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AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTetsuya Suzuki, Sunao Murata, Takeshi Miyashita, Shinji Nozawa, Kouji Tanaka, Shinji Sumi
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A printer driver is provided in a host computer. When a print job occurs, the printer driver automatically selects the format of a plotting command to be output to a printer. As the command format, there are available two kinds of formats: a high-level printer control language format (for example, PDL), and an intermediate code format expressed in an intermediate language. When the latter format is selected, the printer driver converts a plotting command from an application to an intermediate code and then outputs the intermediate code to the printer. The printer converts the intermediate code to another intermediate code specific to the printer by a very simple processing, and then develops the intermediate code to a bit image, thereby enabling high speed printing.
A print system comprising a host computer and a printer connected to the host computer, wherein said host computer includes a printer driver used to generate print job data including plotting commands to be given to said printer, said printer driver includes intermediate level job data generation means used to generate intermediate level job data including plotting commands at least part of which is expressed in a first intermediate code format, and said printer includes intermediate code convert means used to receive said intermediate level print job data and convert said plotting commands to a second intermediate code format, and third convert means used to convert said second intermediate code to bit map image data for printing.
A printing method using a host computer and a printer connected to the host computer, said method comprising the following steps:
A printer driver for generating print job data including plotting commands to be given to a printer, said printer driver comprising:
A program medium carrying a printer driver computer program for generating print job data including plotting commands to be given to printer, characterized in that said program medium carries a group of instructions for generating intermediate level job data including plotting commands at least a part of which is expressed in a first intermediate code format, in such a manner that said group of instructions can be read and understood by a computer;
A printer, comprising:
A printer comprising:
A printer comprising:
A printer driver which divides each page of a document to be printed into a plurality of bands, generates an intermediate code of each hand and adds information expressing an end of each band to the generated intermediate code.
A printing system comprising a printer driver and a printer, wherein the printer driver divides each page of a document to be printed into a plurality of bands, generates an intermediate code of each band and adds information expressing an end of each band to the generated intermediate code, and
A printing system comprising a host computer and a printer connected to the host computer, wherein the host computer is provided with a printer driver,
A recording medium capable of being read by a computer, holding a computer program so that the computer can function as a band end detecting means for detecting an end of each band to be developed as an image by receiving an intermediate code, which is generated by a printer driver, and can function as an image developing means for developing an image of each band in accordance with the intermediate code, which has already been received, in response to the detection of the end of each band.
A recording medium capable of being read by a computer, holding a computer program so that the computer can function as a printer driver which divides each page of a document to be printed into a plurality of bands, generates an intermediate code of each band and adds information expressing an end of each band to the generated intermediate code.
A recording medium capable of being read by a computer, holding an intermediate code generated by a printer driver of each band dividing each page of a document to be printed, to which information expressing an end of each band to be developed as an image is added.
A printer comprising:
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