JP2001356887A - Print device and portable terminal equipment and print system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a print device, a portable terminal equipment, and a print system capable of improving visibility and operability at the time of selecting data. SOLUTION: This device is provided with a connecting part 104 connectable to portable terminal equipment 101, an index information obtaining part 103 equipped with a function for obtaining the list of index information related with printable data stored in the portable terminal equipment 101 through the connecting part 104, a display part 106 for displaying the list of the index information, an input part 107 equipped with a function, stored in the portable terminal equipment 101, for allowing a user to select at least one index information from the list of the index information, a printable data obtaining part 105 equipped with a function for obtaining the printable data related with each information selected by the user by the inputting 107 through the connecting part 104, and a printing part 108 for printing the obtained printable data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable terminal device such as a portable telephone or a personal digital assistant (hereinafter, referred to as a PDA) connected to a printing device using a cable or infrared rays, and stored in the portable terminal device. The present invention relates to a printing device that prints data with a printing device, a portable terminal device, and a printing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a printing system capable of printing data from a mobile phone or a PDA by a printing device (printer) has been developed. For example, JP-A-11-32097
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-107421 discloses a print system that can convert character data and voice data stored in a mobile phone into bitmap data in a printing device and print the converted data.

[0003]

By the way, today's portable telephones are constructed so that a plurality of data can be stored with a breakthrough in technology. Therefore, in the print system of the above publication, the user selects data to be printed from a plurality of data and outputs the data to the printing apparatus. However, in such a system,
The user has to select data using a small display screen provided on the mobile phone and a dial key. For this reason, there is a major problem that the visibility and operability at the time of data selection cannot be improved at all.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and has as its object to provide a printing apparatus, a portable terminal apparatus, and a printing system that can improve the visibility and operability when selecting data.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a connection portion connectable to a portable terminal device and a printable data stored inside the portable terminal device. An index information acquisition unit having a function of acquiring a list of index information via the connection unit;
A display unit for displaying a list of index information; an input unit having a function of allowing a user to select at least one index information from the list of index information; and an input unit stored inside the mobile terminal device and selected by the user at the input unit. It is characterized by including a printable data acquisition unit having a function of acquiring printable data relating to each information via a connection unit, and a printing unit for printing the acquired printable data.

The display unit has a function of displaying a list of categories, the input unit has a function of allowing a user to select at least one category, and the index information obtaining unit has
When acquiring a list of index information from the mobile terminal device, the mobile terminal device may include a function of requesting the mobile terminal device for a list of index information relating to all printable data belonging to any of the categories selected by the user. preferable. Also, the index information includes thumbnail information of the corresponding printable data, the input unit includes a function of receiving an input for instructing a preview from a user, and the display unit receives an input for instructing a preview from the input unit. It is preferable to include a function of displaying thumbnail information as a preview.

Further, it is desirable that the printing unit has a function of outputting an instruction to erase the successfully printable data to the portable terminal device when the printing is normally completed. The input unit further includes a function of receiving an input for instructing a preview from the user, and the display unit further includes a function of displaying a print image of the printable data as a preview when receiving the input for instructing the preview from the input unit. Good to include.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, to achieve the above object, a connection unit connectable to the printing apparatus according to the first aspect, a storage unit capable of storing at least one printable data, and a printing apparatus When requested to transmit a list of index information from the printer, an index information transmitting unit having a function of transmitting a list of index information relating to printable data stored therein to the printing apparatus, and printable data from the printing apparatus. And a printable data transmission unit having a function of transmitting the corresponding printable data to the printing apparatus when requested to transmit.

[0009] When the printing apparatus is requested to transmit a list of index information, if the request includes at least one category information, the index information transmitting unit includes one of the category information. It is preferable to include a function of transmitting a list of index information relating to all the printable data belonging to the printing apparatus. Preferably, the index information transmitting section transmits the index information including the thumbnail information of the corresponding printable data. Further, when an instruction to delete the printable data is received from the printing apparatus, the corresponding printable data may be deleted from the storage unit.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, the invention comprises a printing apparatus according to the first aspect and a portable terminal apparatus according to the sixth aspect. According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a printing apparatus according to the second aspect and a portable terminal device according to the seventh aspect are provided. According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, the invention comprises a printing apparatus according to a third aspect and a portable terminal apparatus according to an eighth aspect.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, the invention comprises a printing device according to a fourth aspect and a portable terminal device according to a ninth aspect. According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, the invention comprises a printing apparatus according to a fifth aspect and a portable terminal apparatus according to a sixth aspect.

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in an apparatus for printing data stored in a portable terminal device, an input unit for receiving a user's instruction and a designation specified via the input unit And a printing unit for printing the created data. It is preferable that the printing unit be set so that after the user specifies the data, the data is acquired from the portable terminal device and printed. Further, it is preferable that the printing unit be set so that all data of the mobile terminal device is acquired in advance and stored in the memory, and data designated by the user is read from the memory and printed.

[0013] It is desirable to include a display screen and an index display section for creating index information of data stored in the portable terminal device and displaying the index information on the display screen. A category display unit for displaying a category of data stored in the mobile terminal device on a display screen, wherein the index display unit is set to display index information of data belonging to a category designated by the user on the display screen; Good. Further, in order to achieve the above object, the invention according to the twentieth aspect is provided with a memory capable of storing data, wherein an index for creating index information of the stored data and transmitting the index information to an external device is provided. An information transmission unit is provided.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiment 1 Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 2 and the like, a mobile terminal device 101 including a mobile phone and a printing device 102 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the portable terminal device 101 has an input unit 113 composed of a dial key, a small LCD.
The display unit 114 includes a display unit 114 including a screen, a storage unit 109, a printable data transmission unit 110, a connection unit 111, and an index information transmission unit 112. The storage unit 109
It comprises a memory for storing printable data transmitted to the portable terminal device 101. Printable data transmission unit 11
0 functions to transmit printable data to the printing device 102. In addition, the connection unit 111 is connected to the mobile terminal device 1.
01 is an infrared interface for connecting the printing apparatus 102 to the printing apparatus 102. The portable terminal device 101 and the printing device 102 are logically connected using an infrared communication protocol such as IrDA.

The index information transmitting unit 112 classifies all printable data stored in the storage unit 109 by category (by data type) and, for each printable data, information indicating the content (for each printable data). Index information). This index information transmitting unit 112
Also has a function of transmitting index information to the printing apparatus 102.

The printing device 102 is a portable terminal device 10
1 is a printer that prints the printable data transmitted from the printer 1. In this system, printable data to be printed is
It is set so that it can be selected on the printing apparatus 102. As shown in FIG. 1, the printing apparatus 102 includes an index information acquisition unit 103, a connection unit 104, a printable data acquisition unit 105, a display unit 106, an input unit 107, and a printing unit 108. The connection unit 104 is an infrared interface that connects the portable terminal device 101 and the printing device 102. These mobile terminal devices 101
And the printing apparatus 102 are logically connected using an infrared communication protocol such as IrDA. The printable data acquisition unit 105 functions to request and acquire the printable data selected by the user from the printing apparatus 101.

The display unit 106 comprises a large LCD panel for displaying the progress and results of the printing process to the user.
The printing unit 108 includes a print engine for printing the printable data transmitted from the mobile terminal device 101 on a predetermined sheet (recording paper). Also, the input unit 107
Is a pressure-sensitive device incorporated in the LCD panel, and functions to receive a user's input instruction. The input unit 107 is set so that when the user presses a button displayed on the LCD panel with a finger or the like, the pressed position is detected, and the content of the user's instruction is determined according to the coordinates.

The index information acquisition unit 103 functions to display a list of categories on the display unit 106 as shown in FIG. This index information acquisition unit 103
Is set to request the portable terminal device 101 for index information of printable data belonging to the selected category when a category is selected by the user via the input unit 107. And the mobile terminal device 10
1 to obtain the index information transmitted from
06 is displayed.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing index information of each printable data (mail data) when "mail" is selected as a category. As shown in the figure, the index information of each mail data describes the date and time when the mail was sent, the sender, and the title (subject). By pressing the print start button, the user can select mail data to be printed. The user can return to the category selection screen by using the button for returning to the original position. Further, the user can simultaneously select a plurality of categories or printable data.

Next, a printing operation in the present system will be described. FIGS. 7 and 8 are a data flow diagram and a flowchart showing the flow of the printing operation. As shown in FIG.
1 and the printing apparatus 102 are established (S80).
1), the index information acquisition unit 103 of the printing apparatus 102 displays a category list as shown in FIG. 3 (S802). Then, when a category is selected by the user, the index information acquisition unit 103 requests the mobile terminal device 101 to request index information of printable data belonging to the selected category.
An index information request packet as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the packet includes an identification ID indicating the type of the packet, the number (n) of the selected categories, and ID1 to IDn indicating the types of the selected category.

In response, the index information transmitting unit 112 of the portable terminal device 101 includes the index information of all printable data belonging to the requested category as shown in FIG.
Is transmitted to the printing apparatus 102 (S803 / S804). As shown in FIG. 16, the list packet includes an identification ID indicating the type of the packet, the number of indexes (n), and index information 1 to n in each printable data. When a plurality of categories are selected, the list packet includes index information of all printable data belonging to each category.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of index information when printable data is mail data. As shown in the figure, the index information includes a data length, a data ID, a category ID, a transmission date and time, a sender, a title (subject), and a thumbnail. Then, the index information acquiring unit 103 displays the transmitted index information as shown in FIG. 4, and waits for the user to select printable data (S805 and S80).
6). Thereafter, when the user selects the return button on the display screen of FIG. 4, the process returns to S802 (FIG. 3).

On the other hand, when the print start button is selected, the printable data acquisition unit 105 transmits a printable data request packet as shown in FIG. 18 to the portable terminal device to acquire the selected printable data. 101 (S807). In this packet, as shown in FIG.
An identification ID indicating the type of packet, the number (n) of selected printable data, and ID1 to IDn for specifying each printable data are described. In response, the printable data transmission unit 110 transmits a printable data packet including the requested printable data as shown in FIG. 19 to the printing apparatus 102 (S808). As shown in the drawing, this packet includes an identification ID indicating the type of the packet, the number (n) of printable data, and printable data 1 to n.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of printable data (mail data) included in the printable data packet. As shown in this figure, the mail data includes a data length, a data ID, a category ID, a transmission date and time, a sender, a title (subject), and a mail text (full text). Then, the printable data acquisition unit 105 transmits the printable data transmitted from the printable data transmission unit 110 to the printing unit 108. Thereafter, the printing unit 108 prints the printable data on a predetermined sheet (S809), and the process ends.

As described above, according to the present system, a list of categories and index information are displayed on the display unit 106, which is a large LCD panel in the printing apparatus 102. When a button shown on the display unit 106 is pressed with a finger or the like, the pressed position is detected using the input unit 107, and the printing device 102
Is set to select printable data to be printed. Accordingly, in the present system, the large and highly visible display unit 10 provided in the printing apparatus 102 is provided.
6 and the input unit 107 having high operability, data to be printed can be selected. This makes it possible to significantly improve the operability of the user as compared with a configuration in which data is selected using a small screen, a dial key, or the like in the portable terminal device 101.

In this embodiment, the portable terminal device 101
Is set so that the user can select printable data based on the index information transmitted to the printing apparatus 102 from. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The index information acquisition unit 103 of the printing apparatus 102 analyzes all printable data stored in the storage unit 109 of the mobile terminal apparatus 101, creates the index information, and displays the index information on the display unit 106. It is also possible to display. In addition, without displaying the index information, the user specifies the ID or name for specifying the printable data by the printing apparatus 1
Alternatively, data to be printed may be selected by directly inputting the data into the input unit 107 of the “02”. In this way, simplification of the printing process can be greatly expected.

In this embodiment, the printing apparatus 10
2, after the user selects printable data, the data is acquired from the portable terminal device 101 and printed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the printable data acquisition unit 105 may acquire all the printable data in the portable terminal device 101 in advance and store the data in a storage unit (not shown). Then, the index information acquiring unit 103 may create index information of the printable data stored in the storage unit and display the index information on the display unit 106. Then, the printing unit 108 can be set to read out the selected data from the storage unit and print it. By doing so, the portable terminal device 101
Since the amount of information transmitted between the printer and the printing apparatus 102 can be reduced, simplification of the printing process can be expected.

Further, in the present embodiment, the portable terminal device 1
01 and the printing apparatus 102 are connected by the infrared interfaces 104 and 111, but may be connected by a cable or by wireless communication using radio waves.

Embodiment 2 Next, a second embodiment will be described. The same parts as those in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. In the print system (this system) according to the present embodiment, the index information transmitting unit 112 shown in FIG.
Is set to include the thumbnail of each printable data in the index information. Then, the index information acquisition unit 103 in FIG. 1 causes the display unit 106 to display the thumbnail of the selected printable data.

Here, the thumbnail is a template of printable data. In this system, if the printable data is image data, the thumbnail is a reduced image.
If the printable data is mail data, the thumbnail is data up to the first 100 characters of the mail data. The thumbnail is set to be displayed by selecting the preview button shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of thumbnails in mail data. As shown in the figure, in addition to the contents of the printable data, the display unit 106 displays a print start button for instructing the start of printing and a thumbnail of the previous (one after) printable data in the index information. Before (next) button, and a return button for returning to the index information display screen are displayed. By selecting these buttons using the input unit 107, the user inputs a predetermined instruction.

Next, a printing operation in the present system will be described. FIGS. 9 and 10 are a data flow diagram and a flowchart showing the flow of a printing operation in the present system. As shown in these figures, the processing from the start of printing to the display of index information (FIG. 5) is the same as the processing shown in FIGS. Thereafter, the processing when the return button or the print start button is selected is also described in FIG.
This is the same as the processing shown in FIG.

When the preview button is selected, the index information acquisition unit 103 displays a thumbnail of printable data selected by the user on the display unit 106 as shown in FIG. (S1002 and S1003). Then, when the return button is selected, the index information acquisition unit 103
The display on the display unit 106 is returned to the index information as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the print start button is selected, printable data is acquired by the printable data acquisition unit 105 and printed by the printing unit 108 (S808, S808).
809).

When the previous button or the next button is selected, the index information acquiring unit 103 refers to the acquired index information list packet (FIG. 16),
The information before (next) the index information currently displayed on the display unit 106 is displayed on the display unit 106 (S100
4).

As described above, the present system can display thumbnails of printable data. This allows the user to check the contents of the printable data before printing, so that erroneous selection of the printable data can be extremely effectively prevented.

Embodiment 3 Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The same parts as those in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.
The description is omitted. In the print system (this system) according to the present embodiment, the printing unit 108 shown in FIG.
When the printing of the printable data is successful, a setting is made to request the portable terminal device 101 to delete the printable data. Then, the storage unit 109 in the portable terminal device 101 deletes the printable data. Here, “successful printing” means that an image corresponding to printable data has been appropriately formed on a sheet without causing a printing trouble such as a paper jam or a toner shortage.

FIGS. 11 and 12 are a data flow diagram and a flow chart showing the flow of operation in the present system. As shown in these figures, the processing from the start of printing to the execution of printing of printable data is the same as the processing in FIGS. After that, the printing unit 108 determines whether or not the printing has been successful (S1201), and when determining that the printing has failed, ends the processing.

On the other hand, when determining that the printing is successful, the printing unit 108 requests the portable terminal device 101 to delete the printable data relating to the printing (S120).
2). In response, the printing unit 108 of the mobile terminal device 101
However, the printable data is deleted (S1203), and the process ends.

According to the above system, printed printable data can be automatically erased. Accordingly, the user can print the printable data that has become unnecessary by printing without having to give any particular instructions.
Can be surely deleted from.

Embodiment 4 Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The same parts as those in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and
The description is omitted. In the print system (this system) according to the present embodiment, when the preview button shown in FIG. 5 is selected, the printable data acquisition unit 105 acquires printable data from the portable terminal device 101, creates a thumbnail, and displays the thumbnail. The setting is made to be displayed on the unit 106. That is, in the present system, even when the thumbnail is not included in the index information, the thumbnail can be displayed before printing.

FIGS. 13 and 14 are a data flow diagram and a flow chart showing the flow of the operation in the present system. As shown in these figures, the processing from the start of printing to the acquisition of printable data is the same as the processing in FIGS. That is, when the user selects the preview button or the print start button on the screen shown in FIG. 5, the printable data obtaining unit 105 obtains the selected printable data from the mobile terminal device 101 (S808). If the selected button is the print start button, the printing unit 108 prints the printable data (S809), and the process ends.

On the other hand, if the preview button is selected, the printable data acquisition unit 105 creates a thumbnail of the acquired printable data and displays it as a preview on the display unit 106 as shown in FIG. 6 (S1401).・ S
1402). When the return button is selected on this screen, the process returns to step S805. On the other hand, when the print start button is selected, printing is performed by the printing unit 108 (S809), and the process ends. When the previous button or the next button is selected, the printable data acquisition unit 105 refers to the index information list packet (FIG. 16) acquired by the index information acquisition unit 103 and causes the current display unit 106 to display it. The printable data related to the information before (next) of the thumbnail being acquired is acquired from the portable terminal device 101, a thumbnail of the acquired printable data is created, and displayed on the display unit 106 (S1404).

According to the above system, thumbnails of printable data can be displayed. Thus, the user can grasp the contents of the printable data before printing, and can prevent the erroneous selection of the printable data very effectively. Furthermore, there is no need for the mobile terminal device 101 to have a thumbnail creation function.

[0045]

As described above, according to the first, sixth, and tenth aspects of the present invention, the display unit having high visibility and the input unit having high operability are used. This has the effect that the user can easily select the data to be printed. According to the second, seventh and eleventh aspects of the present invention, only the index information belonging to the category specified by the user is displayed on the display unit in a list, so that even if a large amount of data is input to the portable terminal device, Can easily select data to be printed. According to the third, eighth, and twelfth aspects of the present invention, the user can confirm the content of the data on the display unit before printing the data, so that it is possible to prevent the printing of erroneous data. it can.

According to the fourth, ninth and thirteenth aspects of the invention,
Unnecessary data can be deleted from the portable terminal device without the user's instruction.
According to the fifth and fourteenth aspects of the present invention, the user can check the contents of the data on the display unit before printing the data, so that it is possible to prevent printing of erroneous data. Become. Further, it is not necessary to provide the portable terminal device with a function of creating thumbnail information.

According to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, when selecting data to be printed, the input unit of the printing device is used. Therefore, a simplified input device of a portable terminal device, for example, a dial key of a portable telephone, etc. Can be expected to improve operability at the time of data selection as compared with the configuration using. further,
According to the twentieth aspect, the index information can be displayed on the large display screen of the external device. Therefore, compared to a configuration in which index information is displayed on a small display screen of a portable terminal device, there is an effect that stored data can be easily grasped.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a printing apparatus in a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the mobile terminal device in the embodiment of the mobile terminal device according to claims 6 to 9;

FIG. 3 is a display example showing a list of categories of a display unit constituting the printing apparatus in the printing apparatus according to the second to fifth embodiments.

FIG. 4 is a display example showing a list of index information on a display unit constituting the printing apparatus in the printing apparatus according to the first, second, and fourth aspects of the invention.

FIG. 5 is a display example showing a list of index information of a display unit constituting the printing apparatus in the printing apparatus according to the third and fifth aspects of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a display example showing a preview of a display unit constituting the printing apparatus in the printing apparatus according to the third and fifth embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a data flow showing a pattern of exchanging data between a printing device and a portable terminal device in the embodiment of the printing system according to the invention of claim 11;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an algorithm showing a behavior of the print system in the embodiment of the print system according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a data flow showing a pattern of exchanging data between a printing device and a portable terminal device in an embodiment of the printing system according to the invention of claim 12;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of an algorithm showing a behavior of the printing system in the printing system according to the twelfth embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 11 is a data flow showing a pattern of exchanging data between a printing device and a portable terminal device in an embodiment of the printing system according to the invention of claim 13;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of an algorithm showing a behavior of the printing system in the printing system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a data flow showing a pattern of exchanging data between a printing device and a portable terminal device in an embodiment of the printing system according to the invention of claim 14;

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of an algorithm showing a behavior of the print system in the embodiment of the print system according to the invention of claim 14;

FIG. 15 shows a printing apparatus, a portable terminal apparatus,
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view exemplarily showing an index information request packet transmitted from the printing apparatus to the portable terminal apparatus in the embodiment of the printing system.

FIG. 16 shows a printing device, a portable terminal device,
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram exemplarily showing a list packet of index information transmitted from the mobile terminal device to the printing device in the embodiment of the printing system.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram exemplifying index information included in the index information list packet of FIG. 16;

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram exemplifying a printable data request packet transmitted from the printing apparatus to the portable terminal apparatus.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory view exemplifying a printable data request packet transmitted from the portable terminal device to the printing device.

20 is an explanatory diagram exemplarily showing index information included in a list packet of index information in FIG. 19;

[Explanation of symbols]

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Claims (20)

[Claims] 1. A connection unit connectable to a portable terminal device, and an index information acquisition unit having a function of acquiring a list of index information on printable data stored inside the portable terminal device via the connection unit. A display unit for displaying a list of index information; an input unit having a function of allowing a user to select at least one index information from the list of index information; A printable data acquisition unit having a function of acquiring printable data related to each selected information via a connection unit, and a printing unit that prints the acquired printable data. Printing device. 2. The display unit includes a function of displaying a list of categories, the input unit includes a function of allowing a user to select at least one category, and the index information obtaining unit obtains a list of index information from the mobile terminal device. 2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a function of requesting a list of index information on all printable data belonging to one of the categories selected by the user to the portable terminal apparatus. 3. The index information includes thumbnail information of the corresponding printable data, the input unit includes a function of receiving an input for instructing a preview from a user, and the display unit receives an input for instructing a preview from the input unit. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a function of displaying thumbnail information as a preview when received. 4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing unit has a function of outputting, to the portable terminal apparatus, an instruction to erase the printable data that has been successfully printed, when the printing is normally completed. 5. The input unit further includes a function of receiving an input for instructing a preview from a user, and the display unit displays a print image of the printable data as a preview when the input for instructing the preview is received from the input unit. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a function. 6. A connection unit connectable to the printing apparatus according to claim 1, a storage unit capable of storing at least one printable data, and a request to transmit a list of index information from the printing apparatus. An index information transmitting unit having a function of transmitting a list of index information relating to printable data stored therein to the printing apparatus; and when the printing apparatus is requested to transmit printable data, the corresponding printable data is transmitted. A printable data transmitting unit having a function of transmitting the printable data to a printing device. 7. An index information transmitting unit, when a request is made to transmit a list of index information from a printing apparatus, if the request includes at least one category information, the index information transmitting unit transmits the list of index information. 7. The portable terminal device according to claim 6, further comprising a function of transmitting a list of index information relating to all the printable data belonging to the printing device. 8. The portable terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the index information transmitting unit transmits the index information including thumbnail information of the corresponding printable data. 9. The portable terminal device according to claim 6, wherein when receiving an instruction from the printing device to delete the printable data, the corresponding printable data is deleted from the storage unit. 10. A printing system comprising the printing device according to claim 1 and the portable terminal device according to claim 6. 11. A printing system comprising the printing device according to claim 2 and the portable terminal device according to claim 7. 12. A printing system comprising: the printing device according to claim 3; and the portable terminal device according to claim 8. 13. A printing system comprising the printing device according to claim 4 and the portable terminal device according to claim 9. 14. A printing system comprising the printing device according to claim 5 and the portable terminal device according to claim 6. 15. A printing device for printing data stored in a portable terminal device, comprising: an input unit for receiving a user's instruction; and a printing unit for printing data specified via the input unit. A printing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. 16. The printing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the printing unit is set to obtain the data from the portable terminal device and print the data after the user specifies the data. 17. The printing apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the printing unit is configured to acquire all data of the portable terminal device in advance, store the data in a memory, and read out data designated by a user from the memory and print the data. 18. A display device comprising: a display screen; and an index display unit for creating index information of data stored in the portable terminal device and displaying the index information on the display screen.
The printing device according to the above. 19. A category display unit for displaying a category of data stored in the portable terminal device on a display screen, wherein the index display unit displays index information of data belonging to a category designated by the user on the display screen. 19. The printing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the setting is performed. 20. A portable terminal device provided with a memory capable of storing data, comprising: an index information transmitting section for creating index information of the stored data and transmitting the index information to an external device. Mobile terminal device.