PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTER AND PRINT REQUEST CONTROL SERVER

• US 20120307298A1
• Filed: 05/29/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: ISHIGE, Taro, KITO, Nobuyuki, OBI, Hidetsugu
• Application Number:
  US13/482,766
• Publication Number:
  US 20120307298A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1218 Reducing or saving of used resources, e.g. avoiding waste of consumables or improving usage of hardware resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1267 Job repository, e.g. non-scheduled jobs, delay printing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00222 details of image data generation or reproduction, e.g. scan-to-email or network printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence

Abstract

A printing system includes: a given wireless terminal having a print request unit that sends a print request including an identifier and a print target, the wireless terminal being identified by the identifier; a print request control server having a print request receiving unit that receives the print request and a print information sending unit that sends print information corresponding to the print target in association with the identifier; and a printer having a wireless terminal detecting unit that detects the identifier of the given wireless terminal, a print information receiving unit that receives the print information corresponding to the detected identifier from the print request control server, and a print control unit that controls the printing based on the print information.

Claims

1. A printing system that is provided a print request unit to send a print request including an identifier and a print target, printing is carried out based on a print request sent from a given wireless terminal that is identified by the identifier, the printing system comprising:

a print request control server including a print request receiving unit that receives the print request and a print information sending unit that sends print information corresponding to the print target in association with the identifier; and

a printer including a wireless terminal detecting unit that detects the identifier of the given wireless terminal, a print information receiving unit that receives the print information corresponding to the detected identifier from the print request control server, and a print control unit that controls the printing based on the print information.

2. The printing system according to claim 1,

wherein the print information receiving unit notifies the print request control server of the detected identifier and receives the print information corresponding to the notified identifier from the print request control server;

and

the print information sending unit sends, as the print information corresponding to the identifier, print information corresponding to the print request sent including the identifier notified by the print information receiving unit.

3. The printing system according to claim 1,

wherein the print request is an e-mail whose destination is an e-mail address that includes the identifier.

4. The printing system according to claim 1,

wherein the print information includes the print target itself.

5. The printing system according to claim 1,

wherein the print request control server further includes a print information generating unit that generates the print information by converting the print target.

6. A printer comprising:

a wireless terminal detecting unit that detects a communication identifier of a given wireless terminal;

a print information receiving unit that receives print information corresponding to the detected communication identifier; and

a print control unit that controls printing based on the print information.

8. The printer according to claim 6,

wherein the print information receiving unit makes a notification of the detected identifier and receives the print information corresponding to the notified identifier.

7. A print request control server comprising:

a print request receiving unit that receives, from a given wireless terminal identified by a communication identifier, a print request that includes the communication identifier and a print target; and

a print information sending unit that sends, to a printer that has detected the communication identifier of the given wireless terminal, print information corresponding to the print target in association with the communication identifier.