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PRINTER, PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM USED TO STORE PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A PRINTER, AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING PRINT CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A PRINTER

  • US 6,633,395 B1
  • Filed: 12/09/1998
  • Issued: 10/14/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A print control apparatus comprising:

  • an input unit arranged for inputting, as a print job, print data to which header information on the print data is added;

    a preprocessor unit arranged for storing the print data of the print job input by said input unit in a print data storage area in accordance with the header information;

    a manager unit arranged for managing print job identification information that identifies the print job, in correspondence to the print data stored in the print data storage area;

    an interpreter unit arranged for interpreting the print data stored in the print data storage area; and

    a print data invalidation unit arranged for, in response to an instruction to cancel a designated print job, invalidating the print data that corresponds to the print job identification information managed by said manager unit for the designated print job among print data stored in the print data storage area.

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