Printing system wherein one of printer drivers through which print data is sent from a data processor to a printer is selected based on interpreters available on the printer
First Claim
1. A printing system including a printing device which has at least one language interpreter for interpreting print data for performing a printing operation, and a data processing device which is connected to said printing device through a bidirectional interface and which has a plurality of printer drivers through which said print data are sent to said printing device, wherein the improvement comprises:
- said data processing device including inquiring means for sending to said printing device an inquiry signal to ask said printing device to send back to said data processing device interpreter-identification data representative of said at least one language interpreter, and printer driver selecting means for selecting one of said plurality of printer drivers which is compatible with one of said at least one language interpreter, on the basis of said interpreter-identification data received from said printing device; and
said printing device including ID data output means responsive to said inquiry signal, for sending said interpreter-identification data to said data processing device.
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Abstract
A printing system including a printer having at least one interpreter for interpreting print data for performing a printing operation, and a data processor connected to the printing device and having a plurality of printer drivers through which the print data are sent to the printer device. The data processor sends to the printer an inquiry signal asking the printer to send back to the data processor interpreter-identification data representative of the interpreter or interpreters. The data processor selects one of the printer drivers compatible with the interpreter or one of the interpreters, on the basis of the interpreter-identification data. The printer sends the interpreter-identification data to the data processor, in response to the inquiry signal.
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1. A printing system including a printing device which has at least one language interpreter for interpreting print data for performing a printing operation, and a data processing device which is connected to said printing device through a bidirectional interface and which has a plurality of printer drivers through which said print data are sent to said printing device, wherein the improvement comprises:
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said data processing device including inquiring means for sending to said printing device an inquiry signal to ask said printing device to send back to said data processing device interpreter-identification data representative of said at least one language interpreter, and printer driver selecting means for selecting one of said plurality of printer drivers which is compatible with one of said at least one language interpreter, on the basis of said interpreter-identification data received from said printing device; and said printing device including ID data output means responsive to said inquiry signal, for sending said interpreter-identification data to said data processing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A printing system including a plurality of printing devices each of which has at least one language interpreter for interpreting print data for performing a printing operation, and at least one data processing device each of which is connected to said plurality of printing devices through a bidirectional interface and has at least one printer driver through which said print data are sent to one of said plurality of printing devices, wherein the improvement comprises:
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each of said at least one data processing device including inquiring means for sending to said plurality of printing devices an inquiry signal to ask said printing devices to send back to said each data processing device interpreter-identification data representative of said at least one language interpreter of each of said printing devices, and printer selecting means for selecting, on the basis of said interpreter-identification data received from said printing devices, one of said printing devices which has the language interpreter compatible with one of said at least one printer driver of said each data processing device; and each of said printing devices including ID data output means responsive to said inquiry signal received from said at least one data processing device, for sending said interpreter-identification data of said each printing device to one of said at least one data processing device from which said inquiry signal is received. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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