Printer and method for control thereof

US6603565B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Océ Printing Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Karola Scheidig · Pliening, DE
• Volker Warbus · Oberhaching, DE
• Heinrich Lay · Töging, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 3, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 5, 2003
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F3/1297
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling a printer includes the steps of generating a plurality of set up data sets such as a first set up data set corresponding to a first printer language and a second set up data set corresponding to a second printer language. Each set up data set comprises language independent control data and language-dependent control data. The method further includes the step of loading the language-independent data and the language-dependent data of the first set up data set corresponding to the first printer language into the main memory of an electronic printer controller. During ongoing printer operation, the method further includes the step of monitoring the print data stream being communicated to the electronic printer controller and determining when a change in printer language from the first printer language to a second printer language occurs in the data stream. The method further includes the step of loading the language-dependent control data of the second set up data set that corresponds to the second printer language into the main memory of the electronic printer controller. A printer with a printer controller with a main memory for receiving set up data sets fr…