DISTRIBUTED-PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT REQUESTING DEVICE, DISTRIBUTED-PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, NETWORK PRINTER, DISTRIBUTED-PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND DISTRIBUTED-PRINTING METHOD

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a distributed-printing system appropriate to reducing a power consumption quality. PSOLUTION: A host terminal 100 calculates a power consumption quality needed for a network printer 200 to perform distributed-printing on the basis of an amount of consumed power information indicating a reference amount of consumed power of the network printer 200 and print data to determine a distributed-printing form, based on the calculated amount of consumed power for each distributed-printing mode. Next, the host terminal 100 displays the amount of consumed power and a print processing time when the distributed-printing has been performed in the distributed-printing form determined to each distributed-printing mode to prompt which distributed-printing mode should be selected for each distributed-printing mode, and inputs selection of either one of the displayed distributed-printing modes. Then, the host terminal 100 distributes the print data on the basis of the distributed-printing form determined for the selected distributed-printing mode. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI