Client device using a web browser to control a periphery device via a printer

摘要

A device control system has a terminal 3 with a web browser 31, and a printer 5 that controls a connected device. The terminal 3 calls an object that controls a device and is instantiated by the device API 33 to support the device, and sends a request to the printer 5, by the web application 32; and the printer 5 executes a device control script 502 that controls the device, receives requests sent through the device API 33, and controls the device.

主权项

1. A periphery device control system comprising:
a periphery device selected as a target device; a first computing device that runs a web browser executing a web application that accesses a target-device application programming interface (API that initiates a control object configured to control the target device; and a first printer that communicates with the first computing device, the first printer including a connection unit and a control unit, the connection unit being configured to connect to the target device, the control unit being a command interface between the control object of the web application on the first computing device and the target device connected to the connection unit of the first printer.