Intelligent on-line form printing method and system therefor

An intelligent on-line form printing system, comprising:

• a host computer for controlling the preparation and edition of a form;
• a user terminal connected to the host computer by wire and by radio, the user terminal for preparing a form and inputting input information;
• and
• a printing device connected to the host computer by wire and by radio, the printing apparatus for printing the form;
• wherein the host computer comprises:
• a combiner for preparing the form;
• a converter for converting the combined printing information into a protocol suitable for a printing apparatus;
• and
• a printing manager for managing the printing information of the combiner according to a predetermined program and making the printing information statistical data using a printing result;
• wherein the printing manager comprises:
• a program manager for transmitting the printing information to the combiner according to the request of the combiner and managing a printing program;
• a network printer controller for controlling a network printer connected to the host computer by wire;
• and
• a statistics processor for analyzing the contents of the form using a printed material log database, in which the contents of the printed form are recorded, and preparing statistical data.

An intelligent on-line form printing method, comprising the steps of:

• (a) preparing a form;
• (b) inputting the purchase conditions of a purchaser and the provision conditions of a provider with respect to a commodity;
• (c) selecting the form desired to be printed;
• (d) selecting a method for printing the form;
• (e) printing the form according to the selected printing method;
• and (f) storing and managing the contents of the printed form;
• wherein the method of printing the form is one selected from the group consisting of a network printer transmission, a local printer transmission, the Internet transmission, a facsimile transmission, and an e-mail transmission in the step (d), and wherein the form is transmitted to one of the network printer, the facsimile, and the e-mail in the step (e);
• wherein, in the step (e), when the form is transmitted to the e-mail, the form is converted into an image and is combined with a hyper text markup language (HTML).

An intelligent on-line form printing method, comprising the steps of:

• (a) preparing a form;
• (b) inputting the purchase conditions of a purchaser and the provision conditions of a provider with respect to a commodity;
• (c) selecting the form desired to be printed;
• (d) selecting a method for printing the form;
• (c) printing the form according to the selected printing method;
• and
• (f) storing and managing the contents of the printed form;
• wherein the step (e) comprises the steps of:
• receiving the request for printing of the user and storing the request in the printing stand-by database;
• calling the printing programmed time included in the request for printing and the request for printing corresponding to the order of priority from the printing stand-by database;
• analyzing the request for printing, converting the request into an actual value that can be confirmed by an actual purchaser, and generating actual data;
• combining the actual data with the form and generating a printed form;
• and
• searching the kinds of printing devices included in the header of the request for printing and transmitting the printed form to a printing device corresponding to the request for printing.