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US 2016/0077779 A1Published application
Host device for transmitting print data to printer and method of rendering print data via host device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSo-hye KIM, Joo-young Jung, Ho-jin Ahn, Yu-na Kim
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Abstract
A host device for transmitting print data to a printer is configured to generate bitmap image data by using the print data, to extract object attribute information from objects forming the print data, to convert the generated bitmap image data and the extracted object attribute information into a format of a printer command which is capable of being processed by the printer, and to transmit the converted bitmap image data and the converted object attribute information to the printer.
Claims16
A host device comprising:
- a bitmap image generator configured to generate bitmap image data based on print data;
- an object attribute information extractor configured to extract object attribute information from objects forming the print data;
- a printer command generator configured to convert the generated bitmap image data and the extracted object attribute information into a format of a printer command capable of being processed by a printer;
- and
- a communicator configured to transmit the converted bitmap image data and the converted object attribute information to the printer.
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A method comprising:
- generating bitmap image data based on print data;
- extracting object attribute information from objects forming the print data;
- converting the generated bitmap image data and the extracted object attribute information into a format of a printer command capable of being processed by a printer;
- and
- transmitting the converted bitmap image data and the converted object attribute information to the printer.
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A printer comprising:
- a communicator configured to receive, from a host device,
- bitmap image data based on print data and converted into a format of a printer command processable by the printer, and
- object attribute information extracted from objects forming the print data and converted into the format of the printer command processable by the printer;
- a printer command processor configured to interpret the received bitmap image data and the received object attribute information to thereby obtain bitmap image data and object attribute information in a binary data format;
- a color converter configured to divide the obtained bitmap image data according to the obtained object attribute information, and to color convert the divided bitmap image data;
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- a bitmap image processor configured to generate the print data using the color converted bitmap image data,
- wherein the printer is configured to print the generated print data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.