Method for hard-copying web pages, method for printing display screens, system for hard-copying web pages, and internet connection device equipped with current-position detection capabilities

A method for hard-copying Web pages comprising the steps of:

• generating a Web page containing an item for fax transmission request;
• receiving information on a current position of a user from an Internet connection device equipped with current-position finding capabilities and notifying the user of the receipt identifier associated with the Web page, the location of a public fax machine near the user, and the telephone number of a fax machine, if a request to fax the Web page is received from said user who browses said Web page on the Internet connection device equipped with current-position finding capabilities;
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• sending fax output data of the Web page corresponding to the receipt identifier to a fax machine via a telephone line if the receipt identifier is entered from said fax machine connected to the fax server via the telephone line.

A computer readable medium storing a program for a system for hard-copying Web pages, comprising:

• Web page generating logic for generating a Web page containing an item for fax transmission request;
• notification logic for notifying a user of the telephone number of a fax server together with the receipt identifier associated with the Web page if a request to fax the Web page is received from said user who browses said Web page;
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• faxing logic for sending fax output data of the Web page corresponding to the receipt identifier to a fax machine via a telephone line if the receipt identifier is entered into said fax server from said fax machine connected to said fax server via the telephone line.

A computer readable medium storing a program for a system for hard-copying Web pages, comprising:

• Web page generating logic for generating a Web page containing an item for fax transmission request;
• notification logic for receiving information on the current position of a user from an Internet connection device equipped with current-position finding capabilities and notifying the user of the receipt identifier associated with the Web page, the location of a public fax machine near the user, and the telephone number of a fax server, if a request to fax the Web page is received from said user who browses said Web page on the Internet connection device equipped with current-position finding capabilities;
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• faxing logic for sending fax output data for the Web page corresponding to the receipt identifier to a fax machine via telephone line if the receipt identifier is entered from the fax machine connected to said fax server via a telephone line.