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Printer controller, printer control method and storage medium

A technology for printers and controllers, which is applied in the direction of digital output to printing units, instruments, and electrical digital data processing, etc. It can solve problems such as printers cannot produce expected output, data structures have differences in memory space, and application programs cannot work.

Active Publication Date: 2007-05-23
FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
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[0004] In the case where such an application program that does not comply with the general development rules is installed, replacing the dedicated printer with a different type of printer (replacement printer) due to a malfunction of the dedicated printer or the like may cause a problem that the application does not work or the printer does not work. produces the expected output
This is for example because the printer drivers of special printers and replacement printers differ in some data structures or require different sizes of memory space

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[0014] Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[0015] Fig. 1 shows the configuration of an exemplary computer system including a printer controller according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the computer system includes a printer controller 10 and a printer 15 .

[0016] The printer controller 10 as a general-purpose personal computer includes, for example, a control unit 11 , a storage unit 12 , and an interface unit 13 .

[0017] The control unit 11 is, for example, a CPU, and operates according to a program stored in the storage unit 12 . In the present embodiment, the control section 11 realizes the functions of an application module and a driver module (both will be described later).

[0018] The storage section 12 is a computer-readable storage medium for storing programs to be executed by the control section 11, and includes storage devices such as RAM and ROM and / or a disk device an...

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Printer controller, printer control method and storage medium. The printer controller includes a driver module which controls operation of a control subject printer to be controlled, and an application module. The driver module includes: a conversion table referencing section which refers to a conversion table that correlates, for a prescribed printer control item, a control parameter suitable for the control subject printer and a control parameter suitable for a conversion subject printer that is different from the control subject printer; a control parameter acquiring section which acquires the control parameter that is output from the application module, is corresponding to the printer control item, and is suitable for the conversion subject printer; and a control parameter converting section which converts the acquired control parameter into the control parameter suitable for the control subject printer according to the conversion table, and outputs the resulting control parameter.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a printer controller, a printer control method, and a program for controlling the operation of a control-target printer based on instructions from an application program module such as a business application program. Background technique [0002] Generally, when printing a document used by an application program, a printer driver program installed independently of the application program is called. As a result, it is not necessary to describe information such as specifications and control instructions unique to a specific printer in the application program, thereby obtaining prescribed printing results regardless of the printer type. [0003] However, business applications are usually provided as part of a system that includes a specific printer. Therefore, it is difficult to replace a specific printer (dedicated printer) with a different type of printer (replacement printer). For example, a memory space having a size...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/12
CPCG06F3/1284G06F3/1209G06F3/1296G06F3/1204G06F3/1225
Inventor 藤本英基
Owner FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP