Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storing medium

• US 20060203285A1
• Filed: 05/09/2006
• Published: 09/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Ayutthaya Limited (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Sato, Hiroyuki, Shimizu, Yasushi, Yamaguchi, Koutaro
• Granted Patent: US 8,330,976 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.150
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1224 Client or server resources management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1236 Connection management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1288 in client-server-printer device configuration

Abstract

To enable data in a WWW server on a network to be directly obtained without passing through an information processing apparatus and to reduce a load which is applied to the network when the data obtained from the WWW server is printed, a digital copier has a function, namely, a Web Pull Printing function for actively accessing to the WWW server, obtaining data of an HTML format in the WWW server, and printing by a self printer. A Web print request to the digital copier by the user is executed through a print utility which is operating on a client.

Claims

1-81. -81. (canceled)

82. An all-in-image forming apparatus for printing all-in-data held in a WWW server on a network, said image forming apparatus comprising:

an input unit adapted to input a URL for obtaining the data held in the WWW server;

a storage unit adapted to store the URL input by said input unit;

a display unit adapted to display a list to be used for causing a user to select the URL stored by said storage unit;

an obtaining unit adapted to access the WWW server through the network and thus obtain the data held in the WWW server, based on the URL selected by the user from the list displayed by said display unit; and

a printing unit adapted to print the data obtained by said obtaining unit.

83. An image forming apparatus according to claim 82, wherein said display unit displays the list including the plural URL'"'"'s stored by said storage unit.

84. An image forming apparatus according to claim 82, wherein said obtaining unit accesses the WWW server through the network and thus obtains the data held in the WWW server, based on the URL input by said input unit.

85. An image forming apparatus according to claim 82, further comprising a setting unit adapted to execute print setting in case of printing the data by said printing unit.

86. An image forming apparatus according to claim 85, wherein said setting unit sets whether or not to print, together with the data held in the WWW server, the URL of said data.

87. An image forming apparatus according to claim 85, wherein said setting unit sets whether or not to print, together with the data held in the WWW server, a title of said data.

88. An image forming apparatus according to claim 85, wherein said setting unit sets, in a case where the data held in the WWW server represents an image for drawing a background, whether or not to print the background.

89. An image forming apparatus according to claim 85, wherein said setting unit sets a schedule for periodically obtaining the data held in the WWW server.

90. An image forming apparatus according to claim 89, further comprising a judgment unit adapted to judge, in the case where the schedule is set by said setting unit, whether or not the schedule is satisfied,

wherein, in a case where it is judged by said judgment unit that the schedule is satisfied, said obtaining unit accesses the WWW server through the network and obtains the data held in the WWW server.

91. An image forming apparatus according to claim 85, wherein said setting unit sets, according to a hyper-link in regard to the data held in the WWW server, whether or not to print the data at a hyper-linked destination.

92. An image forming method for printing data held in a WWW server on a network, said image forming method comprising:

an input step of inputting a URL for obtaining the data held in the WWW server;

a storage step of storing the URL input in said input step;

a display step of displaying a list to be used for causing a user to select the URL stored in said storage step;

an obtaining step of accessing the WWW server through the network and thus obtaining the data held in the WWW server, based on the URL selected by the user from the list displayed in said display step; and

a printing step of printing the data obtained in said obtaining step.

93. An image forming method according to claim 92, wherein said display step displays the list including the plural URL'"'"'s stored in said storage step.

94. An image forming method according to claim 92, wherein said obtaining step accesses the WWW server through the network and thus obtains the data held in the WWW server, based on the URL input in said input step.

95. An image forming method according to claim 92, further comprising a setting step of executing print setting in case of printing the data in said printing step.

96. An image forming method according to claim 95, wherein said setting step sets whether or not to print, together with the data held in the WWW server, the URL of said data.

97. An image forming method according to claim 95, wherein said setting step sets whether or not to print, together with the data held in the WWW server, a title of said data.

98. An image forming method according to claim 95, wherein said setting step sets, in a case where the data held in the WWW server represents an image for drawing a background, whether or not to print the background.

99. An image forming method according to claim 95, wherein said setting step sets a schedule for periodically obtaining the data held in the WWW server.

100. An image forming method according to claim 99, further comprising a judgment step of judging, in the case where the schedule is set in said setting step, whether or not the schedule is satisfied,

wherein, in a case where it is judged in said judgment step that the schedule is satisfied, said obtaining step accesses the WWW server through the network and obtains the data held in the WWW server.

101. An image forming method according to claim 95, wherein said setting step sets, according to a hyper-link in regard to the data held in the WWW server, whether or not to print the data at a hyper-linked destination.