Patent ID: 7321439

Claim:
An online print system including a server apparatus and a print apparatus capable of communicating with said server apparatus via the Internet, said print apparatus comprising: first receiving means for receiving display page data from said server apparatus; analyzing means for analyzing the display page data received by said receiving means to display the display page data on a display; and requesting means for requesting said server apparatus to print the display page data, in accordance with link information included in the display page data, when the result of the analyzing indicates that the display page data includes the link information, and said server apparatus comprising: obtaining means for obtaining print page data based on the request from said print apparatus; forming means for forming an index file including information indicating outlines of respective pages of the print page data; and transmitting means for transmitting the index file formed by said forming means to said print apparatus, wherein said print apparatus further comprises: second receiving means for receiving the index file together with the print page data from said server apparatus; display means for displaying on the display the index file received by said second receiving means designating means for designating a page to be subjected to printing, on the basis of the displayed index file; and printing means for printing the page designated by said designating means, on the basis of the print page data.