Print Data Compression Control for Faster Printing Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printing data transmission methods are inefficient, particularly when the format of the data is not a compression target, as they waste time and resources on compression processing, reducing the efficiency of printing operations.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that acquires printing data from a user, compresses it only when the format is a compression target, and requests the printing apparatus to print either the compressed or uncompressed data based on the target format, optimizing data transmission and processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If printing data is always compressed before transmission, then data transmission efficiency is improved, but processing time and system load increase unnecessarily for formats that don't benefit from compression
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the compression parameter (compression application) based on the data format parameter. By detecting the printing data format and conditionally applying compression only to suitable formats, the system optimizes the balance between transmission efficiency and processing time, avoiding unnecessary compression overhead for already-compressed or non-compressible formats.
2Quantity of substance
If compression processing is applied to all printing data formats, then data size is reduced, but system load and processing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different processing qualities to different parts of the data based on format type. Compressible formats receive compression processing to reduce data size, while non-compressible formats are transmitted without compression. This localized approach to compression based on format detection optimizes system load while maintaining data size reduction benefits where applicable.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a user, designation of printing data to be printed by a printing apparatus, a compression unit configured to generate compressed data by compressing the printing data in a case where a format of the printing data is a compression target, and a request unit configured to request the compressed data to be printed by the printing apparatus in a case where the format of the printing data is a compression target, and request the printing data to be printed by the printing apparatus in a case where the format of the printing data is not a compression target.