Printer and terminal device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKiyotaka OHARA
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Abstract
A printer may supply print instruction screen data to a terminal device. The terminal device may supply selection information to the printer in a case where an instruction button in the print instruction screen is selected by a user. The printer may make, in a case where the selection information is obtained from the terminal device, a requirement requiring the terminal device to supply target data of a print target. The terminal device may supply the target data in accordance with the requirement. The printer may print an image represented by the target data.
Claims14
A printer configured to be connected with a terminal device via a network, the printer comprising:
- a screen data supplying unit configured to supply print instruction screen data to the terminal device, the print instruction screen data being capable of being interpreted by a web browser of the terminal device, the print instruction screen data representing a print instruction screen which includes an instruction button for instructing the printer to perform a print;
- a target data requiring unit configured to make, in a case where selection information is obtained from the terminal device, a requirement requiring the terminal device to supply target data of a print target, wherein the selection information is supplied from the terminal device to the printer in a case where the instruction button in the print instruction screen is selected by a user of the terminal device;
- a target data obtaining unit configured to obtain the target data supplied from the terminal device in accordance with the requirement;
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- a print performing unit configured to print an image represented by the target data.
A terminal device configured to be connected with a printer via a network, the terminal device comprising:
- a screen data obtaining unit configured to obtain print instruction screen data from the printer, the print instruction screen data being capable of being interpreted by a web browser of the terminal device, the print instruction screen data representing a print instruction screen which includes an instruction button for instructing the printer to perform a print;
- a selection information supplying unit configured to supply selection information to the printer in a case where the instruction button in the print instruction screen is selected by a user of the terminal device;
- a target data requirement obtaining unit configured to obtain, from the printer, after the selection information is supplied to the printer, a requirement requiring the terminal device to supply target data of a print target;
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- a target data supplying unit configured to supply the target data in accordance with the requirement.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for a printer configured to be connected with a terminal device via a network, the computer program including instructions for ordering a computer mounted on the printer to perform:
- supplying print instruction screen data to the terminal device, the print instruction screen data being capable of being interpreted by a web browser of the terminal device, the print instruction screen data representing a print instruction screen which includes an instruction button for instructing the printer to perform a print;
- making, in a case where selection information is obtained from the terminal device, a requirement requiring the terminal device to supply target data of a print target, wherein the selection information is supplied from the terminal device to the printer in a case where the instruction button in the print instruction screen is selected by a user of the terminal device;
- obtaining the target data supplied from the terminal device in accordance with the requirement;
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- making a print performing unit print an image represented by the target data.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for a terminal device configured to be connected with a printer via a network, the computer program including instructions for ordering a computer mounted on the terminal device to perform:
- obtaining print instruction screen data from the printer, the print instruction screen data being capable of being interpreted by a web browser of the terminal device, the print instruction screen data representing a print instruction screen which includes an instruction button for instructing the printer to perform a print;
- supplying selection information to the printer in a case where the instruction button in the instruction screen is selected by a user of the terminal device;
- obtaining, from the printer, after the selection information is supplied to the printer, a requirement requiring the terminal device to supply target data of a print target;
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- supplying the target data in accordance with the requirement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.