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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2002
Katsuhisa Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhisa Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a mechanism in which in case of using a plurality of print sites, a burden to the user is small and using efficiency is high. According to the invention, there is provided a print control method of forming print orders to print service providers which provide an online print service via the Internet, wherein format information of each of print orders to a plurality of print service providers is managed and, in the case where a print order is received from the user via the Internet, a print order according to the print service provider of an ordering destination is formed on the basis of the format information for the print service provider of the ordering destination of the print order.