Patent · US Expired

Printing system

US7259886B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 7, 2006
Grant dateAug 21, 2007
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1288
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In this printing system, in case of carrying out printing from a personal computer, PDA (personal digital assistants), and portable telephone, the printing data are transmitted through internet to a server by using the printing data as a mail, temporarily stored in a server, and then transferred to a digital copying machine to print. In the server, at the time of receiving the mail as the printing data, control is made of the action to store the printing data in a memory or a hard disk drive.

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