PRINTING SERVICE SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing service system for printing images in a desired area at low costs only by simply transmitting an e-mail to which the images are attached.

SOLUTION: A mail server comprises: a mail receiving part 51 for receiving an e-mail including attached image data and transmitted from a user through the Internet 30; a print user specification management part 53 for preparing and transmitting user ID and a password to the user; and a data storage part 6 for storing the image data in a user directory 61 prepared in each user ID. When the user ID and the password are inputted from the user through a touch panel, each of one or more printing terminals 10 downloads the image data from the data storage part 6 through the Internet 30 and prints out the image data. An application guide including installation place information of respective printing terminals 10 is presented to the user by a Web site 3 (application guide site).

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