Printing Device and Computer-Readable Record Medium Storing Program for Printing Device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasato Honda
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Abstract
A printing device comprises a communication unit which executes communication with a mail server on a network, a connection unit to which a portable storage medium can be connected, a printing unit which executes printing, and a control unit which executes a mail acquisition process of acquiring an e-mail including a body and an attached file from the mail server via the communication unit, printing the body with the printing unit, and storing the attached file in a portable storage medium connected to the connection unit.
Claims9
A printing device comprising:
- a communication unit which executes communication with a mail server on a network;
- a connection unit to which a portable storage medium can be connected;
- a printing unit which executes printing;
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- a control unit which executes a mail acquisition process of acquiring an e-mail including a body and an attached file from the mail server via the communication unit, printing the body with the printing unit, and storing the attached file in a portable storage medium connected to the connection unit.
A computer-readable record medium storing computer-readable instructions that cause a computer of a printing device, equipped with a communication unit capable of communication via a network, a connection unit to which a portable storage medium can be connected, and a printing unit capable of executing printing, to execute:
- an e-mail acquisition step of acquiring an e-mail including a body and an attached file from a mail server on the network via the communication unit;
- a body printing step of printing the body with the printing unit;
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- an attached tile storing step of storing the attached file in a portable storage medium connected to the connection unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.