Patent ID: 8976395
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A network system that includes a web application server on which a web application operates, one or more client terminals that access the web application server using a web browser, and one or more printers that operate in conjunction with operation of a client terminal, and is configured so that at least the web application server and the client terminal, and the client terminal and the one or more printers, respectively communicate over a network, wherein: the client terminal comprises: a web page acquisition unit that acquires from the web application server a web page with an embedded print control script that operates on the web browser and controls printing related to the web page; a display unit that displays the acquired web page; a drawing process unit that accepts an input operation on the displayed web page and draws a result of the input operation in a specific drawing area; a print data generation unit that generates print data by converting image data written in the drawing area to a form enabling processing by a printer according to the print control script as a result of a print operation performed on the displayed web page; and a print command unit that commands the printer to print the print data according to the print control script.