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Printing apparatus and printing processing method

US6048115A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 4, 1995
Grant dateApr 11, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K2215/0085
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A printing apparatus and a printing processing method are provided in which content of print information is discriminated. A variable is initialized if the result of discrimination indicates the start of a printing job, and the variable is counted up of the result of discrimination indicates start of the next page. In a case where trouble such as jamming occurs during processing of this print information, at which page from the start of printing this trouble occurred is calculated from the variable, and the page number obtained is outputted upon being incorporated in information indicative of the fact that trouble has occurred. As a result, it is possible to output information indicating at which page, from the start of a printing job, trouble such as jamming occurred.

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