Printer driver for setting stencil printing machine printing condition items and the like

• US 7,280,248 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2001
• Issued: 10/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: RISO Kagaku Corporation
• Original Assignee: RISO Kagaku Corporation
• Inventors: Akiyama, Hideki
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia; Gabriel I.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pham; Thierry L.
• Application Number:
  US09/782,220
• Publication Number:
  US 20010017704A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,428 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.9, 358/1.15, 358/1.1, 358 111- 118, 358 328- 329, 101 48- 51, 101114-129
• US Class Current: 358/1.9
• CPC Class Codes: B41L 13/06 with a single cylinder carrying the stencil

Abstract

In the disclosed invention, when watermark print is set during printing, the printer driver makes a secret operation setting for holding the secret of print data accordingly, and transmits this print data to the stencil printing machine. Therefore, even if the printing of the stencil printing machine is remotely operated, it is possible to prevent an inadvertent failure to set a secret operation and to keep the secret of print data.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium storing a printer driver provided at a host computer while said host computer is connected to a stencil printing machine through communications, for setting items of various printing conditions for said stencil printing including a number of copies to be printed,

wherein the various setting items for said printing conditions are displayed;

if the printer driver determines that a watermark print item is selected on the setting items, the printer driver automatically selects a secret operation item said secret operation item instructing said stencil printing machine to remove a used stencil sheet from a print drum and dispose of said used stencil sheet after said number of copies have been printed; and

information on the items are transmitted, together with the print data, to the stencil printing machine.

2. A computer readable medium storing a printer driver, provided at a host computer while said host computer is connected to a stencil printing machine through communications, for setting items of various printing conditions for said stencil printing machine including a number of copies to be printed,

wherein the various setting items for said printing conditions are displayed;

if a watermark print item is selected on the setting items, a selection screen of a secret operation item for allowing said stencil printing machine to execute a secret keeping operation for print data secret is displayed;

the items are made selectable;

if the printer driver determines that said secret operation item is selected, the printer driver automatically selects a secret keeping operation for print data, said secret keeping operation instructing said stencil printing machine to remove a used stencil sheet from a print drum and dispose of said stencil sheet after said number of copies have been printed; and

information on the selected items are transmitted, together with print data, to the stencil printing machine.