Method and apparatus for printing data in accordance with a previously set parameter regardless of currently specified parameters

• US 5,822,499 A
• Filed: 08/26/1996
• Issued: 10/13/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Okada, Kunio, Sato, Yukimasa, Kojo, Yoshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Barry, Lance Leonard
• Application Number:
  US08/702,804
• Time in Patent Office: 778 Days
• Field of Search: 358/404, 358/444, 395/101-117, 395/200.1, 395/828-834, 395/284, 395/800
• US Class Current: 358/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/00 Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data , e.g. computer output printersprinting or plotting combined with another operation, e.g. with conveying, G06K17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/02 using printers
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2215/0002 Handling the output data

Abstract

An output method and apparatus is provided for storing first control information for controlling an output operation based on externally supplied data and for storing command information for commanding modification of the first control information to second control information that is different from the first control information, and for modifying the first control information to the second control information to control the output operation based on the second control information in accordance with the stored command information, wherein the output operation can be executed based on the first control information.

Claims

1. An output method carried out in an output apparatus which executes an output operation for data supplied from an external source, in accordance with a plurality of parameters included in the supplied data, said method comprising the steps of:

storing command information for commanding modification of at least one of the plurality of parameters to another parameter that is different from the at least one parameter; and

modifying, in response to the stored command information, the at least one parameter to the another parameter to control the output operation for the data supplied from the external source in accordance with the another parameter and in accordance with the plurality of parameters except for the at least one parameter, the another parameter being supplied from the external source earlier than the at least one parameter.

2. An output method according to claim 1, wherein said storing step comprises storing the command information based on data for identifying the at least one of the plurality of parameters and the another parameter.

3. An output method according to claim 1, wherein the data supplied from outside the output apparatus is supplied from a host computer.

4. An output method according to claim 1, wherein the output operation is executed using a laser beam printer.

5. An output method according to claim 1, wherein the output operation is executed using an ink jet printer.

6. An output apparatus for executing an output operation for data supplied from an external source, in accordance with a plurality of parameters included in the supplied data, said apparatus comprising:

memory means for storing command information for commanding modification of at least one of the parameters to another parameter that is different from the at least one parameter; and

control means for modifying, in response to the command information stored in said memory means, the at least one parameter to the another parameter to control the output operation for the data supplied from the external source in accordance with the another parameter and in accordance with the plurality of parameters except for the at least one parameter, the another parameter being supplied from the external source earlier than the at least one parameter.

7. An output apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said memory means stores the command information based on data for identifying the at least one of the plurality of parameters and the another parameter.

8. An output apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the data supplied from outside is supplied from a host computer.

9. An output apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the output operation is executed using a laser beam printer.

10. An output apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the output operation is executed using an ink jet printer.

11. An output method carried out in an output system comprising an output apparatus and outputting means, which executes an output operation for data supplied from a computing means to the output apparatus, in accordance with a plurality of parameters included in the supplied data, said method comprising the steps of:

storing command information for commanding modification of at least one of the plurality of parameters to another parameter that is supplied from the computing means and is different from the at least one parameter; and

modifying, in response to the stored command information, the at least one parameter to the another parameter to control the output operation for the data supplied from the computing means in accordance with the another parameter and in accordance with the plurality of parameters except for the at least one parameter, the another parameter being supplied from the computing means earlier than the at least one parameter.

12. An output method according to claim 11, wherein said storing step comprises storing the command information based on data for identifying the at least one of the plurality of parameters and the another parameter.

13. An output method according to claim 11, wherein the output operation is executed using a laser beam printer.

14. An output method according to claim 11, wherein the output operation is executed using an ink jet printer.

15. An output system comprising:

computing means for outputting data and information; and

an output apparatus for executing an output operation for the data supplied from said computing means in accordance with a plurality of parameters included in the supplied data, said output apparatus comprising;

memory means for storing command information for commanding modification of at least one of the plurality of parameters to another parameter that is supplied by said computing means and is different from the at least one parameter; and

control means for modifying, in response to the command information stored in said memory means, the at least one parameter to the another parameter to control the output operation for the data supplied from said computing means in accordance with the another parameter and in accordance with the plurality of parameters except for the at least one parameter, the another parameter being supplied from said computing means earlier than the at least one parameter.

16. An output system according to claim 15, wherein said memory means stores the command information based on data for identifying the at least one of the plurality of parameters and the another parameter.

17. An output system according to claim 15, wherein the output operation is executed using a laser beam printer.

18. An output system according to claim 15, wherein the output operation is executed using an ink jet printer.

19. A computer-readable memory medium storing a program for performing an output method carried out in an output apparatus which executes an output operation for data supplied from an external source in accordance with a plurality of parameters included in the supplied data, the program stored on said computer-readable memory medium comprising the steps of:

storing command information for commanding modification of at least one of the plurality of parameters to another parameter that is different from the at least one parameter; and

modifying, in response to the stored command information, the at least one parameter to the another parameter to control the output operation for the data supplied from the external source in accordance with the another parameter and in accordance with the plurality of parameters except for the at least one parameter, the another parameter being supplied from the external source earlier than the at least one parameter.

20. A computer-readable memory medium according to claim 19, wherein said storing step comprises storing the command information based on data for identifying the at least one of the plurality of parameters and the another parameter.

21. A computer-readable memory medium according to claim 19, wherein the supplied from outside the output apparatus is supplied from a host computer.

22. A computer-readable memory medium according to claim 19, wherein the output operation is executed using a laser beam printer.

23. A computer-readable memory medium according to claim 19, wherein the output operation is executed using an ink jet printer.

24. A computer-readable memory medium storing a program for performing an output method carried out in an output system including an output apparatus and outputting means, which executes an output operation for data supplied from a computing means to the output apparatus in accordance with a plurality of parameters included in the supplied data, the method performed by the program stored on said computer-readable memory medium comprising the steps of:

storing command information for commanding modification of at least one of the plurality of parameters to another parameter that is supplied from the computing means and is different from the at least one parameter; and

modifying, in response to the stored command information, the at least one parameter to the another parameter to control the output operation for the data supplied from the computing means in accordance with the another parameter and in accordance with the plurality of parameters except for the at least one parameter, the another parameter being supplied from the computing means earlier than the at least one parameter.

25. A computer-readable memory medium according to claim 24, wherein said storing step comprises storing the command information based on data for identifying the at least one of the plurality of parameters and the another parameter.

26. A computer-readable memory medium according to claim 24, wherein the output operation is executed using a laser beam printer.

27. A computer-readable memory medium according to claim 24, wherein the output operation is executed using an ink jet printer.