NETWORK PRINTING SYSTEM, CLIENT TERMINAL, AND PRINTING METHOD
First Claim
1. A network printing system comprising a client terminal, a control server which controls processing for an online document on a network, and an image forming apparatus,said client terminal comprises a print instruction unit configured to send a print instruction for the online document to said control server by executing processing defined in a script language for the online document accessed via a Web browser of said client terminal, andsaid control server comprises:
- a format determination unit configured to receive the print instruction sent from said client terminal, and to determine whether the online document designated by the print instruction has a document format printable by the image forming apparatus;
a conversion determination unit configured, when said format determination unit determines that the online document is unprintable, to determine whether a document format of the online document designated by the print instruction can be converted;
a conversion unit configured, when said conversion determination unit determines that the document format can be converted, to convert the document format of the online document into a printable document format; and
an input unit configured to input actual data of the online document of the printable document format as a printing target in the image forming apparatus.
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Abstract
A client terminal in a network printing system including the client terminal, a control server which controls processing for an online document on a network, and an image forming apparatus, comprises a print instruction unit configured to send a print instruction for the online document to the control server by executing processing defined in a script language for the online document accessed via a Web browser of the client terminal, wherein the processing defined in the script language is registered as a bookmarklet in the Web browser, and when printing the accessed online document, processing of the print instruction unit is executed in response to selecting the bookmarklet by a user.
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9 Claims
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1. A network printing system comprising a client terminal, a control server which controls processing for an online document on a network, and an image forming apparatus,
said client terminal comprises a print instruction unit configured to send a print instruction for the online document to said control server by executing processing defined in a script language for the online document accessed via a Web browser of said client terminal, and said control server comprises: -
a format determination unit configured to receive the print instruction sent from said client terminal, and to determine whether the online document designated by the print instruction has a document format printable by the image forming apparatus; a conversion determination unit configured, when said format determination unit determines that the online document is unprintable, to determine whether a document format of the online document designated by the print instruction can be converted; a conversion unit configured, when said conversion determination unit determines that the document format can be converted, to convert the document format of the online document into a printable document format; and an input unit configured to input actual data of the online document of the printable document format as a printing target in the image forming apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A client terminal in a network printing system including the client terminal, a control server which controls processing for an online document on a network, and an image forming apparatus, comprising a print instruction unit configured to send a print instruction for the online document to the control server by executing processing defined in a script language for the online document accessed via a Web browser of the client terminal,
wherein the processing defined in the script language is registered as a bookmarklet in the Web browser, and when printing the accessed online document, processing of said print instruction unit is executed in response to selecting the bookmarklet by a user.
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9. A printing method in a network printing system including a client terminal, a control server which controls processing for an online document on a network, and an image forming apparatus, comprising:
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in the client terminal, a print instruction step of sending a print instruction for the online document to the control server by executing processing defined in a script language for the online document accessed via a Web browser of the client terminal; in the control server, a format determination step of receiving the print instruction sent from the client terminal, and determining whether the online document designated by the print instruction has a document format printable by the image forming apparatus; a conversion determination step of, when the online document is determined in the format determination step to be unprintable, determining whether a document format of the online document designated by the print instruction can be converted; a conversion step of, when the document format is determined in the conversion determination step to be able to be converted, converting the document format of the online document into a printable document format; and an input step of inputting actual data of the online document of the printable format as a printing target in the image forming apparatus.
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