Title:
COMPOSITE PRINTER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005210275
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a composite printer with GDI as the standard support, in which a PC printing function by PDL can be added as an optional item and at a low price.
The composite printer 1, having a PC interface 3 for receiving GDI print data from a PC2, is provided with a function of performing print processing, based on received GDI print data. When a PDL option board 5 is attached and data is received through the PC interface 3, a control section 6 makes a decision as to whether the received data is GDI print data or PDL print data, and controls the PDL option board 5 to process the received data, if the received data is decided as being PDL print data.
Inventors:
MIYAZAKI JINICHI
Application Number:
JP2004012914A
Publication Date:
August 04, 2005
Filing Date:
January 21, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MURATA MACHINERY LTD
International Classes:
G06F3/00; G06F3/12; G06F15/00; H04N1/00; (IPC1-7): H04N1/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Mitsuhiko Watanabe