SERVER AND PRINTER INTRODUCING METHOD UNDER THIN CLIENT ENVIRONMENT
First Claim
1. A server to which a plurality of printers and at least a client terminal device are coupled through a network, comprising:
- a printer information storage section to store printer-IP addresses, each of which corresponds to each of the plurality of printers, therein; and
a control section that compares a client-IP address of the client terminal device with each of the printer-IP addresses stored in the printer information storage section to yield a comparison result, when the server receives a printer introduction request sent from the client terminal device, and then, selects a specific printer from the plurality of printers, based on the comparison result, so as to send printer information of the specific printer back to the client terminal device.
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Abstract
There is described a server and printer introducing method under the thin client environment, in which the user can easily select such a printer that is located at a position in the vicinity of the client terminal device currently used by the user, from a large number of printers coupled to the network. The server includes: a printer information storage section to store printer-IP addresses, each of which corresponds to each of the plurality of printers, therein; and a control section that compares a client-IP address of the client terminal device with each of the printer-IP addresses so as to yield a comparison result, when the server receives a printer introduction request sent from the client terminal device, and then, selects a specific printer from the plurality of printers, based on the comparison result, so as to send printer information of the specific printer back to the client terminal device.
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12 Claims
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1. A server to which a plurality of printers and at least a client terminal device are coupled through a network, comprising:
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a printer information storage section to store printer-IP addresses, each of which corresponds to each of the plurality of printers, therein; and a control section that compares a client-IP address of the client terminal device with each of the printer-IP addresses stored in the printer information storage section to yield a comparison result, when the server receives a printer introduction request sent from the client terminal device, and then, selects a specific printer from the plurality of printers, based on the comparison result, so as to send printer information of the specific printer back to the client terminal device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A server to which a plurality of printers and at least a client terminal device are coupled through a network, comprising:
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a printer information storage section to store printer-IP addresses, each of which corresponds to each of the plurality of printers, therein; and a control section that compares a client-IP address of the client terminal device with each of the printer-IP addresses stored in the printer information storage section to yield a comparison result, when the server receives a printer introduction request sent from the client terminal device, and then, determines a priority degree of each of the plurality of printers based on the comparison result, so as to send printer information of a specific printer, having the priority degree higher than those of other printers, back to the client terminal device prior to other printer information of the other printers. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for introducing a printer to a thin client terminal device in a thin client environment in which a server, at least a thin client terminal device and a plurality of printers are coupled to each other through a network;
wherein, when the server receives a printer introduction request sent from the thin client terminal device, the server introduces such a specific printer that has a network address, an agreement degree of which with another network address of the thin client terminal device is higher than other agreement degrees of other printers, to the thin client terminal device, prior to the other printers.
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