Apparatus and method for proper name resolution

[0047] In the following, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0048]FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an example of an image-processing system according to an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 2, an image-processing system 1 includes an image-processing apparatus 10, a DHCP server 20, a client PC 30, a client PC 40, and a DNS server 50, which are connected through a network 60 such as a LAN or the Internet.

[0049] Image-processing apparatus 10 is a printer which prints image data or the like in response to a request from the client PC 30 or the like. The image-processing apparatus 10 is identified on the network 60 by the IP address “192.168.1.2” and the host name “hostname.abc.co.jp”. The DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server 20 is a so-called DHCP server, which dynamically assigns IP addresses to individual apparatuses on the network 60 such as the image-processing apparatus 10, the client PCs 30 and 40, etc.

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