Patent ID: 7274481

Claim:
A meal order system comprising: a meal order device for transmitting data representing a meal ordered by a guest; and an order receiving device for receiving the data transmitted from the meal order device, the order receiving device being capable of mutually communicating data with the meal order device, wherein the meal order device comprises: an image data reading device for reading image data representing an image to be printed from a recording medium; an image data transmitting device for transmitting, to the order receiving device corresponding thereto, the image data read by the image reading device in correlation with the meal order data; and an order data transmitting device for transmitting order data including a number of print copies of the image to be printed to the order receiving device in correlation with the image data transmitted from the image data transmitting device and the order receiving device comprises: an image data receiving device for receiving the image data transmitted from the image data transmitting device of the meal order device; an order data receiving device for receiving the order data transmitted from the order data transmitting device of the meal order device; and a printer control device for controlling a printer to print an image represented by the image data received by the image data receiving device, according to the order data received by the order data receiving device.