Patent ID: 7336379

Claim:
A print ordering method used for a print ordering system comprising an order reception server for receiving an order of a print of image data, and a user terminal connected to the order reception server via a network and for ordering the print of the image data from the order reception server, the image data to be printed being transferred from the user terminal to the order reception server, the print ordering method comprising the step of: providing agency information to a user in advance, the agency information specifying one or more agencies at which the user is able to receive the print, transferring the agency information from the user terminal to the order reception server, wherein the transferred agency information includes information designating a specific one of the agencies at which the user would like to receive the print, the agency information being recorded as magnetic information in a recording medium together with the image data; and the agency information and the image data to be printed being read from the recording medium by the user terminal and transferred from the user terminal to the order reception server.