Printing system, printing apparatus, printing method and program
First Claim
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit which receives an e-mail to be sent from an external terminal;
a data generating unit which generates print data for printing a file attached to said e-mail received by said receiving unit; and
a printing unit which prints said file by using said print data generated by said data generating unit.
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Abstract
An information providing server has information on plural printers. The information providing server provides a user of a portable terminal with the information on the plural printers by sending the information on the plural printers to the portable terminal. The portable terminal sends an e-mail to which a file to be printed is attached to a printer selected by the user. Each of the plural printers has a plurality of print conditions to which different e-mail addresses are respectively assigned. The printer that has received an e-mail specifies a print condition from an e-mail address indicating the destination of the e-mail. The printer then prints the file attached to the received e-mail under the specified print condition.
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28 Claims
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1. A printing apparatus comprising:
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a receiving unit which receives an e-mail to be sent from an external terminal;
a data generating unit which generates print data for printing a file attached to said e-mail received by said receiving unit; and
a printing unit which prints said file by using said print data generated by said data generating unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A printing apparatus comprising:
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a downloader which downloads an object to be printed, stored in an external terminal, from said external terminal; and
a printing unit which prints said object to be printed downloaded by said downloader. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A printing system comprising:
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one or more printing apparatuses that print a file attached to an e-mail sent from a terminal device which is operated by a user; and
an information providing terminal which has information on said one or more printing apparatuses and provides said user with said information on said one or more printing apparatuses, said information providing terminal including an apparatus information memory unit which stores said information on said one or more printing apparatuses and a transmitting unit which sends said terminal device that information among pieces of information stored in said apparatus information memory unit which is about a printing apparatus selected by said user, thereby providing said user with said information on said printing apparatus selected by said user. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A printing method comprising:
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a mail sending step of allowing a terminal device operated by a user to send a printing apparatus an e-mail to which a file to be printed is attached;
a receiving step of allowing said printing apparatus to receive said e-mail sent from said external terminal;
a data generating step of allowing said printing apparatus to generate print data for printing a file attached to said received e-mail; and
a printing step of allowing said print apparatus to print said file by using said print data generated in said data generating step. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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25. A printing method, which is executed by a printing apparatus, comprising:
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a downloading step of downloading an object to be printed, stored in an external terminal, from said external terminal; and
a printing step of printing said object to be printed downloaded in said downloading step. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A program for allowing a computer connectable to a printer to serve as a printing apparatus comprising:
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a receiving unit which receives an e-mail to be sent from an external terminal;
a memory unit which stores a plurality of print conditions to which different e-mail addresses are respectively assigned;
a condition specifying unit which specifies a print condition from an e-mail address indicating a destination of said e-mail received by said receiving unit and memory contents of said memory unit; and
a printing unit which controls said printer to print a file attached to said e-mail received by said receiving unit under said print condition specified by said condition specifying unit.
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28. A program for allowing a computer connectable to a printer and a reading apparatus for reading data recorded on a portable recording medium to serve as a printing apparatus comprising:
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a reading unit which controls said reading apparatus to read data, which is necessary for downloading an object to be printed from an external terminal, recorded on said portable recording medium;
a downloader which downloads said object to be printed from said external terminal using said data read by said reading unit; and
a printing unit which controls said printer to print said object to be printed downloaded by said downloader.
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