| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network printing system for defining where are printing-target network printers connected to a network placed; and to provide network printers and a network printing method. <P>SOLUTION: In the network printing system 1, a plurality of network printers Pr1-Prn and a plurality of client terminals CL1-CLn are connected to the network NW. The client terminals CL1-CLn retrieve the network printers Pr1-Prn connected to the network NW and transmit dummy printing data to the specified sets of network printers Pr1-Prn selected from the network printers Pr1-Prn obtained by referring to a retrieval result, and announce and output a fact that the dummy printing data is received when the network printers Pr1-Prn receiving the printing data dIscriminate that the received printing data is of the dummy printing data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
