Patent ID: 6937354

Claim:
A server connectable via a network to clients and equipments which have at least a print related function, comprising: print related programmed processors controlling operations and/or operation requests for the equipments with the at least one print related function according to operation protocols for the equipments; a routing information processor storing a routing list for access via requests from the equipments with the at least one print related function and the clients, the routing list storing at least a network name and a network address of the equipments with the at least one print related function or other servers coupled to the network; and a print processor having a spool part in which print related data received from the equipments with the at least one print related function and/or the clients are queued and transferred to the equipments with the at least one print related function or to the other servers to perform print related processing, according to a transmitting destination of the print related data specified based upon the routing list requested by the equipments with the at least one print related function and the clients, wherein the print related processing is according to the print related programmed processors and the operation protocols of the equipments with the at least one print related function.