US 11,914,911 B1
Industrial printing system, site server, and processing management method for distributed processing of production printing in peer-to-peer
Taku Matsuo, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,825.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1264 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1274 (2013.01); H04N 1/32529 (2013.01); H04N 1/32545 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An industrial printing system that performs production printing having a plurality of site servers that perform distributed processing of a job, and each of the plurality of site servers comprising:
a storage unit configured to store a capacity table showing a capacity of processing in print processing and post-processing;
a processing determination unit configured to determine another site server capable of processing the job from the plurality of site servers based on the capacity table stored in the storage unit; and
a processing management unit configured to perform schedule setting for processing the job by the other site server determined to be capable of processing by the processing determination unit and transmit the job to the other site server to request processing according to the schedule setting, wherein
each of the plurality of site servers further comprises: a trust relationship unit configured to establish a trust relationship that allows restricted access with the other site server; and
the processing management unit transmits and processes the job to the other site server for which the trust relationship is established by the trust relationship unit.