Printing apparatus, content output apparatus, and printing system
US7077586B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/33321
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When a print instruction is made by a user who is watching a digital television or the like, a printer makes a send request for print data necessary for printing the first page to a set top box (STB) and receives “Sample.bml” from the STB. Next, the printer refers to the contents written in “Sample. bml”, and specifies image data whose vertical and horizontal sizes are unknown. Next, the printer makes a send request for the vertical and horizontal sizes of an image data whose vertical and horizontal sizes are unknown (such as “B.jpg”) to the STB, and receives the vertical and horizontal sizes from the STB. Further, the printer obtains actual image data from the STB after performing the layout for printing based on the received vertical and horizontal sizes and executes printing page by page.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.