US 11,886,945 B2Granted

Non-transitory computer-readable medium storing support program

AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorKenju Narita

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Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a support program readable by a computer of an information processing device, the support program corresponding to a printer connected to the information processing device and supporting a general-purpose print program pre-installed in an operating system of the information processing device, the support program, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to perform: based on a print instruction being output from an application program installed in the information processing device and transferred to the general-purpose print program to cause the printer to perform printing, receiving intermediate image data according to the print instruction from the operating system; generating rasterized raster data based on the received intermediate image data; compressing the generated raster data; and transmitting print data based on the compressed raster data to the printer.

Claims10

Dependent claims

based on a print instruction being output from an application program installed in the information processing device and transferred to the general-purpose print program to cause the printer to perform printing,
receiving intermediate image data according to the print instruction from the operating system;
generating rasterized raster data based on the intermediate image data received from the operating system;
compressing the generated raster data;
and
transmitting print data based on the compressed raster data to the printer,
wherein the support program, when executed by the computer, further causes the computer to perform:
obtaining capability information from the printer, the capability information indicating a capability of the printer and including information indicating whether the printer has a decompression function for decompressing the print data that has undergone the compressing, and
wherein the support program causes the computer to:
in a case the obtained capability information indicates that the decompression function is possessed, perform the compressing;
and
in a case the obtained capability information does not indicate that the decompression function is possessed, perform causing the printer to perform the printing according to the intermediate image data obtained from the operating system without performing the compressing.

9 more elements

based on a print instruction being output from an application program installed in the information processing device and transferred to the general-purpose print program to cause the printer to perform printing,
receiving intermediate image data according to the print instruction from the operating system;
generating rasterized raster data based on the intermediate image data received from the operating system;
compressing the generated raster data;
and
transmitting print data based on the compressed raster data to the printer,
wherein the support program causes the computer to:
in a case the received intermediate image data does not satisfy a predetermined condition, perform the compressing;
and
in a case the received intermediate image data satisfies the predetermined condition, perform causing the printer to perform the printing according to the intermediate image data received from the operating system without performing the compressing.

7 more elements

based on a print instruction being output from an application program installed in the information processing device and transferred to the general-purpose print program to cause the printer to perform printing,
receiving intermediate image data according to the print instruction from the operating system;
generating rasterized raster data based on the intermediate image data received from the operating system;
compressing the generated raster data;
and
transmitting print data based on the compressed raster data to the printer,
wherein the support program causes the computer to:
in a case print setting based on the print instruction does not satisfy a predetermined condition, perform the compressing;
and
in a case the print setting based on the print instruction satisfies the predetermined condition, perform causing the printer to perform the printing according to the intermediate image data received from the operating system without performing the compressing.

7 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/933,539Filed 20 Sep 2022
Priority: JP 2021-15923929 Sep 2021
Published: US 2023/0100715 A130 Mar 2023
Granted: 30 Jan 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G06F 3/1206
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
G06K 15/1865
Taking account of a limited available memory space or rasterization time: by compressing the rasterized print data
G06F 3/1228
Client or server resources management: printing driverless or using generic drivers
G06F 3/1245
Job translation or job parsing, e.g. page banding: by conversion to intermediate or common format