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Image forming system and image forming apparatus

  • US 7,529,618 B2
  • Filed: 09/01/2004
  • Issued: 05/05/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of printing an image by using an image forming apparatus which is included in an image forming system comprising a portable terminal that is connected to a network through a radio communication, a server and the image forming apparatus being connected to the network, the method comprising:

  • transmitting to the server a desired destination data via the network by an operation of a user from the portable terminal;

    receiving the destination data from the portable terminal via the network and storing the destination data in a prescribed area of the server;

    supplying a position data of the image forming apparatus and a data to designate the destination data stored in the prescribed area to the server according the operation of the user of the portable terminal;

    supplying, from the server to the image forming apparatus, a map data comprising the position data of the image forming apparatus as a starting point and the destination data as an ending point;

    printing an image corresponding to the map data on a recording medium by the image forming apparatus which receives the map data;

    judging, in the server, whether a prescribed time has passed; and

    transmitting, from the server to the portable terminal, a signal allowing the deletion of the stored destination data when the server has judged that the prescribed time has passed.

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