Printing apparatus, printing system and printing method
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Yamashita
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Abstract
A printing apparatus suitable for secret document distribution by means of net distribution is provided, the printing apparatus having a control section for transmitting a distribution mail including specific distribution information to distribution receivers when a printing job for net distribution is received thereby, where the control section is adapted to output the printing documents only when the distribution information is included in printing instructions.
Claims22
A printing apparatus for receiving a distribution job, which is in accordance with printing documents to be distributed to specific distribution receivers, from a terminal interconnected thereto via a network, and for outputting the printing documents in accordance with the distribution job, said printing apparatus, comprising:
- an input section for receiving instructions from a distribution receiver;
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- an output section for outputting the printing documents in accordance with the distribution job when printing instructions including specific distribution information are inputted into the input section.
A printing method for receiving a distribution job in accordance with printing documents, which are to be distributed to specific distribution receivers, from a terminal connected thereto via a network, and for outputting the printing documents in accordance with the distribution job, said printing method comprising the step of:
- (1) outputting the printing documents in accordance with the distribution job when printing instructions including specific distribution information are inputted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.