System and method for printing image data in a reduced time
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorToshio Narushima
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Abstract
A printer system is provided which comprises an image data input to convert a data or signal to a digital image data, a data processor for edition process of the digital image data, a printout processor to convert the digital image data to a print data, an image printer to print an image and a human interface to control the above components based on an external instruction. The human interface allows the printout processor to start a printout process before a printout process instruction is given to the image printer, and cancel the printout process if an edition process instruction is given to the data processor in the middle of the printout process in the printout processor.
Claims16
A printing method comprising the steps of:
- receiving input image data;
- effecting a printout process by use of a printout processor to convert to print data the input image data or a data obtained by effecting edition processes of the input image data by use of an edition processor;
- printing out an image based on the print data by use of an image printer, in which a printout process instruction is provided to the Printout processor, before providing a printout instruction to the image printer and before a print instruction is provided by a user, to allow the printout processor to start the printout process;
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- providing automatically the printout processor with a printout process cancel instruction without receiving a separate printout process cancellation request from the user, if an edition process instruction has been provided to the edition processor, to cancel the printout process being done in the printout processor.
A printer system comprising:
- an image data input in which an analog/digital conversion is effected to convert an external input digital image data and/or analog image signal to a first digital image data;
- an edition processor to edit the first digital image data at least once to provide a second digital image data being an edited image data;
- a printout processor to convert the first or second digital image data to print data;
- an image printer to print out an image on a recording medium based on the print data;
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- a controller to control, based on an external instruction, the edition processor, printout processor and the image printer;
- the controller providing a printout process instruction to the printout processor, before providing a printout instruction to the image printer and before a print instruction is provided by a user, to allow the printout processor to start the printout process;
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- the controller automatically providing the printout processor with a printout process cancel instruction without receiving a separate printout process cancellation request from the user, if it has provided an edition process instruction to the edition processor, to cancel the printout process being done in the printout processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.