Network system, interface board, method of controlling printing on an network system, and program
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsHideo Nakamura, Koji Nishizawa, Atsushi Yamaji
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Abstract
A method of controlling printing by print control script embedded in a web page acquired by a client terminal from a web application server includes, after the acquired web page is displayed, accepting an input operation on the displayed web page and drawing a result of the input operation in a specific drawing area, the accepting and drawing operations being performed by the client terminal. The method further includes generating print data by converting image data written in the specific drawing area to a form enabling processing by a printer as a result of a print operation performed on the displayed web page, and commanding the printer to print the print data.
Claims17
A network system comprising a client terminal using a web browser and a printer that operates in conjunction with operation of the client terminal, wherein:
- the client terminal comprises:
- a display configured to display a web page on a web server, the web page embedding a print control script that controls printing related to the web page and a page control script that draws a result of an input operation in a drawing area;
- and
- an interface configured to communicate with the printer and transmit print data to the printer;
- and
- the printer comprises:
- a controller configured to control a printing operation based on the print data from the client terminal;
- and
- a print mechanism configured to perform the printing operation;
- wherein the print data is generated by converting image data written in the drawing area by the page control script to a form enabling processing by the printer according to the print control script.
A method of controlling printing on a network system that includes a client terminal using a web browser and a printer that operates in conjunction with operation of the client terminal, the method of controlling printing comprising:
- acquiring image data written in a drawing area of a web page by input operation;
- generating print data based on the image data;
- and
- transmitting the print data to the printer;
- wherein the print data is generated by converting the image data written in the drawing area by a page control script to a form enabling processing by the printer.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a method of controlling a client terminal connected to a printer comprising:
- acquiring image data written in a drawing area of a web page by input operation;
- generating print data based on the image data;
- and
- transmitting the print data to the printer;
- wherein the print data is generated by converting the image data written in the drawing area by a page control script to a form enabling processing by the printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.