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US 8,947,709 B2Granted
Printing apparatus which is capable of editing printing data, and a printing method for use with the printing apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJin-Young Lee
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Abstract
A printing apparatus, including a user input unit which receives a first user command to initiate a printing operation, a display unit which displays information relating to the printing operation, a printing unit which performs printing with respect to printing data, and a controller which controls the display unit to display reference information of the printing data before the printing, and which controls the printing unit to perform the printing according to a second user command.
Claims17
A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a display;
- a printing unit to print printing data received from an external source;
- an image processor to perform an image process on the received printing data;
- a controller to control a printing operation corresponding to the received printing data, wherein, in response to receiving a print command, the controller:
- controls the image processor to generate a replication image which is displayed on the display, the replication image being generated using a first portion of the printing data,
- determines whether a command to suspend the printing operation is received,
- if the printing operation is suspended, determines whether a command to edit the first portion of the printing data is received during a suspension of the printing operation, and
- if the command to edit the first portion of the printing data is received, controls the printing unit to print the edited printing data;
- and
- a menu generator to generate a menu to be displayed on the display,
- wherein, in response to receiving a command to suspend the printing operation, the controller controls the menu generator to generate and display a selection menu to enable selection of a cancellation of the entire printing operation, a cancellation of a portion of the printing operation, a resumption of the suspended printing operation, and an image editing of the printing data.
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A printing method, comprising:
- receiving printing data;
- performing a printing operation with respect to the received printing data;
- generating a replication image using a first portion of the received printing data;
- displaying the replication image;
- determining whether a command to suspend the printing operation is received;
- in response to determining that the printing operation is suspended, controlling a menu generator to generate and display a selection menu to enable selection of a cancellation of the entire printing operation, a cancellation of a portion of the printing operation, a resumption of the suspended printing operation, and an image editing of the printing data;
- determining whether a command to edit the first portion is received during a suspension of the printing operation, if the printing operation is suspended;
- and
- printing the edited printing data, if the command to edit the first portion is received.
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An apparatus to manage a printing operation, the apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- and a menu generator to generate a menu to be displayed on the display;
- a controller to control a printing operation;
- a user input unit to receive a first command suspending an ongoing printing operation corresponding to received printing data, and to receive a second command altering or cancelling printing of a first portion of the received printing data while the printing operation is suspended;
- an image processor to alter the first portion of the received printing data based on the received second command;
- and
- a printing unit to resume the printing operation once the altering or cancelling of the first portion of the received printing data is completed,
- wherein, in response to receiving the first command, the controller controls the menu generator to generate and display a selection menu to enable selection of a cancellation of the entire ongoing printing operation, a cancellation of a portion of the ongoing printing operation, a resumption of the suspended printing operation, and an image editing of the printing data, and
- wherein, if the second command is an altering command, when the altering of the first portion of the printing data is completed, the controller determines whether printing data remains to be printed, and when printing data remains, the image processor processes printing data from among the remaining printing data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.