Print ordering system and control method therefor, and server computer and communication terminal used for print ordering system and control method therefor

Abstract

In order to make it possible to simply order extra prints, an image viewing/ordering ID and an image viewing/ordering password and an order determining ID and an order determining password are issued (created) when input of image data is accepted. Each of members belonging to a group transmits to a server 6 the image viewing/ordering ID and password to a server 6 using a portable telephone set 20 A. Image data related to the image viewing/ordering ID is transmitted to the portable telephone set 20 A from the server 6 . While seeing images displayed on a display screen of the portable telephone set 20 A, each of the members belonging to the group selects the image whose extra prints are ordered, and transmits the number of ordered prints of the image to the server 6 . When the order determining ID and password are transmitted to the server 6 using the portable telephone set 20 A, the order given by the member is made definite, thereby making a desired number of extra prints of the image desired by the members.

1 . A printing device comprising: 
 a developer developing an undeveloped film;    a printer printing an image represented by image information recorded on a developed film; and    an image reader reading the image information recorded on the developed film and storing the read image information in a database.    
     
     
         2 . A printing device comprising a first storage device storing image data and print order information acceptance means for accepting information related to a print order and printing, on the basis of said print order information, an image represented by the image data stored in said first storage device, further comprising: 
 a second storage device for storing for each print order member specifying information for specifying a member who has given the print order, group specifying information for specifying a group to which the member belongs, and image specifying information for specifying an image whose prints have been ordered with the information correlated with one another;    an image printer printing on the surface of printing paper the image, represented by the image data stored in said first storage device, which is specified by said image specifying information stored in said second storage device; and    an information printer printing on the reverse surface of the printing paper the member specifying information, the group specifying information, and the image specifying information which are stored in said second storage device in correspondence with the image printed on the surface of the printing paper.