Output apparatus and output method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroyuki Maeda, Yuko Suga, Hiroshi Sugiyama, Akira Katayama, Akihiko Shimomura, Kazuhiro Nakajima
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Abstract
An output apparatus which produces the print output by saving in a first memory print data input via a two-way interface, and converting the print data into the print out information, comprising a second memory different from the first memory for saving the print data with a print ID number added which is input via the interface, a retrieving unit for retrieving corresponding print data of the second memory based on a print ID number input from the outside, and an output unit for outputting the retrieved print data converted into the print out information.
Claims32
A printer comprising:
- a first control unit adapted to store print data received from a first apparatus in a first memory and to output the stored print data from the first memory to a print engine;
- and
- a second control unit adapted to store print data received from a second apparatus in a second memory and, in response to receipt of a print instruction, to search the second memory and for a certain piece of the print data, and to output the searched piece print data to the print engine,
- wherein said first and second control units are such as to be able to access the first and second memories, respectively, independently of each other.
A method of operating a printer comprising:
- an executing step, of executing printing based on received data;
- a controlling step, of controlling a memory to store received data and for executing printing, in response to a print instruction being input, based on the data stored in the memory;
- and
- a discriminating step, of discriminating whether the data is received from a first apparatus or a second apparatus,
- wherein said executing step executes printing if it is discriminated in said discriminating step that the data is received from the first apparatus, and said controlling step executes printing if it is discriminated in said discriminating step that the data is received from the second apparatus.
A computer readable medium having recorded thereon codes for implementing a computer-implementable method of operating a printer comprising:
- an executing step, of executing printing based on received data;
- a controlling step, of controlling a memory to store received data and for executing printing, in response to a print instruction being input, based on the data stored in the memory;
- and
- a discriminating step, of discriminating whether the data is received from a first apparatus or a second apparatus,
- wherein said executing step executes printing if it is discriminated in said discriminating step that the data is received from the first apparatus, and said controlling step executes printing if it is discriminated in said discriminating step that the data is received from the second apparatus.
A computer program product embodying a program for complementing a method of operating a printer comprising:
- program code for an executing step, of executing printing based on received data and
- program code for a controlling step, of controlling a memory to store received data and for executing printing, in response to a print instruction being input, based on the data stored in the memory;
- and
- program code for a discriminating step, of discriminating whether the data is received from a first apparatus or a second apparatus,
- wherein said executing step executes printing if it is discriminated in said discriminating step that the data is received from the first apparatus, and said controlling step executes printing if it is discriminated in said discriminating step that the data is received from the second apparatus.
A printer comprising:
- a first control unit, adapted to store received print data in a first memory and to output the stored print data from the first memory to a print engine;
- and
- a second control unit adapted to store received print data in a second memory, and, in response to receipt of a print instruction, to search the second memory for a certain piece of the print data and to output the searched piece print data to the print engine,
- wherein said first and second control units are such as to be able to access the first and second memories, respectively, independently of each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.