NETWORK SYSTEM, DEVICE SERVER AND NETWORK SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD

摘要

Provided is a network system that can control an image inputting apparatus without need of any drivers depending on the computer environment. A client terminal (2) comprises: a Web page acquiring means (71) that acquires a Web page (21) in which a scanner control script (24) used for controlling an image input from a scanner (3) is incorporated; an image acquisition request transmitting means (72) that uses the scanner control script (24) to transmit an image acquisition request addressed to the scanner (3) via an interface board (5); and an image acquiring means (73) that uses the scanner control script (24) to acquire, as a response to the image acquisition request, an image from the scanner (3). The interface board (5), which is connected to the scanner (3), comprises: a processing request receiving means (81) that receives the image acquisition request; and a board-side image transferring means (83) that transmits, on the basis of the received image acquisition request, the image scanned by the scanner (3) to the client terminal (2).