Print system, print server, control method thereof, and program
A client terminal transmits a request to a printing apparatus for a registration web page for registering, in a print server, a printing apparatus used in a print service provided by the print server. The printing apparatus collects configuration information of the printing apparatus in response to reception of the request, and creates link information which contains the collected configuration information and is used to access the print server. The printing apparatus then generates a registration web page containing the created link information, and transmits it to the client terminal. The print server receives the configuration information of the printing apparatus transmitted from the client terminal via the registration web page transmitted to the client terminal. The print server creates printing apparatus information which associates the configuration information with user information of the user of the client terminal, and manages it in a storage medium.
1. A system which is configured by a client terminal including a web browser, a printer, and a print server for providing print data generated on the basis of data acquired by an external service to the printer, the system comprising:
a reception unit constructed to receive from the web browser included in the client terminal a registration request for registering information of the printer to the print server;
a transmission unit constructed to transmit, in response to reception of the registration request by said reception unit, the information of the printer associated with user information input via a user authentication screen transmitted from the print server to the client terminal; and
a printing unit constructed to print data, after the print data is received, which is provided by the print server in response to designation for causing the printer to print the data,
wherein a print setting screen of a printer selected via a printer list is provided by the print server, after the user information is associated with the information of the printer.
2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the web browser included in the client terminal receives an instruction for registering the printer to the printer server, input from a user.
3. A printer which can communicate with a client terminal including a web browser and a print server for providing print data generated on the basis of data acquired by an external service to the printer, the printer comprising:
a reception unit constructed to receive from the web browser included in the client terminal a registration request for registering information of the printer to the print server; and
a transmission unit constructed to transmit, in response to reception of the registration request by said reception unit, the information of the printer associated with user information input via a user authentication screen transmitted from the print server to the client terminal;
wherein a print setting screen of a printer selected via a printer list is provided by the print server, after the user information is associated with the information of the printer.
4. The printer according to claim 3 , wherein the web browser included in the client terminal receives an instruction for registering the printer to the printer server, input from a user.
5. A client including a web browser, which can communicate with a printer and a print server for providing print data generated on the basis of data acquired by an external service to the printer, the client comprising:
a first transmission unit constructed to transmit a registration request for registering information of the printer to the print server from the web browser to the printer, wherein the web browser displays a user authentication transmitted from the print server to the client; and
a second transmission unit constructed to transmit user information input via a user authentication screen displayed by the web browser from the web browser to the print server;
wherein the printer transmits, in response to reception of the registration request transmitted by said first transmission unit, the information of the printer associated with user information to the print server, and
wherein a printing setting screen of a printer selected via a printer list is provided by the print server, after the user information transmitted by said second transmission unit is associated with the information of the printer.
6. A control method of a client including a web browser, which can communicate with a printer and a print server for providing print data generated on the basis of data acquired by an external service to the printer, the method comprising:
a first transmission step of transmitting a registration request for registering information of the printer to the print server from the web browser to the printer, wherein the web browser displays a user authentication transmitted from the print server to the client; and
a second transmission step of transmitting user information input via a user authentication screen displayed by the web browser from the web browser to the print server;
wherein the printer transmits, in response to reception of the registration request transmitted in said first transmission step, the information of the printer associated with user information to the print server, and
wherein a printing setting screen of a printer selected via a printer list is provided by the print server, after the user information transmitted in said second transmission step is associated with the information of the printer.
7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing, in executable form, a program for causing a computer to a client including a web browser, which can communicate with a printer and a print server for providing print data generated on the basis of data acquired by an external service to the printer, the program causing the computer to:
transmit a registration request for registering information of the printer to the print server from the web browser to the printer, wherein the web browser displays a user authentication transmitted from the print server to the client; and
transmit user information input via a user authentication screen displayed by the web browser from the web browser to the print server;
wherein the printer transmits, in response to reception of the registration request, the information of the printer associated with user information to the print server, and
wherein a printing setting screen of a printer selected via a printer list is provided by the print server, after the user information is associated with the information of the printer.