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Information processing apparatus and output apparatus

US5825993A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 1997
Grant dateOct 20, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2215/0062
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information processing apparatus comprises acquiring means for acquiring a memory capacity of a printer connected through a bi-directional interface, compare means for comparing the memory capacity acquired by the acquiring means with a capacity of data to be outputted to the printer, and determination means for determining a memory size of a memory of the printer in accordance with the comparison result. An output apparatus comprises receiving means for receiving memory size information determined by a capacity of data to be outputted from an information processing apparatus connected through a bi-directional interface and a capacity of a memory for storing the data, from the information processing apparatus, and setting means for dynamically setting a size of the memory for storing the data in accordance with the memory size information received by the receiving means.

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