Printing apparatus, web server, printing system, and computer readable recording medium stored with program for web server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9400625-B2
Application number	US-201213484324-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2012
Priority date	Jun 1, 2011
Publication date	Jul 26, 2016
Grant date	Jul 26, 2016

Abstract

A printing apparatus for conducting direct printing from a client computer via a web browser, having a storage unit 13 and 16 stores print setting information and a URL associated with the print setting information, and a job control unit 12 reads from the storage unit the print setting information associated with the URL entered by a user into the web browser, in order to reflect the print setting information as print setting of print data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A printing apparatus for conducting printing from a client computer via a web browser comprising:
a memory; and
a processor,
wherein said memory stores a print setting and a URL that is associated with said print setting,
wherein said processor generates a web page for displaying said print setting that is associated with said URL, in reaction to the URL being entered by a user into said web browser,
wherein said processor causes said client computer to display said generated web page on said web browser,
wherein said processor receives a selection of a file to be printed by the user after said generated web page is displayed on said web browser, and
wherein said processor reflects said print setting that is associated with said entered URL as a print setting of the file which is selected by the user.

2. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
said print setting includes at least either a setting of a printing function of a printing apparatus or a setting of said printing apparatus by which the user intends to print.

3. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
said screen displayed on said web browser is capable of receiving a modification of said print setting that is associated with said URL, and
said processor reflects the modified print setting as the print setting of said selected file when the modification of said print setting is received in said screen.

4. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 further comprising:
a registration unit for issuing said URL associated with said print setting and registering said URL issued and said print setting that associated with said URL.

5. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
at least one of the setting among the setting included in said print setting that is stored along with being associated with the URL is the setting that is managed by an administrator and cannot be modified by any user.

6. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
said printing apparatus is connected to other printing apparatuses, and said print setting that is stored along with being associated with the URL includes the print setting for other printing apparatuses.

7. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein
said processor issues said URL that is associated with said print setting and registers said URL issued and said print setting to associate with each other.

8. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein
said setting of printing function includes at least one of setting of stapling, setting of punching, setting of duplex print, and setting of color or monochromatic.

9. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein
said printing apparatus comprises a scanning unit for scanning an image of a document; and
said processor adopts said print setting that is set when said scanning unit scanned as an initial value and modifies all or a portion of said initial value in order to modify said print setting.

10. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
said processor displays a preview image based on said print setting that is associated with said entered URL and said selected file on said screen displayed on said web browser.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stored with a program to cause a web server to execute printing from a client computer via a web browser, said program causing said web server to execute a process comprising:
a step (a) for storing a print setting and a URL that is associated with said print setting information;
a step (b) for generating a web page for displaying said print setting that is associated with said URL, in reaction to the URL being entered by a user into the web browser;
wherein said generated web page is displayed on said web browser, and
a step (c) for receiving a selection of a file to be printed by the user after said generated web page is displayed on the web browser;
wherein said print setting that is associated with said entered URL is reflected as a print setting of the file which is selected by the user.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 11 comprising:
said print setting includes at least either a setting of a printing function of a printing apparatus or a setting of said printing apparatus by which the user intends to print.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium claimed in claim 11 , wherein:
said web page displayed on said web browser is capable of receiving a modification of said print setting that is associated with said URL, and
said processor reflects the modified print setting as the print setting of said selected file when the modification of said print setting is received in said web page.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium claimed in claim 11 , said program further causes said web server to execute:
a step for issuing said URL that associated with said print setting and registering said URL issued and said print setting that associated with said URL.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium claimed in claim 11 , said program further causes said web server to execute:
a step for issuing said URL that is associated with said print setting and registering said URL issued and said print setting to associate with each other.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium claimed in claim 11 , wherein
said processor displays a preview image based on said print setting that is associated with said entered URL and said selected file on said web page displayed on said web browser.

17. A web server for conducting printing via a web browser comprising:
a memory; and
a processor,
wherein said memory stores a print setting and a URL that is associated with said print setting,
wherein said processor generates a web page for displaying said print setting that is associated with said URL, in reaction to the URL being entered by a user into said web browser,
wherein said processor displays said generated web page on said web browser,
wherein said processor receives a selection of a file to be printed by the user after said generated web page is displayed on said web browser, and
wherein said processor reflects said print setting that is associated with said entered URL as a print setting of the file which is selected by the user.

18. A printing system for conducting direct printing via a web browser comprising:
one of more client computers to which a user enters at said web browser a URL that associated with print setting of print data;
a memory; and
a processor,
wherein said memory stores a print setting and a URL that is associated with said print setting,
wherein said processor generates a web page for displaying said print setting that is associated with said URL, in reaction to the URL being entered by a user into said web browser, at said client computer,
wherein said processor displays said generated web page on said web browser,
wherein said processor receives a selection of a file to be printed by the user after said generated web page is displayed on said web browser, and
wherein said processor reflects said print setting that is associated with said entered URL as a print setting of the file which is selected by the user.

19. The printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said selection of said file to be printed is conducted via said generated web page on said web browser after said generated web page is displayed on said web browser.

Assignees

• Harada Yoshiyuki
• Konica Minolta Business Tech

Inventors

• Harada Yoshiyuki

Classifications

• G06K15/005

  only locally · CPC title

• G06K15/405

  Choosing a data source, e.g. on a network · CPC title

• G06F3/1287

  via internet · CPC title

• G06K15/1806

  Receiving job control commands · CPC title

• G06F3/1258 Primary

  by updating job settings at the printer · CPC title