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(11) EP 1 338 952 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
25.02.2004 Bulletin 2004/09

(43) Date of publication:
27.08.2003 Bulletin 2003/35

(21) Application number: 03250753.5

(22) Date of filing: 06.02.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 3/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO

(30) Priority: 19.02.2002 US 77016

(71) Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Nuggehalli, Jayasimha
    San Jose, CA 95131-1817 (US)
  • Sato, Tomotoshi c/o Ricoh Company Ltd.,
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)
  • Wei, Ke
    San Jose, CA 95131-1817 (US)

(74) Representative: Senior, Alan Murray 
J.A. KEMP & CO., 14 South Square, Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ
London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

   


(54) Email based printer systems


(57) A printer system including a receiving module for receiving an electronic email including at least one attachment from an email server, a downloading module for downloading the attachment from the email server, and a converting module for converting the attachment from an application format into a printing data language (PDL) format. Also included is a printing module for printing the attachment converted into the PDL format.