Image processing system
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshinori Nagata
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Abstract
In an image processing system, a multifunction printer carries out image reading or printing in accordance with processing execution condition information stored in a storage apparatus of a host PC. A storage apparatus of a client PC stores processing execution condition information. In a case where the client PC is connected to the host PC via the network, a control apparatus transmits the processing execution condition information stored in the storage apparatus to the host PC. The host PC stores the received processing execution condition information in the storage apparatus.
Claims5
A host apparatus connectable with an image reading apparatus via a network, comprising:
- a host-side storage apparatus;
- and
- a host-side controller configured or programmed to:
- cause the host-side storage apparatus to store processing execution condition information indicative of an execution condition of scanning which is carried out on the image reading apparatus;
- receive, from the image reading apparatus, a request that the host apparatus transmit the processing execution condition information;
- transmit, to the image reading apparatus in response to the request, the processing execution condition information stored in the host-side storage apparatus;
- receive changed processing execution condition information transmitted from the image reading apparatus in response to the processing execution condition information stored in the host-side storage apparatus being transmitted to the image reading apparatus, the changed processing execution condition information being transmitted with respect to the processing execution condition information to the host-side storage apparatus;
- and
- cause the host-side storage apparatus to store the changed processing execution condition information in place of the processing execution condition information stored in the host-side storage apparatus.
An information processing method to be carried out by a host apparatus connectable with an image reading apparatus via a network,
- the host apparatus including:
- a host-side storage apparatus;
- and
- a host-side controller,
- the method comprising the steps of:
- causing a host-side controller of the host apparatus to cause a host-side storage apparatus of the host apparatus to store processing execution condition information indicative of an execution condition of scanning which is carried out on the image reading apparatus;
- causing the host-side controller to (i) receive from the image reading apparatus a request that the host apparatus transmit the processing execution condition information and (ii) transmit, to the image reading apparatus in response to the request, the processing execution condition information stored in the host-side storage apparatus;
- causing the host-side controller to (i) receive changed processing execution condition information transmitted from the image reading apparatus in response to the processing execution condition information stored in the host-side storage apparatus being transmitted to the image reading apparatus, the changed processing execution condition information being transmitted with respect to the processing execution condition information to the host-side storage apparatus, and (ii) cause the host-side storage apparatus to store the changed processing execution condition information in place of the processing execution condition information stored in the host-side storage apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.