Patent ID: 9350885
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A printing apparatus which can communicate with a computer, the printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit; a display unit; a connecting unit configured to establish a connection with the computer via a network; a display control unit configured to control to display, on the display unit, a screen for inputting specifying information for specifying a file managed by the computer; a requesting unit configured to issue a request to the computer, for causing the computer to transmit file information of the file specified by the specifying information inputted through the screen displayed on the display unit; a receiving unit configured to receive the file information transmitted according to the request; and a printing control unit configured to control the printing unit to print an image based on the file information received by the receiving unit, wherein the connecting unit disconnects, by issuing an instruction of network disconnection from the printing apparatus to the computer, the connection which has been established with the computer without affecting a power supply of the printing unit according to a user not operating the printing apparatus for a predetermined period of time.