Printing control apparatus, printing control method, printing control system, and storage medium in which printing control program is stored
US6600569B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1263
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A printing control apparatus for analyzing and processing an input print job that includes printing management data for managing the print job and print data. Header information identifying the printing management data has been added to the printing management data and header information identifying the print data and indicating a data size of the print data has been added to the print data. Header information of input data is analyzed and input data determined to be printing management data in accordance with the header information is stored in a management information storage medium and input data determined to be print data in accordance with the head information is stored in a print data storage medium on the basis of the data size indicated in the header information, without analyzing the print data.
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