Printing system and control method for printing system

Abstract

In a printing system which causes a printing apparatus to perform printing based on print data generated by a data-generating apparatus, plural types of printing apparatuses which can be connected to the printing system include model information inherent in each model. The data-generating apparatus includes: editing functions for generating print data by editing input data; a database which correlates all model information with the editing functions possessed by the plurality of types of printing apparatuses based on printing functions; a model-information acquiring device for acquiring model information of the connected printing apparatuses; a function-specifying device for specifying an editing function not supported by the printing apparatus in view of the acquired model information based on the database; and a function-limiting device for limiting use of the unsupported editing function. It is thus possible to prevent disagreement between the user's print images prior to printing and actual print results from occurring.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a printing system and a control method of the printing system in which a data creation device that creates print data and a printing device that performs printing based on the print data are connected via an interface. Background technique [0002] Conventionally, a printing system is known in which a data creation device such as a personal computer is connected to a printing device (printer), and the printing device performs printing based on print data created by the data creation device. The data creation device has a display, a keyboard, a mouse, and a control device. In the control device, various control programs and control tables such as various conversion tables for inputting and editing print data are registered, and the user can input and edit the data by operating the keyboard and the mouse while viewing it on the display. print data. [0003] However, the editing function of some data creation devices dep...

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Problems solved by technology

Therefore, in this kind of printing system, if it is set up so that a variety of printing devices with different printing functions can be connected to the data creation device, the editing function supported by only some of the printing devices will occur, so the connection with the printing system will occur. There is a risk that the printing device cannot properly print the printing data

That is, when printing data is created by using an editing function that is not supported by the connected printing device, the printed image owned by the user before printing may not match the actual printing result due to the created printing data.

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