Print management device, print management system, print management method and computer readable medium

Abstract

A print management device includes: a receiving unit that receives a print instruction to perform print of an electronic document on recording media; a canceling unit that cancels the print caused to be performed by the print instruction received by the receiving unit, in accordance with a canceling instruction of the print by an operator; and a recording unit that records the number of the recording media or the number of faces of the recording media, if the print caused to be performed by the print instruction received by the receiving unit is canceled by the canceling unit, the print on the recording media being canceled.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A print management device comprising:
 a receiving unit configured to receive a print instruction to perform printing of an electronic document on recording media;   a canceling unit configured to cancel the printing caused to be performed by the print instruction received by the receiving unit, in response to receiving from an operator a canceling instruction to cancel the printing;   a recording unit configured to record a number of the recording media or a number of faces of the recording media that, as a result of the canceling of the printing in response to receiving the canceling instruction, will not be consumed, the number of the recording media or the number of faces of the recording media recorded by the recording unit being determined on a basis of a number of pages of the electronic document and a print setting in the print instruction; and   an outputting unit configured to output, outside of the print management device, information on the number of the recording media or the number of faces of the recording media, the number being recorded by the recording unit.   
     
     
         2 . A print management device comprising:
 a receiving unit configured to receive a print instruction to perform printing of an electronic document on recording media;   a deleting unit configured to delete the electronic document in response to a predetermined time period elapsing after the electronic document is stored in a memory; and   a recording unit configured to record a number of the recording media or a number of faces of the recording media that, as a result of the printing on the recording media being canceled because of deletion of the electronic document by the deleting unit, will not be consumed.   
     
     
         3 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process for print management, the process comprising:
 a receiving unit configured to receive a print instruction to perform printing of an electronic document on recording media;   a canceling unit configured to cancel the printing caused to be performed by the print instruction received by the receiving unit, in response to receiving from an operator a canceling instruction to cancel the printing;   a recording unit configured to record a number of the recording media or a number of faces of the recording media that, as a result of the canceling of the printing in response to receiving with the canceling instruction, will not be consumed, the number of the recording media or the number of faces of the recording media recorded by the recording unit being determined on a basis of a number of pages of the electronic document and a print setting in the print instruction; and   an outputting unit configured to output, outside of the print management device, information on the number of the recording media or the number of faces of the recording media, the number being recorded by the recording unit.