COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

摘要

In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives a selection of an image data among plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the mobile terminal and prints an image based on the selected image data. A communication between the mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus is performed wirelessly with an IEEE 802.11 standard. The image forming apparatus continuously performs a second printing, when the receiving section receives a selected image data again in a condition that the communication with the mobile terminal is continuously established by the receiving section after the printing of the received image data is finished.

主权项

1. A communication method between a communication device and an image forming apparatus which receives image data from the communication device through a wireless network and performs printing, comprising:
a plurality of connection establishment methods including:
a first connection establishment method of establishing a connection to the image forming apparatus based on a communication address of the image forming apparatus obtained by the communication device owing to a search on the wireless network; anda second connection establishment method of establishing a connection to the image forming apparatus based on the communication address of the image forming apparatus obtained by the communication device owing to a noncontact method different from the first connection establishment method; the communication method comprising steps of accepting the first connection establishment method or the second connection establishment method, through an operation of user when a connection between the communication device and the image forming apparatus is not established; and establishing a connection between the communication device and the image forming apparatus by the one accepted connection establishment method.