Method for remote printing and sending cards and a system for the same

Abstract

A method and system to send a card with a photograph able to remotely create a post-card, with a photo taken by a sender, and send the postcard to any destination regardless of who is to receive it. In particular, this invention discloses a method by which a customer can use a photo terminal having a communication capacity connected via a computer network to the computer system at a print shop to request that the print shop remotely creates and sends a card with a photo on it. The image to be printed on the card and the text data, including the name and address of the recipient and the name of the sender, are transmitted from the photo terminal to the computer network, and the customer requests that the print shop remotely creates and sends the card. The computer system at the print shop receives the image and text sent via the computer network, and the order to print remotely and send the postcard. The system prints the image and the specific text data it has received on a card to create a picture postcard, which it then sends.

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