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AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsFumihiko Iwata, Masashi Asakawa, Akihiro Sato, Akira Mochida, Koki Togashi
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The technique of the present invention enables distributed printing to be carried out from a general-purpose application program with favorable operatability. An application program 100 generates print data and issues a print command. A virtual printer driver 110 receives the print command and returns performance information with regard to performances of a virtual printer to the application program 100. The application program 100 converts print data into data suitable for the virtual printer based on the performance information and transmits the converted print data to the virtual printer driver 110. The virtual printer driver 110 stores the input print data in the form of an intermediate print file MF into an HDD. A distributed printing utility 120 reads the intermediate print file MF, allocates intermediate print data in the intermediate print file MF to respective printers 60 to 80 according to a distributed form set in a dialog box, and outputs the print data in a distributive manner to real printer drivers provided for the respective printers 60 to 80, based on the allocation.
A distributed printing control apparatus connecting with a plurality of printers, said distributed printing control apparatus distributing print data of interest, which is generated by an application program and is to be printed, into said plurality of printers, converting the distributed print data into output data suitable for each of said printers via a printer driver provided for said each printer, and transmitting the converted output data to said each printer, said distributed printing control apparatus comprising:
A distributed printing control method that distributes print data of interest, which is generated by an application program and is to be printed, into a plurality of printers, converts the distributed print data into output data suitable for each of said printers via a printer driver provided for said each printer, and transmits the converted output data to said each printer, said distributed printing control method comprising the steps of:
A computer readable recording medium in which a computer program used in a distributed printing control apparatus is recorded, said distributed printing control apparatus connecting with a plurality of computers, distributing print data of interest, which is generated by an application program and is to be printed, into a plurality of printers, converting the distributed print data into output data suitable for each of said printers via a printer driver provided for said each printer, and transmitting the converted output data to said each printer, said computer program causing a computer to attain the functions of:
A computer program that is used in a distributed printing control apparatus, said distributed printing control apparatus connecting with a plurality of computers, distributing print data of interest, which is generated by an application program and is to be printed, into a plurality of printers, converting the distributed print data into output data suitable for each of said printers via a printer driver provided for said each printer, and transmitting the converted output data to said each printer, said computer program causing a computer to attain the functions of:
A distributed printing control apparatus that distributes print data of interest, which is generated by an application program and is to be printed, into a plurality of printers and outputs the distributed print data to each of said plurality of printers via a printer driver corresponding to a type of said each printer, said distributed printing control apparatus comprising:
A distributed printing control apparatus that distributes print data of interest, which is generated by an application program and is to be printed, into a plurality of printers and outputs the distributed print data to each of said plurality of printers via a printer driver corresponding to a type of said each printer, said distributed printing control apparatus comprising:
A distributed printing control method that distributes print data of interest, which is generated by an application program and is to be printed, into a plurality of printers and outputs the distributed print data to each of said plurality of printers via a printer driver corresponding to a type of said each printer, said distributed printing control method comprising the steps of:
A distributed printing control method that distributes print data of interest, which is generated by an application program and is to be printed, into a plurality of printers and outputs the distributed print data to each of said plurality of printers via a printer driver corresponding to a type of said each printer, said distributed printing control method comprising the steps of:
A computer readable recording medium in which a computer program used in a distributed printing control apparatus is recorded, said distributed printing control apparatus distributing print data of interest, which is generated by an application program and is to be printed, into a plurality of printers of an identical type and outputting the distributed print data to each of said plurality of printers via a printer driver provided for said each printer, said computer program causing a computer to attain the functions of:
A computer readable recording medium in which a computer program used in a distributed printing control apparatus is recorded, said distributed printing control apparatus distributing print data of interest, which is generated by an application program and is to be printed, into a plurality of printers and outputting the distributed print data to each of said plurality of printers via a printer driver corresponding to a type of said each printer, said computer program causing a computer to attain the functions of:
A computer program used in a distributed printing control apparatus, said distributed printing control apparatus distributing print data of interest, which is generated by an application program and is to be printed, into a plurality of printers of an identical type and outputting the distributed print data to each of said plurality of printers via a printer driver provided for said each printer, said computer program causing a computer to attain the functions of:
A computer program used in a distributed printing control apparatus, said distributed printing control apparatus distributing print data of interest, which is generated by an application program and is to be printed, into a plurality of printers and outputting the distributed print data to each of said plurality of printers via a printer driver corresponding to a type of said each printer, said computer program causing a computer to attain the functions of:
A distributed printing control apparatus that groups print data of interest, which is to be printed, by a predetermined unit, specifies allocation of respective grouped parts of the print data to a plurality of printers as allocation information, and outputs the print data to said plurality of printers in a distributive manner based on the allocation information, said distributed printing control apparatus comprising:
A distributed printing control method that groups print data of interest, which is to be printed, by a predetermined unit, specifies allocation of respective grouped parts of the print data to a plurality of printers as allocation information, and outputs the print data to said plurality of printers in a distributive manner based on the allocation information, said distributed printing control method comprising the steps of:
A computer readable recording medium in which a computer program used in a distributed printing control apparatus is recorded, said distributed printing control apparatus grouping print data of interest, which is to be printed, by a predetermined unit, specifying allocation of respective grouped parts of the print data to a plurality of printers as allocation information, and outputting the print data to said plurality of printers in a distributive manner based on the allocation information, said computer program causing a computer to attain the functions of:
A computer program used in a distributed printing control apparatus, said distributed printing control apparatus grouping print data of interest, which is to be printed, by a predetermined unit, specifying allocation of respective grouped parts of the print data to a plurality of printers as allocation information, and outputting the print data to said plurality of printers in a distributive manner based on the allocation information, said computer program causing a computer to attain the functions of:
A distributed printing control apparatus, comprising:
A distributed printing control method, said method comprising the steps of:
A computer readable recording medium in which a computer program for controlling distributed printing is recorded, said computer program causing a computer to attain the functions of:
A computer readable recording medium in accordance with claim 83, wherein said function (b3) outputs page data, which represents a message showing replacement of the printer, to the alternative printer.
A computer program used for controlling distributed printing, said computer program causing a computer to attain the functions of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.