Printing apparatus using network
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshiyuki Sato
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Abstract
A printing apparatus using a network which is used in a network environment in which a plurality of computer devices and a plurality of network printing apparatuses are connected to a network spools printing jobs received from the computer devices, displays information of the printing jobs and information of the other network printing apparatuses for a user, and transfers the specified printing job to the specified network printing apparatus when the user specifies the printing job and the network printing apparatus.
Claims12
A printing apparatus using a network which is used in a network environment in which a plurality of computer devices and a plurality of network printing apparatuses are connected to a network, comprising:
- a spool section which spools printing jobs received from the computer devices,
- a display section which displays information of the printing jobs and information of the other network printing apparatuses in response to a preset operation,
- an operating section which is used to receive specification of the printing job based on the information of the printing jobs and specification of the network printing apparatus based on the information of the other network printing apparatuses, and
- a transfer section which transfers the specified printing job to the specified network printing apparatus.
A printing apparatus using a network which is used in a network environment in which a plurality of computer devices and a plurality of network printing apparatuses are connected to a network, comprising:
- a spool section which spools printing jobs received from the computer devices,
- a web page section which stores a web page by use of which the spooled printing jobs and information of the other network printing apparatuses are provided to the computer device and specification of the printing job and specification of the network printing apparatus are received, and
- a transfer section which transfers the specified printing job to the specified network printing apparatus.
In a printing system using a network which is used in a network environment in which a plurality of computer devices and a plurality of network printing apparatuses are connected to a network, the computer comprising an application section which stores an application by use of which information of printing jobs spooled in one of the network printing apparatuses to which the computer itself transmits the printing job and information of the other network printing apparatuses are collected, specification of the printing job and specification of the network printing apparatus are received based on the above information and the thus received specifications are transmitted as information to the network printing apparatus, and the network printing apparatus comprising a spool section which spools printing jobs received from the computer devices, a collecting section which collects information of the spooled printing jobs and information of the other network printing apparatuses when a prescribed instruction is received from the application, and a transfer section which transfers the specified printing job to the specified network printing apparatus.
A printing method using a network which is used in a network environment in which a plurality of computer devices and a plurality of network printing apparatuses are connected to a network, comprising:
- spooling printing jobs received from the computer devices,
- displaying information of the printing jobs,
- receiving specification of the printing job based on the information of the printing jobs from an operating section,
- displaying information of the other network printing apparatuses,
- receiving specification of the network printing apparatus based on the information of the other network printing apparatuses from the operating section, and
- transferring the specified printing job to the specified network printing apparatus.
A printing method using a network which is used in a network environment in which a plurality of computer devices and a plurality of network printing apparatuses are connected to a network, comprising:
- spooling printing jobs received from the computer devices,
- providing information of the spooled printing jobs by use of a web page,
- receiving specification of the printing job from the web page by use of the web page,
- providing information of the other network printing apparatuses by use of the web page,
- receiving specification of the other network printing apparatus, and
- transferring the specified printing job to the specified network printing apparatus.
A printing method using a network which is used in a network environment in which a plurality of computer devices and a plurality of network printing apparatuses are connected to a network, comprising:
- spooling printing jobs received from the computer devices,
- collecting information of the spooled printing jobs when a prescribed instruction is received from an application stored in each of the computer devices,
- receiving specification of the printing job based on the above information by use of the application,
- collecting information of the other network printing apparatuses when a prescribed instruction is received from the application,
- receiving specification of the network printing apparatus based on the above information by use of the application, and
- transferring the specified printing job to the specified network printing apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.