US 2009/0268236 A1Published application

Printing System and Printer Driver

AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorYuji Miyata

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Abstract

In a printing system, in response to a request for duplex printing of print object data, the control portion of an information processing apparatus executes a first printing process according to a first printer driver, to generate first printing data and print information based on the print object data. The first printing data is used by a first printing apparatus for printing on the first surface of a recording medium. The control portion further executes a second printing process according to a second printer driver, to generate second printing data based on the print information. The second printing data is used by a second printing apparatus for printing on the second surface of the recording medium.

Claims16

Dependent claims

A printing system comprising:

a first printing apparatus;
a second printing apparatus;
and
an information processing apparatus capable of being connected to said first printing apparatus and said second printing apparatus, said information processing apparatus including a control portion configured to execute a duplex printing process to enable printing on a first surface and a second surface of a recording medium in response to a request for duplex printing of print object data, wherein:
said control portion executes a first printing process according to a first printer driver, during said duplex printing process, to generate, based on said print object data, first printing data to be used by said first printing apparatus for printing on said first surface and print information to be used for printing on said second surface;
and
said control portion executes a second printing process according to a second printer driver, during said duplex printing process, to generate, based on said print information, second printing data to be used by said second printing apparatus for printing on said second surface.

4 more elements

A printing method for use in a printing system that includes a first printing apparatus, a second printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus capable of being connected to said first printing apparatus and said second printing apparatus, said information processing apparatus including a control portion configured to execute a duplex printing process to enable printing on a first surface and a second surface of a recording medium in response to a request for duplex printing of print object data, said printing method comprising:

executing a first printing process according to a first printer driver during said duplex printing process, to generate, based on said print object data, first printing data to be used by said first printing apparatus for printing on said first surface and print information to be used for printing on said second surface;
and
executing a second printing process according to a second printer driver during said duplex printing process, to generate, based on said print information, second printing data to be used by said second printing apparatus for printing on said second surface.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/397,378Filed 4 Mar 2009
Priority: JP 2008-11759428 Apr 2008
Published: 29 Oct 2009
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Classification6 codes

G06F 3/1208
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours,…
G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1205
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings,…
G06F 3/1253
Print job management: configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client

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