Control system and control method for image processing apparatus
US7301662B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/0091
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing apparatus controlling system, control method and control program product for transferring to an image processing apparatus, document file or image data file in the form of electrical data, along with data of selected function of the image processing apparatus, and for making the image processing apparatus execute printing operation in accordance with received data.A monitor screen of a terminal device such as a personal computer displays a printer icon 200EX composed of a plurality of parts 200A, 200B, . . . representative of the functions of the image processing apparatus to be selected. The monitor screen also displays file icons 210, 211, . . . along with the printer icon. A file icon representing an image processing apparatus to be used, is drugged and moved to any part of the printer icon 200EX and dropped there. Data of the function of the image processing apparatus represented by the part where the file icon is dropped, is transferred to the image processing apparatus along with the image data included in the selected file icon.
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