Discriminating a rule for processing data
US6559957B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 29, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K2215/0011
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An output method and apparatus of a printer are provided. A rule which dominates a describing language of reception data is judged and stored. The reception data is processed in accordance with the rule determined. The data which is received before the elapse of a predetermined time after the reception data was processed is processed in accordance with the rule decided. With respect to the data which is received after the elapse of the predetermined time, a rule which dominates such data is newly discriminated. The content of the description of the reception data is discriminated and the resolution of the printer is changed in accordance with the resolution of the image data indicated by the reception data.
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