Printer device with external display that provides visual confirmation of printer device on a network via ping data

A printing device to be connected to a network, which is configured to input and/or output data, comprising:

• a self-address storing system configured to store the printing device address;
• a receiving system configured to receive display assigning data and ping data for visually confirming an actual physical location of the printing device, wherein a destination of the display assigning data and the ping data is an address stored in the self-address storing system, wherein each of the display assigning data and the ping data is being transmitted from one or more other devices through the network;
• an integrated displaying system configured to display at least one of a character string and a graphic form;
• a confirmation reservation storing system configured to store a reservation for visually confirming a physical body of the printing device, in response to the receiving system receiving reservation data for making the reservation for visually confirming the physical body of the printing device;
• a reservation judging system configured to judge whether the reservation for visually confirming the body of the printing device is stored in the confirmation reservation storing system;
• and
• an informing execution system configured to:
• determine whether the device transmitting the display assigning data is the same device transmitting the ping data, and
• execute an informing operation in response to determining that the same device transmitted the display assigning data and the ping data and in response to the reservation judging, system determining that the reservation is stored in the confirmation reservation storing system of the printing device, and
• prevent the informing operation in response to determining that different devices transmitted the display assigning data and the ping data.

A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the instructions adapted to be executed by an printing device including a displaying system integrated in the printing device that displays at least one of a character string and a graphic form, the printing device being configured to input and/or output data and operate while being connected to a network, the instructions when executed performing a method comprising:

• storing a device address of the printing device;
• receiving display assigning data and ping data for visually confirming an actual physical location of the printing device, wherein a destination of the display assigning data and the ping data is the device address stored in the printing device, wherein each of the display assigning data and the ping data is being transmitted through the network by one or more other devices;
• storing a reservation of visually confirming a physical body of the printing device, in response to reservation data for making the reservation being received in said receiving step;
• judging whether the reservation of visually confirming the physical body of the printing device is stored in the printing device;
• in response to determining that the reservation is stored in the printing device, determining whether a device transmitting the display assigning data is the same device transmitting the ping data;
• informing of a physical body of the printing device by changing a display state of the displaying system, in response to determining that the same device transmitted the display assigning data and the ping data;
• and
• preventing the informing of the physical body in response to determining that different devices transmitted the display assigning data and the ping data;
• wherein informing of the physical body of the printing device further includes displaying at least one of a character string and a graphic form on the displaying system.

A computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the instructions adapted to be executed by an printing device that is configured to input and/or output data and operate while being connected to a network, the instructions when executed performing a method comprising:

• storing a device address of the printing device;
• receiving display assigning data and ping data for visually confirming an actual physical location of the printing device, wherein a destination of the display assigning data and the ping data is the device address stored in the printing device, wherein each of the display assigning data and the ping data is being transmitted through the network by one or more other devices;
• storing a first device address of a sending source device that has sent reservation data for making a reservation of visually confirming a physical body of the printing device, in response to the reservation data being received in said receiving step;
• determining whether a device transmitting the display assigning data is the same device transmitting the ping data;
• informing the physical body of the printing device by displaying at least one of a character string and a graphic form on a displaying system integrated in the printing device, in response to determining that the display assigning data and the ping data are transmitted from the same device;
• and
• preventing the informing of the physical body in response to determining that the display assigning data and the ping data are transmitted from different devices.

A device confirming system, which is configured to confirm a physical body of a printing device configured to input and/or output data, comprising:

• a network;
• at least one host device connected to the network;
• and
• a plurality of printing devices connected to the network,
• wherein the at least one host device includes:
• a first displaying system configured to display at least one of a character string and a graphic form;
• a transmitting system configured to transmit data to a specified one of the plurality of printing devices connected to the network;
• an operating device configured to be operable by a user;
• and
• a confirmation requesting system configured to request transmission, from the transmitting system to the specified one of the plurality of printing devices, confirmation requesting data for requesting a visual confirmation of the physical body of the specified one of the plurality of printing devices, and to display on the first displaying system a display image for informing of a visual confirmation requesting operation for requesting a visual confirmation of the physical body of the specified one of the plurality of printing devices being in execution, in response to the visual confirmation requesting operation being executed with the first operating device being operated by the user, and
• wherein the printing device includes;
• a self-address storing system configured to store the printing device address;
• a receiving system configured to receive display assigning data and ping data for visually confirming an actual physical location of the printing device, wherein destination of the display assigning data and the ping data is an address stored in the self-address storing system, wherein each of the display assigning data and the ping data is being transmitted from one or more another other devices through the network;
• a second displaying system configured to display at least one of a character string and a graphic form;
• and
• an informing execution system configured to:
• determine whether a device transmitting the display assigning data is the same device transmitting the ping data,
• execute an informing operation by changing a display state of the displaying system responsive to determining that the same device transmitted the display assigning data and the ping data,
• prevent the informing operation responsive to determining that different devices transmitted the display assigning data and the ping data;
• a confirmation reservation storing system configured to store a reservation for visually confirming a physical body of the printing device, in response to the receiving system receiving reservation data for making the reservation of confirming the physical body of the printing device;
• a reservation judging system configured to judge whether the reservation for visually confirming the physical body of the printing device is stored in the confirmation reservation storing system;
• the informing execution system further configured to execute an informing operation in response to the receiving system receiving the display assigning data and the ping data, and the reservation judging system judges that the reservation for visually confirming the physical body of the printing device is stored in the confirmation reservation storing system;
• and
• an informing condition storing system configured to store an informing display condition in response to the receiving system receiving data that assigns the informing display condition,
• wherein the informing execution system is configured to execute the informing operation by changing a display state of the displaying system based upon the informing display condition stored in the informing condition storing system.