BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a view showing the relationship between a portable phone and a printing apparatus having a wireless function;
FIG. 2 is a view showing a situation wherein a printing apparatus 201 is searched for from a plurality of connectable printing apparatuses displayed on a display device 202 of a portable phone, and the user confirms that its indication 202 exists at the second place from the top, selects the printing apparatus, and executes connection;
FIG. 3 is a view showing a situation wherein after the printing apparatus 201 is selected from the portable phone in FIG. 2, the two devices are connected;
FIG. 4 is a view showing a method of causing a printing apparatus to present connection information necessary for wireless connection;
FIG. 5 is a view showing a state wherein the connection information shown in FIG. 4 is converted into a QR code, displayed, and printed;
FIG. 6 is a view showing various kinds of information in printing provided from a printing apparatus to a portable terminal;
FIG. 7 is a view showing a state wherein print environment information shown in FIG. 6 is converted into a QR code, displayed, and printed;
FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the arrangement of a printing apparatus according to the embodiment;
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the process of the printing apparatus according to the embodiment;
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a process of causing the portable phone to analyze a QR code;
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process of changing print environment information if print environment information presented to the portable phone is different from setting contents desired by the user; and
FIG. 12 is a view for explaining a utilization method according to a modification to the embodiment.
Patent Application
20070201081
