Printing processing device and method thereof

Abstract

A printing processing device in which different jobs are generated at different stages of the printing process is disclosed that is capable of providing information of different jobs generated at different stages in connection with each other. The printing processing device includes a job information providing unit that provides the client device, in response to an information providing request from the client device for providing information of the printing job, with first job state identification information and second job state identification information in connection with the first job state identification information. The first job state identification information is used for identifying a state of a first-stage job generated at a first stage of the printing process, and the second job state identification information is used for identifying a state of a second-stage job generated at a second stage of the printing process. The second-stage job is generated from the first-stage job and has a job granularity different from the job granularity of the first-stage job.

1 . A printing processing device that controls a printing job according to a stage of a printing process and provides a client device with information of the printing job, said printing job being generated corresponding to a printing request from the client device connected to the printing processing device via a network, said printing processing device comprising: 
 a job information providing unit that provides the client device, in response to an information providing request from the client device for providing information of the printing job, with first job state identification information and second job state identification information in connection with the first job state identification information, said first job state identification information being used for identifying a state of a first-stage job generated at a first stage of the printing process, said second job state identification information being used for identifying a state of a second-stage job generated at a second stage of the printing process, said second-stage job being generated from the first-stage job and having a job granularity different from the job granularity of the first-stage job.    
   
   
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