Patent ID: 7408659

Claim:
A server computer which is connectable to at least one information terminal and a plurality of printer devices through a communications network, said computer comprising: a database which stores location information regarding a location in which each of said plurality of printer devices is installed; a condition-information receiver which receives printing-condition information including designated departure address, destination address and transportation information associated with multiple transportation modes or sequences of transportation modes available for use by a user, entered by the user into a dynamic address field, given by said condition-information receiver to said at least one information terminal; a search unit which specifies a route based on the departure address, the destination address and the multiple transportation modes in the received printing-condition information, and searches said database to extract the location information of one or more printer devices along the specified route; a location-information sender which sends the location information regarding the location of said one or more printer devices, to said at least one information terminal; a document-data receiver which receives printer information regarding a user-selected printer device, that a user has selected from said one or more printer devices based on the location information, and document data to be printed; and a document-data sender which sends the document data to said user-selected printer device.