摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily select a printer located in front of a print instruction source among from multiple printers associated with the print instruction source. <P>SOLUTION: When a user presses a printing button at a client terminal, a cloud print server transmits a printer retrieval packet to all image forming devices. A reception unit 41 of an image forming device 30 among the image forming devices receives the printer retrieval packet. When the user presses a printer specification button of the image forming device 30, a transmission unit 49 transmits device specification information including an ID of the image forming device 30 to the cloud print server and a print setting screen for the image forming device 30 is displayed on the client terminal. When the user sets the printer and presses an execution button at the client terminal, the cloud print server instructs the image forming device 30 to print, and a print control unit 47 of the image forming device 30 performs printing and a retrieval packet control unit 42 deletes the printer retrieval packet. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |