Patent ID: 6384926
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A printer to perform printing for a network printing system of a network communicatively connecting said printer, a terminal, a server and a host computer, said printer being operable to recieve a print job from said host computer via the server and the network, and a first print process request, transmitted from the terminal as one of a print control information setting request for requesting said printer to change a configuration of said printer, and a print operation status reference request for requesting said printer to notify the terminal of printing status at said printer, said printer comprising:an interface unit to bi-directional interface with the network; a print processing control unit, communicatively connected with said interface unit, to perform printing responsive to the first print process request, transmitted from the terminal and the print job transmitted from said host computer; and a process request server transmission control unit, communicatively connected with said interface unit, to transmit to the server via said interface unit, a second print process request which is one of a print operation status report request for requesting the server to notify the terminal of current status of said printer, and a resource request for requesting the server to supply a necessary resource which has been downloaded from the host computer to the server.