Image forming device that automatically retransmits request data to network server

• US 20030184798A1
• Filed: 03/11/2003
• Published: 10/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Kokubo, Masatoshi, Sato, Yuji, Enomoto, Katsunori
• Granted Patent: US 9,001,354 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00209 Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32635 of reproducing apparatus or receiver, e.g. out of paper
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32662 remotely, e.g. to the transmitter from the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32667 Restarting a communication or performing a recovery operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0039 Connection via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0086 Image transceiver H04N2201/0093 and H04N2201/0094 take precedence

Abstract

An image forming device transmits a transmission request data to a server on a network and receives content data from the server. The received content data is printed on a recording medium, and the transmission request data transmitted to the server is stored in a memory. When print error is detected before the received data was completely printed, the image forming device notifies a user of the print error. After the print error is resolved, the image forming device automatically retransmit the transmission request data to the server.

Claims

1. An image forming device comprising:

a communication unit that transmits a transmission request data to a server on a network and that receives data content that the server transmits in response to the transmission request data;

a print unit that prints the data content;

a memory that stores the transmission request data that the communication unit has transmitted to the server;

an error detecting unit that detects print error that occurs before the print unit completes printing the data content;

an error-recovery detecting unit that detects recovery of the print error; and

a control unit that controls the transmission unit, wherein

when the error detecting unit detects the print error, the control unit controls the communication unit to retransmit the transmission request data stored in the memory to the server after the error-recovery detecting unit detects the recovery.

2. The image forming device according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit transmits a print resource data along with the transmission request data, the print resource data being required by the server to determine whether the print unit is capable of print the data content.

3. The image forming device according to claim 2, further comprising a determining unit that determines whether or not to print the data content, wherein the communication unit also receives determination results that the server transmits in response to the print resource data, and the determining unit determines whether or not to print the data content based on the received determination results.

4. The image forming device according to claim 3, further comprising a displaying unit, wherein the communication unit also receives printable conditions from the server along with the determination results, and the display unit displays the received printable conditions.

5. The image forming device according to claim 4, further comprising a setting storing unit that stores a setting, wherein the determining unit determines to print the data content when at least one of the printable conditions matches the setting.

6. The image forming device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the communication unit to transmit an error notification to the server when the error detecting unit detects the print error.

7. An image forming device comprising:

a communication unit that transmits a transmission request data to a server on a network and that receives data content that the server transmits in response to the transmission request data;

a print unit that prints the data content;

a memory that stores an address of the server to which the communication unit has transmitted the transmission request data;

an error detecting unit that detects print error that occurs before the print unit completes printing the data content;

an error-recovery detecting unit that detects recovery of the print error; and

a control unit that controls the transmission unit, wherein

when the error detecting unit detects the print error, the control unit controls the communication unit to transmit a retransmission request to the server whose address is stored in the memory after the error-recovery detecting unit detects the recovery, the retransmission request requesting the server to retransmit the data content which the server has transmitted in response to the transmission request data.

8. The image forming device. according to claim 7, wherein the communication unit transmits a print resource data along with the transmission request data, the print resource data being required by the server to determine whether the print unit is capable of print the data content.

9. The image forming device according to claim 8, further comprising a determining unit that determines whether or not to print the data content, wherein the communication unit also receives determination results that the server transmits in response to the print resource data, and the determining unit determines whether or not to print the data content based on the received determination results.

10. The image forming device according to claim 9, further comprising a displaying unit, wherein the communication unit also receives printable conditions from the server along with the determination results, and the display unit displays the received printable conditions.

11. The image forming device according to claim 10, further comprising a setting storing unit that stores a setting, wherein the determining unit determines to print the data when at least one of the printable conditions matches the setting.

12. A network server comprising:

a communication unit that receives a transmission request data from a terminal on a network and that transmits data content to the terminal in response to the transmission request data, the transmission request data being received along with a print resource data;

a determining unit that determines whether or not the terminal is capable of print the data content based on the print resource data; and

a notifying unit that notifies the terminal of a determination result of the determining unit.

13. The network server according to claim 12, wherein the determining unit further determines print conditions under which the terminal is capable of print the data content, and the notifying unit notifies the terminal of the determined print conditions along with the determination result of the determining unit.

14. The network server according to claim 12, further comprising a memory that stores the data content that the communication unit has transmitted to the terminal, wherein the communication unit retransmits the data content stored in the memory to the terminal when the communication unit receives a retransmission request data from the terminal.

15. A communication method comprising the steps of:

a) transmitting a transmission request data to a server on a network;

b) storing, into a memory, the transmission request data transmitted to the server in the step a);

c) receiving data content that the server transmits in response to the transmission request data;

d) printing the data content;

e) detecting whether or not print error occurred before the printing of the data content has completed;

f) detecting recovery of the print error if the print error was detected in the step e); and

g) retransmitting the transmission request data stored in the memory to the server after the recovery was detected in the step f).

16. A communication method comprising the steps of:

a) transmitting a transmission request data to a server on a network;

b) storing, into a memory, an address of the server to which the transmission request data was transmitted in the step a);

c) receiving data content that the server transmits in response to the transmission request data;

d) printing the data content;

e) detecting whether or not print error occurred before the printing of the data content has completed;

f) detecting recovery of the print error if the print error was detected in the step e); and

g) transmitting a retransmission request data to the server whose address is stored in the memory after the recovery was detected in the step f).

17. A communication method of a server, comprising the steps of:

a) receiving a transmission request and a resource information from a terminal, the transmission request requesting the server to transmit data content to the terminal;

b) determining whether or not the terminal can print the data content based on the resource information; and

c) notifying a determination result to the terminal.

18. The communication method according to claim 17, further comprising the step of d) storing the data content into a memory.