Image supply device, recording system, and recording control method

• US 7,502,049 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2003
• Issued: 03/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Sakamoto, Kazuya, Yamada, Akitoshi, Goto, Fumihiro, Yano, Kentaro, Aichi, Takao, Mikami, Ruriko
• Primary Examiner(s): Ye; Lin
• Assistant Examiner(s): WHIPKEY, JASON T
• Application Number:
  US10/529,217
• Publication Number:
  US 20060044395A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,931 Days
• Field of Search: 348/207.1, 348/207.2, 348/231.3, 348/231.6, 358/1.13, 358/1.15, 358/1.18, 358/1.6, 710/65, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 348/207.2
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/393 Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine ; Controlling or analysing mechanical parameters involving printing of test patterns
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00278 with a printing apparatus, e.g. a laser beam printer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0013 Arrangements for the control of the connected apparatus by the still picture apparatus arrangements for the control of a still picture apparatus by the connected apparatus H04N2201/0074; control of image communication with the connected apparatus H04N2201/0015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3242 of processing required or performed, e.g. for reproduction or before recording H04N2201/3256 and subgroups take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3277 The additional information being stored in the same storage device as the image data

Abstract

A digital camera has a storage medium which stores imagedata and a DPOF associated with a print process of the image data, acquires information associated with the function of a printer upon connection of that printer, sets a CDPS job command associated with the print process of the image data on the basis of the acquired information associated with the functions, sets a print condition for the printer on the basis of the DPOF and CDPS command, and sends a print instruction. The printer acquires image data stored in the storage medium in accordance with the designated print condition and prints the image data.

Claims

1. An image supply device for directly communicating with a printer and transmitting image data to the printer to print the image data, the device comprising:

an interface configured to connect with a storage medium that stores image data and a file including first image designation data for designating image data to be printed, wherein the file has been stored in the storage medium before the image supply device and the printer communicate each other;

an obtaining unit configured to obtain function information of the printer from the printer through communication with the printer;

a creation unit configured to create second image designation data based on a designation of image data to be printed after the image supply device and the printer communicate each other, and create a print job including the second image designation data and a print condition based on the function information obtained by said obtaining unit; and

a transmission unit configured to transmit the print job created by said creation unit to the printer,

wherein if the designation of image data to be printed is performed using the first image designation data included in the file, then said creation unit creates the print job including information for designating the file instead of the second image designation data.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the image supply device is a digital camera.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the file is a DPOF file.

4. A control method of an image supply device for directly communicating with a printer and transmitting image data to the printer to print the image data, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining function information of the printer from the printer through communication with the printer, while a storage medium that stores image data and a file including first image designation data for designating image data to be printed is mounted on the image supply device, wherein the file has been stored in the storage medium before the image supply device and the printer communicate each other;

creating second image designation data based on a designation of image data to be printed after the image supply device and the printer communicate each other;

generating a print job including the second image designation data and a print condition based on the function information obtained in said obtaining step; and

transmitting the print job created in said generating step to the printer,

wherein if the designation of image data to be printed is performed using the first image designation data included in the file, then said generating step generates the print job including information for designating the file instead of the second image designation data.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein the image supply device is a digital camera.

6. A method according to claim 4, wherein

the file is a DPOF file.