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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1999
Masashi Aonuma, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masaaki Ohtsuka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Funahashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masashi Aonuma, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masaaki Ohtsuka, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Funahashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
In an interfacing method, a plurality of network printers, which are provided with different kinds of film for image reproduction, are connected by an interface unit to an image information network. Available kinds of film with respect to each of the network printers, which are connected to the interface unit, are recognized. A network printer, which is among the plurality of the network printers and which corresponds to a kind of film coinciding with an output request, is selected in accordance with the results of the recognition. An output instruction, which coincides with the output request, is given to the thus selected network printer. An image can thereby be reproduced with the printer, which corresponds to the kind of film desired by an operator, such that considerable time and labor may not be required of the operator.