Method, system, and recording medium for ordering prints

Abstract

At the time of ordering a print of image data via a network, agency information is input without carrying out a troublesome operation. Image data obtained by reading a film at a DPE store are written in a CD-R together with agency information representing the DPE store. By using a user terminal, a user orders the print of the image data written in the CD-R from a printing-order reception center. Upon ordering the print, the agency information written in the CD-R is transferred to an order reception server. After the print is generated, the printing-order reception center delivers the print to the agency represented by the agency information.

1 . A print ordering method used for a print ordering system comprising an order reception server for receiving an order of a print of image data, and a user terminal connected to the order reception server via a network and for ordering the print of the image data from the order reception server, the image data to be printed being transferred from the user terminal to the order reception server, the print ordering method comprising the step of: 
 transferring agency information, which has been provided to a user in advance regarding an agency for receiving the print, from the user terminal to the order reception server.    
   
   
       2 . A print ordering system comprising; 
 an order reception server for receiving an order of a print of image data; and    a user terminal connected to the order reception server via a network and for ordering the print of the image data from the order reception server, the image data to be printed being sent from the user terminal to the order reception server at the time of ordering the print, wherein    the user terminal transfers agency information, which has been provided to a user in advance regarding an agency to receive the print, to the order reception server.    
   
   
       3 . A computer-readable recording medium storing a program to cause a computer to execute a print ordering method for ordering a print of image data from an order reception server, the program comprising the procedures of: 
 receiving an order of the print; and    transferring the image data and agency information regarding an agency to receive the print to the order reception server.