Web system, communication control device, and storage medium

A communication control device connected to an image forming apparatus and including a print server function for sending information on the image forming apparatus in the form of Web information via a network to an information processing apparatus where the Web information is displayed in a Web browser, the communication control device comprising:

• a storage unit configured to store the Web information;
• a Web information request receiving unit configured to receive a Web information request for the Web information from the information processing apparatus via the network;
• a Web information generating unit configured to retrieve the Web information from the storage unit bused on the Web information request and to generate transmission information from the retrieved Web information;
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• a Web information sending unit configured to send the generated transmission information via the network to the information processing apparatus,
• wherein the Web information stored in the storage unit comprises (i) an HTML file that is an information display program for displaying the information on the image forming apparatus and (ii) language-dependent files that are data representing the information on the image forming apparatus in respective languages,
• wherein the Web information request received by the Web information request receiving unit includes a language identifier indicating a language to be used to display the Web information in the Web browser, and the Web information generating unit is configured to extract the language identifier from the Web information request and to determine whether the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is supported by the print server function of the communication control device,
• wherein if the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is supported by the print server function, the Web information generating, unit generates a file name of the transmission information by inserting the extracted language identifier into a file name of the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files, and
• if the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is not supported by the print server function, the Web information generating unit generates the file name of the transmission information by inserting a predetermined default language identifier into the file name of the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files.

A storage medium having program code embodied therein for causing a computer to perform a print server function of a communication control device connected to an image forming apparatus and including a storage unit for storing information on the image forming apparatus in the form of Web information, which print server function sends the Web information via a network to an information processing apparatus where the Web information is displayed in a Web browser, the program code comprising:

• a Web information request receiving code unit configured to receive a Web information request for the Web information from the information processing apparatus via the network;
• a Web information generating code unit, configured to retrieve the Web information from the storage unit based on the Web information request and to generate transmission information from the retrieved Web information;
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• a Web information sending code unit configured to send the generated transmission information via the network to the information processing apparatus.
• wherein the Web information stored in the storage unit comprises (i) an HTML file that is an information display program for displaying the information on the image forming apparatus and (ii) language-dependent files that are data representing the information on the image forming apparatus in respective languages,
• wherein the Web information request received by the Web information request receiving code unit includes a language identifier indicating a language to be used to display the Web information in the Web browser, and the Web information generating code unit is configured to extract the language identifier from the Web information request and to determine whether the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is supported by the print server function of the communication control device,
• wherein if the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is supported by the print server function, the Web information generating code unit generates a file name of the transmission information by inserting the extracted language identifier into a file name of the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files, and
• if the language indicated by the extracted language identifier is not supported by the print server function, the Web information generating code unit generates the file name of the transmission information by inserting a predetermined default language identifier into the file name of the HTML file or one of the language-dependent files.