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US 9,542,676 B2Granted
Host device, printing system, and data processing method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorAkio Takamoto
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Abstract
Text data is acquired from print request data, print content is expressed as raster data and print data is generated using a printer command based on the print request data, the acquired text data is added to the print data using the command, and the print data is sent with the text data to the printer.
Claims17
A host device comprising:
- an acquisitor that receives print request data, acquires text data to be printed from the print request data, and sends the print request data to a printer driver;
- the printer driver that rasterizes print content and generates print data using a printer command based on the print request data;
- and
- a merging part that receives the print data that the printer driver outputs based on the print request data, adds the acquired text data to the print data using the command, and sends the print data with the added text data to the printer.
1 more element
A printing system comprising a printer and a host device of the printer,
- the host device including an acquisitor that receives print request data, acquires text data to be printed from the print request data, and sends the print request data to a printer driver,
- the printer driver that rasterizes print content and generates print data using a printer command based on the print request data, and
- a merging part that receives the print data that the printer driver outputs based on the print request data, adds the acquired text data to the print data using the command, and sends the print data with the added text data to the printer;
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- the printer including a text data processor that acquires the added text data from the transmitted print data, and
- a print mechanism that executes a printing process based on the print data.
3 more elements
A data processing method of a host device, comprising:
- an acquisition step of receiving print request data, acquiring text data to be printed from print request data, and sending the print request data;
- a print data generating step of rasterizing print content and generating print data using a command for a printer based on the print request data;
- an adding step of receiving the print data based on the print request data, adding the acquired text data to the print data using the command;
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- a transmission step of sending the print data with added text data to the printer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.