| 摘要 |
Disclosed is a printing agent service method for performing agent printing on a printing agent printer in accordance with a print request of a client terminal, and selects a printing agent printer that is nearest to a client. This method has the steps of receiving a print request and location information from a client terminal ( 1 ); retrieving the printing agent printer site ( 8 - 1 ) closest to the location of the client terminal ( 1 ) based on the location information; sending the nearest printing agent printer site ( 8 - 1 ) to the client terminal ( 1 ) for display; and receiving the printing agent printer site ( 8 - 1 ) specified from the above-mentioned client terminal ( 1 ), and sending the print data of the print request to a printer ( 11 ) at the specified printing agent printer site. Therefore, a client can easily select a printing agent printer that is close to his current location. |
