Patent ID: 8867061

Claim:
A method for printing from a web application, said web application being started in a browser of a terminal, being executed on a first server, generating, in response to a user input into the terminal, a content and providing, in the browser, a web page containing a content, the web application further providing a print option for printing the content, the print option being operable via input means of the terminal, the terminal having installed a plug-in, which is called from the browser in response of receipt of data in a pre-defined format, the method comprising the steps of: causing, by activating the print option, the web application to send data in the pre-defined format to the terminal, calling the plug-in in response of the receipt of the data in the pre-defined format, accessing, by means of the plug-in, a second server to obtain configuration data, describing a configuration of the second server, providing, by the plug-in on the terminal, a menu for controlling the printing, providing the first server with at least a part of the configuration data and with data inputted into the menu, causing the first server to send data of the content to be printed to the second server based on the configuration data and on the data inputted into the menu, starting a print process on the second server for generating print data, and sending the print data from the second server to at least one of a network printer, a fax printer and the terminal.