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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Noriaki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriaki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are a printing system and a method of controlling the same, in which a terminal device storing image information to be printed is specified by an order management unit () in accordance with print requests from a plurality of terminal devices. Depending upon whether the specified terminal device and a printer to perform printing are connected locally or via a network (), the specified terminal device is instructed to transfer the image information to a printer to perform printing. As a result, printing can be performed efficiently by a plurality of printers in response to print requests from a plurality of terminal devices connected via a network.