Printer driver for setting stencil printing machine printing condition items and the like

• US 20010017704A1
• Filed: 02/14/2001
• Published: 08/30/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RISO Kagaku Corporation
• Original Assignee: RISO Kagaku Corporation
• Inventors: Akiyama, Hideki
• Granted Patent: US 7,280,248 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.9
• CPC Class Codes: B41L 13/06 with a single cylinder carrying the stencil

Abstract

In the disclosed invention, when watermark print is set during printing, the printer driver makes a secret operation setting for holding the secret of print data accordingly, and transmits this print data to the stencil printing machine. Therefore, even if the printing of the stencil printing machine is remotely operated, it is possible to prevent an inadvertent failure to set a secret operation and to keep the secret of print data.

Claims

1. A printer driver, provided at a host computer while said host computer is connected to a stencil printing machine through communications, for setting items of various printing conditions for said stencil printing machine, wherein

the various setting items for said printing conditions are displayed;

if a watermark print item is selected on the setting items, a secret operation item for allowing said stencil printing machine to execute a secret keeping operation for print data is selected accordingly; and

information on the items are transmitted, together with the print data, to the stencil printing machine.

2. A printer driver, provided at a host computer while said host computer is connected to a stencil printing machine through communications, for setting items of various printing conditions for said stencil printing machine, wherein

the various setting items for said printing conditions are displayed;

if a watermark print item is selected on the setting items, a selection screen of a secret operation item for allowing said stencil printing machine to execute a secret keeping operation for print data secret is displayed;

the items are made selectable; and

information on the selected items are transmitted, together with the print data, to the stencil printing machine.