Network printer for printing edited contents on a network and method for printing contents on the network
First Claim
1. A network printer comprising:
- a storage to store in advance an address of a site on a network, location information corresponding to a location in a display image of selected contents displayed at the site and described in a predetermined language and print layout information of the selected contents;
an access/information extracting section to access the site corresponding to said address with a predetermined timing to thereby obtain the contents displayed by said site and extract the selected contents from said received contents according to said location information; and
a print section to print the selected contents according to said print layout information,wherein said location information comprises at least one tag, corresponding to the location in the display image of the selected contents, extracted from a predetermined language representation of the display image.
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Abstract
The invention makes use of that fact that the layout of a web page providing a variety of contents is rarely modified but only the contents in the layout is modified. A network printer stores in advance a network address (for example URL) where contents are retained, location information of the necessary contents in the contents retained at an address site and described in a predetermined language (for example HTML) and the print layout information of the contents. The network printer accesses the site on the network with a preset timing, receives the retained contents, extracts the necessary contents from the received contents according to the contents location information, and prints the necessary contents according to the print layout information.
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16 Claims
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1. A network printer comprising:
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a storage to store in advance an address of a site on a network, location information corresponding to a location in a display image of selected contents displayed at the site and described in a predetermined language and print layout information of the selected contents; an access/information extracting section to access the site corresponding to said address with a predetermined timing to thereby obtain the contents displayed by said site and extract the selected contents from said received contents according to said location information; and a print section to print the selected contents according to said print layout information, wherein said location information comprises at least one tag, corresponding to the location in the display image of the selected contents, extracted from a predetermined language representation of the display image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A network printer comprising:
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means for storing in advance an address of a site on a network, location information corresponding to a location in a display image of selected contents displayed at the site and described in a predetermined language and print layout information of the selected contents; means for accessing the site corresponding to said address with a predetermined timing to thereby obtain the contents displayed by said site; means for extracting the selected contents from said received contents according to said location information; and means for printing the selected contents according to said print layout information, wherein said location information comprises at least one tag, corresponding to the location in the display image of the selected contents, extracted from a predetermined language representation of the display image. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for printing contents retained by a site on a network via a printer connected to the network, said method comprising steps of:
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storing in advance an address of a site on said network, location information corresponding to a location in a display image of selected contents displayed at said site and described in a predetermined language and a print layout information of the selected contents, in said printer; accessing the site corresponding to said address with a predetermined timing via said printer to thereby obtain the contents displayed by said site; extracting the selected contents from said received contents according to said location information via said printer; and printing the selected contents according to said print layout information via said printer, wherein said location information comprises at least one tag, corresponding to the location in the display image of the selected contents, extracted from a predetermined language representation of the display image. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A recording medium for recording a program that prints contents retained by a site on a network via a printer connected to the network, said medium making a computer to execute the following steps:
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storing in advance an address of a site on said network, location information corresponding to a location in a display image of selected contents displayed at said site and described in a predetermined language and a print layout information of the selected contents, in said printer; accessing the site corresponding to said address with a predetermined timing via said printer to thereby obtain the contents displayed by said site; extracting the selected contents from said received contents according to said location information via said printer; and printing the selected contents according to said print layout information via said printer, wherein said location information comprises at least one tag, corresponding to the location in the display image of the selected contents, extracted from a predetermined language representation of the display image. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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