JP2002135694A - Processing method of electronic data and recording medium in which processing method of electronic data is recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To flexibly cope with a user's desire regarding finish, for example, by applying a processing method of electronic data and a recording medium for recording the processing method of electronic data to print service of a digital camera. SOLUTION: Fixing service of electronic data to the medium such as print is processed by acceptance quality of a processing or designation of delivery.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for processing electronic data and a recording medium on which the method for processing electronic data is recorded, and can be applied to, for example, a print service of a digital camera. The present invention can flexibly respond to a user's request in terms of finishing by accepting the quality of processing for a service such as printing in which electronic data is fixed, and accepting and processing a delivery designation. To do.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for a silver halide photograph, a print result can be obtained by submitting a film to a so-called Photoshop and requesting a print to print on a photographic paper on a predetermined finishing date. I have.

On the other hand, in a so-called digital camera, as in the case of silver halide photography, a printing service is provided in a photoshop, so that users who have difficulty printing at home or the like due to high quality are provided. It is being used.

[0004]

However, in the printing service in such a photoshop, there is a problem in that it is not possible to flexibly respond to a user's request with respect to a finished image quality and time.

That is, a user who can print an image from such a digital camera at home can print while checking the image quality in various ways. Therefore, the user can be satisfied with the print result and can print it. However, in the printing service by such Photoshop, after all,
It is difficult to check the image quality until you receive the print result,
For this reason, for example, a user who expects a very high image quality finish may be dissatisfied with the finished image quality.

[0006] In a print service for a digital camera, image data to be processed can be transmitted online and requested. Therefore, a print request can be executed flexibly in a short time. In this situation, users may want to finish in less time than anything else,
On the contrary, there is a case where a finish is desired with high image quality even if it takes time. In addition, there is a case where delivery is desired rather than receiving it at the photoshop, and even if you want this delivery, if you want urgent delivery,
It is also conceivable that delivery is desired with some time margin. On the other hand, on the Photoshop side, printing can be performed with extremely high image quality in a very short time due to the provided equipment, or processing can be time-consuming due to processing at a remote processing center. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and proposes an electronic data processing method and a recording medium on which the electronic data processing method can be flexibly responded to a user's request in terms of finish. What you want to do.

[0008]

According to the first or eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic data processing method in which electronic data is fixedly provided on a medium by access from a user terminal. Or applying the processing method to a recording medium on which the quality is fixed when the electronic data is fixed to the medium. Receiving a specification of quality when fixing the electronic data to the medium, and instructing fixing of the electronic data to the medium according to the specified quality.

According to the third or tenth aspect of the present invention, the same electronic data processing method or a method of processing an electronic data is applied to a recording medium on which the electronic data is fixed, and the delivery of a medium on which the electronic data is fixed is designated. The method includes a step of receiving a delivery to be received, a step of instructing fixing of the electronic data to the medium, and a step of a delivery instruction of instructing the delivery of the medium with the fixed electronic data by designating the step of receiving the delivery.

According to the first or eighth aspect of the present invention, the quality presenting step of presenting the type of quality when the electronic data is fixed to the medium, and the electronic data based on the quality type obtained by the quality presenting step. Receiving the specification of the quality when fixing the electronic data to the medium, and instructing the fixing of the electronic data to the medium with the specified quality, so that the electronic data can be obtained according to the final finish desired by the user. Thus, it is possible to flexibly respond to the user's request regarding the quality of the items related to the finish.

According to the third or tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a delivery receiving step for receiving designation of delivery of a medium on which electronic data is fixed, a step of instructing fixing of electronic data to the medium, and a step of receiving delivery. A delivery instruction step of instructing the delivery of the medium with the fixed electronic data by the designation by the step, it is possible to provide the medium with the fixed electronic data at the time desired by the user, and thereby the matter concerning the finish Regarding the delivery time of the above, it is possible to flexibly respond to the request of the user.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) First Embodiment (1-1) Configuration of First Embodiment FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a print service system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is. The print service system 1 fixes electronic data such as image data and text data provided by a user on a predetermined medium, and provides the medium to the user. Specifically, the print service system 1 fixes these image data, text data, and the like on paper as a medium by printing, thereby providing a print service.

Therefore, the print service system 1
Then, a print request is received at the print center 3 from the user terminals 2A to 2D held by the user, and electronic data such as image data and text data to be printed is received. Here, the user terminals 2A to 2D are personal computers held by the user, and personal computers arranged in a convenience store or the like related to a consignment contract. Further, in the print service system 1, these image data and text data are printed by the printers 3A to 3C arranged in the print center 3 or the printers 4AA to 4CA arranged in the processing terminals 4A to 4C, and the print result is obtained. Providing to users.

Here, the processing terminals 4A to 4C are computers arranged in convenience stores for delivery, predetermined printing centers, and the like. As a result, the print service system 1 prints image data captured by a digital camera and provides the print data to the user, and further prints a relatively large number of printed materials such as in-house newsletters and advertisements by offset printing or the like. It can be provided even without.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the print center 3 is constructed so that the user terminal 2A can be connected to the host computer 6 by a telephone line via a modem 5, and the local area is exchanged with the server 7 by data exchange. User terminals 2B and 2C connected to the network
And the like can be connected to the host computer 6.

Here, the host computer 6 is a computer for managing the print center 3 and provides a homepage to the Internet, and makes a print request by accessing from the user terminals 2A to 2C following the link set on the homepage. Accept.

The host computer 6 grasps the types and processing status of the printers 3A to 3C arranged in the print center 3 and further processes each of the processing terminals 4A to 4C.
By knowing the types and processing status of the printers 4AA to 4AC arranged in each of the processing terminals 4A to 4C by exchanging data with C, it is possible to provide the user with printing when receiving such a print. A new printer is presented and the designation of the printer is accepted, and the printers 3A to 3C and the printers 4AA to 4CA related to the designation are instructed to print. As a result, in the print service system 1,
When the system is viewed from the user terminals 2A to 2C, a desired printer can be selected and printed by the printers 3A to 4CA which are centrally arranged in the print center 3. It has been made available.

The host computer 6 recognizes the processing status of each printer and accepts the designation of the printer.
The finishing time (print completion time) can be predicted, and the prediction of the finishing time is designed to be convenient for the user.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a procedure for accepting such a print by the host computer 6. The host computer 6 provides a predetermined main screen by accessing the homepage from the user terminal, and provides various corresponding setting screens by accessing following the link set on the main screen, and also performs setting by the user. The processing procedure is sequentially executed.

That is, the host computer 6 moves from step SP1 to step SP2, and
When the homepage provided by the host computer 6 is accessed by connecting the .about.2C to the Internet, the main screen of this homepage is provided in the following step SP3. Here, a menu relating to a print service is arranged on the main screen, and the host computer 6 provides an initial screen for a print request in the following step SP4 by executing access following the link set in the menu.

As shown in FIG. 4, on the initial screen of the print request, a message for designating a printer is displayed, and the printers that can be provided to the user are displayed for each model. At this time, the host computer 6
Indicates the type of each printer (type such as laser printer, sublimation printer, black and white printing, color printing, etc.), and features related to image quality. The host computer 6 arranges a check box in the form of a toggle switch in each of the printers introduced as described above. Further, the host computer 6 displays a "return to home" button, which is a button for returning to the main screen, and a "next" button, which is a button for moving to the next setting, at the bottom of the initial screen.

When the "return to home" button is operated, the host computer 6 switches the display of the user terminals 2A to 2C to the main screen according to the link set on this button. On the other hand, in this initial screen, as shown in step SP5, in the state where the user has designated the printer by checking the check box,
When the access following the link set on the “Next” button is executed, the selection of this printer is acquired. Further, in step SP6 following the access of the link set to this button, the host computer 6 checks whether or not a printer driver has been installed in the user terminal 2A to 2C related to this access with respect to the printer selected by the user. .

The host computer 6 proceeds directly to step SP7 if the driver is installed by this check, whereas if the corresponding driver is not installed, the host computer 6 downloads this driver from the user terminals 2A to 2A. 2C, wait for the completion of the download, and proceed to step SP7. When the user selects not to download in this process, the host computer 6 displays an initial setting screen excluding the printer related to the download and accepts the selection by the user.

When the host computer 6 arranges the driver in this way and prepares to drive the printer at the user terminals 2A to 2C, the process proceeds to step SP7 to activate the printer driver. In a further succeeding step SP9, setting of print conditions is awaited from a print condition setting screen provided by the printer driver.

Here, on the print condition setting screen, as shown in FIG. 5, information on a printer designated by selecting a check box is displayed. Further, the size and type of paper that can be printed by this printer are displayed. , The type of ink is displayed together with a check box. Also, a box for entering the number of copies and the number of copies is displayed, and a button for returning to the home screen, which is a button for returning to the main screen, and a button for next, which is a button for moving to the next setting, are displayed at the bottom. Is done. Here, in the box for the number of prints,
Depending on the focus setting, a predetermined sub window opens,
In this sub-window, a file to be printed (in this case, a file based on text data or image data) can be designated and input.

The print condition setting screen is used to select the size of paper to be used for printing, the type of paper, the type of ink,
When the "next" button is operated after receiving the designation of the number of prints and the number of prints, the host computer 6 is notified of the conditions of these settings by executing the event set for this button. Thus, the host computer 6 can acquire the print conditions in step SP9. Further, the setting screen displays a preview screen for displaying a print result as shown in FIG. 6 by executing the event set to the “next” button.

Here, in this preview screen,
An image indicating the print result is displayed on the front, and a menu of an arrow for switching a preview target, a menu of “return to home”, and a menu of “next” are sequentially displayed on the lower side. By displaying the preview screen, the host computer 6 displays a preview of the requested print result in step SP10. Further, when the “next” menu is operated, the host computer 6 displays the delivery destination designation screen shown in FIG. 7 by accessing by the link set in this menu.

Here, on the delivery destination designation screen shown in FIG. 7, boxes for inputting the delivery destination address, telephone number, and name are displayed, and a button for returning to the main screen at the bottom, "Return to Home". Button, and a “next” button, which is a button for moving to the next setting. When the “next” button is operated with the delivery destination and the telephone number entered on this screen, the host computer 6 executes the event set in the “next” button to execute the event. As shown in step SP11 of FIG. 8, the designation of the delivery destination is accepted.

Further, in the following step SP12, the host computer 6 provides a similar input screen, and instructs input of the delivery time on this input screen. The host computer 6 receives the designation of the delivery time by operating the “next” button displayed on this input screen.

When the host computer 6 receives the designation in this way, it selects a delivery means (for example, a distinction between ordinary service, express service, limited express service, etc.) that can be delivered at this delivery time, and then proceeds to step SP13. , The user's confirmation of the delivery time and delivery fee by this delivery means is accepted. Here, the host computer 6 executes this processing by displaying a predetermined confirmation screen and receiving a confirmation operation by the user.

When the confirmation is obtained in this way, the host computer 6 displays the fee confirmation screen shown in FIG. 9 in the following step SP14 to receive the confirmation of the user, and thereby receives the confirmation of the overall cost. Subsequently, the host computer 6 moves to step SP15 and accepts the designation of the payment method. Here the host computer 6
Displays the payment method designation screen shown in FIG. 10, and accepts the payment method designation on this screen.

Here, on this designation screen, the entire fee is displayed, and a menu is displayed as to whether or not to accept payment from a bank account registered in advance. If the payment is not accepted from this account, a message prompting payment is displayed by displaying the payee account.

The host computer 6 accepts the designation of these payment methods by operating the “next” menu displayed at the bottom. When the payment method is designated in this manner, the host computer 6 proceeds to the next step SP1
In step 6, a print instruction is accepted. Here, the host computer 6 displays a print instruction screen shown in FIG. 11, and receives a print instruction by operating a YES button on this display screen. In this case, on this instruction screen, print conditions are also displayed, thereby prompting the user for final confirmation.

When a print instruction is obtained in this way, the host computer 6 uploads the text data and image data relating to the print from the user terminals 2A to 2C and passes them as a job to the corresponding printer, thereby performing printing. Instruct. When a plurality of printers of the same model are managed, the host computer 6 executes a predetermined processing procedure to select a printer with a small number of jobs or a printer suitable for delivery, and transfers the job.

When the job is transferred in this manner, the host computer 6 proceeds to step SP17, notifies completion of the reception, and then proceeds to step SP18 to end this processing procedure. Here, the host computer 6
As shown in FIG. 2, items such as printing conditions are displayed in a list, thereby notifying that printing has been accepted. Before or after the reception, the host computer 6 instructs the installation location of the printer that instructed the printing to perform the delivery at the designated delivery time.

(1-2) Operation of First Embodiment In the above configuration, the print service system 1
(FIGS. 2 and 3), by accessing from the user terminals 2A to 2C via the Internet, by the printers 3A to 3C held in the print center 3, or by the printers 4AA to 4CA arranged in the processing terminals 4A to 4C. The user prints image data and text data desired by the user, and specifies that the print result be delivered to a delivery destination specified by the user. As a result, in the print service 1, electronic data based on text data and image data is fixed to a medium which is a sheet and provided to a user.

In providing the print service in this manner, in the print service system 1, the print center 3 is accessed by accessing the print center 3.
The printers 3A to 3C stored in the printers and the printers 4AA to 4CA arranged in the processing terminals 4A to 4C notify the user of the printers that can be provided for the print service for each model together with the characteristics of each model (FIGS. 1 and 4). ), The printer to be used for the service is selected by the user's selection based on this notification. Thus, the user can receive the print service by selecting the image quality which is the quality by selecting the printer, and can receive the print service by the desired finish regarding the quality of the printer among the items related to the finish. . As a result, the print service system 1 can flexibly respond to a user's request regarding quality among items related to finish.

After the printer is selected in this manner, the print service system 1 determines whether or not a driver for the printer is stored in the user terminals 2A to 2C. In response to a download instruction, this driver is prepared in the user terminals 2A to 2C related to the print request.
In the print service system 1, in a state where the driver is prepared in this way, by starting the driver, the print conditions and the print target are set (FIGS. 1 and 5), and further, the preview process is executed.

In the print service system 1,
By selecting paper and ink, which are one of the printing conditions, it is possible to receive printing services according to the desired finish with respect to the quality of the printer among the finish-related items. As a result, the print service system 1 can flexibly respond to a user's request regarding quality among items related to finish. Thus, in the print service system 1, the quality of processing is accepted by specifying a printer and a medical condition.

Further, in the print service system 1, the quality setting of such processing is executed by the driver, so that the preview can be confirmed by an operation on the user side. As a result, the print service system 1 can easily check the print quality.

When the print service system 1 receives the quality setting in this way, it receives the designation of the delivery destination (FIGS. 7 and 8), receives the designation of the delivery time, and checks the fee (FIG. 9). After receiving the payment method (FIG. 10) and the print instruction (FIG. 11), the reception of the print is completed (FIG. 12). In the print service system 1, the host computer 6 uploads the electronic data from the user terminal related to the request.
Instructs the printer instructed to print. In addition, the delivery at the time instructed by the completion of printing is instructed to the department in which the printer is arranged, whereby the medium in which the electronic data is fixed at the delivery time desired by the user can be provided to the user.

(1-3) Effects of the First Embodiment According to the configuration described above, in the print service in which electronic data is fixed, the quality of processing is accepted, so that the user can flexibly respond to the user's request regarding the finish. Can be handled.

(2) Second Embodiment In this embodiment, the print service system accepts and processes the designation of delivery, thereby flexibly responding to the user's request regarding the delivery time of the items related to the finish. Corresponding. Note that this embodiment has the same configuration as the print service system 1 according to the first embodiment, except that the processing procedure in the host computer 6 and each user terminal in the first embodiment is different. Thus, here, only the different processing procedure will be described, and redundant description will be omitted.

Here, the host computer executes the processing procedure shown in FIG. 13 following the processing procedure described above with reference to FIG. In the processing procedure shown in FIG. 13, the same steps as those in the processing procedure described with reference to FIG. 8 are denoted by the corresponding reference numerals, and redundant description will be omitted.

That is, upon receiving the designation of the delivery destination, the host computer proceeds to step SP21,
Refer to the delivery fee table. Subsequently, the host computer extracts a delivery charge from the items described in the charge table. Further, the host computer determines in step SP23
Move to here, get the current time from the built-in timer,
In the following step SP24, a timetable for collection and delivery and delivery is referred to. In step SP25, the host computer detects a delivery means capable of collecting and delivering from the current time, and in step SP26, displays the delivery fee and the delivery means thus detected.

FIG. 14 is a plan view showing a display screen provided by the host computer in this manner. The host computer displays the title of the display screen, the current time, a message instructing the user's operation, and various delivery means on the display screen. Here, this delivery means is formed by displaying a print start time, a delivery area, a type of delivery means, a deliverable time, and a selection button required for delivery by each delivery means.

In this case, the host computer acquires in advance the text data and image data to be printed from the user terminal, and the printing conditions (number of copies, ink) acquired in step SP9 and the printing conditions acquired in step SP5. A printer estimates the time required for printing.
Further, the host computer predicts the end time of the printing according to the request from the time required for the currently processed job and the waiting job of the printer relating to the printing and the time required for the printing thus predicted. The host computer calculates the printing start time required for delivery by each delivery means by performing an inverse calculation from the printing end time predicted in this way.

The host computer receives the designation of delivery of the print result, which is a medium in which the electronic data is fixed, and instructs the delivery of the print result based on the designation. That is, after the host computer obtains the user's selection in this menu from the user terminal by selecting the “next” menu, the host computer sequentially accepts a fee confirmation, a payment method confirmation, and the like,
After instructing printing according to the quality specified by the user, delivery of the print result is instructed by the delivery means specified by the user.

According to the configuration shown in FIG. 13, by receiving and processing the designation of the delivery, it is possible to flexibly respond to the user's request regarding the delivery time among the items related to the finish.

At this time, by accepting the designation of delivery by presenting the possible delivery time, it is possible to accept the designation of the user according to the convenience of the user, and thus, it is possible to more flexibly respond to the demands of the user. Can be.

Also, by presenting the cost required for such delivery and accepting the delivery instruction, it is possible to accept the user's designation according to the user's convenience, which further allows the user to further flexibly meet the user's request. Can be handled.

(3) Third Embodiment In this embodiment, the user is notified of the time available for delivery by each delivery means by an inquiry of the user in advance. Note that, in this embodiment, the configuration is the same as that of the host computer according to the first embodiment, except for the processing related to such an advance inquiry.

In other words, in this embodiment, the host computer designates the start of printing according to the user's designation of the delivery destination, the printer, and the printing conditions (instruction of step SP16 in FIG. 8). Notify when the print result can be delivered. In this case, in the host computer, the item for calculating the time required for printing, such as the number of prints, among the print conditions is executed by designating the number of prints, because of the inquiry from the user in advance. Also, the print start time is predicted in consideration of the job currently being executed by the printer designated by the user and the job waiting to be processed.

FIG. 15 is a display screen showing a notification of a deliverable time with respect to a print start time when delivery is made by ordinary mail in response to such a user's advance inquiry. The host computer notifies such a deliverable time by the delivery means designated by the user.

As described in this embodiment, if the time available for delivery by the delivery means is notified by a prior inquiry, it is possible to respond more flexibly to the demands of the user.

(4) Other Embodiments In the above-described first embodiment, when the delivery means that can be delivered at the delivery time specified by the user is automatically selected, and in the second embodiment, In the above, the case where the delivery possible time is presented and the selection of the delivery means is received has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the delivery means deliverable to the user at the delivery time specified by the user is presented to the user,
The selection may be received by the user.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the preview is performed on the user terminal side by the driver has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the preview processing is executed on the host device side and the result is notified to the user. You may make it.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the electronic content is simply printed using the text data and the image data has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this case. Can be applied.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case of printing electronic contents by text data and image data has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and electronic contents by audio data and text data are recorded on an optical disk or the like. By recording on a medium, such electronic contents can be widely applied to a case where such electronic contents are fixed to such a medium.

[0061]

As described above, according to the present invention, for services such as printing, in which electronic data is fixed, by accepting the quality of processing, and by accepting and processing the designation of delivery, the finish can be improved. It can flexibly respond to user requests.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a host computer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a print service system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printer arrangement according to the print service system of FIG. 2 as viewed from a user terminal side.

FIG. 4 is a plan view for explaining selection of a printer according to the processing procedure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a plan view for explaining setting of printing conditions according to the processing procedure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a plan view for explaining a preview according to the processing procedure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a plan view for explaining input of a print delivery destination.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a continuation of the processing procedure of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a plan view for explaining a charge confirmation according to the processing procedure of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a plan view for explaining a payment method according to the processing procedure of FIG. 8;

FIG. 11 is a plan view for explaining a print instruction according to the processing procedure of FIG. 8;

FIG. 12 is a plan view for explaining reception completion according to the processing procedure of FIG. 8;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the host computer according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a plan view for explaining designation of a delivery time according to the processing procedure of FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a plan view for describing designation of a delivery time according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 print service system, 2A to 2C user terminal, 3 print center, 3A to 3C, 4AA
~ 4CA ... printer, 4A ~ 4C ... processing terminal, 6 ...
… Host computer

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A method of processing electronic data, wherein electronic data is fixedly provided on a medium by access from a user terminal, wherein: a quality presenting step of presenting a type of quality for fixing the electronic data on the medium; A quality receiving step of receiving a designation of quality when fixing the electronic data to the medium from a type of quality in the quality presenting step, and instructing fixing of the electronic data to the medium according to the specified quality. And a method for processing electronic data. 2. The electronic data processing method according to claim 1, wherein the fixing of the electronic data to the medium is printing on paper. 3. A method of processing electronic data in which electronic data is fixedly provided on a medium by access from a user terminal, wherein: a delivery receiving step of receiving a designation of delivery of the medium with the electronic data fixed; Electronic data processing, comprising: a step of instructing fixation of data to the medium; and a delivery instruction step of instructing delivery of a medium in which the electronic data is fixed by designation in the step of accepting delivery. Method. 4. The electronic data processing method according to claim 3, wherein the fixing of the electronic data to the medium is printing on paper. 5. The electronic data processing method according to claim 3, wherein the step of receiving the delivery receives a designation of delivery by presenting a deliverable time. 6. The delivery accepting step according to claim 3, wherein the designation of the delivery time determines the delivery possible time by the delivery means and selects the delivery means, thereby accepting the designation of the delivery. Method of processing the electronic data described. 7. The electronic data processing method according to claim 3, wherein in the step of receiving the delivery, an instruction for the delivery is received by presenting a cost required for the delivery. 8. A recording medium recording an electronic data processing method for providing electronic data fixedly on a medium by access from a user terminal, wherein the electronic data processing method comprises: fixing the electronic data to the medium. A step of presenting a type of quality; a step of receiving designation of a quality when fixing the electronic data to the medium from the type of quality in the step of presenting the quality; and Instructing the data to be fixed to the medium. A recording medium recording an electronic data processing method. 9. The recording medium according to claim 8, wherein the fixing of the electronic data to the medium is printing on paper. 10. A recording medium recording an electronic data processing method in which electronic data is fixedly provided on a medium by access from a user terminal, wherein the electronic data processing method includes the steps of: A delivery receiving step of receiving a designation of delivery, a step of instructing fixing of the electronic data to the medium, and a delivery instruction of instructing delivery of a medium having the electronic data fixed by the designation of the delivery receiving step. And a recording medium for recording a method for processing electronic data. 11. The recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the fixing of the electronic data to the medium is printing on paper.