Printing system for selecting a desired printer from plural printers connected to a network
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1. A printing system for printing by a selected printer by selecting a desired printer from plural printers connected to a network comprising:
- a printing condition memory for storing the printing condition set by the user;
a printer driver selector for selecting a printer driver optimum for printing of the printing data by referring to the printing condition; and
a status judging unit for judging the status of the printer corresponding to the selected printer driver;
wherein said printing condition memory comprises;
a priority rank memory for storing the priority rank of printing property of printing data; and
a printer condition memory for storing the printing condition of every printer of printing data.
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Abstract
According to the disclosed invention, printer drivers of a plurality of printers for executing print operations are automatically sequentially selected, and print processes are executed by using the selected printer drivers to realize a plurality of efficient print processes. Therefore, effort and time required to the multiple print process can be considerably reduced.
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1. A printing system for printing by a selected printer by selecting a desired printer from plural printers connected to a network comprising:
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a printing condition memory for storing the printing condition set by the user;
a printer driver selector for selecting a printer driver optimum for printing of the printing data by referring to the printing condition; and
a status judging unit for judging the status of the printer corresponding to the selected printer driver;
wherein said printing condition memory comprises;
a priority rank memory for storing the priority rank of printing property of printing data; and
a printer condition memory for storing the printing condition of every printer of printing data. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A printing method for printing by a selected printer by selecting a desired printer from plural printers connected to a network comprising:
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a step of setting the priority rank of printing property of printing data;
a step of setting the printing condition of each printer of printing data;
a printing property input step of entering printing property of printing data for executing printing;
a printer driver selecting step of selecting a printing driver optimum for printing of the printing data by referring to the entered printing property, priority rank of printing property, and printing condition of each printer;
a printer driver calling step of starting a selected printer driver; and
a printing step of executing printing by a printer corresponding to the selected printer driver. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A computer-readable recording medium storing a printing program for printing by a selected printer by selecting a desired printer from plural printers connected to a network for making a computer system execute the operation comprising:
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a process of setting the priority rank of printing property of printing data;
a process of setting the printing condition of each printer of printing data;
a printing property input process of entering printing property of printing data for executing printing;
a printer driver selecting process of selecting a printing driver optimum for printing of the printing data by referring to the entered printing property, priority rank of printing property, and printing condition of each printer;
a printer driver calling process of starting a selected printer driver; and
a printing process of executing printing by a printer corresponding to the selected printer driver. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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