Server device, a user terminal, and a method of providing digital contents from the server device to the user terminal

An editor server in a server transmits a layout image to a user PC. An image editor in the user PC sets the layout of a print image in accordance with the layout image and an edit command entered by the user through an input device. When the user enters a print start command through the input device, the editor server transmits the layout information defining the layout of the print image at the point in time to the editor server. The editor server puts the layout information into a file in the server and after completion of transmission of an original image container to the user PC, transmits the layout information file to the user PC. Print OCX in the user PC prepares a print image based on original image data in the original image container and the layout information in the layout information file, and requests a printer driver to print.