Patent Document ID: 7640576
Application ID: 10754358

Base Claim:
1. A printer capable of communicating with a plurality of document servers, the printer having a user interface for inputting and outputting data by a user, the printer comprising: an input unit configured to input a search condition for searching a desired document; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the search condition input by the input unit to the plurality of document servers; a receiving unit configured to receive, from each of a first document server and a second document server that store a document satisfying the search condition among the plurality of document servers, a name of a document which satisfies the search condition and directory information indicating a directory where the document is stored; a display unit configured to display a list of the document name and the directory information received from the first document server and the document name and the directory information received from the second document server on a same screen; a document obtaining unit configured to obtain the document selected by the user from the list displayed on the screen by the display unit, from the document server storing the selected document; and a printing unit configured to print the document obtained by the document obtaining unit.

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Claim 2:
2. A printer according to claim 1 , wherein the search condition includes a keyword, and the plurality of document servers search for at least one document corresponding to the keyword.