Patent ID: 9400623
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A print server comprising: a processor that acquires a print job by receiving an email from a communication terminal at a representative mail address, the processor further holding the acquired print job, the processor further transmitting an email containing a URL for instructing execution of the held print job, the processor further, in response to receiving an access to the URL from a terminal, causing a printing apparatus to execute printing that is based on the print job corresponding to the URL, and the processor further associating the representative mail address with one or more printing apparatuses in advance, providing a webpage that prompts selection of one of the printing apparatuses based on the URL to the terminal, accepting the selection of one of the printing apparatuses associated with the representative mail address from the terminal, and causing the selected printing apparatus to execute printing that is based on the held print job.