Patent ID: 6975424
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A data processing apparatus comprising: an inputter, which inputs data through a network from a terminal on the network; a memory, which stores the data input by said inputter; an operation unit, which operates by a user manipulation; a printer, which prints an image based on the data stored by said memory, in accordance with a user manipulation by said operation unit; a determiner, which determines whether the data which is to be used to perform a printing operation by said printer exists in said memory, without performing the printing operation, after the elapse of a predetermined time period since the data input by said inputter was stored in said memory; a controller, which controls said memory such that the data is stored in said memory until said printer prints the image based on the data stored in said memory in accordance with the user manipulation by said operation unit for causing said printer to perform the printing operation; and an informer, which informs an alarm message to a user that has input the data, via the terminal on the network, in response that said determiner determines that the data which is to be used to perform the printing operation by said printer exists in said memory after the elapse of a predetermined time period since the data input by said inputter was stored in said memory.