Printer using a conversion server to perform printing

摘要

A printer includes: a receiving unit for receiving a first print notification from a notification server; a transmitting unit for transmitting a first conversion instruction including a first target location information representing a location for specifying the target print data to a conversion server when the first print notification is received from the notification server, wherein the first conversion instruction is for controlling the conversion server to obtain the target print data using the first target location information and to convert the target print data; a print data obtaining unit for obtaining converted print data having a format that can be interpreted by the printer from the conversion server when the conversion server generates the converted print data in accordance with the first conversion instruction; and a print control unit for controlling a print performing unit to perform printing in accordance with the converted print data.

主权项

1. A printer comprising:
a processor; and a memory having a computer program stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, causes the printer to operate as:
a receiving unit configured to receive a first print notification from a notification server, wherein the first print notification is transmitted from the notification server to the printer when a first print instruction for instructing printing of an image represented by target print data is supplied from a terminal device to the notification server;a transmitting unit configured to transmit a first conversion instruction including a first target location information representing a location for specifying the target print data to a conversion server when the first print notification is received from the notification server, wherein the first conversion instruction is for controlling the conversion server to obtain the target print data using the first target location information and to convert the target print data;a print data obtaining unit configured to obtain converted print data having a format that can be interpreted by the printer from the conversion server when the conversion server generates the converted print data in accordance with the first conversion instruction; anda print control unit configured to control a print performing unit to perform printing in accordance with the converted print data; wherein when a status of the printer is a first status where the printer is able to perform printing, the transmitting unit is configured to transmit the first conversion instruction to the conversion server, and wherein when the status of the printer is a second status where the printer is unable to perform printing,
the transmitting unit is configured not to transmit the first conversion instruction to the conversion server until the status of printer changes to the first status, andthe transmitting unit is configured to transmit the first conversion instruction to the conversion server after the status of printer changes to the first status.