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;
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; and
a provision unit constructed to provide a print setting screen of a printer, which 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 control method of 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 control method comprising:
a reception step of receiving from the web browser included in the client terminal a registration request for registering information of the printer to the print server;
a transmission step of transmitting, in response to reception of the registration request in said reception step, 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 step of printing 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; and
a provision step of providing a print setting screen of a printer, which is provided by the print server, after the user information is associated with the information of the printer.
4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing, in executable form, a program for causing a computer to 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 program causing the computer to:
receive from the web browser included in the client terminal a registration request for registering information of the printer to the print server;
transmit, in response to reception of the registration request, the information of the printer associated with user information input via a user authentication screen transmitted from the print server to the client terminal;
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; and
provide a print setting screen of a printer, which is provided by the print server, after the user information is associated with the information of the printer.
5. 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 adapted to receive, from the web browser included in the client terminal, a registration request for registering configuration information of the printer to the print server; and
a transmission unit adapted to transmit, in response to reception of the registration request by the reception unit, the configuration 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 is provided by the print server, after the user information is associated with the configuration information of the printer.
6. The printer according to claim 5 , wherein the registration request for registering configuration information of the printer is a request of a registration screen.
7. A control method of 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 control method comprising:
a reception step of receiving, from the web browser included in the client terminal, a registration request for registering configuration information of the printer to the print server; and
a transmission step of transmitting, in response to reception of the registration request in the reception step, the configuration 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 is provided by the print server, after the user information is associated with the configuration information of the printer.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing, in executable form, a program for causing a computer to 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 program causing the computer to:
receive, from the web browser included in the client terminal, a registration request for registering configuration information of the printer to the print server; and
transmit, in response to reception of the registration request, the configuration 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 is provided by the print server, after the user information is associated with the configuration information of the printer.