JPH11353147A - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To obtain and print only data on a WWW server desired by a user. SOLUTION: A WW based on designated address information is provided.
HTML on W (World Wide Web) server
(HyperText Markup Language)
e) In an image forming apparatus having a function of accessing and printing data in a format, the consent to access or print data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the designated address information is obtained. If a request is made to the address source of the address information, and the consent request is not approved by the address source of the address information, the data is linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the specified address information. Cancel data access or printing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for storing data to be subjected to image formation by an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine or a printer on a network server, for example, World Wide
The present invention relates to a data acquisition technique for accessing and acquiring a Web server (hereinafter, referred to as a WWW server).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a WWW server which provides various data, and an HTTP (Hyper T)
ext Transfer Protocol) and a computer equipped with dedicated software (WWW browser) for accessing via a network.
It has become possible to refer to data on a W server from a computer. This makes it possible to refer to and share data on a specific WWW server from a plurality of computers.

Further, since the WWW browser can store data on a WWW server in a computer, a user instructs an information device having a printing function to print out data once stored in the computer. By doing so, data on the WWW server can be printed. In addition, since the information device itself having the printing function has an access function to the WWW server,
An information device can directly access a WWW server specified by a user, acquire data, and perform printing.

[0004]

However, when accessing the data on the WWW server, the user directly follows the link information in the HTML format data in addition to the data existing in the URL directly designated by the user. Since the data existing in the link URL other than the designated URL is automatically searched, the link U which the user does not intend is searched.
The RL may be accessed for printing, and a print output may be performed in an amount that the user does not expect.

[0005] The present invention has been made under such a background, and an object of the present invention is to enable a user to obtain and print only data on a WWW server desired by the user.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a WW based on specified address information.
HTML on W (World Wide Web) server
(HyperTextMarkup Language)
e) In an image forming apparatus having a function of accessing and printing data in a format, the consent to access data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the designated address information is accepted by the address information. A consent requesting means requesting the specified source, and if no consent is obtained from the specified source of the address information for the consent request by the consent requesting means, data other than the data corresponding to the specified address information Stopping means for stopping access to data linked to the data.

Further, the present invention provides an HTML (HyperText Markup) on a WWW (World Wide Web) server based on designated address information.
In an image forming apparatus having a function of accessing and printing data in a (Language) format, the consent to printing data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the designated address information is accepted by the address information. A consent requesting means requesting the specified source, and if no consent is obtained from the specified source of the address information for the consent request by the consent requesting means, data other than the data corresponding to the specified address information Stopping means for stopping printing of data linked to the data.

Further, the present invention provides an HTML (HyperText Markup) on a WWW (World Wide Web) server based on designated address information.
In the image forming method for accessing and printing data in a (Language) format, a consent to access data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the specified address information is given to the source of the address information. Linking the data other than the data corresponding to the specified address information, if the approval request is not obtained from the address information specifying source in response to the consent requesting step and the consent request in the consent requesting step. And stopping the access to the set data.

Further, the present invention provides an HTML (HyperText Markup) on a WWW (World Wide Web) server based on designated address information.
In an image forming method for accessing and printing data in a (Language) format, a consent to printing data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the specified address information is transmitted to the designated source of the address information. Requesting a request for the request, and if no approval is obtained from the source of the address information with respect to the request for the request in the request for the request, the data other than the data corresponding to the specified address information is used. And stopping the printing of the linked data.

Also, according to the present invention, a WWW (World WWW) is provided by an image forming apparatus based on designated address information.
HTML (HyperTe) on web server (ide Web)
(xtMarkup Language) A storage medium storing a program for accessing and printing data in the format, wherein the program accesses data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the designated address information. A request requesting the consent of the address information to the designated source of the address information, and if the consent request by the consent request routine is not obtained from the designated source of the address information, the designated And a stop routine for stopping access to data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the address information.

Further, according to the present invention, a WWW (World WWW) is provided by an image forming apparatus based on designated address information.
HTML (HyperTe) on web server (ide Web)
(xtMarkup Language) A storage medium storing a program for accessing and printing data in the format, wherein the program prints data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the designated address information. A request requesting the consent of the address information to the designated source of the address information, and if the consent request by the consent request routine is not obtained from the designated source of the address information, the designated And a stop routine for stopping printing of data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the address information.

In the present invention, the consent requesting means / step / routine includes a URL (U
A request for approval is transmitted by transmitting a request message (niform Resource Locator) to the source of the address information.

In the present invention, the source of the address information is a computer connected to the image forming apparatus via a network.

In the present invention, the source of the address information is a computer locally connected to the image forming apparatus.

The source of the address information is an operation unit having a display function on the image forming apparatus.

Further, according to the present invention, the stopping means, the step,
The routine is configured not to suspend access to the linked data if a response to the approval request by the approval means / step / routine is not obtained from the source of the address information within a predetermined time.

Further, according to the present invention, the stopping means, the step,
The routine does not stop the printing of the linked data if a response to the approval request by the approval means / step / routine is not obtained from the source of the address information within a predetermined time.

Further, in the present invention, the designation source of the address information is a GUI (Graphical User In).
(terface) specifies the address information.

In the present invention, the source of the address information specifies the address information in a form to reserve access.

In the present invention, the source of the address information specifies the address information in a form to reserve printing.

In the present invention, the source of the address information specifies the address information together with the print mode information.

[0022]

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

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention. A digital copying machine 801 that plays a central role in the present system includes a hard disk 803 for storing image data, various programs, and the like.
A network interface unit 804 for communicating with an external device via a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network), the Internet, or an intranet; an operation unit 805 for instructing the digital copier 801 to operate on its own device; A PS (Pos) capable of printing print data sent from an external device via a network by the digital copying machine 801
a formatter unit 806 for converting to a t-script format, a digital image reading unit (hereinafter referred to as a reader unit) 807, a digital image printing unit (hereinafter referred to as a printer unit) 808 for printing out a digital image, and
And a core unit 802 for integrating all these components to perform a cooperative operation.

Further, a client computer (hereinafter, referred to as a client terminal) 809 for designating a URL and giving a print instruction to the digital copying machine 801 is instructed on the network by a URL via the Internet. A WWW server 810 is connected.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view mainly showing a reader unit 807 and a printer unit 808 of the digital copying machine 801. The document feeding device 101 of the reader unit 807 feeds the document one by one sequentially from the last page onto the platen glass 102, and after the reading operation of the document is completed, the platen glass 10
2 is for discharging the original. When the document is conveyed onto the platen glass 102, the lamp 103 is turned on, the movement of the scanning unit 104 is started, and the document is exposed and scanned. At this time, the reflected light from the original (optical image of the original) is transmitted to a CCD image sensor (hereinafter, referred to as CCD) 109 by mirrors 105, 106, 107 and a lens 108.
The light is guided to the device, photoelectrically converted, and output as image data. Then, the image data output from the CCD 109 is subjected to predetermined processing and then transferred to the printer unit 808 and the core unit 802.

The laser driver 221 of the printer unit 808
Drives the laser light emitting unit 201, and causes the laser light emitting unit 201 to emit laser light corresponding to the image data output from the reader unit 807. The laser beam is applied to the photosensitive drum 202, on which a latent image corresponding to the laser beam is formed. This photosensitive drum 20
The developer adheres to the portion of the second latent image by the developing device 203. Then, at a timing synchronized with the start of the laser beam irradiation, the recording paper is fed from one of the cassettes 204 and 205, is conveyed to the transfer unit 206, and transfers the developer attached to the photosensitive drum 202 to the recording paper.

The recording paper onto which the developer has been transferred is fixed to a fixing unit 207.
The developer is fixed to the recording paper by the heat and pressure of the fixing unit 207. The recording paper that has passed through the fixing unit 207 is discharged by a discharge roller 208, and the sorter 220 stores the discharged recording paper in each bin and sorts the recording paper. When the sorting by the sorter 220 is not set, the recording paper is stored in the uppermost bin. Also,
When double-sided recording is set, the recording paper is conveyed to the position of the discharge roller 208, the rotation direction of the discharge roller 208 is reversed, and the sheet is reversed by the flapper 209 and guided to the re-feed conveyance path. When multiple recording is set, the recording paper is guided to the re-feeding conveyance path by the flapper 209 in a non-reversed state so as not to be conveyed to the discharge roller 208. The recording paper guided to the re-feeding conveyance path is again painted on the transfer unit 206 at the timing described above.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the core unit 802. The core unit 802 is connected to the reader unit 807 via the digital interface 121. On the other hand, the hard disk 803, the network interface unit 804, the operation unit 805, and the formatter unit 8 are connected via a bus.
06.

The image data read by the reader unit 807 is transferred to the data processing unit 124 via the digital interface 121, and the control command from the reader unit 807 is transferred to the CPU 122. The data processing unit 124 performs image processing such as image rotation processing and scaling processing.
The image data transferred to the CPU 24 is controlled by the CPU 122 in response to a control command transferred simultaneously with the image data.
The data is transferred to the hard disk 803 and the network interface unit 804 via the digital interface 120.

When a print request command is sent from the external client terminal 809 via the network interface unit 804, the CPU 122 transfers the simultaneously sent PS data to the formatter unit 806. After that, the PS data is sent to the formatter unit 806.
After the image data is expanded to image data and transferred to the data processing unit 124 and subjected to data processing such as scaling, the printer unit 80
8 and printed out.

At this time, the CPU 122 performs the above control in accordance with the control program stored in the memory 123 and the control command transferred from the reader unit 807. The memory 123 is also used as a work area of the CPU 122. As described above, the core unit 802 controls the flow of data among the reader unit 807, the hard disk 803, the network interface unit 804, and the formatter unit 806, reads a document image, prints an image, and communicates with an external device. It is possible to perform processing that combines functions such as data input / output in a computer.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a program configuration of a protocol of the network interface unit 804. 405 IP (Internet Protocol)
l) is an Internet protocol layer that provides a service of sending a message from a sending host to a destination host in cooperation with a relay node such as a router. The most important information for delivering a message is the source and destination addresses, which are managed by the IP protocol. In the IP layer, the routing of the message to the destination host through the Internet system according to the address information is performed.

404 TCP (Transmission)
n Control Protocol), UDP (U
The “ser Datagram Protocol” is a program of a transport layer, and is a program of a layer that provides a service of sending a message from a sending application process to a receiving application process. TCP is a connection-oriented service,
Although high reliability of communication is guaranteed, since UDP is a connectionless service, reliability is not guaranteed.

Reference numeral 401 denotes an application layer protocol program, which is a remote login service telnet (telecommunication).
network), FT which is a file transfer service
P (File Transfer Protocol),
SNMP (Simp) which is a network management protocol
le Network Management Pro
tocol), LPD (Line Printer Demon) which is a server protocol for printer printing,
H which is a protocol program of the WWW server 810
TTPd (Hyper Text Transfer)
Protocol demon). In the application layer, the HTTP client 403 and the HTTP client 4 which are programs of a protocol for acquiring data on the WWW server 810 are provided.
03 on the WWW server 810, and the acquired HTML (Hyper Text M).
There is an HTML Parser 402 that converts data in an archive language (Archup Language) format and image data into a data format for printing on paper.

In this embodiment, the digital copier 80
1 actively accesses an external WWW server 810,
A function that acquires HTML data in the WWW server 810 and prints it with its own printer unit 808 is provided by Web Pu.
Called 11 Print. The user operates the digital copier 80
The following two methods exist as a method for requesting a Web Pull Print with respect to 1. One is a method using a dedicated program (hereinafter referred to as a print utility) operating on the client terminal 809, and the other is a method using the operation unit 805 of the digital copying machine 801. It is.

First, WebPull Print using the print utility on the client terminal 809
The request method will be described. The user can make various settings related to Web Pull Print using the print utility, and transmit the settings to the digital copying machine 801 using a packet described later.

On the other hand, the digital copying machine 801 receiving this packet analyzes the contents of the packet and starts the Web Pull Print operation according to the instruction. The digital copying machine 801 has a function of spooling a plurality of WebPull Print requests received from a print utility in a job format. Then, the print utility communicates with the digital copying machine 801 using a packet described later, and can acquire information on a job spooled inside or delete a specific job.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a list of items that can be set by the user using the print utility. Here, each item in FIG. 27 will be briefly described. (1) “Printed document title” is a document title to be printed on the header portion of the print result, and can be edited by the user. (2) “URL” is an item for designating a domain name of the WWW server 810 in which a homepage desired to be printed is stored, and a file name of HTML format data to be acquired. (3) “Printer address” is Web Pull P
I of the digital copier 801 sending the print request command
P (Internet Protocol) address. (4) An arbitrary user name can be input in the “user name”. The digital copier 801 uses the user name to
Identifies the sender of the Pull Print request. (5) The “option file” is a file in which all the contents set by the print utility are stored. By creating an option file for each user in advance and designating one of the files in this setting item, it is possible to perform the setting for all the setting items collectively. (6) In the digital copying machine 801 according to the present embodiment, the “link level” indicates the HTML
If an L hyperlink has been set, the link destination Web page can be printed by following the hyperlink. At this time, the number of layers to be followed is provided in this item to specify the number of layers. Have been. (7) "Maximum number of printed pages" is the upper limit of the number of pages to be printed when the home page to be printed spans a plurality of pages. (8) "Print beyond the maximum number of printed pages" means that if one home page to be printed spans a plurality of pages, and a halfway page corresponds to the "maximum number of printed pages", whether to print to the end of the home page Is an item to specify. (9) “Print other site” is an item for specifying whether or not to print the link destination when the “link level” is 1 or more and the link destination is another site. . (10) “Print link map” can be created and printed by the digital copying machine 801 according to the present embodiment, when a Web page is printed following a link and the link is opened. Is an item for designating whether or not to print this link map as the last page of printing on the homepage. (11) “Print page number” is an item for designating whether to print a page number in the footer portion of the print result. (12) “Print date” is an item for designating whether to print the print execution date in the footer portion of the print result. (13) “Print URL” is an item for designating whether to print the URL in the footer portion of the print result. (14) “Print document title” is an item for designating whether or not to print the document title in the header portion of the print result. (15) "Contents of header to be printed" is an item for designating an arbitrary character string to be printed in the header portion of the print result. (16) The “position of the header to be printed” is an item for designating the position to print the character string specified in “the description of the header to be printed”. (17) “Background printing” is an item for designating whether or not to print an image for background drawing when the image is designated in the homepage. If the background color of the homepage is set to black, etc., there is no problem when displaying on a color display, but when printing with a black and white printer, the text part and the background will also be black and the text can not be judged. This is a setting to prevent. (18) “Numbering of <H> tags” is an item for designating whether or not to add a heading number to the head of a heading sentence in a homepage. (19) “Print linked documents first” is used to specify whether to print in the order of the read links or to print documents of the same link level first when two or more link levels are specified. Items. (20) “Enlargement / reduction rate” expands homepage /
This is an item for designating an enlargement ratio / reduction ratio when printing with reduction. (21) The “reduction ratio at the time of page boundary” is such that in the digital copying machine 801 according to the present embodiment, when an image on the homepage is over the page boundary, the image can be reduced and printed so as to fit within the page. It is possible to specify the reduction ratio at this time. (22) "Font name" is an item for designating a font name used when printing HTML text data. (23) “Font size” is an item for designating a font size used when printing a headline character string in a homepage. (24) “Font thickness” is an item for designating the font thickness used when printing the headline character string in the homepage. (25) “Use style sheet” is an item for specifying whether to use the file specified by the next “style sheet name”. (26) “Style sheet name” is “font name”,
If a file (style sheet) storing the settings of “font size” and “font weight” already exists, this item is used to specify the file name. By using this item, the user does not need to individually set these font-related settings. (27) "Print paper size" is an item for designating the size of paper used for printing. (28) The “printing paper direction” is an item for designating one of “Portrait” and “Landscape” as the paper direction at the time of printing. (29) “Left / Right / Top / Bottom Margin” is an item for designating a margin from the edge of the sheet when printing. (30) "Number of copies" is an item for designating the number of copies when printing a plurality of copies. (31) “Sorter” is an item for designating the operation mode of the sorter 220 connected to the digital copying machine 801. The operation mode includes normal sort, staple sort, group sort, and normal sort. When selected, a plurality of copies are sorted and discharged one by one for each bin of the sorter 220. When the staple sort is selected, it is set so that the sorted printed materials are stapled. When the group sort is selected, a plurality of documents are set so that printed matter of the same page is discharged to the same bin. (32) “Resolution” is 300 dpi, 400 dpi,
This is an item for designating any print resolution of 600 dpi. (33) "Duplex printing" is an item for designating whether or not to perform duplex printing. (34) “Schedule print setting”. This item is stored in the digital copying machine 301 at the designated time.
It is possible to start an II Print operation or to periodically repeat a Web Pull Print request from a user. These functions are called schedules. Specifically, these functions are called an immediate execution mode, a time designation mode, and a periodic tour. There are modes (day specification / date specification / interval specification). In this item, one of these modes is specified. (35) “Day of the week” is an item for specifying the day of the week to be executed when the periodic tour mode (day of the week) is specified in the “schedule print setting”. (36) “Specify date” is the time designation mode / periodic tour mode (date / interval designation) in “Schedule print settings”
Is an item for specifying the date to start execution when is specified. (37) "Time designation" is an item for designating the execution start time when the time designation mode / periodic tour mode is designated in "schedule print setting". (38) "Specify interval" is the periodic tour mode (specify interval)
Is an item for specifying the execution time interval in units of days and hours when is specified. (39) “Print only updated document” is an item for specifying whether to print only the homepage updated since the previous printing when executing in the periodic patrol mode.

FIGS. 5 to 11 show a GUI (Graphical User Interface) using the print utility.
(fface) operation screen. Client terminal 80
When the print utility is started on the printer 9, an operation screen shown in FIG. 5 is first displayed. Setting items (6) to above
When setting (38), select “Prin” on this operation screen.
By pressing the “t Setup” button, the operation screen of FIG. 6 is newly displayed. Further, by pressing the tag at the top of the operation screen, it is possible to shift to the operation screens of FIGS. In addition, on the operation screens of FIGS.
By pressing the "K" button or the "Cancel" button, it is possible to return to the operation screen of FIG.

Also, “Bookm” in the upper right of the operation screen in FIG.
By pressing the “ark” button, a new bookmark screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. This bookmark is a list of URLs of home pages and their titles. The contents of the list are displayed on the screen.When a URL is designated from the list, the target URL is selected and highlighted, and the "OK" button is pressed to display the list shown in FIG. The selected title and URL are displayed in areas 1 and 2 on the operation screen. New title and URL
Is added, enter a title and a URL in areas 1 and 2 on the operation screen in FIG. 5, and then add “Add Book”.
Pressing the "mark" button adds them to the above list.

Here, a setting method on the operation screen of FIG. 9 will be described in detail. When setting the schedule, the user first checks the “Enable Schedule” check box 34. At the time of initial setting, the check box 34 is not checked, and in this state, no schedule can be set. When the check box 34 is checked, setting can be performed for each of the above setting items (34) to (39). Subsequently, the user selects “Once”, “Weekly”, “Mo
One of the modes “nthly” and “Repeat” is selected.

When the "Once" mode is selected,
Only the setting items 36 and 37 in FIG. 9 become settable, and the user inputs the execution start time (year, month, day, hour, minute) of Web Pull Print. With this designation, the digital copying machine 801 performs Web Pull Print only once at the designated date and time.

When the "Weekly" mode is selected, the setting items 35 and 37 in FIG. 9 are settable, and the user inputs the execution day of the week and execution start time (hour, minute) of the Web Pull Print. I do. A plurality of execution days can be specified at the same time. With this designation,
The digital copier 801 repeatedly performs Web Pull Print every week at a specified time on a specified day of the week.

When the “Monthly” mode is selected, “Day” of 36 and setting items of 37 in FIG. 9 become settable, and the user can set the Web Pull Pri.
Enter the execution date and execution start time (hour, minute) of nt. With this designation, the digital copying machine 801 repeatedly performs Web Pull Print every month at the designated date and time.

When the "Repeat" mode is selected, the setting items 36, 37, and 38 in FIG. 9 are settable, and the user can set the execution start date and execution start time (hour / hour) of the Web Pillar Print. Minutes), execution interval (days /
Hours). With this designation, the digital copier 80
1 repeatedly performs Web Pull Print at specified execution intervals from the specified execution start date and time.
In addition, "Weekly", "Monthly", "Rep
If the "eat" mode is selected, the "Modified"
The “Only” check box 39 is enabled.

The user can open each of the operation screens shown in FIGS. 5 to 9 at the client terminal 809 in the manner described above, and can make settings for necessary items. After all settings are completed, “Print” on the operation screen in FIG. 5 is displayed.
When the button is pressed, the print utility transmits the setting contents to the digital copying machine 801. Furthermore,
When the “Monitor” button is pressed on the operation screen in FIG. 5, the operation screen in FIG. 11 is displayed. At this time, the print utility communicates with the digital copying machine 801 to acquire information about the job spooled in the digital copying machine 801 and displays the information on the operation screen. The user can grasp the progress of the spooled job by referring to the display contents. Also,
The user can also delete the spooled job. In this case, the user selects the job to be deleted from the job information displayed on the operation screen, highlights the job, and presses the “Delete” button. Then, the print utility issues a deletion request command including the job number of the designated job to the digital copier 8.
01, and receives the deletion request command, the digital copying machine 801 deletes the spooled job having the same job number from the spooled jobs.

In order to confirm the access to the URL,
When the RL is displayed and the “ComfirmAccess” button is pressed, the digital copying machine 801 accesses the URL. When the “Not Access” button is pressed, the digital copying machine 801 does not access the URL, but performs the processing of the next URL.

FIGS. 22 to 27 show HTMLParser.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for printing a homepage of the WWW server 810 using a program such as an HTTP client 402 or an HTTP client 403.

Hereinafter, focusing on this flowchart,
The overall processing flow will be described. Client terminal 80
Utility and Digital Copier 809
1 means TCP / IP (Transmission C
otrol Protocol / Internet P
The communication is performed using the LPR protocol, which is a higher-level protocol of the protocol. Digital copier 80
In the first network interface unit 804, LP
D (Line Printer Diamond) is running and Web Pu from the print utility
The II Print request is an LPR command, the job information request is an LPQ command, and a job deletion request LPRM command (step S501 in FIG. 22).
Is received (step S502).

At this time, the parameters set by the print utility are stored as character string data in the data file in the LPR command packet, and are stored in the LPD command packet.
Sent to FIG. 29 is an example of this data file. As shown in FIG. 29, the character string data is “STAR
T-OF-NETRETRIEVER-PARAMET
ERS "and" END-OF-NETRETRI "
EVER-PARAMETERS ”. Each parameter is described in the format of “parameter name = value”. The numbers on the right side in FIG. 29 are for associating with the serial numbers of the setting items of the print utility shown in FIG. 28, and are not described in the actual data file. However, among the parameters set by the print utility, only the "print document title" and "user name" are stored in the control file in the LPR command packet.

FIG. 12 shows an example of this control file. Since the data that flows on the network as the LPR command packet is only the setting parameters necessary for printing, compared to the case where the data obtained by converting the homepage data into a printable format is transmitted to the network as in the conventional example, The data volume is extremely small.

On the other hand, in the core unit 802, a command receiving process for receiving a request command from the LPD is constantly operating.
PR (Web Pull Print request) command,
The LPQ (job information request) command and the LPRM (job deletion request) command are shown in FIGS.
And send it to the command receiving process. At the beginning of these formats, the command type (L
An identifier representing PR / LPQ / LPRM is added, and the command receiving process determines the command type with reference to the identifier, and analyzes the contents of the command according to each format (step S50 in FIG. 22).
4). Incidentally, each of the above request commands is also issued from a schedule job process described later (step SS).
503).

The above is the description of the method for requesting the Web Pull Print using the print utility.

Next, the operation unit 80 of the digital copying machine 801
5, a method of requesting a Web Pull Print will be described.

FIGS. 14 and 15 show the copy mode display of the operation unit 805. FIG. The display screen 300 is a window that displays the current state, and is currently in a copy-enabled state.
The paper size, the enlargement ratio is 100%, and one copy is displayed.

Reference numeral 301 denotes a guide key which displays appropriate advice when the operation is unknown. 302-304
Is a mode change key. When the key 302 is pressed, the mode is changed to the copy mode, and when the key 304 is pressed, the mode is changed to the web print mode. A key 305 is a key for displaying a mode key which cannot be displayed at present. When this key is pressed, a printer mode key is displayed. Reference numeral 306 denotes a paper selection key. When this key is pressed, FIG. 15A is displayed, and the paper size stored in the cassettes 204 and 205 can be selected.

When the user presses the image processing key 307, a processing menu for performing settings relating to image processing is displayed.
Settings such as trimming, masking, negative / positive reversal, and shadow processing can be performed. A double-sided key 308 is a key for displaying a menu for performing processing settings relating to double-sided printing, and performs three settings for copying from one-sided original to one-sided original, from one-sided original to two-sided original, and from two-sided original to two-sided original. be able to. The advanced zoom key 309 is a key for displaying a menu screen for changing the vertical and horizontal magnifications.

Reference numeral 310 denotes a sorter key. When this key is pressed, a menu shown in FIG. 15B relating to the sorter 220 is displayed. If you select sort in this menu,
A plurality of printed materials are sorted and discharged one by one for each bin of the sorter 220. If you select staple sort,
The sorted prints are stapled. When the group sort is selected, the printed matter of the same page for a plurality of originals is discharged to the same bin.

A mixed original key 311 is a key for designating whether originals of different sizes are mixed or only originals of the same size. A size check is performed, and if mixed originals are not specified, the original size of only the first page is checked. 1x key 31
Reference numeral 4 denotes a key for returning the enlargement ratio to 100%.
15, an enlargement key 316 is a key for displaying a menu for setting an enlargement ratio and a reduction ratio, respectively. The numeric keypad 318 is used to set the number of copies on this screen. By pressing the reset key 320, each parameter required for copying is returned to the default value. When the start key-319 is pressed after setting necessary parameters before copying, a copying operation is started. After the start of copying, pressing the STOP key 321 or the reset key 320 interrupts the copying operation.

FIGS. 16 to 21 show Web Pull P
7 is a Web Pull Print mode screen displayed when a print mode key 304 is pressed.

The window 300 in FIG.
b Pull Print mode, A4 paper size, 100% enlargement ratio, 1 copy printing is displayed. On the URL key 331, the WWW to be accessed is displayed.
The domain name of the server 810 and the file name of the HTML data to be obtained are displayed. By pressing this URL key, an alphabet keyboard not shown is displayed, and it is possible to input a sentence string. The print time key 332 is a Web PullPrin
A key for opening a window shown in FIG. 17 for setting a date, a time, and the like at which t is started. The contents of the parameters set in the window in FIG. 17 are the same as those in the case of the operation screen in FIG.

When the Book Mark key 334 in FIG. 16 is pressed, a Book Mark window in FIG. 18 is displayed. When the time designation list key 335 in FIG. 16 is pressed, the time designation list window in FIG. 19 is displayed.
Is displayed. When the log key 337 in FIG. 16 is pressed, a log list window in FIG. 21 is displayed. The detail setting key 338 is
eb A key for displaying a menu window for setting detailed parameters relating to Pull Print. The parameters set in this menu window are all the items except the setting items of FIG. 28 except for the print paper size, double-sided printing, sorter, URL, schedule print setting, day of the week, date, time, and interval. is there.

In the Book Mark window of FIG. 18, a list of registered URLs 350 to 354 is displayed.
Is displayed, when the up arrow key 356 is pressed, the URL list is scrolled up, and when the down arrow key 357 is pressed, the URL list is scrolled down. Registration key 35
By pressing 5, the UPL displayed above with the URL key 331 in FIG. 16 is additionally registered in this URL list. Also, by selecting any one of the URLs in the displayed UPL list and highlighting it, and then pressing the “0K” key 359, the selected URL is set on the URL key 331 in FIG. Similarly, by pressing the delete key 358 after highlighting, the selected U
The RL is deleted from the URL list.

In the time designation list window shown in FIG.
A list 360 to 364 of jobs whose print time has been designated is displayed in the print time designation window of FIG. The display contents are URL 366, print date 367, and print time 368. Jobs on this list can be deleted by the same operation method as in FIG.

The waiting job list window shown in FIG. 20 includes an HTTP client process (step S504 in FIG. 22) and an HTML server process (step S504) to be described later.
506) displays a list of jobs 380 to 384 that are waiting to be executed because another job is already being executed. The jobs on the waiting job list are shown in FIG.
8 can be deleted from the list by the same operation method.

In the log list window shown in FIG. 21, lists 388 to 392 indicating the execution results of each job are displayed. The execution time is displayed in order from the newest one, and when the maximum number is exceeded, the oldest one is automatically deleted from the list. Display contents are URL 393, date 39
4, time 395, and result display 396. URL393
Is the URL of the accessed WWW server 810,
The date 394 and the time 395 are the date and time when the WWW server 810 was accessed. Jobs 388 and 39 for which access to the WWW server 810 and printing have been performed normally
In the result 396 of 1, 392, "normal end" is described, and in the result 396 of the job 389 in which the user interrupted the printing by the reset key, "reset end" is described, and the state of the network, the WWW server 810, and the like are described. In the result 396 of the job 432 that cannot be normally printed, “error end” is described.

After the necessary parameters are set in the above-described Web Pull Print setting windows, the start key 319 in FIG. 16 is finally pressed to operate the command receiving process in step S502 in FIG. From section 805 to Web Pull Pr
An int request command is issued.

The above is an explanation using the operation unit 805 for the Web
This is a description of a method for requesting a Pull Print.

The print instruction command from the operation unit 805 and the print instruction command from the schedule job process have the same data format as the print instruction command from the client terminal 809 (see FIG. 13). Print instruction commands from these three locations can be handled uniformly. The client terminal 809 and the operation unit 805 issue a job inquiry instruction, a schedule job deletion instruction, an immediate job deletion instruction, and the like in addition to the print instruction instruction.

In FIG. 22, in step S505,
The HTTP client 403 operates to acquire HTML data, image data, and the like, which are homepage data, from the WWW server 810.

After the operation of the HTTP client 403 is completed, it is determined in step S506 in FIG. 22 whether or not the cancel flag is set. As a result, if the cancel flag is set, the print cancel process is executed (step S510), a message indicating that the print has been canceled is transmitted to the issuing source of the canceled job (step S511), and the process ends. I do. If the cancel flag is not set, HTMLPar
The process shifts to processing by ser402 (step S50).
7). HTMLParser 402 is a WWW server 8
10 is a program for creating image data so that printing can be performed by the printer unit 808 based on the data acquired from the printer 10.

After the processing by the HTMLParser 402 is completed, it is determined whether or not the cancel flag is set (step S508). As a result, if the cancel flag is set, the print cancel process is executed (step S510), a message indicating that the print has been canceled is transmitted to the issuing source of the canceled job (step S511), and the process ends. I do. If the cancel flag is not set, HTMLPar
The image data created by the server 402 is transmitted to the core unit 802 (step S509).

The core unit 802, which has received the image data,
The image data is transferred to the printer unit 808 and the cassette 20
4, or printing is performed on the paper stored in 205, and the Web Pull Print process is completed.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing details of the command receiving process in step S502 in FIG. Upon receiving the command, the core unit 802 first determines whether the command is a job inquiry command (step S520). If the command is a job inquiry command, the core unit 802 acquires a job list (step S52).
1), the acquired job list is transmitted as a message to the command transmission source (step S524). At this time, if the command transmission source is the print utility, the operation screen of the print utility (FIG. 11)
Above, the received job list is displayed.

On the other hand, if the received command is not a job inquiry command, it is determined whether it is a schedule job deletion command (step S522).
As a result, if the command is a schedule job deletion command, the job information corresponding to the designated job number is deleted from the schedule list (step S523), and the deleted schedule list is transmitted as a message to the command transmission source (step S523). S524). If the received command is not a schedule job deletion command, it is determined whether or not the received command is an immediate job deletion command (step S525). As a result, if the command is an immediate job deletion command, it is determined whether or not the HTTP client 403 or the HTML Parser 402 is executing the job related to the deletion specification (S526). As a result, if the job is not being executed, the job information corresponding to the designated job number is immediately deleted from the job list (step S527), and the job list after the deletion is transmitted to the transmission source as a message (step S527). S52
4). If the job specified to be deleted is being executed, a cancel flag is set (step S529), and the process ends.

If the received command is not an immediate job deletion command, it is determined whether or not the received command is an immediate job print command (step S528). As a result, if it is not the immediate job print command, it means that it is the print command of the schedule job, so this job is registered in the schedule job list (step S530), and the process ends. On the other hand, if the command is an immediate job print command, H in step S504 in FIG.
The processing shifts to processing by the TTP client 403.

Note that the HTTP client 403, the HTTP
The MLParser 402 does not process a plurality of jobs in parallel at once, and if another job is already being processed, this job is immediately registered in the job list and executed as soon as the process is completed.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the schedule job process. This schedule job process is started periodically every minute.

First, it is checked whether or not a schedule job has been registered in the schedule job list (step S541). If a schedule job has been registered, the current date and time start the designation of the first job in the list. It is determined whether the date and time have been reached (step S542). As a result, if the specified start date and time of the first job have not been reached, the process ends.

On the other hand, if the designated start date and time of the first job have been reached, the schedule print mode of the first job is changed to the immediate mode, and the process proceeds to step S502 in FIG.
The print instruction command is transmitted to the command receiving process (step S543). At this time, the print instruction command transmitted to the command receiving process is processed as an immediate job, and the HTT of step S504 in FIG.
The processing is passed to the processing by the P client 403, and thereafter, the same processing as described above is performed.

The schedule job processing side (core unit 802)
On the side), after transmitting the print instruction command, the next Web Pull Print of the job instructed to print
The start date and time are determined, and the schedule job list is sorted based on the start date and time (step S544). Then, the process returns to step S542 to determine again whether the current date and time have reached the designated start date and time of the first job in the list.

As described above, steps S542 to S544
By repeating this process, all scheduled jobs that have reached the execution time are reliably executed.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing URL access confirmation processing. Note that the flowchart of FIG. 25 is a flowchart in which the processing from step S505 to step S507 in FIG. 22 is viewed in another URL access confirmation situation.

First, the URL specified by the above immediate job print command is set, the URL on the WWW server 810 is accessed by the HTTP client 403, and the text data, image data, and link URL existing in the URL are set. (Step S60)
1).

The processing of the HTML Parser 402 (step S602) will be described first with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The HTML Parser 402 sequentially checks the HTML format data existing at the specified URL, stores the text data and the image data existing at the specified URL in the work area A (steps S651 to S654), and determines whether the link URL is valid. If there is, the link URL is stored in the work area B for the next processing (steps S655 to S656). Such processing is performed in the same way for all link URLs within the specified link level range (step S657).

In the next step S603 in FIG. 25, the PS generator of the formatter unit 806 converts the text data and image data in the work area A into a PS format printable by the printer unit 808, and outputs it. Next, the formatter unit 806 rasterizes the PS data (step S604). Then, the rasterized data is subjected to data processing such as scaling processing by the data processing unit 124 and printed by the printer unit 808 (step S605).

The processing in steps S601 to S605 is executed unconditionally for data existing in the URL directly specified by the user.
This data is executed only when URL access approval described later is obtained.

Next, it is determined whether or not the link URL is stored in the work area B (step S606). If the link URL is not stored, the process is terminated. On the other hand, if the link URL is stored, the timer is set, and in response to the LPQ (job information request) command from the client terminal 809, an approval request shown in FIG. The link URL is sent as the message to the client terminal 8.
09 (step S607). In this case, the client terminal 809 displays the received link URL and waits for an access permission from the user or an instruction to stop the access. Then, the client terminal 809 transmits the information of the access permission from the user and the information of the stop of the access in FIG.
Is transmitted to the digital copying machine 801 according to the LPR command shown in FIG.

Therefore, on the digital copying machine 801 side, L
It is determined whether a PR command has been received (step S60).
8). As a result, when the LPR command shown in FIG. 31 is received, the access permission information is included in the LPR command, and it is determined whether the URL access permission is obtained (step S610). As a result, if the URL access permission is obtained, the process returns to step S601 to repeat the same processing for the next link URL.

On the other hand, if the URL access permission is not obtained, the next link URL is set (step S611), and the process returns to step S606 to determine whether or not there is a link URL next to the set link URL. Thus, the access to the data existing in the link URL whose existence has been confirmed in the previous step S606 is canceled.

If it is determined in step S608 that no LPR command has been received, step S607 is performed.
It is determined whether or not the timer set in the step has timed out (step S609). As a result, if the timeout has not occurred, the process returns to step S608.
Until the timeout occurs, the system waits for the LPR command to be transmitted. On the other hand, if the timeout has occurred, the link URL currently being processed is specified in advance by the user to skip access to the data existing at that address and proceed to the process for the next link URL. It is determined whether or not the link URL is present (step S612). As a result, if the link URL is specified to be skipped, the process proceeds to step S661 so that data existing in the link URL is not accessed.

On the other hand, if the link URL has not been skipped, the process returns to step S601 to repeat the same processing for the next link URL. That is, when a response to the access approval request is not obtained from the client terminal 809 within the predetermined time, the access is not interrupted except for a link URL specified to be skipped. By stopping access to data that the user does not want, useless printing can be avoided.

[0093] In order to avoid such useless printing, it can be realized by stopping printing of data obtained by accessing without stopping access. The processing in this case will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that the URL access confirmation processing in FIG. 25 and the URL print confirmation processing in FIG. 27 are not limited to the case where a Web Pull Print request is issued from the client terminal 809, but the operation unit 805 or the Web
When a Pull Print request is issued, an access approval request and a print approval request are similarly issued to the issuing source.

First, the URL specified by the immediate job print command is set (step S70).
1) The HTTP client 403 is activated (step S702), the data of the URL related to the set is acquired by the HTML Rarser 402, and the acquired HTM
TMLParser 402 converts the URL in the L format data
(Step S703), and when all the data of the URLs related to the above set are completed, the formatter unit 806 performs the PS format processing (step S704), sets the timer, and sets the LPQ from the client terminal 809. In response to the command, the URL related to the above set is sent to the client terminal 80 as an approval request message for accessing the link URL.
9 (step S705). In this case, the client terminal 809 displays the received URL as shown in FIG. 33, and waits for a print permission or print stop instruction from the user. Then, the client terminal 809
Is a digital copier 801 that transmits information of print permission and print stop from the user by the LPR command (FIG. 32).
Send to

Therefore, on the digital copying machine 801 side, L
It is determined whether a PR command has been received (step S70).
6). As a result, when the LPR command is received, the print permission information (FIG. 30) is included in the LPR command, and it is determined whether the URL print approval has been obtained (step S707). As a result, when the URL print approval is obtained, the data that has been subjected to the PS format processing is subjected to scaling processing and the like in the data processing unit 124 and printed by the printer unit 808 (step S7).
08).

Then, the work area B is searched (step S709), and it is determined whether or not the next link URL exists (step S710). As a result, if the next link URL does not exist, the process is terminated, and if there is, the process returns to step S601 to repeat the same processing for the next link URL.

On the other hand, if the URL print approval has not been obtained, the printing is stopped by skipping step S708 and proceeding to step S709. If it is determined in step S706 that no LPR command has been received, it is determined whether the timer set in step S705 has timed out (step S711). As a result, if the timeout has not occurred, the process returns to step S706 to wait for the LPR command to be transmitted until the timeout occurs. On the other hand, if the time-out has occurred, the link URL currently being processed is specified in advance by the user to skip the printing of the data existing at that address and proceed to the processing for the next link URL. It is determined whether the URL is a link URL (step S7).
12). As a result, if the link URL is specified to be skipped, the process proceeds to step S709 to prevent printing of data existing at the link URL.

On the other hand, if the link URL is not a skip-designated link URL, the flow advances to step S708 to print data existing in the link URL currently being processed. That is, when a response to the print approval request is not obtained from the client terminal 809 within a predetermined time, printing is not stopped except for a link URL specified to be skipped. By stopping the printing of data that the user does not want, useless printing can be avoided.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the Web P
The client terminal 80 that has made the “ull print” request
9 or an approval to access or print data existing in the link URL other than the data directly existing in the URL directly specified by the operation unit 805.
The client terminal 80 that has made the “ull print” request
9, or if a request is made to the operation unit 805 and the approval is not obtained, the access or printing is stopped, so that useless printing is not performed.

In this embodiment, TCP / IP is used as the communication protocol of the network.
SPX (Internetwork Packet e
Xchange / Sequenced Packet
eXchange), a communication protocol such as Apple Talk may be used. Also, the client terminal 80
9 as a communication protocol between the digital copying machine 801 and L
Although PR / LPD is used, a communication protocol such as HTTP or FTP may be used. Also, the client terminal 809
Communication between the MFP and the digital copier 801 was performed by LAN, but P1284, SCSI (S
mall Computer System Inte
rface), USB (User Serial Bu)
s) or the like.

[0101]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Based on the designated address information, WWW (World
HTML (HyperT) on Wide Web server
In an image forming apparatus having a function of accessing and printing data in an extMarkup Language (extMarkup Language) format, a consent to access or print data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the designated address information is provided. A consent requesting means for requesting the specified address information, and if the consent request by the consent requesting means is not obtained from the specified address information, the consent corresponds to the specified address information. A means for accessing data linked to the data other than the data to be executed or a means for canceling the printing, so that it is possible to acquire and print only the data on the WWW server desired by the user, which is wasteful. Printing can be avoided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the digital copying machine.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a core unit of the digital copying machine.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a software configuration of a network interface unit of the digital copying machine;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation screen (top window) on a client terminal.

FIG. 6 shows an operation screen (HTML P) on a client terminal.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a print option window.

FIG. 7 shows an operation screen (HTML P) on a client terminal.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a print style window.

FIG. 8 shows an operation screen (PostSc) on a client terminal.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a (List Option window).

FIG. 9 shows an operation screen (Schedu) on a client terminal.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a “le window”.

FIG. 10 shows an operation screen (Book) on a client terminal.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a Mark window.

FIG. 11 shows an operation screen (Monit) on a client terminal.
(or window).

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a control file.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the format of each command of LPR, LPQ, and LPRM.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of an operation unit in a copy mode.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a sheet selection screen and a sorter setting screen on the operation unit.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating a display screen of an operation unit in a Web Pull Print mode.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a print time designation screen on the operation unit.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a Book Mark screen on the operation unit.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a time designation list screen on the operation unit.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a standby job list screen on the operation unit.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a log list screen on the operation unit.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing an operation process of the entire system.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing a command receiving process.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating a schedule job process.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a URL access confirmation process.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing an HTMLParser process.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart illustrating a URL print confirmation process.

FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a list of items that can be set at the time of a Web Pull Print request.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing an example of a data file.

FIG. 30 shows the contents of an approval request message.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing the contents of an access permission LPR command.

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating the contents of a print permission LPR command.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a display drawing of client URL access information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 122 CPU 123 Memory 402 HTMLParser 403 HTTP Client 801 Digital Copier 802 Core 803 Hard Disk 804 Network Interface 805 Operation Unit 808 Printer Unit 809 Client Terminal 810 WWW Server

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification symbol FI H04L 12/58 (72) Inventor Kenzo Sekiguchi 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Inside Canon Inc. (72) Inventor Kenji Aiyama 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) The inventor Ritsushi Tanabe 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc. (72) Kotaro Yamaguchi, inventor 3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo Canon Inc.

Claims (36)

[Claims] 1. An image forming apparatus having a function of accessing and printing data on a server based on designated address information, wherein data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the designated address information is provided. Consent requesting means for requesting consent to access to the addressing source of the address information; and if no approval is obtained from the addressing source for the consent request by the consent requesting unit, A stopping means for stopping access to data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the designated address information. 2. An image forming apparatus having a function of accessing and printing data on a server based on designated address information, wherein data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the designated address information is provided. A requesting means for requesting permission to print the address information to the source of the address information; and if the permission request by the permission request means is not obtained from the source of the address information, An image forming apparatus comprising: a stop unit that stops printing of data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the designated address information. 3. The consent requesting means includes a URL (Uniform Resource) of the linked data.
3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an approval request is made by transmitting (Locator) to a designated source of the address information. 4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a designation source of the address information is a computer connected to the image forming apparatus via a network. 5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a designation source of the address information is a computer locally connected to the image forming apparatus. 6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the designation source of the address information is an operation unit having a display function on the image forming apparatus. 7. The stopping means does not stop access to the linked data if a response to the approval request by the approval means is not obtained from a designated source of the address information within a predetermined time. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 8. The printing device according to claim 1, wherein the stopping unit does not stop printing of the linked data when a response to the approval request from the approval unit is not obtained from a designated source of the address information within a predetermined time. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the address information is specified by a GUI.
(GraphicalUser Interface)
The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the address information is designated by the following. 10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the designation source of the address information designates the address information in a form to reserve an access. 11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the designation source of the address information designates the address information in a form to reserve printing. 12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the designation source of the address information designates the address information together with print mode information. 13. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:
HTM on WW (World Wide Web) server
L (HyperText Markup Language)
e) In an image forming method for accessing and printing data in a format, a consent to access data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the designated address information is provided to the designated source of the address information. An approval requesting step for requesting, if the approval request from the address information is not obtained for the approval request in the approval requesting step, the data other than the data corresponding to the specified address information is A stopping step of stopping access to the linked data. 14. W based on designated address information
HTM on WW (World Wide Web) server
L (HyperText Markup Language)
e) In an image forming method for accessing and printing data in a format, a consent to print data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the specified address information is transmitted to the designated source of the address information. An approval requesting step for requesting, if the approval request from the address information is not obtained for the approval request in the approval requesting step, the data other than the data corresponding to the specified address information is An image forming method, comprising: stopping printing of linked data. 15. The consent requesting step includes a URL (Uniform Resource) of the linked data.
15. The image forming method according to claim 13, wherein an approval request is made by transmitting (Locator) to a designated source of the address information. 16. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the designation source of the address information is a computer connected to the image forming apparatus via a network.
5. The image forming method according to item 4. 17. The image forming method according to claim 13, wherein a designation source of the address information is a computer locally connected to the image forming apparatus. 18. The image forming method according to claim 13, wherein the designation source of the address information is an operation unit having a display function on the image forming apparatus. 19. The method according to claim 19, wherein the access to the linked data is not interrupted if a response to the approval request in the approval step is not obtained from a designated source of the address information within a predetermined time. 14. The image forming method according to claim 13, wherein: 20. The printing apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the printing of the linked data is not stopped if a response to the approval request in the approval step is not obtained from a designated source of the address information within a predetermined time. Claim 14
The image forming method as described in the above. 21. A source of the address information is a GUI
(Graphical User Interfac
15. The image forming method according to claim 13, wherein the address information is specified by e). 22. The image forming method according to claim 13, wherein the designation source of the address information designates the address information in a form to reserve access. 23. The image forming method according to claim 14, wherein the designation source of the address information designates the address information in a form to reserve printing. 24. The image forming method according to claim 13, wherein the designation source of the address information designates the address information together with the print mode information. 25. A WWW (World Wide Wed) by an image forming apparatus based on designated address information.
b) HTML (HyperTextMark) on the server
A storage medium storing a program for accessing and printing data in an "up Language" format, wherein the program accesses data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the designated address information. A request requesting the consent of the address information to the designated source of the address information, and when the consent request by the consent request routine is not obtained from the designated source of the address information, And a stop routine for stopping access to data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the address information. 26. A WWW (World Wide Wed) by an image forming apparatus based on designated address information.
b) HTML (HyperTextMark) on the server
A storage medium storing a program for accessing and printing data in an up language format, wherein the program prints data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the designated address information. A request requesting the consent of the address information to the designated source of the address information, and when the consent request by the consent request routine is not obtained from the designated source of the address information, the designated And a stop routine for stopping printing of data linked to the data other than the data corresponding to the address information. 27. The consent request routine includes a URL (Uniform Resource) of the linked data.
27. The storage medium according to claim 25, wherein an approval request is made by transmitting (ce Locator) to a designated source of the address information. 28. The image processing apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the designation source of the address information is a computer connected to the image forming apparatus via a network.
6. The storage medium according to 6. 29. The storage medium according to claim 25, wherein the designation source of the address information is a computer locally connected to the image forming apparatus. 30. The storage medium according to claim 25, wherein the designation source of the address information is an operation unit having a display function on the image forming apparatus. 31. The suspending routine does not suspend access to the linked data when a response to the approval request by the approval routine is not obtained from a designated source of the address information within a predetermined time. 26. The storage medium according to claim 25, wherein: 32. The stop routine does not stop the printing of the linked data if a response to the approval request by the approval routine is not obtained from a designated source of the address information within a predetermined time. The storage medium according to claim 26, wherein 33. A source of the address information is a GUI
(Graphical User Interfac
27. The storage medium according to claim 25, wherein the address information is specified by e). 34. The storage medium according to claim 25, wherein the designation source of the address information designates the address information in a form to reserve access. 35. The storage medium according to claim 26, wherein the designation source of the address information designates the address information in a form to reserve printing. 36. The storage medium according to claim 25, wherein the designation source of the address information specifies the address information together with the print mode information.