Printing system, information processing apparatus and program
AssigneeCanon Finetech Inc.
InventorsKenji Ueda, Chiharu Yumoto
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Abstract
In forming an image by using a plurality of printing apparatuses, one print data generation apparatus is connected with a plurality of print data transmission apparatuses to reliably communicate print data between these apparatuses. For that purpose, a plurality of shared work areas are used each of which is shared by a print data generation PC (101) and a plurality of print data transmission PCs (103, 104). The print data generation PC (101) outputs a plurality of pieces of print data to the plurality of corresponding shared work areas. The plurality of print data transmission PCs (103, 104) transmit the print data in each of the shared work areas to the corresponding printing apparatus (105, 106).
Claims18
A printing system comprising:
- a print data generation apparatus for generating image data;
- a printing apparatus for forming an image in a print area on a print medium based on the image data;
- and
- a print data transmission apparatus for transmitting the image data generated by the print data generation device to the printing apparatus;
- wherein
- a plurality of the printing apparatuses are provided and allocated to print areas on the print medium and can form images in the respective print areas,
- a plurality of the print data transmission apparatuses are provided for the plurality of the printing apparatuses respectively,
- the print data generation apparatus can generate a plurality of pieces of the print data corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of the printing apparatuses,
- a plurality of shared work areas are provided which are shared by the individual print data transmission apparatuses and the print data generation apparatus,
- the print data generation apparatus outputs the individual pieces of the print data to the corresponding shared work areas, and
- each of the print data transmission apparatuses sends the print data in the associated shared work area to the corresponding printing apparatus.
An information processing apparatus to generate a plurality of pieces of print data corresponding one-to-one to a plurality of printing apparatuses, output the plurality of pieces of print data to a plurality of print data transmission apparatuses corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of printing apparatuses and have the plurality of printing apparatus form an image in a print area on a print medium,
- wherein the plurality of pieces of print data are print data used to form images in print areas on the print medium allocated one-to-one to the plurality of printing apparatuses, and
- wherein the print data corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of print data transmission apparatuses are output to a plurality of shared work areas each shared by the information processing apparatus and each of the print data transmission apparatuses.
A program to generate a plurality of pieces of print data corresponding one-to-one to a plurality of printing apparatuses, output the plurality of pieces of print data to a plurality of print data transmission apparatuses corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of printing apparatuses and have the plurality of printing apparatuses form an image in a print area on a print medium,
- wherein the plurality of pieces of print data are print data used to form images in print areas on the print medium allocated one-to-one to the plurality of printing apparatuses, and
- wherein the program causes a computer to output the print data corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of print data transmission apparatuses to a plurality of shared work areas each shared by the program and each of the print data transmission apparatuses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.