摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network printing system and a network printing program and a printing method for reducing network traffic concerning print processing. <P>SOLUTION: When a print request is received from a client device 10, whether or not respective data required for print processing are stored in a printing device 20 is checked, and when all the data are stored, those data are used to execute print processing, and when any data are not stored, the data are acquired from a client device to execute the print processing. Thus, it is not necessary to transfer all the data for every print processing, and it is possible to attain the reduction of network traffic and the shortening of a time until first printout. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |