Information print apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A method of printing a plurality of pieces of document information related each other which are distributed to and stored in a plurality of storage means in predetermined units, comprising:
- a step of designating a print operation of desired first document information;
a step of reading out the designated first document information from the corresponding storage means;
a step of searching for second document information which relates to the readout first document information;
a step of reading out the found second document information from the corresponding storage means;
a step of assigning information indicating a sequence between documents to the first document information and the second document information;
a first printing step of printing the first document information and the second document information together with the assigned information indicating the relationship in accordance with the information indicating the relationship; and
a second printing step of inhibiting the second document information from being printed again and printing only the information indicating the relationship assigned to the second document information when the second document information was printed previously if the second document information already printed comes again to relate to the first document information while the first document information is being printed in the first printing step.
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Abstract
There is provided a print apparatus which prints a plurality of pieces of linked document information of those that are distributed to and stored in a plurality of external document servers. The apparatus includes an extraction unit for extracting link information indicating second document information, which is linked to first document information, from the first document information received from the corresponding document server, a second reception unit for receiving the second document information indicated by the extracted link information from the corresponding document server, a print unit for assigning serial page numbers to the first document information and the second document information, and printing the first document information and the second document information, and a recurring information detection unit for detecting that the already printed second document information is linked again to the first document information. Hypermedia documents are printed in the form that it is easy for the user to use.
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Citations
11 Claims
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1. A method of printing a plurality of pieces of document information related each other which are distributed to and stored in a plurality of storage means in predetermined units, comprising:
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a step of designating a print operation of desired first document information; a step of reading out the designated first document information from the corresponding storage means; a step of searching for second document information which relates to the readout first document information; a step of reading out the found second document information from the corresponding storage means; a step of assigning information indicating a sequence between documents to the first document information and the second document information; a first printing step of printing the first document information and the second document information together with the assigned information indicating the relationship in accordance with the information indicating the relationship; and a second printing step of inhibiting the second document information from being printed again and printing only the information indicating the relationship assigned to the second document information when the second document information was printed previously if the second document information already printed comes again to relate to the first document information while the first document information is being printed in the first printing step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of printing a plurality of pieces of document information linked each other which are distributed to and stored in a plurality of storage means in predetermined units, comprising:
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a step of designating a print operation of desired first document information and a maximum hop count indicating a maximum number of links to be tracked; a step of reading out the designated first document information from the corresponding storage means; a step of searching for second document information which is linked to the readout first document information; a step of reading out the found second document information from the corresponding storage means; a step of registering a current hop count; a step of comparing the registered current hop count and the maximum hop count; a step of reading out third document information which is linked to the found second document information from the corresponding storage means when the current hop count is smaller than the maximum hop count; and a step of printing the first document information and the second document information when the current hop count is equal to the maximum hop count. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A print apparatus for printing a plurality of pieces of document information linked each other which are distributed to and stored in a plurality of storage means in predetermined units, comprising:
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designation means for designating a print operation of desired first document information; first reception means for receiving the designated first document information from the corresponding storage means; extraction means for extracting link information indicating second document information, which is linked to the first document information, from the received first document information; second reception means for receiving the second document information indicated by the extracted link information from the corresponding storage means; means for assigning serial page numbers to the first document information and the second document information; means for printing the first document information and the second document information together with the page numbers; and means for inhibiting the second document information from being printed repeatedly and printing only the page number assigned to the second document information by the assigning means when the second information was printed previously, if the second document information already printed comes repeatedly to link to the first document information, while the first document information is being printed by the printing means. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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Specification