CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is based on and claims priority under 35 USC 119 from Japanese Patent Application No. 2020-045804 filed Mar. 16, 2020.

BACKGROUND

(i) Technical Field

The present invention relates to a printing management apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a printing management program.

(ii) Related Art

JP2002-297973A discloses a printing process resource operation management system in which a server is joined to a temporary ordering side terminal and an application side terminal via a communication network. The printing process resource operation management system disclosed in JP2002-297973A includes a reception spool information storage unit that stores temporary order information and application information, and a temporary order information storage unit that stores the temporary order information. The server includes a temporary order registration unit, an application registration unit, a temporary order collation unit, a temporary order collation list display unit, and a temporary order selection unit.

The temporary order registration unit causes the temporary order information acquired from the temporary ordering side terminal to be stored in the temporary order information storage unit. The application registration unit causes the application information acquired from the application side terminal to be stored in the reception spool information storage unit. The temporary order collation unit collates the temporary order information in the temporary order information storage unit with the application information in the reception spool information storage unit. Then, the temporary order collation unit associates the collated coincident temporary order information with the corresponding application information, and stores the resultant of the association in the reception spool information storage unit. The temporary order collation list display unit causes a list of temporary order information stored in the reception spool information storage unit in association with the application information to be displayed on the application side terminal. The temporary order selection unit selects the corresponding temporary order information from the temporary order collation list displayed on the application side terminal, based on selection information acquired from the application side terminal, and sets the selected temporary order information as order acceptance information.

SUMMARY

When an orderer places an order for printing on paper, and the quantity of ordered paper exceeds the quantity of paper in stock by each of a plurality of printers, there is a problem that acceptance of an order by any printer is not possible.

Aspects of non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a printing management apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a printing management program that, even when the quantity of paper required for printing ordered by an orderer exceeds the quantity of paper in stock by each of a plurality of printers, it is possible that any printer accepts the order.

Aspects of certain non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure overcome the above disadvantages and/or other disadvantages not described above. However, aspects of the non-limiting embodiments are not required to overcome the disadvantages described above, and aspects of the non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure may not overcome any of the disadvantages described above.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a printing management apparatus that includes a processor configured to acquire an order quantity being a quantity of paper required for printing, acquire a stock quantity for each attribute of paper, the stock quantity being a quantity of paper having at least one or more attributes in common with attributes of the paper which is required for the printing and is in stock by a printer, and, when the order quantity is greater than the stock quantity and a sum of at least two stock quantities is equal to or greater than the order quantity, display the printer as a printer capable of accepting an order.

