Patent ID: 7441003

Claim:
An information output system comprising: a managing section for managing a mail address for each output printing apparatus of an output printing apparatus group; a search section for searching the output printing apparatus group managed by the managing section for one candidate output printing apparatus or a plurality of candidate output printing apparatuses in response to a search request having search conditions from a transportable terminal apparatus; a notifying section for notifying said transportable terminal apparatus of the mail address of said candidate output printing apparatus or the plurality of candidate output printing apparatuses found in a search by the search section, wherein the transportable terminal apparatus issues an electronic mail to a destination mail address of a designated output printing apparatus, and wherein the destination mail address is based upon the mail address of said candidate output printing apparatus or the plurality of candidate output printing apparatuses provided by the notifying section; an accounting processor for performing accounting processing prior to outputting of information included in said electronic mail, and allowing the designated output printing apparatus to produce printed output of the information included in said electronic mail from said transportable terminal apparatus after executing a charging processing; and a distinguishing section for distinguishing the designated output printing apparatus from said output printing apparatus group based on the destination mail address of the electronic mail issued from said transportable terminal apparatus, wherein said designated output printing apparatus produces printed output of outputting information included in the electronic mail issued from said transportable terminal apparatus, and wherein said managing section further manages performance information for each of said output printing apparatuses and manages installation position information for each of said output printing apparatuses, and said search section searches for said one candidate output printing apparatus or the plurality of candidate output printing apparatuses based on said performance information, and based on said installation position information.