Mail printing system with printer selecting function
US6426799B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 30, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When the received mail is determined to be print mail in S981 based on its mail header, the program first determines in S982 what page description language is used to describe the print data in the mail. In S983, the program selects a printer which is being presently set to interpret that page description language. Then, in S1040, print data in the print mail is printed using the printer thus selected in S983. If there exists no printer appropriately set to interpret that page description language, the program selects in S983 a printer provided with a function to interpret that page description language. The program then sets the function mode of the printer into a mode to interpret the page description language. Then, in S1040, print data in the print mail is printed using the thus selected and set printer. Thus, the print mail is printed by a printer which can appropriately interpret the processing format of the print data included in the received print mail. Hence, the print data will not be printed erroneously. The user on the receiving end can receive printed matter in the form desired by the user on the transmitting end.
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