JP2022063668A - Communication terminal, printing program, printing device, printing system, and printing method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a communication terminal and a printing program, and a corresponding printing device, printing system, and printing method that can cause the printing device to acquire print target data by an appropriate method according to a situation.SOLUTION: In a printing system, a mobile terminal includes: means for acquiring positional information indicating a storage place on a network of print target data; determination means for determining whether to perform acquisition of the print object data; and means for performing communication with a printing device. In communication with the printing device, when a determination result is affirmative, the print target data is transmitted, and when the determination result is negative, the positional information is transmitted to cause the print target data to be acquired.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

The present disclosure relates to a technique in which a communication terminal causes a printing device to print.

Conventionally, in order for a communication terminal to print on a printing device, data to be printed from the communication terminal to the printing device using short-range wireless communication such as Wi-fi Direct (registered trademark) or Bluetooth (registered trademark). There is a way to send. Further, as another method of passing the data to be printed to the printing device, for example, in Patent Document 1, the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the Internet is input to the printing device accessible to the Internet by e-mail, and printing is performed. A method of acquiring data to be printed by accessing the input URL by the device has been proposed.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-39637

However, in the method of Patent Document 1, since the printing device accesses the Internet and acquires the data to be printed, depending on the Internet environment of the printing device, the communication terminal sends a printing instruction to the printing device and then the actual printing is performed. It can take a lot of time to print. Further, in the method of transmitting the data to be printed from the communication terminal to the printing device using short-range wireless communication, it is necessary to acquire the data to be printed once at the communication terminal, and the data to be printed is acquired at the communication terminal. If this is not desirable, it is difficult to perform printing.

This disclosure has been made in view of the above problems, and is a communication terminal, a printing program, a corresponding printing device, and a printing system capable of causing a printing device to acquire data to be printed by an appropriate method depending on the situation. , The purpose is to provide a printing method.

The communication terminal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a means for acquiring position information indicating a storage location of the data to be printed on the network, a determination means for determining whether or not to acquire the data to be printed, and a determination means. When the result of the determination is affirmative, the determination is provided with a means for acquiring data to be printed based on the position information and a means for executing communication with the printing device, and in communication with the printing device. If the result of is affirmative, the data to be printed is transmitted to execute printing, and if the result of the determination is negative, the position information is transmitted to acquire and print the data to be printed. It is characterized by letting it.

The communication terminal is a communication terminal capable of using mobile data communication, and further includes means for acquiring the usage amount of the mobile data communication, and the determination means is a printing target when the usage amount exceeds a predetermined threshold value. It may be determined not to execute the acquisition of the data of.

The communication terminal is a communication terminal capable of using mobile data communication, and further includes means for acquiring the communication speed of mobile data communication, and the determination means is a printing target when the communication speed is lower than a predetermined threshold value. It may be determined that the acquisition of the data of is not executed.

The communication terminal further includes means for acquiring the data size of the print target data, and even if the determination means determines that the acquisition of the print target data is not executed when the data size exceeds a predetermined threshold value. good.

In the communication terminal, the determination means may determine whether or not the communication terminal satisfies the security requirement, and if the communication terminal does not satisfy the security requirement, it may determine that the acquisition of the data to be printed is not executed.

In the communication terminal, the determination means may determine that the security requirement is not satisfied when a predetermined security program is not installed.

In the communication terminal, if the determination means does not hold the registration information indicating that it is registered in a predetermined organization, it may be determined that the security requirement is not satisfied.

In the communication terminal, the determination means may determine that the security requirement is not satisfied when the model of the communication terminal is not listed in the list relating to the security requirement.

In the communication terminal, the determination means may determine that the manufacturer of the model of the communication terminal does not satisfy the security requirement when it is not listed in the list relating to the security requirement.

If the result of the determination is negative in the communication terminal, the acquisition of the data to be printed may be prohibited.

The printing program according to one aspect of the present disclosure is a printing program installed in a communication terminal, and performs a process of acquiring location information indicating a storage location of data to be printed on a network and acquisition of data to be printed. A process of determining whether or not to execute, a process of acquiring data to be printed based on the position information when the result of the determination is affirmative, and a process of executing communication with the printing device. When the communication terminal is made to execute and the result of the determination is positive in the communication with the printing device, the data to be printed is transmitted to execute printing, and when the result of the determination is negative, the printing is executed. It is characterized in that the position information is transmitted to acquire and print data to be printed.

The printing device of one aspect of the present disclosure receives and prints position information indicating a storage location of the data to be printed on the network in the means for executing direct communication with the communication terminal and the direct communication with the communication terminal. When instructed to acquire the target data, it is characterized by including a means for acquiring the data to be printed based on the position information and a means for printing the data to be printed.

The printing device may include an operation panel, and the operation panel may accept input of authentication information necessary for acquiring data to be printed.

The printing system of one aspect of the present disclosure is a printing system including a communication terminal and a printing device, and the communication terminal is a means for acquiring position information indicating a storage location of data to be printed on a network and printing. Communication between the means for determining whether or not to execute the acquisition of the target data, the means for acquiring the data to be printed based on the position information when the result of the determination is affirmative, and the printing device. The printing device includes means for executing direct communication with the communication terminal, and receives position information indicating the position of the data to be printed on the network in direct communication with the communication terminal. When the user is instructed to acquire the data to be printed, the communication terminal includes a means for acquiring the data to be printed based on the position information and a means for printing the data to be printed. In communication with the device, if the result of the determination is positive, the data to be printed is transmitted to cause the printing device to perform printing, and if the result of the determination is negative, the position information is transmitted. It is characterized in that the printing apparatus is made to acquire and print the data to be printed.

The printing method of one aspect of the present disclosure is a printing method executed by a printing system including a communication terminal and a printing device, and the communication terminal is provided with position information indicating a storage location of data to be printed on a network. The process of acquiring, the process of determining whether to acquire the data to be printed, and the process of acquiring the data to be printed based on the position information when the result of the determination is affirmative. The process of executing communication with the printing device, the process of causing the printing device to execute direct communication with the communication terminal, and the process of executing direct communication with the communication terminal on the network of data to be printed in the direct communication with the communication terminal. When the position information indicating the position is received and the acquisition of the print target data is instructed, the process of acquiring the print target data based on the position information and the process of printing the print target data are executed. When the result of the determination is positive, the communication terminal transmits data to be printed to cause the printing device to perform printing, and the result of the determination is negative. In this case, the position information is transmitted to cause the printing apparatus to acquire and print data to be printed.

According to the present disclosure, the situation is determined by switching whether the communication terminal acquires the data to be printed and sends it to the printing device, or sends the position information to the printing device and the printing device acquires the data to be printed. It is possible to have the printing apparatus acquire the data to be printed by an appropriate method according to the above.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the printing system 1. It is a figure which shows the structure of a communication terminal 100. It is a figure which shows the structure of the printing apparatus 200. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation of a printing system 1. It is a flowchart which shows the print target data acquisition determination process.

[1] Embodiment (1) Printing system 1
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the printing system 1 according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1, the printing system 1 includes a communication terminal 100 and a printing device 200.

The communication terminal 100 is, for example, an information processing terminal such as a smartphone or a notebook PC. The communication terminal 100 can access the Internet 300 by mobile data communication based on a communication standard such as LTE (Long Term Evolution). Further, the communication terminal 100 can perform short-range wireless communication according to the Wi-Fi (registered trademark) standard, for example.

The printing device 200 has a Wi-Fi Direct function and can directly and wirelessly communicate with a communication terminal 100 having a communication function according to the Wi-Fi standard. Further, the printing apparatus 200 includes a wired or wireless network IF (interface), and can access the Internet 300 via a LAN or the like.

(2) Communication terminal 100
FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the communication terminal 100. The communication terminal 100 includes a main control unit 110, a display unit 106, and an input unit 107.

The main control unit 110 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 102, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 103, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 104, an operation unit IF 105, and a network IF 108 for mobile data communication. It is equipped with a network IF109 for short-range wireless communication.

The CPU 101 operates according to a control program stored in the ROM 102 or the HDD 104. The ROM 102 is composed of a semiconductor memory and stores a program such as a BIOS in advance. The RAM 103 is composed of a semiconductor memory, temporarily stores various control variables, and provides a work area when a program is executed by the CPU 101. The HDD 104 stores an OS (Operating System) for controlling the communication terminal 100 and an application program executed on the OS.

The operation unit IF 105 is an interface for connecting the main control unit 110, the display unit 106, and the input unit 107. The display unit 106 is a display device such as a liquid crystal panel or an organic EL panel. The input unit 107 is an input device for inputting a control signal to a main control unit 110 such as a touch pad arranged on the surface of the display unit 106.

The network IF 108 is a network interface that enables mobile data communication in a standard such as LTE. The network IF109 is a network interface that enables short-range wireless communication according to a standard such as Wi-Fi.

The main control unit 110 has a position information acquisition unit 111, a mobile data communication volume acquisition unit 112, a threshold storage unit 113, a print target data acquisition determination unit 114, and a print target data acquisition flag storage unit when the CPU 101 executes a control program. It functions as 115, a print target data acquisition unit 116, and a print instruction transmission unit 117.

The position information acquisition unit 111 acquires position information indicating a storage location of the data to be printed on the Internet. The location information may be, for example, a URL. The location information may be acquired, for example, by inputting to the input unit 107 by the user of the communication terminal 100, or may be acquired from a web browser application, a mail application, or the like installed in the communication terminal 100. Further, it may be acquired by applying a two-dimensional code reading function such as an OCR (Optical character recognition) function or a QR code (registered trademark) to an image taken by a camera application. The data to be printed may be image data or document data stored in a cloud server or the like on the Internet.

The mobile data communication amount acquisition unit 112 acquires the usage amount of mobile data communication of the communication terminal 100. Here, mobile data communication can be executed by contracting with a provider that provides a mobile data communication service, but the contract may limit the amount of mobile data communication used. For example, there is a case where a contract is possible for data communication up to 5 GB (GigaByte) every month or a contract is possible for data communication up to 100 MB (MegaByte) every day. When the mobile data communication amount acquisition unit 112 has such a contract, the mobile data communication amount acquisition unit 112 acquires the already used communication amount among the communication amounts that can be used every month. The mobile data communication amount acquisition unit 112 may acquire the usage amount of mobile data communication, for example, by accessing a server that is open to the contract user on the Internet by the provider. Further, when the communication terminal 100 has a function of recording the usage amount of mobile data communication as statistical information, it may be acquired from the statistical information recorded by the communication terminal 100.

The threshold value storage unit 113 stores a threshold value for determining whether or not to acquire (download) the data to be printed. This threshold value may be automatically set based on the maximum value of the available communication amount determined by the contract with the provider, or may be manually set by the user of the communication terminal 100. The threshold value is set to a value larger than 0 and less than the maximum value of the usable communication amount determined by the contract with the provider.

The print target data acquisition determination unit 114 acquires the data to be printed by comparing the usage amount of the mobile data communication acquired by the mobile data communication amount acquisition unit 112 with the threshold value stored in the threshold storage unit 113. Determine whether to do it. When it is determined that the print target data is to be acquired, the print target data acquisition flag is turned ON, and when it is determined that the print target data is not acquired, the print target data acquisition flag is turned OFF. The print target data acquisition flag is stored in the print target data acquisition flag storage unit 115. The print target data acquisition flag switches whether or not to have the print target data acquisition unit 116 acquire the print target data. Therefore, turning on the print target data acquisition flag may be paraphrased as permitting the acquisition of print target data, and turning off the print target data acquisition flag may be paraphrased as prohibiting the acquisition of print target data. good.

The print target data acquisition unit 116 accesses and acquires (downloads) the print target data on the Internet based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 111.

The print instruction transmission unit 117 transmits a print instruction having different contents depending on the determination result of the print target data acquisition determination unit 114 to the printing apparatus 200. When the print target data acquisition determination unit 114 determines that the print target data is acquired, the print target data acquisition unit 116 transmits the acquired print target data to the printing device for printing. When the print target data acquisition determination unit 114 determines that the print target data is not acquired, the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 111 is transmitted to the printing device 200 to acquire and print the print target data. Give instructions to execute.

(3) Printing device 200
FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the printing apparatus 200. The printing apparatus 200 according to the embodiment is a multifunction device (MFP: MultiFunction Peripheral) having a functions of a scanner and a printer.

The printing apparatus 200 includes a main control unit 210, a printer unit 220, a scanner unit 230, and an operation panel 240.

The main control unit 210 includes a CPU 201, a ROM 202, a RAM 203, an HDD 204, a printer IF 205, a scanner IF 206, an operation panel IF 207, a network IF 208, and a network IF 209.

The CPU 201 operates according to a control program stored in the ROM 202 or the HDD 204. The ROM 202 is composed of a semiconductor memory and stores a program such as a BIOS in advance. The RAM 203 is composed of a semiconductor memory, temporarily stores various control variables, and provides a work area when a program is executed by the CPU 201. The HDD 204 stores a control program or the like for controlling the printing apparatus 200.

The printer IF 205 is an interface for connecting the main control unit 210 and the printer 220. The printer 220 performs a printing process according to the control of the main control unit 210, that is, forms an image based on the data to be printed on the sheet fed from the paper feeding unit, for example, by an electrophotographic method, and the sheet after the image formation. Is output to the output tray.

The scanner IF 206 is an interface for connecting the main control unit 210 and the scanner 230. The scanner 230 performs a scan process under the control of the main control unit 210.

The operation panel IF207 is an interface for connecting the main control unit 210 and the operation panel 230. The operation panel 240 includes a display unit including a liquid crystal panel and an organic EL panel, receives a menu screen, an image, a message, etc. from the main control unit 210, and displays the received menu screen, image, message, etc. on the display unit. .. Further, the operation panel 240 includes an input device including a touch pad or the like, accepts user input, and outputs the accepted input to the main control unit 210.

The network IF 208 is a network interface for connecting to a LAN by wire or wirelessly and accessing the Internet via the LAN. The network IF 209 is a network interface for directly communicating with the communication terminal 100 according to a communication standard such as Wi-Fi Direct.

(4) Operation of the printing system 1 FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the printing system 1.

First, the operation of the communication terminal 100 will be described.

The position information acquisition unit 111 of the communication terminal 100 acquires the position information of the data to be printed (step S101). The position information acquisition unit 111 may acquire the position information of the data to be printed by accessing the server in which the data to be printed is stored by the web browser application installed in the communication terminal 100. Further, the position information acquisition unit 111 may acquire the position information of the data to be printed from the mail notifying the position information of the data to be printed received by the communication terminal 100.

The communication terminal 100 executes a print target data acquisition determination process described later and sets a print target data acquisition flag (step S102).

When the print target data acquisition flag is set to ON (step S103: Y), the print target data acquisition unit 116 of the communication terminal 100 acquires the print target data based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 111. Is executed (step S104).

When the print target data acquisition flag is set to OFF (step S103: N), or after the print target data is acquired, the communication terminal 100 establishes communication with the printing device 200 (step S105). For example, the communication terminal 100 detects a terminal capable of communicating by short-range wireless communication by the network IF 109, selects a printing device 200 from the detected terminals, and has authentication information necessary for connecting to the printing device 200. Is transmitted to the printing device 200, and the authentication information is received by the printing device 200, thereby establishing communication between the communication terminal 100 and the printing device 200.

After establishing communication with the printing device 200, when the print target data acquisition flag is OFF (step S106: N), the position information of the print target data is transmitted to the printing device 200, and further, based on the transmitted position information. The printing device 200 is instructed to acquire and print the data to be printed (step S107).

After establishing communication with the printing device 200, when the print target data acquisition flag is ON (step S106: Y), the print target data is transmitted to the print device 200, and further, the transmitted print target data is printed. A printing instruction is given to the printing apparatus 200 (step S108).

Next, the operation of the printing apparatus 200 will be described.

The printing device 200 listens for a connection from the communication terminal 100 and establishes communication with the connected communication terminal 100 (step S201).

The printing device 200 is instructed to receive the position information of the data to be printed from the communication terminal 100 by communicating with the communication terminal 100, and to acquire and print the data to be printed based on the position information (step). S202).

In that case, the print terminal 200 accesses the Internet based on the received position information, acquires the data to be printed (step S203), and prints the acquired data to be printed (step S204).

The printing device 200 is instructed to receive data to be printed from the communication terminal 100 by communicating with the communication terminal 100 and to print the received data to be printed (step S205).

In that case, the print terminal 200 prints the received data to be printed (step S204).

Next, the print target data acquisition determination process executed by the communication terminal will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a print target data acquisition determination process.

The print target data acquisition determination unit 114 sets the print target data acquisition flag to OFF (step S301).

The print target data acquisition determination unit 114 sets a threshold value Th for determining whether or not to acquire (download) the print target data (step S302).

The mobile data communication amount acquisition unit 112 acquires the usage amount (data communication amount D) of the mobile data communication of the communication terminal 100 (step S303).

The print target data acquisition determination unit 114 compares the data communication amount D with the threshold Th, and if the data communication amount D exceeds the threshold Th (step S304: Y), the print target data must be acquired. Judgment is made, and the process ends with the print target data acquisition flag turned off.

When the data communication amount D does not exceed the threshold value Th (step S304: N), it is determined that the acquisition of the print target data is executed, the print target data acquisition flag is set to ON, and the process ends (step S305).

The above is the operation of the printing system 1.

(5) Summary According to the printing system 1 of the present embodiment, when the amount of data communication that can be used is limited by the contract with the provider that provides the mobile data communication service and the remaining amount of communication that can be used is small, communication is performed. The terminal 100 can print the data to be printed without downloading the data. If there is a margin in the remaining communication amount that can be used, the data to be printed can be downloaded and the data to be printed can be printed without depending on the Internet environment of the printing apparatus 200.
[2] Modified Examples Although the present disclosure has been described above based on the embodiments, it goes without saying that the present disclosure is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and the following modified examples can be implemented. ..

(1) In the above-described embodiment, whether or not to acquire the data to be printed by the communication terminal 100 is determined by whether or not the used communication amount exceeds the threshold value among the data communication amounts that can be used by the contract with the provider. It is judged by whether or not. The determination as to whether or not to acquire the data to be printed by the communication terminal 100 is not limited to this, and it may be possible to determine whether or not it is preferable to acquire the data to be printed by the communication terminal 100.

Whether or not it is preferable to acquire the data to be printed by the communication terminal 100 may be determined by whether or not the communication speed of the mobile data communication of the communication terminal 100 exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The communication speed may be measured by connecting to a server that provides a service for measuring the communication speed, or may be simply calculated from the radio field strength of mobile data communication. Further, it may be determined whether or not the data to be printed is acquired by the communication terminal 100 by comparing the radio wave intensity with a predetermined threshold value.

Whether or not it is preferable to acquire the data to be printed by the communication terminal 100 may be determined by the download size, that is, whether or not the data size of the data to be printed exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

Whether or not it is preferable to acquire the data to be printed by the communication terminal 100 may be determined depending on whether or not the communication terminal 100 satisfies a predetermined security requirement.

Regarding the predetermined security requirements, for example, if the predetermined security software is installed on the communication terminal 100, it may be determined that the security requirements are satisfied, and if the predetermined security software is not installed, it may be determined that the security requirements are not satisfied.

Further, if the communication terminal 100 is registered in a predetermined organization, it may be determined that the security requirement is satisfied, and if it is not registered, it may be determined that the security requirement is not satisfied. As a method for determining whether or not the information is registered, it may be determined that the registration information issued by a predetermined organization is retained, and if the registration information is not retained, it may be determined that the registration information is not registered. .. Alternatively, an inquiry may be made to a server open to the public of the organization, and it may be determined whether or not the communication terminal 100 is registered in the organization based on the response result.

Further, it may be determined whether or not the security requirement is satisfied according to the model of the communication terminal 100. For example, when the model of the communication terminal 100 is included in the list of models satisfying the security requirement, it may be determined that the security requirement is satisfied. Further, when the model of the communication terminal 100 is included in the list of models that do not satisfy the security requirement, it may be determined that the security requirement is not satisfied.

Further, it may be determined whether or not the security requirement is satisfied depending on the manufacturer of the communication terminal 100. For example, if the manufacturer of the communication terminal 100 is included in the list of manufacturers satisfying the security requirement, it may be determined that the security requirement is satisfied. Further, when the manufacturer of the communication terminal 100 is included in the list of manufacturers that do not meet the security requirement, it may be determined that the security requirement is not satisfied.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, the location information is a URL, but the location information is not limited to this. Files on the Internet may require authentication information (download information) such as download ID and download password in order to download. The location information may include these download information in addition to the URL. In this case, in order to prevent the download information from being intercepted by a malicious third party, only the URL is transmitted by short-range wireless communication, and the download information is manually input to the printing device 200 via the operation panel. You may.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, the communication terminal 100 and the printing device 200 are supposed to perform direct wireless communication using the Wi-Fi Direct function, but the present invention is not limited to this as long as it directly communicates. .. For example, Bluetooth may be used, or NFC (Near Field Communication) or infrared communication may be used.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, the data to be printed is stored on the Internet, but if it is a network accessible from both the communication terminal 100 and the printing device 200, it is stored in a network other than the Internet. You may.

The present disclosure can be applied to a system in which a communication terminal causes a printing device to perform printing.

1 Printing system 100 Communication terminal 110 Main control unit 111 Position information acquisition unit 112 Mobile data communication volume acquisition unit 113 Threshold storage unit 114 Print target data acquisition judgment unit 115 Print target data acquisition flag storage unit 116 Print target data acquisition unit 117 Print instruction Transmitter 200 Printing device 210 Main control unit 220 Printer unit 230 Scanner unit 240 Operation panel 300 Internet

Claims (15)

A means of acquiring location information indicating the storage location of the data to be printed on the network,
Judgment means for determining whether to acquire the data to be printed, and
If the result of the determination is affirmative, a means for acquiring data to be printed based on the position information and a means for acquiring the data to be printed.
Equipped with a means to perform communication with the printing device,
In communication with the printing device, if the result of the determination is positive, the data to be printed is transmitted to execute printing, and if the result of the determination is negative, the position information is transmitted. A communication terminal characterized by acquiring and printing data to be printed. The communication terminal is a communication terminal capable of using mobile data communication.
With more means to capture mobile data usage,
The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the determination means determines that acquisition of data to be printed is not executed when the usage amount exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The communication terminal is a communication terminal capable of using mobile data communication.
Further equipped with a means to acquire the communication speed of mobile data communication,
The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the determination means determines that acquisition of data to be printed is not executed when the communication speed is lower than a predetermined threshold value. Further provided with means for acquiring the data size of the data to be printed,
The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the determination means determines that acquisition of data to be printed is not executed when the data size exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the determination means determines whether or not the communication terminal satisfies the security requirement, and if the determination means does not satisfy the security requirement, it determines that the acquisition of the data to be printed is not executed. The communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein the determination means determines that the security requirements are not satisfied when a predetermined security program is not installed. The communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein the determination means determines that the security requirements are not satisfied when the registration information indicating that the determination means is registered in a predetermined organization is not retained. The communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein the determination means determines that the security requirement is not satisfied when the model of the communication terminal is not listed in the list relating to the security requirement. The communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein the determination means determines that the security requirement is not satisfied when the manufacturer of the model of the communication terminal is not listed in the list relating to the security requirement. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein if the result of the determination is negative, the acquisition of the data to be printed is prohibited. A printing program installed on a communication terminal
The process of acquiring location information indicating the storage location of the data to be printed on the network, and
The process of determining whether to acquire the data to be printed and
If the result of the determination is affirmative, the process of acquiring the data to be printed based on the position information and the process of acquiring the data to be printed.
The process of executing communication with the printing device and
To the communication terminal
In communication with the printing device, if the result of the determination is positive, the data to be printed is transmitted to execute printing, and if the result of the determination is negative, the position information is transmitted. A printing program characterized by acquiring and printing data to be printed. A means of performing direct communication with a communication terminal,
In direct communication with the communication terminal, when the location information indicating the storage location of the data to be printed on the network is received and the acquisition of the data to be printed is instructed, the data to be printed is printed based on the location information. How to get it,
A means of printing the data to be printed,
A printing apparatus characterized by being provided with. Equipped with an operation panel
The printing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the operation panel accepts input of authentication information necessary for acquiring data to be printed. A printing system that includes a communication terminal and a printing device.
The communication terminal is
A means of acquiring location information indicating the storage location of the data to be printed on the network,
A means for determining whether or not to acquire the data to be printed, and
If the result of the determination is affirmative, a means for acquiring data to be printed based on the position information and a means for acquiring the data to be printed.
A means for performing communication with the printing device,
The printing device is
A means for executing direct communication with the communication terminal and
When the position information indicating the position of the data to be printed on the network is received and the acquisition of the data to be printed is instructed in the direct communication with the communication terminal, the data to be printed is acquired based on the position information. Means and
With a means to print the data to be printed,
In communication with the printing device, the communication terminal transmits data to be printed when the result of the determination is positive, causes the printing device to perform printing, and when the result of the determination is negative. Is a printing system characterized in that the position information is transmitted to cause the printing apparatus to acquire and print data to be printed. A printing method performed by a printing system that includes a communication terminal and a printing device.
To the communication terminal
The process of acquiring location information indicating the storage location of the data to be printed on the network, and
The process of determining whether to acquire the data to be printed and
If the result of the determination is affirmative, the process of acquiring the data to be printed based on the position information and the process of acquiring the data to be printed.
The process of executing communication with the printing device and the process of executing the process are executed.
In the printing device
The process of executing direct communication with the communication terminal and
When the position information indicating the position of the data to be printed on the network is received and the acquisition of the data to be printed is instructed in the direct communication with the communication terminal, the data to be printed is acquired based on the position information. Processing and
Execute the process of printing the data to be printed and
In communication with the printing device, the communication terminal transmits data to be printed when the result of the determination is positive, causes the printing device to perform printing, and when the result of the determination is negative. Is a printing method comprising transmitting the position information to cause the printing apparatus to acquire and print data to be printed.

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