Server and printer introducing method under thin client environment

A server to which a plurality of printers and at least a client terminal device are coupled through a network, comprising:

• a printer information storage section to store printer-IP addresses, each of which corresponds to each of the plurality of printers, therein;
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• a control section that compares a client-IP address of the client terminal device with each of the printer-IP addresses stored in the printer information storage section to yield a comparison result, when the server receives a printer introduction request sent from the client terminal device, and then, determines a priority degree of each of the plurality of printers based on the comparison result, so as to send printer information of a specific printer, having the priority degree higher than those of other printers, back to the client terminal device prior to other printer information of the other printers.

A method for introducing a printer to a thin client terminal device in a thin client environment in which a server, at least a thin client terminal device and a plurality of printers are coupled to each other through a network;

• wherein, when the server receives a printer introduction request sent from the thin client terminal device, the server introduces such a specific printer that has a network address, an agreement degree of which with another network address of the thin client terminal device is higher than other agreement degrees of other printers, to the thin client terminal device, prior to the other printers.