Output control method and apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoko Nishikawa
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Abstract
In an image forming apparatus for forming a visible image thereon, the apparatus informs a host computer of the timing of a paper delivery and the percentage value of the progress of the paper sheet delivery so that the animation representing the progress of the paper delivery is accurately presented on the host computer.
Claims24
An output control apparatus that bilaterally communicates with an output apparatus, said output control apparatus comprising:
- a reception unit adapted to receive data, which indicates that a status of the output apparatus has changed, a plurality of times during printing of a page;
- and
- a control unit adapted to control animation to simulate transport of a paper sheet, based on the data received by said reception unit,
- wherein the data received by said reception unit includes information indicating a predetermined ratio regarding delivery of a page, and
- wherein the animation is controlled such that a picture is selected based on the information included in the data received by said reception unit a plurality of times during printing of the page.
An output control method of an output control apparatus that bilaterally communicates with an output apparatus, said method comprising:
- a reception step of receiving data, which indicates that a status of the output apparatus has changed, a plurality of times during printing of a page;
- and
- a control step of controlling animation to simulate transport of a paper sheet, based on the data received in said reception step,
- wherein the data received in said reception step includes information indicating a predetermined ratio regarding delivery of a page, and
- wherein the animation is controlled such that a picture is selected based on the information included in the data received in said reception step a plurality of times during printing of the page.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for implementing an output control method of an output control apparatus that bilaterally communicates with an output apparatus, the program comprising:
- program code for a reception step of receiving data, which indicates that a status of the output apparatus has changed, a plurality of times during printing of a page;
- and
- program code for a control step of controlling animation to simulate transport of a paper sheet, based on the data received in the reception step,
- wherein the data received in the reception step includes information indicating a predetermined ratio regarding delivery of a page, and
- wherein the animation is controlled such that a picture is selected based on the information included in the data received in the reception step a plurality of times during printing of the page.
A program product embodying a computer program for implementing an output control method of an output control apparatus that bilaterally communicates with an output apparatus, said program product comprising:
- program code for a reception step of receiving data, which indicates that a status of the output apparatus has changed, a plurality of times during printing of a page;
- and
- program code for a control step of controlling animation to simulate transport of a paper sheet, based on the data received in the reception step,
- wherein the data received in the reception step includes information indicating a predetermined ratio regarding delivery of a page, and
- wherein the animation is controlled such that a picture is selected based on the information included in the data received in the reception step a plurality of times during printing of the page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.