Patent · US Expired

Image processing device

US6778289B1 · kind B1 · utility

107Cited by
6References
14Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 25, 2000
Grant dateAug 17, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 25, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2216/17
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When a user wishes to print a document available in a server (E103), the user transmits a document information transmission request (X200) from a computer (E102) to a specified printer (E101) The printer (E101) transfers this request (X200) to the server (E103), and the server (E103) sends document information (X201) including a list of URLs of documents available in itself to the computer (E102) via the printer (E101) When the user specifies the desired document shown in the document information (X201) on the computer (E102), the computer (E102) sends a print URL request (X202) to the printer (E101) requesting a printout of the document specified by its URL. The printer (E101) acquires document data of the specified URL from the server (E103) and prints the pertinent document.

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