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Data converting apparatus and method, printing apparatus and method, printing controlling apparatus and method, printing system and method, and data transmitting method for converting print data

US7024500B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 2001
Grant dateApr 4, 2006
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Expiry dateMay 19, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1279
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a printing system in which with a plurality of different types of controllers connected to one serial bus, different types of print data can be inputted to and printed by a printing unit. When a set top box and desktop and portable personal computers, different in type from each other, are connected to a IEEE 1394 serial bus, screen data is outputted from the set top box to an AV/C printer and PDL data is outputted from the personal computers to the AV/C printer. The AV/C printer judges the image type of the input data. Based on the image type, the printing system converts the print data to a type of print data supported by the AV/C printer.

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