JP2008181266A - Printer and printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing system and a printer, using a portable device such as a cellphone, or a portable storage medium such as an IC card, and especially allowing a change of a printing condition or selection of print data. <P>SOLUTION: Information about a control condition or the print data from the cellphone supplied through a portable device data reader/writer 20 are supplied to an MFP main part 10 through a portable device data reader/writer control part 16, and print processing according to the control condition or print processing of the print data is performed in the MFP main part 10. The cellphone may have a configuration using the portable storage medium such as the IC card. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing apparatus and a printing system using a portable storage medium such as a mobile phone or a portable storage medium such as an IC card.

  2. Description of the Related Art Computer networks are widely used today, and a system is constructed in which a printer device is connected to a network such as a LAN (local area network), for example, and print data is supplied from a host device and printed out.

  In such a printing system, an IC card is used in order to ensure the confidentiality of the print result. For example, a printing process in which the confidentiality is ensured can be performed by approaching the printer device and picking up the IC card.

  Further, Patent Document 1 collates with a usage condition registered in advance by a user when using an IC card, enables the use of the IC card based on the collation result, and does not require complicated input processing such as password and fingerprint input. An IC card user authentication method is disclosed.

  Further, Patent Document 2 allows information to be written to and read from a tag attached to the mobile phone in order to operate the mobile phone, for example, so that the mobile phone can be used as an IC card. To do.

JP 2006-58970 A

JP 2002-247157 A

  However, in the case of the above conventional example, a tag can be attached to the mobile phone or the mobile phone can function as an IC card. However, the print data and control conditions of the printing apparatus are selected and instructed by the mobile device, and the print processing is performed. Can not be done.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a printing system and a printing apparatus that use a portable device such as a cellular phone or a portable storage medium such as an IC card and that can change print data selection and printing conditions.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable device including a storage unit that stores a plurality of print data, and a transmission unit that performs a selection process of the plurality of print data and transmits a selection result to the printing apparatus. This can be achieved by providing a printing system having a communication unit that communicates with the portable device and a printing apparatus that includes a print processing unit that performs a printing process based on print data supplied from the portable device.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage means for storing a plurality of print data, a key selection means for selecting the plurality of print data, and a print data selection result by the key selection means. This can be achieved by providing a portable device having transmission means for transmitting to a printing apparatus.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transmission means for receiving print data output from a portable device and selected from a plurality of print data, and notifying the portable device of reception of the print data. This can be achieved by providing a printing apparatus having a notifying means for performing printing and a printing processing means for performing printing processing of the print data.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the printing system according to the first aspect, wherein the portable device generates a print command together with the selection of the print data, and transmits the print command to the printing apparatus. Can be achieved by providing.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when the portable device is connected to a server, print data exceeding the storage capacity of the storage unit is stored in the server, and printing processing is performed by the printing device. The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the printing data stored in the server is read and used together with the printing data received from the portable device.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of print data are supplied from a host device or a ticket gate information processing device and stored in a storage unit of the portable device. This can be achieved by providing a printing system according to claim 1.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable device including a storage unit that stores a plurality of printing conditions, and a transmission unit that performs a selection process of the plurality of printing conditions and transmits a selection result to the printing apparatus. This is achieved by providing a printing system including a device, a communication unit that communicates with the portable device, and a printing apparatus that includes a printing processing unit that performs a printing process based on a printing condition supplied from the portable device. it can.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage means for storing a plurality of print data, and a transmission means for performing a selection process of the plurality of print data and transmitting a selection result to the printing apparatus. A printing system comprising: a portable recording medium; a communication unit that communicates with the portable recording medium; and a printing apparatus that includes a printing processing unit that performs a printing process based on print data supplied from the portable recording medium. Can be achieved by providing.

  The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the printing device is a multi-function device that performs at least print processing. Can be achieved by providing.

  According to the present invention, information stored in a portable device or a portable recording medium is designated based on the selected printing information by specifying the printing information from the portable device or the portable recording medium and transmitting the information to the printing apparatus. Printing processing can be performed.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the printing apparatus according to the present embodiment. In particular, in this example, a multifunction machine (hereinafter referred to as MFP (multifunction printer / multifunction printer) 1) is used as the printing apparatus. .

  In the figure, a display operation unit (operation panel) 2 is located at the upper front of the MFP 1 and gives various setting instructions such as setting of the number of prints, density setting, size setting and the like. In addition, a plurality of stages of paper feed cassettes 3 are provided in the lower front portion of the MFP 1, and the paper feed cassettes 3 can be pulled out with the corresponding handles. The MFP 1 is also provided with a paper discharge unit 4, and a sheet (recording medium) that has been fed from the paper feed cassette 3 and on which an image has been formed is output to the paper discharge unit 4.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the MFP 1 having the above-described external configuration. In FIG. 1, the MFP 1 includes a scanner unit 6, an MFP control unit 7, and a print unit 8. The scanner unit 6 includes a reading mechanism unit 6 a, the document image placed on the document table is read by driving the reading mechanism unit 6 a, and document data is transmitted to the MFP control unit 7.

  The MFP control unit 7 includes an MFP main unit 10, a reading mechanism control unit 11, a display operation control unit 12, a FAX communication control unit 13, a LAN communication control unit 14, an Internet communication control unit 15, and a portable device data reader / writer control unit 16. , A storage device control unit 17 and a storage device unit (HDD) 18. The reading mechanism control unit 11 controls the mechanism of the reading mechanism unit 6 a provided in the scanner unit 6, and the document data read by the scanner unit 6 is sent to the MFP main unit 10.

  The display operation control unit 12 outputs an operation signal based on an operation of a key or the like provided in the display operation unit 2 to the MFP main unit 10. In addition, display data output from the MFP main unit 10 is displayed on the display operation unit 2. Further, the storage device control unit 17 controls writing of data to the storage device unit (HDD) 18 and reading of data stored in the storage device unit (HDD) 18. Here, the storage unit (HDD) 18 stores, for example, a printing program and portable device data reception information. Also, print control information to be described later is stored.

  The LAN communication control unit 14 is an interface for connecting the MFP 1 used in this example to the LAN, and the FAX communication control unit 13 transmits and receives facsimile data using a public line network.

  The portable device data reader / writer control unit 16 is connected to the portable device data reader / writer 20 and performs control to read data stored in the portable device described later and write data to the portable device.

  On the other hand, the printer unit 8 includes a printing mechanism unit 21 and performs a printing process based on print data. The printing mechanism unit 21 performs mechanism control according to control information 22 supplied from the MFP main unit 10 via the printing mechanism control unit 23. In addition to the print head, the printing mechanism unit 21 includes a mechanism unit such as an image forming unit, a developing unit, or a transfer unit.

  The MFP main unit 10 controls each unit of the MFP control unit 7 using a system program, and includes a CPU and a RAM (not shown).

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a mobile phone as a mobile device that communicates with the mobile device data reader / writer 20 described above. The cellular phone 25 includes a display unit 26a for performing various displays, a key operation unit 26b, and a direction key operation unit 26c.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the mobile phone 25 and includes an outline of a communication configuration with the host device and the MFP 1. The cellular phone 25 includes a control unit 30, a wireless communication unit 31, an application execution unit 32, the operation display unit 26, a reader / writer control unit (R / W control unit) 34, an IC tag 35, a transmission / reception unit 36, and a memory 37. It is configured. The control unit 30 performs control according to a program stored in the memory 37, and exchanges data with the above-described portable device data reader / writer 20 or the like. The operation display unit 26 includes the display unit 26a and the key operation unit 26b.

The IC tag 35 includes an ID code storage area and a user usage area, and information on JOB1 to JOB3 is written in the user usage area.
In the above configuration, the processing operation of this example will be described below.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating print processing using the MFP 1 of the present system. In this example, print processing by the MFP 1 via the mobile phone 25 is described based on information written when passing through a ticket gate of a station.

  First, when the user passes the ticket gate of the station, he / she turns the cellular phone 25 and transmits the balance information in the cellular phone 25 by the reader / writer device provided in the ticket gate. That is, the balance information stored in the memory 37 of the mobile phone 25 is read and read by the reader / writer device. In FIG. 4 described above, the reader / writer device provided in the ticket gate corresponds to the reader / writer device 41 connected to the host device 40.

  Next, the reader / writer device 41 reads the balance information, calculates the balance data obtained by subtracting the initial boarding fee from the balance information by the host device 40, and further reads the station name and current time information to read the information of the cellular phone 25. The data is sent to the transmission / reception unit 36. The mobile phone 25 stores these pieces of information in the memory 37 of the mobile phone 25 under the control of the control unit 30. The above processing is executed every time the user passes through the ticket gate of the station, and the information is stored in the memory 37 in the mobile phone 25.

  Thereafter, the mobile phone 25 is moved to the installation location of the MFP 1, and the mobile phone 25 is moved to the mobile device data reader / writer 20 of the MFP 1 to check the history information. Then, for example, the key operation of the key operation unit 26b is performed. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the mobile phone 25, and first, a menu is displayed (step (hereinafter referred to as S) 1).

  Next, it is determined whether to print portable device data information (S2). Here, when it is not a printing process of portable device data information (S2 is NO), the other corresponding process is performed. On the other hand, if it is a printing process of portable device data information (S2 is YES), the printing type is determined (S3).

  For example, it is determined whether to output designated item data (S4), and form designation data corresponding to the selected item is outputted (S5). FIG. 7 is a flowchart specifically explaining this process. In the description of this example, the instruction is performed by operating the numerical keys 1 to 3 of the key operation unit 26b, but the instruction may be performed by operating the direction key 26c. First, for example, the display shown in FIG. 3 is performed on the display unit 26a of the mobile phone 25, and the user designates a number by operating the numeric keys (step (hereinafter referred to as ST) 1). Here, for example, the instruction of number 1 is “all data printing (form printing)”, and corresponds to the above-mentioned JOB1. The instruction of number 2 is “current month route (form printing)” and corresponds to JOB2, and the instruction of number 3 is “used balance other than fare (form printing)” and corresponds to JOB3 (ST2).

  Next, preparation for printing is performed according to the instructed number. For example, if the instruction is number 1 (JOB1), preparation of “all data printing (form printing)” is performed (ST3), and if the instruction is number 2 (JOB2), preparation of “current month route (form printing)” is performed. (ST4), and if it is an instruction of number 3 (JOB3), preparation of “used balance other than fare (print printing)” is made (ST5).

  For example, the example shown in FIG. 8 is a print example of “all data printing (form printing)” with an instruction of number 1 (JOB1). In this case, based on the information stored in the memory 37, information corresponding to JOB1 is created under the control of the control unit 30, and transmitted to the portable device data reader / writer 20. The portable device data reader / writer control unit 16 transmits information supplied via the portable device data reader / writer 20 to the MFP main unit 10, and the MFP main unit 10 controls the printing unit 8 to print all data. Let the process do. By the above processing, the print result shown in FIG. 8, that is, the print output of the data such as the use date, the entry station, the entry station, and the balance is obtained.

  As described above, according to the present example, a desired print process can be performed on the information stored in the mobile phone 25 by specifying a preset number of the mobile phone 25. For example, in the above example, all data of number 1 (JOB1) was printed. However, when number 2 (JOB2) is designated, the route route of JR used by the user this month can be printed. Furthermore, when number 3 (JOB3) is designated, the user's remaining balance other than the fare can be printed.

In the above example, the traffic use information is recorded in a classified form and printed out. However, the present invention is not limited to fare clearing or route recording based on the traffic information. In the above example, the example of the cellular phone 25 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the cellular phone, and can be applied to any portable device with a communication function such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) having a built-in IC tag and an electronic notebook. . Further, the present invention is not limited to portable devices, and can be applied to a portable recording medium with a communication function in which an IC tag such as an IC card is incorporated.
(Embodiment 2)

  Next, Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described.

  In the first embodiment, the print process is performed by making a print request from the mobile phone 25. However, in this embodiment, a print command is created in the mobile phone 25, and the MFP 1 reads the print command to print. Data print processing is performed.

  FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram for explaining a printing process using the system of this example. This example also explains the printing process by the MFP 1 based on the information written when passing through the ticket gate of the station.

  As described above, also in this example, when the user passes the ticket gate of the station, the user turns the mobile phone 25 and transmits the balance information in the mobile phone 25 by the reader / writer device 41 provided at the ticket gate. The balance data obtained by subtracting the first boarding fee from the balance information is calculated, and information on the station name and current time is transmitted to the mobile phone 25. The cellular phone 25 stores these pieces of information in the memory 37 under the control of the control unit 30. The above process is performed every time the user passes through the ticket gate of the station as described above, and the above information is stored in the mobile phone 25.

  Thereafter, the mobile phone 25 is moved to the installation location of the MFP 1, and the mobile phone 25 is moved to the mobile device data reader / writer 20 of the MFP 1 to check the history information. Then, for example, the key operation of the key operation unit 26b is performed.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart for specifically explaining the above-described processing, and an operation is performed by operating numerical keys 1 to 3 of the key operation unit 26b. For example, as shown above, the display shown in FIG. 3 is performed, and the user designates a number by operating the numeric keys (step (hereinafter referred to as W) 1). Also in this case, for example, the instruction of number 1 (JOB1) is “all data printing (form printing)”, the instruction of number 2 (JOB2) is “path of this month (form printing)”, and number 3 (JOB3). Is “used balance other than fare (print printing)” (W2 to W5).

  Next, the control unit 30 of the mobile phone 25 creates and prepares a print command (W6). Then, the print command is included in the form printing data and transmitted to the MFP 1. That is, the data is transmitted to the portable device data reader / writer 20 via the transmission / reception unit 36 of the cellular phone 25, and printing processing is performed by the MFP main unit 10. In this case, the command transmitted from the mobile phone 25 is used as the print command, and the MFP main unit 10 controls the print unit 8 to perform the instructed print process.

  Therefore, according to this example, even when there is no function for creating a form in the MFP 1, the print command is transferred from the mobile phone 25, and can be handled even by a printing apparatus that does not have the above function.

In this example, it is not limited to fare settlement and route recording based on traffic information. In the above example, the example of the cellular phone 25 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the cellular phone, and can be applied to any portable device with a communication function such as a PDA or an electronic notebook with a built-in IC tag. For example, the present invention can be applied to a portable recording medium with a communication function in which an IC tag such as an IC card is incorporated.
(Embodiment 3)
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In the first and second embodiments described above, information is transmitted from the mobile phone 25 to the MFP to perform print processing. However, the capacity of the memory 37 of the mobile phone 25 is limited, and information that is insufficient in this embodiment is as follows. Print processing is performed in response to supply from the server.
FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating print processing using the MFP of this example. This example also explains the printing process by the MFP based on the information written when passing through the ticket gate of the station.

  First, when the user passes the ticket gate of the station, he / she picks up the cellular phone 25, transmits the balance information in the cellular phone 25 by the reader / writer device 41 provided in the ticket gate, the balance information calculated by the host device 40, Information such as the station name and the current time is captured and recorded in the memory 37. As described above, information is stored in the memory 37 of the mobile phone 25 by repeating the above processing, but the capacity of the memory 37 is limited, and information exceeding a certain capacity is transmitted via a communication line. Recorded in the server 43.

  Next, the mobile phone 25 is moved to the installation location of the MFP 1, and the mobile phone 25 is moved to the mobile device data reader / writer 20 of the MFP 1 to check the history information. Then, for example, the key operation of the key operation unit 26b is performed. Hereinafter, the processing of this example will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, when transmitting data from the mobile phone 25 to the MFP 1, it is determined whether the data to be transmitted to the MFP 1 is applicable to the form classification (step (hereinafter denoted by U) 1). If the data is applicable to the form classification (YES in U 1). ), The data is added to the form data (U2). For example, when the data of the station name entered is input, in addition to the station name category, the next data is examined (U3) and repeated until the data input is completed (U4 is NO). In addition, when it is not applicable to the classification of the form (U1 is NO), the investigation of the next data is repeated (U6, U7).

  On the other hand, if the data in the memory 37 is completed during this time (U4 is YES), “data shortage” is added to the transmission data (U5), and the capacity shortage of the memory 37 is notified.

  Thereafter, when the MFP 1 performs a printing process based on the data transmitted from the mobile phone 25, the added “data shortage” information is detected and processed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. In other words, when “data shortage” added to the transmission data is detected (YES in U8), the portable device data reader / writer control unit 16 sends “user ID” to the server 43 via the above-mentioned LAN. Insufficient data is obtained (U9).

By processing in this way, information that cannot be stored in the memory 37 in the mobile phone 25 can be temporarily stored in the server 43 and read out from the server 43 for use during print processing. Therefore, according to this example, the capacity of the memory 37 provided in the mobile phone 25 can be reduced.
(Embodiment 4)
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. Also in the description of the present embodiment, the MFP 1 has the system configuration described with reference to FIG. 1, and has the external configuration illustrated in FIG. This will be specifically described below.

  FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating print processing using the MFP 1 of the present system. First, the user uses the above-described mobile phone 25 to communicate with the mobile device data reader / writer 46 provided in the host device 45 to exchange necessary information. In this example, it is JOB data such as test results, lesson materials, contact tables, and the like. In addition, the balance information that reduced the price of the above various materials is also included.

  Next, the mobile phone 25 is moved to the place where the MFP 1 is installed, and the mobile phone 25 is moved to the mobile device data reader / writer 20 of the MFP 1 in order to print the information. Then, for example, the key operation of the key operation unit 26b is performed. In this case, the display shown in FIG. 15 is performed on the display unit of the mobile phone 25, and the user selects a number that requires printing.

  FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining the processing of this example. In this example, the instruction for number 1 is “printing test results”, the instruction for number 2 is “printing lesson materials”, and The instruction is “print contact table” (steps (hereinafter referred to as V) 1, V2 to V5). When the above designation is made and the receipt of JOB data is confirmed from the MFP 1 (V6 is YES), the number is confirmed (V7), and the corresponding JOB in the mobile phone 25 is deleted (V8 to V10).

  On the other hand, the MFP 1 performs processing in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. 17, and receives JOB data from the mobile phone 25 (V11), writes JOB data reception (V12), and performs JOB1 data printing processing (V13).

  As described above, according to this example, print data received from a host device such as a personal computer can be stored in the mobile phone 25 and desired print processing can be performed by specifying the number of the mobile phone 25.

In the above example, the example of the cellular phone 25 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the cellular phone, but can be applied to any portable device with a communication function such as a PDA having a built-in IC tag, an electronic notebook, or the like. The present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied even to a portable recording medium with a communication function in which an IC tag such as an IC card is incorporated.
In the above example, the print job data is sent to the MFP 1 via the memory of the mobile phone 25. However, the information sent to the MFP via the mobile phone is not the print job data itself but the print job to be printed. The actual print data is transferred and stored in the HDD built in the MFP itself connected via the network line such as the LAN from the host device 45, or both of the user authentication information and the print job selection designation information. The print data stored and stored in the HDD in the print server that mediates between them is called up in response to the authentication and job selection designation in the MFP 1 by the mobile phone 25, and the actual print processing is performed. It can also be configured.
(Embodiment 5)
Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. Also in the description of the present embodiment, the MFP 1 has the system configuration described with reference to FIG. 1, and has the external configuration illustrated in FIG. This will be specifically described below.

  FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram for explaining print processing using the MFP 1 of the present system. First, the user uses the above-described mobile phone 25 to communicate with the mobile device data reader / writer 48 provided in the host device 47 to exchange necessary information. In this example, information regarding the control conditions of the MFP 1 is received. For example, information on the control conditions 1 to 4 is received.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram for explaining the control conditions 1 to 4. The control conditions are divided into operation contents, reading conditions, printing conditions, and facsimile (FAX) conditions, and the operation contents relate to scanning, copying, FAX, and printing. The reading conditions are color / monochrome, resolution, pixel value, paper size, and the like. The printing conditions are color / monochrome, resolution, paper feed port, paper discharge port, paper size, etc., and the fax condition is a fax number, The number of retries, resolution, etc.

  For example, in the example shown in the figure, with respect to the control condition 2, the operation content is copy, the reading condition color / monochrome is monochrome, and the paper size is designated as A3 size. In addition, the printing condition is monochrome when the color / monochrome is designated, the designation of the paper feed port is the second paper feed port, and the designation of the paper size is A3 size. The other control conditions 1, 3, and 4 are also set specifically.

  Next, the mobile phone 25 is moved to the place where the MFP 1 is installed, and the mobile phone 25 is moved to the mobile device data reader / writer 20 of the MFP 1 in order to print the information. Then, for example, the key operation of the key operation unit 26b is performed. In this case, the display shown in FIG. 20 is performed on the display unit of the mobile phone 25, and the user selects a number for specifying the control condition.

  FIG. 21 is a flowchart for explaining the processing of this example. In this example, the instruction of number 1 is an instruction to select “control condition 1”, and the instruction of number 2 is an instruction to select “control condition 2”. The instruction of number 3 is an instruction to select “control condition 3” (steps (hereinafter, indicated by X) 1 to 5).

  When the above designation is made, the MFP 1 performs processing in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. 22, first initializes the control information to the initial value (X6), and sets the control condition item received from the mobile phone 25 to the same item of the control information. Copy (X7). For example, in the case of the above-described example, the control information of the control condition 2 is written in the storage unit (HDD) 16 of the MFP 1 as shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, the MFP main unit 10 performs processing based on the control conditions. For example, if the operation content is scanning (document reading), scanning processing is executed based on the set control information (X8, X9). If the operation content is copy, copy processing is executed based on the set control information (X8, X10). If the operation content is FAX or printing, the FAX or print processing is executed based on the set control information (X8, X11, or X12).

  As described above, according to this example, the printing conditions received from the host device such as a personal computer can be selectively transmitted to the MFP 1 using the cellular phone 25, and the MFP 1 is operated according to the designated control conditions. be able to.

  In the description of the above embodiment, the control condition stored in the mobile phone 25 is the print condition supplied from the host device, but the control condition supplied from the MFP 50 is stored and used as shown in FIG. It is good also as a structure. In this case, control condition information is input from the MFP 50 via the portable device data reader / writer 51 and stored in the memory 37.

  FIG. 24 is a schematic diagram illustrating a modification of the present embodiment. The mobile phone 25 is placed on the MFP 52, and control conditions are supplied to the MFP 52 via the mobile device data reader / writer 53. The MFP 53 performs a scanning operation according to the control conditions and transmits the scan result to the mobile phone 25. Thereafter, the mobile phone 25 is put on the portable device data reader / writer 55 of the host device 54, the corresponding key operation is performed, and the scan data is transmitted to the host device 54. With this configuration, for example, scan data can be substantially transmitted from the MFP 52 to the host device 54 even to a host device to which a communication line is not connected. In this case, the mobile phone can simply send and receive authentication information such as a user ID, and the scan data itself can be sent from the MFP 52 to the host device 54 via the LAN or the like without using the mobile phone.

  FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram illustrating a modification of the present embodiment. Instead of printing FAX data, the user ID and printing conditions are input, FAX data is received, and FAX data is printed out. It transfers to the mobile phone 25 without doing. Thereafter, the mobile phone 25 is put on the host device 59, and the corresponding key operation is performed to transmit the scan data to the host device 59 via the mobile device data reader / writer 60. With this configuration, the FAX data is stored in the host device 59 without being printed out, and the FAX reception with security can be performed. In this case as well, the mobile phone simply sends and receives authentication information such as a user ID, and the FAX data itself is sent from the MFP 57 to the host device 59 via the LAN or the like without using the mobile phone. You can also.

  FIG. 26 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining a modification of the present embodiment, in which a control command group of control conditions is written from the host device 61 to the mobile phone 25 via the mobile device data reader / writer 62. For example, the control command group 1 is a command group for transmitting a test fax to the center, the control command group 2 is a command group for printing a status sheet, and the control command group 3 is for instructing scanning of a document. A command group for instructing to copy 10 copies. Thereafter, the mobile phone 25 is put on the MFP 63 and the corresponding key operation is performed to transmit the user ID and, for example, the command group 1, 2, or 3 instructed to the MFP 63 via the mobile device data reader / writer 64. With this configuration, it is possible to perform test fax transmission, status sheet printing processing, document scanning processing, and the like, simply by the user holding the mobile phone 25 and operating the keys. In this case as well, as described above, the mobile phone only sends and receives authentication information and control command groups, and the FAX / print / scan data itself is transferred from the host device 61 to the MFP 63 via the LAN or the like without using the mobile phone. It is also possible to adopt a sending configuration.

It is a figure explaining the internal structure of the printing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure explaining the structure of the printing apparatus of this embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a mobile telephone as a portable apparatus which communicates with a portable apparatus data reader / writer, for example. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of a mobile telephone. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating print processing using an MFP. It is a flowchart explaining operation of a mobile telephone. It is a flowchart explaining the selection process of designation | designated item data concretely. It is a figure which shows the example of a printing of all the data printing (form printing). FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a printing process according to a second embodiment. 10 is a flowchart for describing printing processing according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a printing process according to a third embodiment. 10 is a flowchart for describing printing processing according to a third embodiment. 10 is a flowchart for describing printing processing according to a third embodiment. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram for explaining processing of a fourth embodiment. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a display unit of a mobile phone according to Embodiment 4. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for describing print processing according to a fourth embodiment. 10 is a flowchart illustrating processing of the MFP according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram for explaining processing of a fifth embodiment. It is a figure explaining the control conditions 1-4. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a display unit of a mobile phone in Embodiment 5. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for describing printing processing according to a fifth embodiment. 16 is a flowchart for describing processing of the MFP according to the fifth embodiment. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a printing process according to a modification of the fifth embodiment. 10 is a flowchart for describing a printing process according to a modification of the fifth embodiment. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a printing process according to a modification of the fifth embodiment. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a printing process according to a modification of the fifth embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 MFP
2 ... Display operation unit 3 ... Multi-stage paper cassette 4 ... Discharge unit 6 ... Scanner unit 7 ... MFP control unit 8 ... Print unit 10 ... MFP main unit 11 ..Reading mechanism control unit 12 ..Display operation control unit 13 ..FAX communication control unit 14 ..LAN communication control unit 15 ..Internet communication control unit 16 ..Portable device data reader / writer control unit 17 ..Storage device Control unit 18 .. Storage unit (HDD)
20 .. Portable device data reader / writer 21... Printing mechanism unit 23... Printing mechanism control unit 25 .. mobile phone 26 a .. display unit 26 b .. key operation unit 26 c .. direction key operation unit 30. 31..Radio communication unit 32..Application execution unit 34..Reader / writer control unit (R / W control unit)
35. IC tag 36 Transmission / reception unit 37 Memory 40 Host device 41 Reader / writer device 43 Server 45 Host device 46 Portable device data reader / writer 47 Host device 48・ ・ Mobile device data reader / writer 50 ・ ・ MFP
51 .. Portable device data reader / writer 52 .. MFP
53 .. Portable device data reader / writer 54. Host device 55. Portable device data reader / writer 59. Host device 60. Portable device data reader / writer 61. Host device 62. Portable device data reader. Writer 63..MFP
64 ・ ・ Mobile device data reader / writer

Claims (9)

A portable device comprising a storage means for storing a plurality of print data, and a transmission means for performing a selection process of the plurality of print data and transmitting a selection result to the printing apparatus;
A printing apparatus comprising: a communication unit that communicates with the portable device; and a print processing unit that performs a printing process based on print data supplied from the portable device;
A printing system comprising: Storage means for storing a plurality of print data;
Key selection means for selecting the plurality of print data; and
A transmission means for transmitting a print data selection result by the key selection means to the printing apparatus;
A portable device characterized by comprising: Transmitting means for receiving print data output from a portable device and selected from among a plurality of print data;
Notification means for notifying the mobile device of reception of the print data;
Print processing means for performing print processing of the print data;
A printing apparatus comprising:   The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the portable device generates a print command together with the selection of the print data, and transmits the print command to the printing apparatus.   The portable device is connected to a server, print data exceeding the storage capacity of the storage means is stored in the server, and when printing processing is performed by the printing apparatus, the print data received from the portable device is stored in the server. 2. The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the print data is read and used.   2. The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of print data are supplied from a host device or a ticket gate information processing device and stored in a storage unit of the portable device selected by the key selection unit. . A portable device including a storage unit that stores a plurality of printing conditions, and a transmission unit that performs a selection process of the plurality of printing conditions and transmits a selection result to the printing apparatus;
A printing apparatus comprising: a communication unit that communicates with the portable device; and a print processing unit that performs a printing process based on a printing condition supplied from the portable device;
A printing system comprising: A portable recording medium comprising storage means for storing a plurality of print data, and a transmission means for selecting the plurality of print data and transmitting a selection result to the printing apparatus;
A printing apparatus comprising: communication means for communicating with the portable recording medium; and printing processing means for performing printing processing based on print data supplied from the portable recording medium;
A printing system comprising:   The printing system according to claim 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8, wherein the printing apparatus is a multifunction machine capable of at least printing processing.