Method and apparatus for controlling a printing operation
US6447184B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/126
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A networked printing system has the capability of selecting a particular paper feeding slot of a printer by designating a paper name assigned to that particular paper feeding slot. Thus, an optimum printing operation is performed by the printer assigned that paper name. A controller communicates with the respective printers and produces a paper name information table. A paper name list is then produced according to this paper name information table. In accordance with the paper name list, a list of selectable paper names is displayed on a printing operation control screen. If a particular paper name is selected by a user from this list, then a printer assigned the selected paper name is retrieved from the paper name information table, and the retrieve printer is employed as the destination to which printing information is output.
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