Abstract: A mail server has a mail receiving section for receiving an electronic mail including attached image data transmitted from a user through Internet, a print user designation managing section for making a user ID and a password for the corresponding user and transmitting them, and a data accumulating unit for making a user directory for each user ID and storing image data therein. When the user ID and the password are inputted from a touch panel by the user, one or more print terminals download the image data from the data accumulating unit through the Internet in order to print the image data. A usage guide including information related to an installation location of the print terminal is provided to the user in a web site (usage guide site).

Abstract: A printing service system is provided. A print terminal includes a data transmission and reception unit for transmitting and receiving image data to and from a server and a key input unit for inputting an address of a recipient authorized to print the image data. The server includes a data accumulation unit in which image data uploaded from the print terminal is accumulated for each ID, a code conversion unit for converting an ID and a password into a code, a mail output unit and a FAX output unit for transmitting the code to the address, and an image management unit for, when the print terminal returns the code to the ID and the password and transmits the ID and the password, performing authentication, reading the image data corresponding to the ID, and returning the image data to the print terminal.

Abstract: A printing service system is provided. A print terminal includes a data transmission and reception unit for transmitting and receiving image data to and from a server and a key input unit for inputting an address of a recipient authorized to print the image data. The server includes a data accumulation unit in which image data uploaded from the print terminal is accumulated for each ID, a code conversion unit for converting an ID and a password into a code, a mail output unit and a FAX output unit for transmitting the code to the address, and an image management unit for, when the print terminal returns the code to the ID and the password and transmits the ID and the password, performing authentication, reading the image data corresponding to the ID, and returning the image data to the print terminal.

Abstract: A mail server has a mail receiving section for receiving an electronic mail including attached image data transmitted from a user through Internet, a print user designation managing section for making a user ID and a password for the corresponding user and transmitting them, and a data accumulating unit for making a user directory for each user ID and storing image data therein. When the user ID and the password are inputted from a touch panel by the user, one or more print terminals download the image data from the data accumulating unit through the Internet in order to print the image data. A usage guide including information related to an installation location of the print terminal is provided to the user in a web site (usage guide site).

Abstract: In order to obtain a print area from a printing start position to a printing end position in the longitudinal direction of printing paper without leaving any margin in the lateral direction of the paper, the width of a heater line of a thermal head (1a), corresponding to the lateral direction of the printing paper, is set to be not less than the width of the printing paper. Considering a shift length to be made by a cutter (6) in cutting, a CPU (10A) determines a first cutting position that is on the side of the print area with respect to the printing start position of the print area, and a final cutting position that is on the side of the print area with respect to the printing end position of the print area. Then, the CPU (10A) gives a cutting command which indicates the first and final cutting positions to the cutter (6) which will cut the printing paper at those positions. This allows an image printing apparatus to obtain cut printing paper which is entirely an effective print area without any margin.

Abstract: An intermittent recording method for recording video signals intermittently by frame skipping, wherein optimum intermittent recording interval and total recording time for the video signals to be recorded are calculated from an intermittent recording interval and recording capacity of a recording medium which are input, and the video signals are recorded intermittently on the recording medium according to the calculated optimum intermittent recording interval. Or, alternatively, optimum intermittent recording interval for the video signals to be recorded is calculated from the recording capacity of the recording medium and the total recording time which are input, and the video signals are recorded intermittently on the recording medium according to the calculated optimum intermittent recording interval. The input data and the calculated data are displayed.