Printing server, printing system, and printing method
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshihiro MIZOGUCHI, Shinichiro Ohashi
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Abstract
When print data transmitted by a PC is accumulated in a printing server, the printing server creates display data for displaying on the PC an image based on the print data and an image corresponding to an advertisement image to be added to the image, and transmits the display data to the PC. When print data is created so that an image is printed on only the front side of a recording paper, image data is created so that an advertisement image is printed on the reverse side of the recording paper. The PC previews an image on the surface and an image on the reverse side based on the received display data on an LCD of a display section.
Claims16
A printing server which accumulates print data and creates image data representing an image based on the accumulated print data and an additional image to be added to the image, comprising:
- a creating section for creating display data for displaying an image corresponding to the additional image together with an image based on the print data on other apparatus, when print data is accumulated;
- a transmitting section for transmitting display data created by the creating section to the other apparatus;
- and
- a determining section for determining whether or not an image based on the print data is formed on only one side of a recording paper,
- wherein when the determining section determines that the image is formed on only one side of a recording paper, image data is created so that the additional image is formed on the other side of the recording paper.
A printing system comprising:
- a printing server which receives print data, accumulates the print data, creates image data representing an image based on the accumulated print data and an additional image to be added to the image, and transmits the image data;
- an electrical apparatus which is connected to the printing server so as to communicate with each other, and transmits print data to the printing server;
- and an image forming apparatus which is connected to the printing server so as to communicate with each other, receives image data from the printing server, and forms an image based on the image data, further comprising:
- a creating section for creating display data for displaying an image corresponding to the additional image together with an image based on the print data;
- and
- a display section for displaying an image based on display data created by the creating section,
- wherein the printing server is provided with a determining section for determining whether or not an image based on the print data is formed on only one side of a recording paper, and
- when the determining section determines that it is formed on only one side of a recording paper, image data is created so that the additional image is formed on the other side of the recording paper.
A printing method for obtaining printed matter using a system comprising:
- a printing server which receives print data, accumulates the print data, creates image data representing an image based on the accumulated print data and an additional image to be added to the image, and transmits the image data;
- an electrical apparatus which is connected to the printing server so as to communicate with each other, and transmits print data to the printing server;
- and an image forming apparatus which is connected to the printing server so as to communicate with each other, receives image data from the printing server, and forms an image based on the image data, comprising:
- a creating step of display data for displaying an image corresponding to the additional image together with an image based on the print data;
- and
- a displaying step of an image based on the created display data;
- wherein
- the printing server determines whether or not an image based on the print data is formed on only one side of a recording paper;
- and
- when the printing server determines that the image is formed on only one side of a recording paper, the printing server creates image data so that the additional image is formed on the other side of the recording paper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.