PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce labor required in performing printing in a printer, compared with a case where a printer is changed to have the configuration of a print mechanism required for printing.;SOLUTION: In a workflow server 10, an operation receiving unit 25 receives print instruction information for instructing printing in a printer to a DFE 40; a receiving unit 22 acquires change schedule information indicating a schedule to change the configuration of a print mechanism included in the printer; a transmission unit 21 transmits the print instruction information to the DFE 40 such that in the change schedule indicated in the change schedule information, printing is performed in a first time during which the printer has the configuration of the print mechanism required for printing. In the DFE 40, a receiving unit 43 receives the print instruction information, and a print instruction unit 45 processes the print instruction information.;SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6;COPYRIGHT: (C)2019,JPO&INPIT
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