Image processing apparatus capable of connecting external information processing terminal, and including printer unit and data processing unit

A data processing apparatus:

• first processing means for performing a first processing;
• first controller which controls the first processing performed by said first processing means;
• second processing means for performing a second processing different from the first processing;
• second controller which controls the second processing performed by said second processing means;
• connecting means for connecting an information processing terminal;
• and
• control means for transmitting to said first controller or said second controller a command from the information processing terminal connected via said connecting means,
• wherein said second controller performs the control of the second processing by said second processing means and issues an instruction to said first controller, and
• wherein said first controller controls the first processing, by said first processing means, in accordance with the command from the information processing terminal connected via said connecting means or the instruction issued by said second controller.

A method for data processing comprising the steps of:

• performing a first processing by first processing means;
• controlling, by a first controller, the first processing performed by the first processing means;
• performing a second processing, different from the first processing, by second processing means;
• controlling, by a second controller, the second processing performed by the second processing means;
• connecting an information processing terminal via connecting means;
• performing a switching operation so as to connect in said connecting step the connecting means to the first controller or the second controller selectively;
• and
• issuing, by the second controller, an instruction to the first controller,
• wherein said controlling step, by the first controller, controls the first processing by the first processing means in accordance with an instruction received from the information processing terminal connected in said connecting step or the instruction issued in said issuing step.

A method for data processing comprising the steps of:

• performing a first processing by first processing means;
• controlling the first processing performed in said first performing step by a first controller;
• performing a second processing different from the first processing by second processing means;
• controlling the second processing performed in said second performing step by a second controller;
• connecting an information processing terminal via connecting means;
• transmitting to the first controller or the second controller a command from the information processing terminal connected in said connecting step;
• and
• issuing, by the second controller, an instruction to the first controller,
• wherein said controlling step, by the first controller, controls the first processing by the first processing means in accordance with the command from the information processing terminal connected in said connecting step or the instruction issued in said issuing step.

A program product for implementing a data processing method, said program product comprising:

• program code for performing a first processing by first processing means;
• program code for controlling, by a first controller, the first processing performed by the first processing means;
• program code for performing a second processing, different from the first processing, by second processing means;
• program code for controlling, by a second controller, the second processing performed by the second processing means;
• program code for connecting an information processing terminal via connecting means;
• program code performing a switching operation so as to connect in said connecting step the connecting means to the first controller or the second controller selectively;
• and
• program code for issuing, by the second controller, an instruction to the first controller,
• wherein said program code for controlling, by the first controller, controls the first processing by the first processing means in accordance with an instruction received from the information processing terminal connected by said program code for connecting or the instruction issued by said program code for issuing.

A program product for implementing a data processing method, said program product comprising:

• program code for performing a first processing by first processing means;
• program code for controlling the first processing performed in said first performing step by a first controller;
• program code for performing a second processing different from the first processing by second processing means;
• program code for controlling the second processing performed in said second performing step by a second controller;
• program code for connecting an information processing terminal via connecting means;
• program code for transmitting to the first controller or the second controller a command from the information processing terminal connected in said connecting step;
• and
• program code for issuing, by the second controller, an instruction to the first controller,
• wherein said program code for controlling, by the first controller, controls the first processing by the first processing means in accordance with the instruction received from the information processing terminal connected by said program code for connecting or the instruction issued by said program code for issuing.