摘要 |
<p>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.</p> |