Information processing device and information processing method

• US 5,859,956 A
• Filed: 03/03/1997
• Issued: 01/12/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Fukuda, Yasuo, Hashimoto, Yasuhiko, Yamada, Osamu, Saito, Kazuhiro, Negishi, Tsutomu, Toda, Masanari, Takaoka, Makoto, Yokomizo, Yoshikazu, Shishizuka, Junichi, Toda, Yukari, Sugiyama, Mitsumasa, Sugiura, Susumu, Kobayashi, Shigetada, Mita, Yoshinobu
• Primary Examiner(s): Coles, Edward L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Popovici, Dov
• Application Number:
  US08/811,454
• Time in Patent Office: 680 Days
• Field of Search: 395/112, 395/113, 395/114, 395/117, 395/101, 395/501, 395/133, 395/200.01, 395/200.02, 395/200.03, 395/200.08, 395/200.2, 395/200.3, 395/502, 395/946 , 395/200.31, 395/200.33, 395/200.43, 395/200.79, 395/835, 395/836, 395/837, 395/838, 358/407, 358/468, 358/434, 358/435, 358/436, 358/437, 358/438, 358/439, 345/501, 345/502, 345/433, 707/911, 347/5
• US Class Current: 358/1.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/121 Facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1234 Errors handling and recovery, e.g. reprinting G06F3/1261 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server
• 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 2215/0085 Error recovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00915 Assigning priority to, or interrupting, a particular operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32502 in systems having a plurality of input or output devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32512 of different type, e.g. internal and external devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32518 details of interfacing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32609 Fault detection or counter-measures, e.g. original mis-positioned, shortage of paper
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32662 remotely, e.g. to the transmitter from the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0015 Control of image communication with the connected apparatus, e.g. signalling capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0034 Details of the connection, e.g. connector, interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0049 By wire, cable or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0081 Image reader H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence

Abstract

There is disclosed an information device and an information processing method which determine whether a control code constituting a document information is processable or not, transfer the document information to the other information processing device connected with the information processing device when the control code was determined to be unprocessable, and has the other information processing device executed as proxy for the original information processing device to produce an output information from the document information.

Claims

1. A data processing apparatus for rasterizing data in PDL (page description language), said apparatus comprising:

rasterizing means having a function of rasterizing data described in at least one kind of PDL;

input means for inputting data from an external source;

determining means for determining whether a kind of PDL describing the input data is included in the at least one kind of PDL; and

controlling means for causing the input data to be sent to another data processing apparatus and for causing the other data processing apparatus to rasterize the input data when said determining means determines that the kind of PDL describing the input data is not included in the at least one kind of PDL.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for specifying a data processing apparatus which has a function of rasterizing data described in the kind of PDL describing the input data.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said data processing apparatus, the external source and the other data processing apparatus are connected to a common network.

4. A data processing system comprising:

a first data processing apparatus for rasterizing data in PDL (page description language), said first data processing apparatus comprising;

first input means for inputting data from an external source;

first rasterizing means having a function of rasterizing data described in at least one kind of PDL;

determining means for determining whether a kind of PDL describing the data input by said first input means in included in the at least one kind of PDL; and

controlling means for causing the data input to the first input means to be sent to a second data processing apparatus and for causing the second data processing apparatus to rasterize the input data when said determining means determines that the kind of PDL describing the input data is not included in the at least one kind of PDL;

said second data processing apparatus, connected to said first data processing apparatus, for rasterizing data in PDL, said second data processing apparatus comprising;

second input means for inputting data from said first data processing apparatus; and

second rasterizing means having a function of rasterizing data described in the kind of PDL describing the data input by said first input means.

5. A system according to claim 4, wherein said first data processing apparatus, the external source and said second data processing apparatus are connected to a common network.