摘要 |
A network printing system includes a keypad ( 54, 59, 60 ) and a printer ( 55, 57, 58 ). The user of the printing system can print documents on the Internet without the personal computer and web browser Using Print Number System (PNS) and Universal Resource Locator (URL), a method for the printing system to print documents, includes: (1) use URLs to describe how to retrieve documents on the Internet; (2) store URLs in PNS server ( 63 ), and represent the URLs as print numbers; (3) thereafter, in the printing system, the user enters a print number in the keypad ( 54, 59, 60 ); (4) the printing system sends the number to PNS server ( 63 ); (5) PNS server ( 63 ) translates the print number into the URL, and sends the URL to the printing system; (6) according to the URL, the printing system retrieves the document over the Internet, and prints the document at the printer. Can design the network printer as the printing system described.
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