JP2005209059A - Notification destination setting for specific information related to the operation of printers connected to the network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily change an e-mail transmission destination for notifying a printer operating state.
A mail condition is set, and a print job including the mail condition is generated as a print job. The mail condition is a condition when an operation state during execution of the print job in the printing apparatus is notified by e-mail, and one or more specific events among events related to the operation state of the printing apparatus, And a destination mail address of the electronic mail transmitted when the specific event occurs in the printing apparatus.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for setting a mail address of a transmission destination as a notification destination of specific information in order to notify specific information such as the occurrence of a failure in a printer connected to a network.

  In recent years, printers connected to networks (hereinafter also referred to as “network printers”) are becoming popular. For example, there is a network printer such as a laser printer HP Color LaserJet 3700 (see Non-Patent Document 1) manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company. In this network printer, a user can access a Web server built in the printer from a Web browser such as a personal computer, and perform various settings of the printer, confirmation of the operation status of the printing apparatus, and the like. In addition, this network printer functions as a printer management device, and when a specific event that is set in advance with respect to the operation of the printer, such as a failure such as a paper jam or out of toner, occurs. Information regarding a specific event (specific information) can be notified to an email address set in advance by e-mail.

  Here, in order to enable the network printer to send and receive e-mails, a mail account for the printer is acquired in advance, a corresponding mail server is set, and a sender mail address is set. There is a need. In addition, it is necessary to set a destination mail address for notifying specific information. As described above, the mail server setting and the mail address setting can be executed by a user who manages the printer by accessing the Web server built in the printer using a Web browser. .

  For example, there is a network printer that uploads information related to printer operation to a management server connected via a network and the Internet, such as a Seiko Epson printer whose product name is called “Crystalio”. In the management server that is notified of the printer operation information from such a network printer, information indicating the occurrence of a specific event set in advance is included in the notified printer operation information In this case, information (specific information) related to the specific event is notified by e-mail to a preset mail address.

  Also in this management server, in order to be able to send and receive e-mails, it is necessary to acquire a mail account for this management server, set the corresponding mail server, and set the sender mail address in advance. There is. In addition, it is necessary to set a destination mail address for notifying specific information.

HP Color LaserJet 3500 and 3700 Series Printer User Guide 94-96

  Here, the network printer is normally used by a plurality of users. Each user may want to be notified of a failure that occurred during the execution of his or her print job and deal with the notification content. For example, a job for printing a large number of sheets may have to be completed by the next morning. In the evening, when this print job is executed by the printer and returned home, if a failure occurs during the execution of the print job, you can deal with this failure if you receive an email notification at home. It becomes possible. Therefore, each user may want to change the e-mail transmission destination for each print job he / she executes.

  However, since the e-mail transmission destination in the network printer is a preset destination mail address, it cannot be changed for each print job. Also, since the e-mail transmission destination in the management server is also a transmission destination e-mail address set in advance for each managed network printer, it cannot be changed for each print job. That is, the network printer and the management server have a problem that the transmission destination of the electronic mail cannot be easily changed.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems in the prior art, and provides a technique capable of easily changing an e-mail transmission destination for notifying an operation state of a printer. Objective.

In order to solve at least a part of the problems described above, a first apparatus of the present invention is a print control apparatus that generates a print job and transmits the print job to the printing apparatus.
An e-mail condition setting section that allows e-mail conditions to be set;
A print job generation unit that generates a print job including the mail condition as the print job;
With
The mail condition is a condition when an operation state during execution of the print job in the printing apparatus is notified by e-mail, and one or more specific events among events related to the operation state of the printing apparatus, And a destination mail address of the electronic mail transmitted when the specific event occurs in the printing apparatus.

  According to the print control apparatus, different mail conditions can be set for each print job transmitted to the printing apparatus and transmitted to the printing apparatus. Therefore, for each print job executed on the printing apparatus, the printer It is possible to easily change the transmission destination of the e-mail for notifying the operation state.

  The mail condition may include a destination mail address corresponding to each specific event. In this way, it is possible to set an electronic mail transmission destination for each specific event.

In the print control apparatus,
The mail condition setting unit preferably allows the specific event to be selected and set from candidate events prepared in advance.

  By configuring in this way, a specific event can be set relatively easily.

A second apparatus of the present invention is a printing apparatus that executes a received print job,
An email condition storage unit for storing email conditions;
A mail condition acquisition unit that extracts the mail condition from the print job and stores the mail condition in association with the identification information of the print job when the received print job includes a mail condition;
With
The mail condition is a condition when an operation state during execution of the print job in the printing apparatus is notified by e-mail, and one or more specific events among events related to the operation state of the printing apparatus, And a destination mail address of the electronic mail transmitted when the specific event occurs in the printing apparatus.

  According to the above printing apparatus, since the mail conditions included in the print job can be acquired, if different mail conditions are included for each received print job, different mail conditions are set for each print job. It can be acquired. Accordingly, it is possible to easily change the transmission destination of the e-mail for notifying the operation state of the printer for each print job executed by the printing apparatus.

  The printing apparatus preferably includes an e-mail transmission unit that transmits the e-mail to the transmission destination e-mail address.

  Accordingly, when the specific event occurs in the printing apparatus, an electronic mail can be transmitted from the printing apparatus to the transmission destination mail address.

  The printing apparatus preferably further includes a mail condition notification unit that notifies the mail condition to another apparatus that can transmit the electronic mail to the transmission destination mail address.

  Accordingly, when the specific event occurs in the printing apparatus, the electronic mail can be transmitted to the destination mail address from another apparatus that can transmit the electronic mail.

  The present invention can be realized in the form of a printing system including a printing control apparatus and a printing apparatus, in addition to the above-described configuration of the printing control apparatus and the printing apparatus. In addition, the present invention can be realized in the form of a method invention such as a print job generation method and a mail condition acquisition method. Further, there are various aspects such as an aspect as a computer program for constructing these methods and apparatuses, an aspect as a recording medium on which such a computer program is recorded, and a data signal embodied in a carrier wave including the computer program. It is also possible to realize this aspect.

  When the present invention is configured as a computer program or a recording medium on which the program is recorded, the print control apparatus or the entire program for controlling the printing apparatus may be configured, or only a part that performs the functions of the present invention. It may be configured. The recording medium includes a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a magneto-optical disk, an IC card, a ROM cartridge, a punch card, a printed matter on which a code such as a barcode is printed, a computer internal storage device (RAM or Various types of computer-readable media such as a memory such as a ROM and an external storage device can be used.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in the following order based on examples.
A. First embodiment:
A1. System overview:
A2. Client and printer configuration:
A3. Generation of print job data including mail condition information:
A4. Acquisition of email condition information acquisition included in print job data:
A5. effect:
B. Second embodiment:
C. Variation:

A. First embodiment:
A1. System overview:
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of a printer management system as a first embodiment of the present embodiment. In this management system 1000, a client PC (hereinafter abbreviated as a client) CL1 and a printer PRT1 are connected to the local area network LAN1. The local area network LAN1 is connected to the Internet INT.

  The print job data generated by the client CL1 is transmitted by being included in communication data transmitted from the client CL1 to the printer PRT1 via the local area network LAN1.

  The printer PRT1 executes a print job represented by the print job data included in the received communication data.

  In addition, the printer PRT1 monitors the printer status such as the remaining amount of toner and the number of prints, and the operation status of the printer such as a paper jam and occurrence of a failure such as toner out, and accumulates the monitoring result as monitoring information. When a specific event that is set in advance concerning the operation of the printer occurs, an e-mail addressed to a preset destination e-mail address is created and sent to notify the occurrence of the specific event. .

  The client CL1 and the printer PRT1 are the same as the conventional client and network printer capable of sending e-mail, except for the features of the present invention described below.

  In addition to the client CL1 and the printer PRT1, in addition to the client CL1 and the printer PRT1, a plurality of clients and a plurality of printers (not shown) are normally connected to the local area network LAN1, but their configurations and functions are the same. Even when combined with the other printer, the same operation as the client CL1 and the printer PRT1 is performed.

A2. Client and printer configuration:
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the client CL1 and the printer PRT1 in FIG. In the figure, the configuration of the client CL1 shows only the configuration for transmitting print job data to the printer PRT1 to explain the features of the present invention below, and other general configurations are omitted. .

  The client CL1 includes a print driver 12 and a communication unit 13, in addition to the application 11, as a configuration for transmitting print job data. The application 11 and the print driver 12 are realized by reading software stored in a storage device (not shown) and executing it by a CPU (not shown).

  When image data is output from the application 11 in accordance with a user's print instruction, the print driver 12 generates print job data based on the image data, and transmits the print job data to the printer PRT1 via the communication unit 13 printing. .

  The communication unit 13 has a function of communicating with a local area network to which the communication unit 13 is connected and other devices connected to the Internet INT. For example, print job data is received from the print driver 12, and communication data including the print job data is transmitted to the printer PRT1. The communication unit 13 includes a so-called network interface such as a network board or a network card.

  The printer PRT1 mainly includes a printer engine 21, a control unit 22, an information storage unit 23, and a communication unit 24.

  The printer engine 21 is a mechanism part that actually performs printing.

  The control unit 22 includes a CPU (not shown) and a storage device (not shown), and functions as each functional block shown by the CPU reading various software stored in the storage device and executing the software. Each functional block may be constructed in hardware.

  The print control unit 221 receives print job data from the communication unit 24 and temporarily stores it in the spool unit 231 of the information storage unit 23. Then, the stored print job data is sequentially read, and the printer engine 21 is controlled according to the contents to execute printing.

  The operation monitoring unit 223 monitors the operation of the printer engine 21 and stores the monitoring information in the monitoring information storage unit 233 of the information storage unit 23. Further, the operation monitoring unit 223 refers to the mail condition information stored in the mail condition storage unit 232 of the information storage unit 23, and when a specific event included in this information occurs, the specific event occurrence Is requested to the mail client 224. This specific event will be described later.

  The mail client 224 refers to the mail condition information in the mail condition storage unit 232 according to the request of the operation monitoring unit 223, creates an e-mail addressed to the corresponding destination mail address, and transmits it via the communication unit 24. To do.

  The communication unit 24 communicates with other devices connected to the local area network LAN1 and the Internet INT to which the communication unit 24 is connected. For example, communication data including print job data from the client CL1 is received. In addition, the e-mail data received from the mail client 224 is transmitted to a destination e-mail address via a preset mail server (not shown). Transmission of e-mail data is usually performed according to the SMTP (simple mail transfer protocol) protocol. The communication unit 24 is also configured by a so-called network interface such as a network board or a network card.

  The mail server information and the mail condition information can be set in advance by the mail condition obtaining unit 222 obtaining information input from a control panel (not shown) of the printer PRT1 by the user. The set mail server information and mail condition information are stored in the mail condition storage unit 232.

  The mail server information and the mail condition information are set by the mail condition acquisition unit 222 acquiring information input by the user by accessing a Web server (not shown) built in the printer PRT1 in advance. You can also

  Further, the mail condition information can be included in the print job data transmitted from the client, as will be described later. As described above, when the mail condition information is included in the print job data, the mail condition acquisition unit 222 can set the mail condition information included in the print job data. At this time, while the print job represented by the print job data including the mail condition information is being executed, the specific event monitored by the operation monitoring unit 223 and the transmission of the email generated by the mail client 224 are transmitted. The destination email address follows the email condition information included in the print job data being executed.

  Hereinafter, the print job data including the mail condition information in the print driver 12 of the client CL1 and the print job data in the mail condition acquisition unit 222 of the printer PRT1, which are features of the present embodiment, are included. The acquisition of e-mail condition information acquisition will be described.

A3. Generation of print job data including mail condition information:
As will be described below, the user who instructs printing by the client CL1 can set the mail condition for each print job using the print property screen.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a print property screen. When the user instructs printing in the execution process of the application 11 (see FIG. 2), the print driver 12 displays a print property screen as shown. When the user selects the “Mail” tab in the print property screen, the corresponding mail condition setting screen is displayed.

  In the mail condition setting screen, a plurality of events are prepared in advance as events to which an electronic mail is to be transmitted, and a mail condition setting field is provided for each event. In the figure, three events of error occurrence, warning occurrence, and print job end are illustrated. In the mail condition setting column of each event, a check box (indicated by □ in the figure) and an email address are shown. A setting field and a comment setting field are provided.

  The user checks the check box to make the checked event a specific event to be notified by e-mail, and the e-mail address entered in the e-mail address setting field is the e-mail destination e-mail address It can be set as a mail condition that the comment input in the comment setting field is a comment to be added to the e-mail. In the mail address setting field, for example, a plurality of mail addresses can be input by separating them with a comma (,), and a plurality of destination mail addresses can be set.

  When the user presses an “OK” button at the lower right in the drawing, the print driver 12 generates print job data including the mail condition information set as described above.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing print job data generated including mail condition information.

  The upper part of the figure conceptually shows print job data. The print job data includes a front job control language portion and a rear print command portion. The mail condition information is included in the job control language part.

  The lower part of the figure is an explanatory diagram showing the job control language portion data opened by an editor. In the figure, as the mail condition information set in FIG. 2, an example is included in which the content of the specific event, the destination mail address, and the comment ”are included for each set specific event. In the figure, the description after “SENDMAIL EVENT =” indicates the contents of the specific event, “On Error” is “Error occurrence”, “On Warning” is “Warning occurrence”, and “JobEnd” is “Job End”. Corresponds to "Job end". Further, the description after “MAILTO =” indicates the content of the destination mail address, and the description after “COMMENT =” indicates the content of the comment.

A4. Acquisition of email condition information acquisition included in print job data:
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a procedure of mail condition acquisition processing in the mail condition acquisition unit 222 of the printer PRT1. As described above, when the print job data stored in the spool unit 231 is sequentially read out by the print control unit 221, the mail condition acquisition unit 222 acquires the mail condition information and sends the mail as described below. Store in the condition storage unit 232.

  First, if mail condition information is described in the job control language portion of the print job data in step S30, the mail condition acquisition unit 222 extracts the mail condition information.

  In step S40, the mail condition acquisition unit 222 associates the extracted mail condition information with the job number assigned by the print control unit 221 as identification information of the corresponding print job, and stores it in the mail condition storage unit 232. Store.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing mail condition information stored in the mail condition storage unit 232 of the printer PRT1. As shown in the figure, the mail condition information included in the print job data is stored in the mail condition storage unit 232 in association with the job number of the corresponding print job. In the figure, mail condition information associated with job number # 1000 is illustrated.

  In the figure, the mail condition information not related to the job number, that is, the mail condition information in which the job number field is blank, is the mail condition information input from the control panel of the printer PRT1 as described above. The e-mail conditions are set regardless of the job.

  When mail condition information set in relation to a job number is stored in the mail condition storage unit 232, a specific event that occurs during execution of the print job is related to the job number of the print job. The set mail condition is used with priority. However, mail conditions that are not related to the job number may be used together.

  In addition, in the email created by referring to the mail condition information in the mail client 224, in addition to comments included in the mail condition information, an error type and a countermeasure method, a warning type and a countermeasure method, a print job End status (whether it ended normally or canceled), the amount of consumables consumed in the print job, the number of printed sheets, error information and warning information generated during the print job processing, and the like may be included.

A5. effect:
As described above, in the management system according to the present embodiment, the user, as an event related to the operation of the printer, from the client to the printer, a specific event that is desired to be notified by e-mail, such as a failure, and the e-mail It is possible to set a mail condition including a destination mail address and a comment added to the electronic mail for each print job. As a result, as described in the above problem, when the user returns to the home by executing an evening print job, if a failure occurs during the execution of the print job, the user's home or mobile phone The occurrence of a failure or the like can be known by the e-mail notified to the user, and the occurrence of the failure can be dealt with.

B. Second embodiment:
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of a printer management system as a second embodiment of the present embodiment. In this management system 2000, as in the first embodiment, the client CL1 and the printer PRT1 ′ are connected to the local area network LAN1. This local area network LAN1 is connected to the Internet INT. Another local area network LAN0 is connected to the Internet INT, and a management server SV is connected to the local area network LAN0.

  In addition to the client CL1 and the printer PRT1 ′, a plurality of clients and printers are normally connected to the local area network LAN1, but illustration and description are omitted as in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the printer PRT1 ′ in FIG. The printer PRT1 ′ has the same configuration except that the printer PRT1 ′ includes a notification control unit 225 instead of the mail client 224 (see FIG. 2) in the printer PRT1 in the first embodiment.

  The print job data generated by the client CL1 in FIG. 7 is included and transmitted in the communication data transmitted from the client CL1 to the printer PRT1 ′ via the local area network LAN1 as in the first embodiment.

  The printer PRT1 ′ executes a print job represented by the print job data included in the received communication data, like the printer PRT1 of the first embodiment.

  Similarly to the printer PRT1, the printer PRT1 ′ monitors the status of the printer, such as the remaining amount of toner and the number of prints, and the operation status of the printer, such as a paper jam or out of toner, and the monitoring results are monitored. Accumulate as. However, unlike the printer PRT1 of the first embodiment, the printer PRT1 ′ does not notify the occurrence of the specific event by e-mail, and performs the following processing.

  In the printer PRT1 ′, the notification control unit 225 (see FIG. 8) periodically monitors the Web server built in the management server SV or the monitoring information storage unit 233 (FIG. 8) at appropriate times according to the events that occur. The monitoring information accumulated in the reference) is included in the communication data transmitted by the communication unit 24 and transmitted. Further, the mail condition information stored in the mail condition storage unit 232 of the printer PRT1 ′ is transmitted to the management server SV in the same procedure as the transmission of the monitoring information. As a result, the management server SV stores the identification information of the printer that transmitted the mail condition information and the mail condition information stored in the mail condition storage unit 232 in a storage unit (not shown).

  The monitoring information and the mail condition information are transmitted from the printer PRT1 ′ to the management server in accordance with the HTTP (hype text transfer protocol) protocol or the HTTPS protocol which is a kind of HTTP.

  When the monitoring information periodically transmitted from the printer PRT1 ′ includes information indicating the occurrence of a specific event set for the print job corresponding to the monitoring information, the management server SV In order to notify the occurrence of the specific event, an e-mail is created and transmitted with the destination mail address set for the specific event as a destination. Note that the management server SV normally manages a plurality of printers, and the same processing is executed for each printer.

  As described above, also in the present embodiment, the user, as an event related to the operation of the printer, from the client CL1 to the printer PRT1 ' A mail condition including a mail destination mail address and a comment added to the electronic mail can be set for each print job. Then, the mail condition information set in the printer PRT1 ′ is transmitted to the management server SV by the same procedure as the transmission of the monitoring information, so that the print condition of the printer PRT1 ′ is set. Mail conditions can be set in the management server SV.

  Therefore, also in this embodiment, the user specifies to the management server that the client wants to be notified by e-mail of an event such as a failure as an event related to the operation of the printer via the printer that executes the print job. A mail condition including an event, a destination mail address of the electronic mail, and a comment added to the electronic mail can be set for each print job.

  Further, the configuration as in this embodiment is advantageous because it is not necessary to prepare a mail account for each printer or to arrange a mail server for mail transmission in a network accessible from the printer. Furthermore, the management server can conveniently send information to be sent to the same destination in a single electronic mail.

C. Variation:
In addition, this invention is not restricted to said Example and embodiment, In the range which does not deviate from the summary, it is possible to implement in various aspects.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example has been shown in which three events of error occurrence, warning occurrence, and print job end are prepared as events that can be selected as events (specific events) to be sent by e-mail. It is not limited. The printer operating status is classified into various detailed events such as out of toner, out of paper, paper jam, etc., and the warning includes various detailed events such as low toner and low paper. It is classified. Therefore, these detailed event units may be set. In short, as long as a specific event and a destination mail address to which an e-mail is transmitted when the specific event occurs can be set in any format.

  Moreover, although the example which sets only an e-mail address and a comment was shown for every event selected as a specific event, it is not limited to this, You may make it prepare various setting columns beforehand.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the mail condition is set for each print job has been described as an example. However, the mail condition set by a certain print job may be made to correspond to the subsequent print jobs.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the client and the printer are connected via the local area network is shown as an example. However, various wired connections such as USB connection, parallel connection, and serial connection, various connections such as Bluetooth connection, infrared connection, and the like. You may make it connect by wireless connection of.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the management system of the printer as a 1st Example of a present Example. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating configurations of a client CL1 and a printer PRT1 in FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a print property screen. It is explanatory drawing shown about the print job data produced | generated including mail condition information. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a procedure of mail condition acquisition processing in a mail condition acquisition unit 222 of the printer PRT1. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing mail condition information stored in a mail condition storage unit 232 of the printer PRT1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the management system of the printer as a 2nd Example of a present Example. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of printer PRT1 'in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1000 ... Management system 2000 ... Management system CL1 ... Client PC (client)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Application 12 ... Print driver 13 ... Communication part PRT1 ... Printer 21 ... Printer engine 22 ... Control part 221 ... Print control part 222 ... Mail condition acquisition part 223 ... Operation monitoring unit 224 ... Mail client 23 ... Information storage unit 231 ... Spool unit 232 ... Mail condition storage unit 233 ... Monitoring information storage unit 24 ... Communication unit PRT1 '. ..Printer 225 ... Monitoring information notification unit INT ... Internet LAN1 ... Local area network LAN0 ... Local area network SV ... Management server

Claims (10)

A print control device that generates a print job and sends it to a printing device,
An e-mail condition setting section that allows e-mail conditions to be set;
A print job generation unit that generates a print job including the mail condition as the print job;
With
The mail condition is a condition when an operation state during execution of the print job in the printing apparatus is notified by e-mail, and one or more specific events among events related to the operation state of the printing apparatus, And a destination mail address of the electronic mail transmitted when the specific event occurs in the printing apparatus. The print control apparatus according to claim 1,
The print control apparatus, wherein the mail condition includes a destination mail address corresponding to each specific event. The print control apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The print control apparatus, wherein the mail condition setting unit allows the specific event to be selected and set from candidate events prepared in advance. A printing device that executes a received print job,
An email condition storage unit for storing email conditions;
A mail condition acquisition unit that extracts the mail condition from the print job and stores the mail condition in association with the identification information of the print job when the received print job includes a mail condition;
With
The mail condition is a condition when an operation state during execution of the print job in the printing apparatus is notified by e-mail, and one or more specific events among events related to the operation state of the printing apparatus, And a destination mail address of the electronic mail transmitted when the specific event occurs in the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
A printing apparatus comprising: an e-mail transmission unit that transmits the e-mail to the transmission destination mail address. The printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
A printing apparatus comprising: a mail condition notifying unit for notifying the mail condition to another apparatus capable of transmitting the electronic mail to the destination mail address. A method for generating a print job comprising:
A process for setting email conditions;
Generating a print job including the mail condition as the print job;
With
The mail condition is a condition when an operation state during execution of the print job in the printing apparatus is notified by e-mail, and one or more specific events among events related to the operation state of the printing apparatus, And a destination mail address of the electronic mail transmitted when the specific event occurs in the printing apparatus. A method for acquiring e-mail conditions in a printing apparatus that executes a received print job,
If the received print job contains email conditions, extracting the email conditions from the print job;
Associating the extracted mail condition with the identification information of the print job and storing it in a mail condition storage unit built in the printing apparatus;
With
The mail condition is a condition when an operation state during execution of the print job in the printing apparatus is notified by e-mail, and one or more specific events among events related to the operation state of the printing apparatus, A mail condition acquisition method comprising: a destination mail address of the electronic mail transmitted when the specific event occurs in the printing apparatus. A computer program for generating a print job by a print control device,
The ability to set email conditions,
A function of generating a print job including the mail condition as the print job;
Is realized by a computer built in the printing control apparatus,
The mail condition is a condition when an operation state during execution of the print job in the printing apparatus is notified by e-mail, and one or more specific events among events related to the operation state of the printing apparatus, A computer program comprising: a destination mail address of the electronic mail transmitted when the specific event occurs in the printing apparatus. A computer program for acquiring e-mail conditions in a printing apparatus that executes a received print job,
A function of extracting the mail condition from the print job when the received print job includes a mail condition;
A function of associating the extracted mail condition with the identification information of the print job and storing it in a mail condition storage unit built in the printing apparatus;
Is realized by a computer built in the printing apparatus,
The mail condition is a condition when an operation state during execution of the print job in the printing apparatus is notified by e-mail, and one or more specific events among events related to the operation state of the printing apparatus, A computer program comprising: a destination mail address of the electronic mail transmitted when the specific event occurs in the printing apparatus.

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