Title:
AUTOMATIC SWITCHING MECHANISM FOR PRINTER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH06149500
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To automatically select other free printer when a printer is busy to which a host is about to output and to convert control codes into control codes matching the free printer to output data.
CONSTITUTION: Data sent from the host 1 are stored in a data buffer mechanism 4. The stored data are sent from the data buffer mechanism 4 to a printer selecting mechanism 5 to determine which printer is used at every host 1. Successive data from the same host are sent to the same printer. The data whose destination printer is determined are sent to a control code converting mechanism 6 and converted into control codes of the outputting printer, and they are sent to the printer 3.
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Inventors:
TAKASHINA KENJI
Application Number:
JP29576492A
Publication Date:
May 27, 1994
Filing Date:
November 05, 1992
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NEC CORP
International Classes:
B41J29/38; G06F3/12; (IPC1-7): G06F3/12; B41J29/38
Domestic Patent References:
| JPS63253430A | 1988-10-20 | |||
| JPH04177419A | 1992-06-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yutaro Kumagai