Image processing apparatus, image processing method and control program
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus for printing data requested to be printed from a client apparatus via a network, including:
- determination means for determining whether or not an instruction string is described in the body portion of e-mail sent from said client apparatus; and
controlling means for, in the case where said determination means determines that said instruction string is described, printing the data contained in an attached file according to the instruction string.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein as a preferred embodiment is an image forming apparatus for printing data requested to be printed from a client apparatus via a network. The image forming apparatus comprising determination means for determining whether or not an instruction string is described in the body portion of e-mail sent from the client apparatus and controlling means for, in the case where the determination means determines that the instruction string is described, printing the data contained in an attached file according to the instruction string. And a control program, a method and a system for controlling these are also disclosed.
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40 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus for printing data requested to be printed from a client apparatus via a network, including:
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determination means for determining whether or not an instruction string is described in the body portion of e-mail sent from said client apparatus; and
controlling means for, in the case where said determination means determines that said instruction string is described, printing the data contained in an attached file according to the instruction string. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An image forming method for performing an image forming process by making a printing request to an image forming apparatus from a client apparatus via a network, said image forming apparatus having:
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determination step of determining whether or not an instruction string is described in e-mail sent from said client apparatus; and
controlling step of, in the case where said determination means determines that said instruction string is described, printing the data contained in an attached file according to the instruction string. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A client apparatus for sending data to an image forming apparatus on a network and making a printing request, having:
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sending means for sending data to be printed to said image forming apparatus as an attached file to e-mail; and
describing means for describing in the body portion of said e-mail an instruction string to be used when printing the data in said attached file. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A control program to be executed by an image forming apparatus for printing data requested to be printed from a client apparatus via a network, characterized by having the contents of, as to e-mail sent from said client apparatus, identifying a header portion, the body portion and an attached file, determining whether or not an instruction string is described in said body portion identified, and in the case where it is determined that said instruction string is described, printing the data contained in said attached file according to the instruction string.
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38. A control program to be executed by a client apparatus for sending data to an image forming apparatus on a network to have it printed, characterized by having the contents of sending the data to be printed to said image forming apparatus as an attached file to e-mail and also describing an instruction string to be used when printing the data in said attached file in the body portion of said e-mail.
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39. An image forming apparatus for printing data requested to be printed from a client apparatus via a network, including:
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a determination unit, adapted for determining whether or not an instruction string is described in the body portion of e-mail sent from said client apparatus; and
a controlling unit, adapted for, in the case where said determination unit determines that said instruction string is described, printing the data contained in an attached file according to the instruction string.
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40. A client apparatus for sending data to an image forming apparatus on a network and making a printing request, having:
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a sending unit, adapted for sending data to be printed to said image forming apparatus as an attached file to e-mail; and
a describing unit, adapted for describing in the body portion of said e-mail an instruction string to be used when printing the data in said attached file.
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Specification