Patent · US Expired

Network system, information processing device and information memory medium

US6407823B1 · kind B1 · utility

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28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 27, 1998
Grant dateJun 18, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 27, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/129
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A network system which comprises a client printer 40a and a server device which has high processing ability, which are connected via a communication line is presented. The client printer requests data processing of printing data, which it will print itself, from the server device on the network. The server device receives the necessary data processing program from the client printer or another device on the network when it does not itself have the necessary data processing program, and performs the data processing. The client printer receives the processed printing data performs a print output.

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