving host computer. 5, the first host computer 1 also has a message monitoring unit 23 and the like, and the second host computer 2 also has a print data output destination setting unit 19 and the like. Further, in the present embodiment, the network management means 18 has been described as being built in the first host computer 1, but the network management means 18 may be present on a server or built in an output device. It may be configured as follows.

In the printing system configured as described above, the print data output destination setting unit 19 sets an output device to be output with reference to the network management unit 18. That is, the output device is set to the second output device 4. Then, the print data output unit 20 transmits the print data to the second output device 4 via the network management unit 18.

On the other hand, the message destination setting means 21
The specific host computer (second host computer 2) to which the message is to be transmitted is set with reference to the network management means 18. Next, message transmission means 2
2 notifies the network management unit 18 of an instruction for the message transmission destination, and the message is transmitted to the second host computer 2 via the network management unit 18. The message is sent to the message monitoring means 23.
Via the CRT 1
1 and is notified to the user.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a transmission procedure executed by the transmitting host computer, that is, the first host computer 1.

In step S1, the network management means 1
8 refers to the output destination information managed in
Is set to the output device 4. The set output destination information is stored in an external storage device such as the RAM 7, the FD 13 or the HD 14.

In the following step S2, the second output device 4
It is determined whether or not to transmit a message to the recipient of the printed matter output to the user. If the message is not transmitted, the process proceeds to step S4, whereas if the message is transmitted, the user managed by the network management unit 18 With reference to the information and the host computer information, the specific person who should receive the printed matter is set as the message transmission destination, and the process proceeds to step S4. The set message transmission destination information is the same as the output destination information described above, and is stored in the RAM 7, the FD 13, or the HD 1
4 or the like.

Next, in step S4, print data is transmitted to the network management means 18 based on the output destination information, and the print data is transmitted to the second output device 4 via the network management means 18. In a succeeding step S5, it is determined whether or not the transmission has been completed. If the transmission has not been completed, the process returns to the step S4 to continue the transmission of the print data. (Step S6). If the message transmission destination is not set, the process ends. If the message transmission destination is set, the process proceeds to step S7, where an instruction for the message transmission destination is notified to the network management unit 18, and the message is transmitted to the network management unit 18. The information is transmitted to the second host computer 2, which is a specific host computer, via the management means 18, and the processing is terminated.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a transmission procedure executed by the receiving host computer, that is, the second host computer 2.

In step S11, it is detected whether or not a message has been transmitted from the first host computer 1. If no message is detected, the process waits until the message is detected.
The message is displayed on the RT 11 (step S11), and after displaying the message, the process returns to step S11 to monitor the message to see if the message is detected.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the user of the receiving terminal can easily and quickly know that the printed material addressed to the user has been transmitted.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a printing system according to the second embodiment. Instead of the print data output unit 20 and the message transmission unit 22 in the first embodiment, a data output unit 25 and a data The determining means 26 is provided in the first host computer 1.

That is, the data output unit 25 transmits the output destination information set by the print data output destination setting unit 19 and the message transmission destination information set by the message transmission destination setting unit 21 to the data determination unit 26. Then, the data determination unit 26 determines a data output destination based on the output destination information and the message transmission destination information, and transmits the data to the second output device 4 and the second host computer 2.

FIG. 7 is a format diagram showing an example of a print data format built in the RAM 8 in the second embodiment. The print data format includes a print header information section 27 and a print data section 28. The print header information section 27 further includes an output destination information storage section 29 and a message transmission destination information storage section 30. Then, in the data output means 25, the print data output destination setting means 1
9 and the message destination information set by the message destination setting unit 21 are stored in the output destination information storage unit 29 and the message destination information storage unit 3.
0, and these information are transmitted to the data discriminating means 26 together with the print data.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a transmission procedure executed by the first host computer 1 in the second embodiment.

In step S21, the output destination is set to the second output device 4 with reference to the output device information managed by the network management means 18, as in the first embodiment. The set output destination information is stored in the RAM 7 or the FD.
13 or an external storage device such as the HD 14.

In step S22, it is determined whether or not a message is to be transmitted to the recipient of the printed matter output to the second output device 4. If the message is not transmitted, the process proceeds to step S24. In the case of transmission, the specific person who should receive the printed matter is set as the message transmission destination by referring to the user information and host computer information managed by the network management means 18 in step S23, and the process proceeds to step S24. Also, the set message transmission destination information is the same as the output destination information described above,
It is stored in an external storage device such as M7, FD13 or HD14.

Next, in step S24, the output destination information and the message transmission destination information are written in the print header information section 28, and the print header information written in the print header information section 28 is added to the print data to determine the data. 26
Send to

Next, in step S25, the data discriminating means 26 determines whether or not the output destination of the print data has been detected with reference to the header information section 28. When the output destination is not detected, the process is terminated as it is,
When the output destination is detected, the print data is output to the second output device 4 which is the detected output destination.

Next, in step S27, the data determination means 26 determines whether or not the message transmission destination has been detected by referring to the print header information section 28. If the message transmission destination is not detected, the process is terminated as it is, while if the message transmission destination is detected, the process proceeds to step S28, and the second message which is the detected message transmission destination is set.
Is notified to the network management means 18 and the message is transmitted to the second host computer 2 via the network management means 18 and the processing is terminated.

The processing procedure of the host computer on the receiving side, that is, the second host computer 2 is the same as that of the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram of an output device according to a third embodiment. This output device includes a CPU 31 for controlling the entire output device and performing arithmetic processing, and a system startup program and other printer control programs. 32 that stores a program, character data, character code information, etc.
And a RAM 33 in which various calculation results and data are loaded and stored and used as a work area, and a display such as an LCD (liquid crystal display) for displaying a setting state of the output device, a current processing state of the output device, and an error state. Part 34,
Operation unit 35 for changing device settings, resetting devices, etc.
And a printer engine 36 that performs an actual printing operation, and a network interface 37 that performs an interface operation with the predetermined communication network 5. These components are interconnected via a system bus 38.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a processing system according to the third embodiment. In the third embodiment, the second output device 4 (and the first output device 3) includes: It has a data discriminating means 38 and a message transmitting means 39.

In the third embodiment, the second
As in the embodiment, the print data output destination information setting means 1
9 and the message transmission destination information set by the message transmission destination setting means 21 are written in the print header information section 27 and the network management means 18
The header data and the print data are transmitted to the second output device 4 via. Next, the data determination unit 38 of the second output device 4 outputs the print data to the printer engine 36, detects the message transmission destination stored in the print header information unit 27, and sends the detection result to the message transmission unit 39. Send. Then, the message transmitting unit 39 notifies the network management unit 18 of the command for the message destination detected by the data determination unit 38, and the message is transmitted to the second host computer 2 via the network management unit 18.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a transmission procedure executed by the first host computer 1 which is the transmission source in the third embodiment.

In step S31, the output destination is set to the second output device 4 with reference to the output device information managed by the network management means 18, as in the first and second embodiments. Then, the set output destination information is stored in RAM
7 or FD13 or HD14.

In step S32, it is determined whether a message is to be transmitted to the recipient of the printed matter output to the second output device 4. If the message is not transmitted, the process proceeds to step S34, while the message is transmitted. When transmitting, the specific person who should receive the printed matter is set as the message transmission destination by referring to the user information and the host computer information managed by the network management unit 18 in step S33, and the process proceeds to step S34. Also, the set message transmission destination information is the same as the output destination information described above,
It is stored in an external storage device such as M7, FD13 or HD14.

Next, in step S34, the output destination information and the message transmission destination information are written in the print header information section 28, and the print header information written in the print header information section 28 is added to the print data to obtain the second data. The data is transmitted to the output device 4 and the process ends.

FIG. 12 shows a second embodiment according to the third embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the output device 4 of FIG.

In step S 41, the data transmitted from the first host computer 1 is transferred to the printer engine 3.
6 is output. Next, in step S42, it is determined whether a message transmission destination has been detected by referring to the print header information section 27. When the message transmission destination is not detected, the processing is terminated as it is, while when the message transmission destination is detected, for example, when the second host computer 2 is detected as the message transmission destination, the processing for the message transmission destination is performed. The command is notified to the network management means 18 of the first host computer 1, a message is transmitted to the second host computer 2 via the network management means 18, and the processing is terminated.

Incidentally, the processing procedure of the second host computer 2 is the same as in the first and second embodiments, so that the description is omitted.

[0054]

As described in detail above, according to the claims of the present invention, it is possible to easily know that a printed material addressed to a specific person is being output to the output device. Therefore, there is no need to leave the printed matter on the output device or to notify the specific person that the person who sent the printed matter has separately output the printed matter, thereby improving work efficiency.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a printing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of a host computer.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a processing system of the printing system.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a transmission procedure of a first host computer.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a receiving procedure of a second host computer.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a processing system of a printing system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a format diagram illustrating an example of a print data format.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a transmission procedure of the first host computer according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram of an output device according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a printing system according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 11 shows a third example of the transmission procedure of the first host computer.
9 is a flowchart of the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a second output device according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st host computer (information processing device) 2 2nd host computer (information processing device) 3 1st output device (output device) 4 2nd output device (output device) 5 predetermined communication network 11 CRT (message) Display means) 18 network management means 19 print data output destination setting means (output device specifying means) 20 print data output means 21 message transmission destination setting means (specific person setting means) 22 message transmission means 23 message monitoring means 25 data output means 26 Data discriminating means 38 Data discriminating means 39 Message transmitting means

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Claims (25)

[Claims] 1. A printing system in which a plurality of information processing apparatuses and a plurality of output apparatuses are connected via a predetermined communication network, and further comprising a communication network management unit for managing the information processing apparatuses and the output apparatuses. An information processing apparatus for specifying an output device to output print data; an output device specifying unit for specifying the output device; a print data output unit for outputting the print data to a specific output device specified by the output device specifying unit; Specific person setting means for setting a specific person to receive, a message transmitting means for transmitting a predetermined message to the specific person set by the specific person setting means, and monitoring the predetermined message transmitted to the specific person Message monitoring means, and a message display for displaying the predetermined message when detecting that the predetermined message has been transmitted to a specific person Printing system characterized by comprising a stage. 2. The communication network according to claim 1, wherein the communication network management means is incorporated in any one of the information processing device, the output device, and a server that controls communication on the communication network. Printing system. 3. The print data output by the print data output means and the predetermined message transmitted by the message transmission means are transmitted to the specific output device and the information processing device on the receiving side via the communication network management means. The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the printing is performed. 4. The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of output devices include one or more of a printing device, a copying machine, and a facsimile device. 5. An output device specifying unit for specifying an output device to output print data from among a plurality of output devices connected via a predetermined communication network, and a specific output device specified by the output device specifying unit. Print data output means for outputting the print data, a specific person setting means for setting a specific person to receive the print data, and a message transmission for transmitting a predetermined message to the specific person set by the specific person setting means Means, a message monitoring means for monitoring a predetermined message transmitted to the specific person, and a message display means for displaying the predetermined message when detecting that the predetermined message has been transmitted to the specific person. An information processing device, comprising: 6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said plurality of output devices include at least one of a printing device, a copying machine, and a facsimile device. 7. A transmitting-side information processing device specifies an output device to which print data is to be output from a plurality of output devices, outputs the print data to the specified specified output device, and outputs the print data. A specific person to be received is set, and a predetermined message is transmitted to the specific person set by the specific person setting means. On the other hand, the receiving side information processing device monitors the predetermined message transmitted to the specific person, and An information processing method comprising: displaying the predetermined message when detecting that a message has been transmitted to a specific person. 8. The information processing method according to claim 7, wherein said plurality of output devices include at least one of a printing device, a copying machine, and a facsimile device. 9. A printing system in which a plurality of information processing apparatuses and a plurality of output apparatuses are connected via a predetermined communication network, and further comprising a communication network management unit for managing the information processing apparatuses and the output apparatuses. An information processing apparatus configured to specify an output device to output print data; an output device specifying unit to set a specific person to receive the print data; a specification result of the output device specifying unit; and a specific person A data output unit that outputs a setting result of the setting unit; a data determination unit that determines the output result of the data output unit, outputs the print data to the specific output device, and transmits a predetermined message to the specific person. Message monitoring means for monitoring a predetermined message transmitted to the specific person, and detecting that the predetermined message has been transmitted to the specific person. Printing system characterized by comprising a message display means for displaying the predetermined message. 10. The communication network management means according to claim 9, wherein said communication network management means is incorporated in any one of said information processing device, said output device, and a server that controls communication on said communication network. Printing system. 11. The print data output by the print data output unit and the predetermined message transmitted by the message transmission unit are transmitted to the specific output device and the information processing device on the receiving side via the communication network management unit. The printing system according to claim 9, wherein the printing is performed. 12. The printing system according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of output devices include one or more of a printing device, a copying machine, and a facsimile device. 13. An output device specifying means for specifying an output device to output print data from among a plurality of output devices connected via a predetermined communication network, and a specification for setting a specific person to receive the print data. A person setting unit, a data output unit that outputs a specification result of the output device specifying unit and a setting result of the specific person setting unit, and outputs the print data to the specific output device by determining an output result of the data output unit And a data discriminating means for transmitting a predetermined message to the specific person, a message monitoring means for monitoring a predetermined message transmitted to the specific person, and detecting that the predetermined message has been transmitted to the specific person. An information processing device comprising: a message display unit that displays the predetermined message when the message is displayed. 14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said plurality of output devices include any one or more of a printing device, a copying machine, and a facsimile device. 15. A transmitting-side information processing device specifies an output device to output print data from among a plurality of output devices, and sets a specific person to receive the print data.
Thereafter, based on the specified output device information and the specified specific person information, the print data is output to the specific output device and a predetermined message is transmitted to the specific person, while the receiving side information processing device is configured to output the specific person. An information processing method comprising: monitoring a predetermined message transmitted to a specific message; and displaying the predetermined message when detecting that the predetermined message is transmitted to a specific person. 16. The information processing method according to claim 15, wherein said plurality of output devices include at least one of a printing device, a copying machine, and a facsimile device. 17. A printing system in which a plurality of information processing apparatuses and a plurality of output apparatuses are connected via a predetermined communication network, and further comprising a communication network management unit for managing the information processing apparatuses and the output apparatuses. An information processing apparatus, an output device specifying unit that specifies an output device to output print data, a specific person setting unit that sets a specific person to receive the print data, and a setting result of the print data and the specific person setting unit Data output means for outputting to the specific output device, and a message monitoring means for monitoring a predetermined message transmitted to the specific person,
Message display means for displaying the predetermined message when detecting that the predetermined message has been transmitted to a specific person, wherein the output device determines the specific person information input from the data output means And a message transmitting unit for transmitting a predetermined message to the specific person determined by the data determining unit. 18. The communication system according to claim 17, wherein the communication network management means is incorporated in any one of the information processing device, the output device, and a server that controls communication on the communication network. Printing system. 19. The data output by the data output means is transmitted to the specific output device via the communication network management means, and a predetermined message from the message transmission means is received on the receiving side via the communication network management means. 18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the information is transmitted to an information processing apparatus.
8. The printing system according to 8. 20. The printing system according to claim 17, wherein the plurality of output devices include at least one of a printing device, a copying machine, and a facsimile device. 21. An output device specifying unit for specifying an output device to output print data from among a plurality of output devices, a specific person setting unit for setting a specific person to receive the print data, and the output device specification. A data output means for outputting the specified result of the means and the setting result of the specified person setting means to the specified output device; a message monitoring means for monitoring a predetermined message transmitted to the specified person; And a message display means for displaying the predetermined message when the transmission is detected. 22. The information processing apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said plurality of output devices include any one or more of a printing device, a copying machine, and a facsimile device. 23. A data discriminating means for discriminating specific person information to receive print data transmitted from an information processing apparatus connected via a predetermined communication network, and a specific person discriminated by the data discriminating means. An output device comprising: a message transmitting unit that transmits a message. 24. A transmitting-side information processing device specifies an output device to output print data from among a plurality of output devices, and sets a specific person to receive the print data.
Thereafter, the print data and the specific person information are output to the specified output device, and the specified output device determines the specific person information and transmits a message to the specific person, while the receiving side information processing device Monitoring the predetermined message transmitted to the specific person, and displaying the predetermined message when detecting that the predetermined message has been transmitted to the specific person. 25. The information processing method according to claim 24, wherein the plurality of output devices include one or more of a printing device, a copying machine, and a facsimile device.