Seiko Epson Corporation

Kohei Shiratori

Hiroyuki Kuramoto

Norihiko Yamada

The first printing system SYincludes a printing apparatusincluding an ink container and a servercoupled to the printing apparatusvia a network NW, wherein the serveracquires maintenance information including residual ink amount information indicating an residual amount of ink in the ink container of the printing apparatus, determines whether a maintenance process is configured to be performed based on the acquired maintenance information, and instructs the printing apparatusto perform the maintenance process when it is determined that the maintenance process is configured to be performed.

Printing system, server, and control method of printing system

A printing control server includes an acquisition section and a printing control section. The acquisition section is configured to acquire posting data containing a specific character string in a posted content from a service offering server which provides a posting service. The printing control section is configured to make a printing device execute printing based on the posting data acquired.

Retrieving data from a posting server for printing

A printing control server includes an administration section, an acquisition section, and a printing control section. The administration section is configured to associate a printing device with a user of the printing device and administer the printing device as being associated with the user. The acquisition section is configured to acquire posting data from a service offering server that provides a posting service. The printing control section is configured to control the printing device associated with the user of the acquired posting data to perform printing based on the posting data.

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Nagano, Japan

Kohei Shiratori