Print control method, print control device, and storage medium
First Claim
1. A print control method that executes a process of adding a command to print data output from an application to a communication port in a computer having a communication port and executing a specific process by an application installed on an application layer and operating under an operating system on the operating system kernel layer, whereby the computer executes steps including:
- a data acquisition step of acquiring the print data at the OS kernel layer before the print data is received by the communication port;
a data interpreting step of determining on the application layer if each command of the print data acquired in the data acquisition step is a first command instructing printing a print object that should be printed at a different print speed than the standard speed; and
a data processing step of executing on the application layer a command addition process of adding a command changing the print speed before the first command when the command interpreted in the data interpreting step is determined to be a first command, and not adding a command when the command is not a first command, and then outputting the processed print data to the communication port.
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Abstract
A print control method executes a process of adding a command to print data output from an application to a communication port in a computer having a communication port and executing a specific process by an application installed on an application layer and operating under an operating system on the OS kernel layer, the method including: the computer acquiring the print data at the OS kernel layer before the print data is received by the communication port; determining on the application layer if each command of the acquired print data is a print instruction command for an object that should be printed at a different print speed than the standard speed; and adding and outputting to the communication port a command that changes the print speed before the print instruction command when the command is determined to be a print instruction command for printing an object at a different speed.
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11 Claims
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1. A print control method that executes a process of adding a command to print data output from an application to a communication port in a computer having a communication port and executing a specific process by an application installed on an application layer and operating under an operating system on the operating system kernel layer, whereby the computer executes steps including:
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a data acquisition step of acquiring the print data at the OS kernel layer before the print data is received by the communication port; a data interpreting step of determining on the application layer if each command of the print data acquired in the data acquisition step is a first command instructing printing a print object that should be printed at a different print speed than the standard speed; and a data processing step of executing on the application layer a command addition process of adding a command changing the print speed before the first command when the command interpreted in the data interpreting step is determined to be a first command, and not adding a command when the command is not a first command, and then outputting the processed print data to the communication port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A print control device that executes a process of adding a command to print data output from an application to a communication port in a computer having a communication port and executing a specific process by an application installed on an application layer and operating under an operating system on the operating system kernel layer, comprising:
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a data acquisition unit that acquires the print data at the OS kernel layer before the print data is received by the communication port; a data interpreting unit that determines on the application layer if each command of the acquired print data is a first command instructing printing a print object that should be printed at a different print speed than the standard speed; and a data processing unit that executes on the application layer a command addition process of adding a command changing the print speed before the first command when the command interpreted in the data interpreting step is determined to be a first command, and not adding a command when the command is not a first command, and then outputting the processed print data to the communication port. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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