Document managing system, method and apparatus, printing apparatus and information processing apparatus for the system, program for implementing the method, and storing medium storing the program

A document managing system comprising:

• a document storing unit that stores a document registered in a document managing apparatus;
• a search condition storing unit that stores a search condition to search through the registered documents for a specific document and stores a printing format setting corresponding to the search condition, wherein the search condition is registered in the document managing apparatus;
• a search condition transmitting unit that transmits a list of the registered search conditions to a printing apparatus;
• a searching unit that, by using a search condition selected from the transmitted list of the search conditions, searches through the registered documents for a document that matches the selected search condition;
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• a document transmitting unit that transmits to the printing apparatus the document that matches the selected search condition and a printing format setting corresponding to the selected search condition.

A document searching method for searching for a document, comprising:

• a document registering step of registering a document in a document managing apparatus;
• a search condition-registering step of registering in the document managing apparatus a search condition to search through the registered documents for a specific document;
• a search condition transmitting step of transmitting a list of the registered search conditions to a printing apparatus;
• a searching step of, by using a search condition selected from the transmitted list of the search conditions, searching through the registered documents for a document that matches the selected search condition;
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• a document transmitting step of transmitting to the printing apparatus the document that matches the selected search condition.

A document searching method for searching for a document, comprising:

• a document registering step of registering a document in a document managing apparatus;
• a search condition registering step of registering in the document managing apparatus a printing format setting and a search condition to search through the registered documents for a specific document;
• a search condition transmitting step of transmitting a list of the registered search conditions to a printing apparatus;
• a searching step of, by using a search condition selected from the transmitted list of the search conditions, searching through the registered documents for a document that matches the selected search condition;
• and
• a document transmitting step of transmitting to the printing apparatus the document that matches the selected search condition and a printing format setting corresponding to the selected search condition.

A document managing apparatus for managing documents, comprising:

• a document storing unit that stores a document;
• a search condition storing unit that stores a search condition to search through the stored documents for a specific document;
• a search condition transmitting unit that transmits to a printing apparatus a list of the stored search conditions;
• a searching unit that, by using a selected search condition, searches through the stored documents for a document that matches the selected search condition;
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• a document transmitting unit that transmits to the printing apparatus the document that matches the selected search condition.

A printing apparatus printing a document registered in a document managing apparatus, comprising:

• a search condition obtaining unit that obtains a list of search conditions via a network;
• a search condition selecting unit that selects a specific search condition from the obtained list of the search conditions;
• a search condition transmitting unit that transmits the selected search condition to the document managing apparatus to cause the document managing apparatus to search for a document that matches the transmitted search condition;
• and
• a document receiving unit that receives the document that matches the selected search condition.