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Image supply device, control method of the device, and printing system

US7929172B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 2010
Grant dateApr 19, 2011
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/3278
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In this invention, to enable printing of an image that has undergone an image process or print process complying with the desire of a user on an image supply device side, real object handles and virtual object handles are set to, of images to be supplied to the printing device, images that require a predetermined image process and remaining images, respectively. A print job including the object handle of a print target image is issued in accordance with a print instruction. If the handle of an image requested by the printing device in response to the issued print job is a virtual object handle, the predetermined image process is executed for image data corresponding to the handle, and the processed image data is supplied to the printing device.

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