Printer searching device

摘要

A printer searching device may comprise a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, a searching unit, and a providing unit. The first acquiring unit may acquire a plurality of a first kind of global IP addresses that is allotted to a plurality of printers and register the plurality of the first kind of global IP addresses to a memory. The second acquiring unit may acquire a second kind of global IP address that is allotted to the terminal device. The searching unit may search, from the plurality of printers, one or more printers to which a value that is identical to a value of a network address part of the second kind of global IP address is allotted as a value of a network address part of the first kind of global IP address. The providing unit may provide a search result to the terminal device.

主权项

1. A printer searching device for searching for a printer that is capable of being utilized by a terminal device, the printer searching device comprising a controller configured to:
acquire via the Internet a plurality of a first kind of global IP addresses that are allotted to a plurality of printers; register the plurality of the first kind of global IP addresses to a memory; acquire via the Internet a plurality of a first kind of information corresponding to the plurality of printers, each of the plurality of the first kind of information indicating a value of a network address part of a first kind of private IP address that is allotted to a corresponding printer; register the plurality of first kind of information to the memory; acquire via the Internet a second kind of global IP address that is allotted to the terminal device; acquire via the Internet a second kind of information indicating a value of a network address part of a second kind of private IP address that is allotted to the terminal device; search for, from the plurality of printers, one or more printers to which a value that is identical to a value of a network address part of the second kind of global IP address is allotted as a value of a network address part of the first kind of global IP address; search for, from the one or more printers to which the value that is identical to the value of the network address part of the second kind of global IP address is allotted as the value of the network address part of the first kind of global IP address, at least one printer to which a value that is identical to a value of the network address part of the second kind of private IP address is allotted as the value of the network address part of the first kind of private IP address; and provide via the Internet a search result of the at least one printer to the terminal device.