Media conversion apparatus, network type direct output system, and method for output process instruction transfer

摘要

To allow an image feed unit for outputting an output process instruction to an image output unit according to one-to-one direct connection to output an image from a network type image output unit. One-to-one communication means 104 is connected to an image feed unit 1 capable of being connected directly to an image output unit 6 by one-to-one correspondence. Network communication means 105 is connected to a plurality of network type image output units 3 capable of performing an output process based on an output process instruction via a network 5 . Receiving means 134 receives an output process instruction from the image feed unit 1 via the one-to-one communication means 104 . Transferring means 143 selects one from a plurality of the network type image output units 3 , and then transmits the output process instruction received by the receiving means 134 to the selected network type image output unit 3 via the network communication means 105.