Patent ID: 7554686

Claim:
A print server connected to a network, comprising: a received-image file for storing image data; data-receipt control means for receiving image data via the network and for storing in the received-image file the received image associated with ID information for identifying an owner of such image data; and print control means for, upon receipt via the network of a request for printing image data with ID information designated, reading out from the received-image file image data associated with the designated ID information to print the read out image data, wherein the data-receipt control means, upon receipt of the image data and a camera ID for identifying a camera used to acquire the image data, stores the camera ID as ID information, associated with the image data in the received image file, and the print control means judges whether or not the designated ID information corresponds to a camera ID identifying a specific camera, and determines whether to provide a predetermined printing service depending on the result of the judgment, a camera ID database including a plurality of camera IDs, which are previously held respectively by a plurality of cameras produced by a plurality of manufacturers, wherein the print control means judges whether or not the designated ID information coincides with any of the camera IDs included in the camera ID database, and determines whether to provide the predetermined printing service depending on the result of the judgment.