Printing system
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroki Sugiyama
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Abstract
A printing system is provided. A user directs an instruction apparatus to an electronic board in a state where an image of image data to be desirably printed is displayed, and presses a file selection button. While pressing the file selection button, the user directs the instruction apparatus to a printer desirably caused to print, and while directing the instruction apparatus to the printer, the user releases the file selection button. When the print instruction button is pressed while the instruction apparatus being directed to the printer, desired image data is printed from the printer to which the instruction apparatus is directed.
Claims6
A printing system comprising:
- a display apparatus for displaying image data;
- a printing apparatus for printing the image data;
- an instruction apparatus for instructing to transmit the displayed image data to the printing apparatus;
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- a converting apparatus having a file converting section for converting the transmission-instructed image data into print data printable by the printing apparatus specified as a transmission destination,
- the display apparatus, printing apparatus, the instruction apparatus, and the converting apparatus being connected so as to allow data communication,
- the instruction apparatus including a first input section for selecting image data and a second input section for inputting decision of printing, and
- in a state where image data is displayed on the display apparatus, the first input section being operated, and in a state where the first input section is operated, the instruction apparatus being directed to the printing apparatus and an operation at the first inputting section being completed, then
- the converting apparatus converting the displayed image data into print data printable by the printing apparatus to which the instruction apparatus is directed to transmit to the printing apparatus, and
- in the case where the instruction apparatus is directed to the printing apparatus and the second input section is operated, the printing apparatus printing the print data transmitted from the converting apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.