US Patent No: 7,079,268
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Printing system and method of controlling same
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Jul 18, 2006
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Feb 14, 2000
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09/503,478
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Abstract
Disclosed are a printing system and a method of controlling the same, in which a terminal device storing image information to be printed is specified by an order management unit (203) in accordance with print requests from a plurality of terminal devices. Depending upon whether the specified terminal device and a printer to perform printing are connected locally or via a network (204), the specified terminal device is instructed to transfer the image information to a printer to perform printing. As a result, printing can be performed efficiently by a plurality of printers in response to print requests from a plurality of terminal devices connected via a network.
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| 6,166,826 Printing apparatus, printing method, and printing system | 93 | 1998 | |
| 6,636,891 Methods and apparatus for controlling an input or output device over the internet | 31 | 1998 | |
| 6,552,816 Printing system and printer | 5 | 1999 | |
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| 5,537,626 Apparatus for coupling printer with LAN to control printer operation by transferring control parameters, printer status data and printer configuration data between printer and LAN | 148 | 1995 | |
| 5,991,846 Information processing apparatus with output device selection based on device characteristics and priorities | 19 | 1995 | |
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| 6,320,671 Web browser printing enhancements | 10 | 1998 | |
| 6,816,270 Method and apparatus for supporting application and device independent print support | 18 | 1999 | |
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| 6,453,127 Establishment at a remote location of an internet/intranet user interface to a copier/printer | 74 | 1997 | |
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| 6,476,927 Job token printer assignment system | 32 | 1998 | |
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| 6,469,796 Controlling printing using a print server having a graphical user interface | 39 | 1997 | |
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| 6,639,690 Print system | 4 | 1999 | |
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| 6,292,267 Network printer apparatus and LAN network system | 111 | 1997 | |
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| 6,385,728 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING WILL-CALL CERTIFICATES FOR GUARANTEEING AUTHORIZATION FOR A PRINTER TO RETRIEVE A FILE DIRECTLY FROM A FILE SERVER UPON REQUEST FROM A CLIENT IN A NETWORK COMPUTER SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT | 81 | 1997 | |
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| 6,424,429 File system and a recording medium with a program used in the system stored therein | 37 | 1998 | |
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| 6,529,956 Private, trackable URLs for directed document delivery | 78 | 2000 | |
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| 5,559,933 Distributed enterprise print controller | 198 | 1994 | |
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