| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing service, where a print file is selected via the local user interface of a printer and the print file is printed only when a print command is inputted, and to provide a dispersive printing in a digital print file in a network system including a plurality of printers. <P>SOLUTION: In a first step, the printing service receives the print file, stores the print file, and distributes information on the stored print file to a plurality of printers. In a second step, a print process regarding the print file is started locally or remotely in one of the printers, and the print process regarding the same print file is started locally in one or a plurality of other printers while the print process is active. The print service controls the printers to together print a required number of copies during printing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO</p> |
