Printing apparatus connected to pocket electronic device through network and printing system thereof

• US 7,148,981 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2001
• Issued: 12/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Fujitani, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Pokrzywa, Joseph R.
• Application Number:
  US09/947,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20020036795A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,922 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.15, 358/1.13, 358/1.18, 358/3.28, 358/434, 358/438
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/36 for portability , i.e. hand-held printers or laptop printers B41J3/4075 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1231 Device related settings, e.g. IP address, Name, Identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1236 Connection management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1292 Mobile client, e.g. wireless printing

Abstract

Electric device related information including information which the pocket electric device has and information at a position of a pocket electric device on a network obtained based on information of the position on the network which the pocket electric device has is printed out. Individual identification information that the pocket electric device has as internal information thereof is added to the electric device related information before it is printed out.

Claims

1. A printing apparatus for connecting with a pocket electric device through a network, said printing apparatus comprising a printing part printing out electric device related information including information stored in the pocket electric device and information from the network obtained based on location information stored in the pocket electric device,

wherein said printing apparatus adds owner identification information specific to the pocket electric device and stored internally in the pocket electric device to the electric device related information, and prints the owner identification information and the electric device related information together, and

wherein the adding of the owner identification information and printing thereof with the electric device related information are carried out through conversion of the owner identification information into print image information.

4. A printing system in which the printing apparatus claimed in claim 1 is connected with the pocket electric device through the network.

2. A printing apparatus for connecting with a pocket electric device through a network, said printing apparatus comprising a printing part printing out electric device related information including at least one of information stored in the pocket electric device and information from the network obtained based on location information stored in the pocket electric device,

wherein said printing apparatus has environment information concerning an environment in which said printing apparatus is installed, and, said printing apparatus adds the environment information to the electric device related information, and prints the environment information and the electric device related information together, and

wherein the adding of the environment information and printing thereof together with the electric device related information are carried out through conversion of the environment information into print image information.

3. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

said printing apparatus adds further owner identification information specific to the pocket electric device and stored internally in the pocket electric device, and prints the owner identification information together with the electric device related information and environment information.

5. A printing system in which the printing apparatus claimed in claim 2 is connected with the pocket electric device through the network.

6. A printing system in which the printing apparatus claimed in claim 3 is connected with the pocket electric device through the network.

7. A printing apparatus for connecting with a pocket electric device through a network, said printing apparatus comprising:

printing means for printing out electric device related information including at least one of information stored in the pocket electric device and information from the network obtained based on location information stored in the pocket electric device; and

adding means for adding owner identification information specific to the pocket electric device and stored internally in the pocket electric device to the electric device related information before it is printed out by said printing means,

wherein the adding of the owner identification information and printing of the owner identification information together with the electric device related information are carried out through conversion of the owner identification information into print image information.

10. A printing system in which the printing apparatus claimed in claim 7 is connected with the pocket electric device through the network.

8. A printing apparatus for connecting with a pocket electric device through a network, said printing apparatus comprising:

printing means for printing out electric device related information including at least one of information stored in the pocket electric device and information from the network obtained based on location information stored in the pocket electric device; and

adding means for adding environment information to the electric device related information, before it is printed out by said printing means,

wherein said printing apparatus has the environment information concerning an environment in which said printing apparatus is installed, and

wherein the adding of the environment information and printing of the environment information together with the electric device related information are carried out through conversion of the environment information into print image information.

9. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein:

said adding means adds further owner identification information specific to the pocket electric device and stored internally in the pocket electric device to the electric device related information before it is printed out by said printing means together with the environment information.

11. A printing system in which the printing apparatus claimed in claim 8 is connected with the pocket electric device through the network.

12. A printing system in which the printing apparatus claimed in claim 9 is connected with the pocket electric device through the network.

13. A printing apparatus for connecting with a pocket electric device through a network, said printing apparatus comprising a printing part printing out electric device related information including information stored in the pocket electric device and information from the network obtained based on location information stored in the pocket electric device,

wherein said printing apparatus adds owner identification information specific to the pocket electric device and stored internally in that the pocket electric device to the electric device related information, and prints the owner identification information and the electric device related information together,

wherein the adding of the owner identification information and printing thereof with the electric device related information are carried out through conversion of the owner identification information into print image information,

wherein said printing apparatus has environment information concerning an environment in which said printing apparatus is installed, and, said printing apparatus adds the environment information to the electric device related information, and prints the environment information and the electric device related information together, and

wherein the adding of the environment information and printing thereof together with the electric device related information are carried out through conversion of the environment information into print image information.

14. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 13, wherein the printing part is configured to print the owner identification information and the environment information at a header part.

15. A printing apparatus for connecting with a pocket electric device through a network, said printing apparatus comprising:

printing means for printing out electric device related information including at least one of information stored in the pocket electric device and information from the network obtained based on location information stored in the pocket electric device; and

adding means for adding owner identification information specific to the pocket electric device and stored internally in the pocket electric device to the electric device related information before it is printed out by said printing means, wherein the adding of the owner identification information and printing thereof with the electric device related information are carried out through conversion of the owner identification information into print image information; and

adding means for adding environment information to the electric device related information, before it is printed out by said printing means,

wherein said printing apparatus has the environment information concerning an environment in which said printing apparatus is installed, and

wherein the adding of the environment information and printing thereof together with the electric device related information are carried out through conversion of the environment information into print image information.

16. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the printing means is configured to print the owner identification information and the environment information at a header part.