Patent ID: 7339692

Claim:
A print order system comprising: an order reception server capable of receiving, via a network, image data and order information representing the contents of a print order regarding the image data and including recipient information representing a place of residence of a recipient of printed matter to be generated according to the content of the print order, said order reception server being provided at a photographic processing service provider that generates the printed matter based on the contents of the print order; and an order terminal connected to the order reception server via the network and used for placing the print order regarding the image data by generating the order information and then by sending the order information by accessing the order reception server, wherein the order reception server has the functions of judging whether the place of residence of the recipient is within an order reception area of the photographic processing service provider, based on the recipient information, prior to generating the printed matter, and sending warning information to the order terminal when the place of residence has been judged to be not within the order reception area, and the order terminal has a function of issuing a warning based on the warning information.