Image recording system, image recording apparatus, non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by image recording apparatus, mobile terminal, and non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable by mobile terminal

An image recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording device configured to record an image on a recording medium based on image data;
• a storage configured to store apparatus-specific information about the image recording apparatus;
• a first communication device configured to perform first wireless communication that is established when a distance between a sender device and a receiver device is equal to or less than a communicable distance;
• a second communication device configured to perform second wireless communication that is established based on device-specific information about a sender device and a receiver device and that is greater in communication speed than the first wireless communication;
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• a controller configured to:
• control the first communication device to perform the first wireless communication;
• control the second communication device to perform the second wireless communication;
• when the first communication device has received device-specific information about a mobile terminal that communicates with the image recording apparatus, determine whether the image recording apparatus is to communicate with the mobile terminal through the second wireless communication;
• when the second controller has determined that the image recording apparatus is to communicate with the mobile terminal through the second wireless communication, after transmission of the apparatus-specific information about the image recording apparatus to the mobile terminal through the first wireless communication, receive object image data from the mobile terminal through the second wireless communication and control the recording device to record an image based on the object image data received from the mobile terminal;
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• when the second controller has determined that the image recording apparatus is not to communicate with the mobile terminal through the second wireless communication, transmit, to the mobile terminal through the first wireless communication, non-communication information indicating that the image recording apparatus is not to communicate with the mobile terminal through the second wireless communication and after transmission of the non-communication information to the mobile terminal, receive the object image data from the server through one of the second wireless communication and alternative communication that differs from each of the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication and control the recording device to record an image based on the object image data received from the server.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a plurality of instructions executable by a computer of an image recording apparatus, the image recording apparatus comprising a recording device configured to record an image on a recording medium based on image data;

• a storage configured to store apparatus-specific information about the image recording apparatus;
• a first communication device configured to perform first wireless communication that is established when a distance between a sender device and a receiver device is equal to or less than a communicable distance;
• and a second communication device configured to perform second wireless communication that is established based on device-specific information about a sender device and a receiver device and that is greater in communication speed than the first wireless communication,
• the plurality of instructions, when executed by the computer, causing the image recording apparatus to:
• control the first communication device to perform the first wireless communication;
• control the second communication device to perform the second wireless communication;
• when the image recording apparatus has received device-specific information about a mobile terminal that communicates with the image recording apparatus, determine whether the image recording apparatus is to communicate with the mobile terminal through the second wireless communication;
• when the image recording apparatus has determined that the image recording apparatus is to communicate with the mobile terminal through the second wireless communication, transmit the apparatus-specific information about the image recording apparatus to the mobile terminal through the first wireless communication and after transmission of the apparatus-specific information about the image recording apparatus to the mobile terminal, receive object image data from the mobile terminal through the second wireless communication and control the recording device to record an image based on the object image data received from the mobile terminal;
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• when the image recording apparatus has determined that the image recording apparatus is not to communicate with the mobile terminal through the second wireless communication, transmit, to the mobile terminal through the first wireless communication, non-communication information indicating that the image recording apparatus is not to communicate with the mobile terminal through the second wireless communication and after transmission of the non-communication information to the mobile terminal, receive the object image data from the server through one of the second wireless communication and alternative communication that differs from each of the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication and control the recording device to record an image based on the object image data received from the server.

A mobile terminal comprising:

• a first storage configured to store one or more sets of image data;
• a second storage configured to store device-specific information about the mobile terminal;
• a first communication device configured to perform first wireless communication that is established when a distance between a sender device and a receiver device is equal to or less than a communicable distance;
• a second communication device configured to perform second wireless communication that is established based on device-specific information about a sender device and a receiver device and that is greater in communication speed than the first wireless communication;
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• a controller configured to:
• control the first communication device to perform the first wireless communication;
• control the second communication device to perform the second wireless communication;
• select at least one set of image data from among the one or more sets of image data stored in the first storage, as object image data based on which an image is to be recorded on a recording medium;
• transmit the device-specific information about the mobile terminal which is stored in the second storage, to an image recording apparatus through the first wireless communication;
• when the mobile terminal has received the apparatus-specific information about the image recording apparatus from the image recording apparatus through the first wireless communication, transmit the object image data to the image recording apparatus through the second wireless communication;
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• when the mobile terminal has received, from the image recording apparatus through the first wireless communication, non-communication information indicating that communication between the image recording apparatus and the mobile terminal is not to be performed through the second wireless communication, transmit the object image data to a server communicable with the image recording apparatus, through one of the second wireless communication and alternative communication that differs from each of the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication.

A non-transitory storage medium storing a plurality of instructions executable by a computer of a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising:

• a first storage configured to store one or more sets of image data;
• a second storage configured to store device-specific information about the mobile terminal;
• a first communication device configured to perform first wireless communication that is established when a distance between a sender device and a receiver device is equal to or less than a communicable distance;
• and a second communication device configured to perform second wireless communication that is established based on device-specific information about a sender device and a receiver device and that is greater in communication speed than the first wireless communication,
• the plurality of instructions, when executed by the computer, causing the mobile terminal to:
• control the first communication device to perform the first wireless communication;
• control the second communication device to perform the second wireless communication;
• select at least one set of image data from among the one or more sets of image data stored in the first storage, as object image data based on which an image is to be recorded on a recording medium;
• transmit the device-specific information about the mobile terminal which is stored in the second storage, to an image recording apparatus through the first wireless communication;
• when the mobile terminal has received the apparatus-specific information about the image recording apparatus from the image recording apparatus through the first wireless communication, transmit the object image data to the image recording apparatus through the second wireless communication;
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• when the mobile terminal has received, from the image recording apparatus through the first wireless communication, non-communication information indicating that communication between the image recording apparatus and the mobile terminal is not to be performed through the second wireless communication, transmit the object image data to a server communicable with the image recording apparatus, through one of the second wireless communication and alternative communication that differs from each of the first wireless communication and the second wireless communication.