Patent ID: 8259324
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A printer-and-storage integrated system, comprising: host devices connected with a first network; a printer and a storage device connected with a second network, each of the printer and the storage device being shared by the host devices; and a controller which is connected with the first network and the second network, the controller transferring a control instruction or data transmitted from the host devices to the printer or the storage device and controlling the printer and the storage device, wherein the controller includes a communication relay unit which receives a control instruction or data transmitted from the host devices via the first network, determines whether destination of the control instruction or the data is either the printer or the storage device based on information included in a header of a communication protocol of a fourth layer or higher used in the transmission, transfers the control instruction or the data to the printer or the storage device determined as the destination over the second network, and transfers a response to the control instruction from the printer or the storage device to the host devices via the first network, wherein each host device includes: