Patent ID: 11893289
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A printing method comprising:
in response to a terminal transmitting image data to a server, receiving, at a printer, print data to be used in printing from the server, the image data representing a target image to be printed, the terminal being different from the printer;
in response to the printer receiving the print data from the server, transmitting, at the printer, a completion notification to the server prior to completion of printing of the target image, the completion notification indicating that the printing of the target image has been completed;
subsequent to the transmission of the completion notification from the printer to the server, detecting a specific input; and
in response to detecting the specific input, causing a print engine of the printer to perform the printing of the target image.