Patent ID: 7336381

Claim:
A print service system for performing a print generating service based on digital image information comprising at least one digital image, said system comprising: a print request information generating apparatus for inputting receiver identification information to identify print receivers who want prints of said digital image information and generating print request information where said input receiver identification information is associated with said digital image information, wherein for one digital image, said input receiver identification information associated with said one digital image comprises a plurality of receivers who want prints of said one digital image; and a print order management apparatus for inputting said print request information and sending to a printing location print order information for each of said receivers including said digital image information to be printed; wherein said print order management apparatus acquires receiver information including a method for receiving the generated prints for each of the receivers identified using said receiver identification information, determines a printing location for each of said receivers based on said receiver information, and sends the print order information for each of said receivers to said printing location, and wherein said print order information further comprises an information element, which indicates whether a requestor of print order is to be charged for the print order or whether each of said receivers is to be individually charged for a respective portion of the print order request.