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Print system
Assignee: Ricoh Printing Systems Ltd
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Filing: 2001-07-13
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Granted: 2006-08-15
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Expires: 2021-07-13
Abstract
Abstract In a print system comprising a computer and a printer connected directly or indirectly via a network to the computer, the printer stores documents prepared by the computer, has a page/document layout processing section for the stored documents, and can output document data undergoing page/document layout, provided by the page/document layout processing section.
Inventors
- 👤 Seiji Kageyama
- 👤 Tatsuro Akabane
- 👤 Takeshi Yamaguchi
- 👤 Katsumi Kumagai
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:58
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K15/00; G06K15/02; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/12; G06F3/1201; G06F3/1202; G06F3/1203; G06F3/1205; G06F3/1223; G06F3/1237; G06F3/125; G06F3/1278; G06F3/1285; G06F3/126; G06F3/1264; G06F3/1288
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
58 words
A print system, comprising: a computer; and a printer connected via a network to said computer, said printer comprising: an archive for storing documents prepared by said computer; and a page/document layout section for performing page/document layout processing for each stored document and for outputting document data undergoing page/document layout as an immediate print dot image format document.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
58 words
A print system, comprising: a computer; and a printer connected via a network to said computer, said printer comprising: an archive for storing documents prepared by said computer; and a page/document layout section for performing page/document layout processing for each stored document and for outputting document data undergoing page/document layout as an immediate print dot image format document.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
68 words
The print system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein: a user selects a document and a job ticket for specifying the page/document layout specification from said computer; said user selects and specifies print, storage, or storage and print from said computer as an output destination at the same time; and said printer executes page/document layout and print, storage, or storage and print as specified by the user.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
The system of claim 2 , wherein if an input job ticket matches some job ticket for the immediate print format document of the document name, the immediate print format document is used, and otherwise editable format document of the document name is expanded and entered into page/document layout section, and page/document layout section executes page/document layout.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The system of claim 3 , wherein said page/document layout section performs one of 1 up, 2 up, 4 up, saddle stitch, twining, double speed, and dual page print page/document layout for each stored document.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 3 , wherein at least one of said stored documents comprises a page description language document.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system of claim 5 , wherein said page description language document comprises a document in one of PostScript, PDF, PCL-5, PCL-5E, PCL-6, and PCL-XL page description languages.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 5 , wherein said printer further comprises a drawing section that converts said page description language document into dot image data.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 7 , wherein said page/document layout section performs page/document layout processing on said dot image data.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
The system of claim 3 , wherein said printer further comprises: a spool; and a spool control service section that accepts print jobs and registration in the spool, executes print jobs stored in the spool in the acceptance order, and executes requests from a spool control instruction section in the computer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
The system of claim 3 , wherein said printer further comprises an archive management service section that accepts and processes requests for at least one of registration, storage, print, storage and print, reference, deletion, name change, display, edit, move, copy, and retrieve.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
88 words
The system of claim 3 , wherein said page/document layout section comprises: a decompressor that decompresses a stored document into a dot image data format; a page/document layout unit that receives a document in a dot image data format, performs page/document layout processing on said received dot image data format document and outputs a page/document layout processed dot image format document as said immediate print dot image format document; and a compressor that receives and compresses said page/document layout processed dot image format from said page/document layout unit.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of claim 11 , wherein said printer further comprises a drawing section that converts said page description language document into dot image data, and that provides said converted document to said page/document layout unit.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
52 words
The system of claim 11 , wherein said printer further comprises a drawing section, said dot image data output from said drawing section is transmitted to a second compressor, said second compressor compresses said dot image data into a compressed document, and said compressed document is transmitted to said page/document layout section.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
51 words
The system of claim 3 , wherein each document stored in said archive includes an edit attribute and a print attribute, wherein said edit attribute comprises one of an editable attribute and an edited attribute, and wherein said print attribute comprises one of a printable attribute and a fast printable attribute.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
46 words
The system of claim 14 , wherein said printable attribute indicates that a corresponding stored document comprises a document in a page description language, and said fast printable attribute indicates that a corresponding stored document comprises a document in an immediate print dot image format document.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 3 , wherein said printer further comprises a document format converter that converts a stored document into a display/edit format.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system of claim 16 , wherein said document format converter comprises: a page description language format converter that converts a stored document into a display/edit format; and an image format converter that decompresses a document in a dot format.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of claim 3 , wherein said printer further comprises: a file transfer receiver that receives a document from said computer; and a storage holder that stores said document received from said file transfer receiver.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
40 words
A printer, comprising: an archive that stores documents prepared by a computer; and a page/document layout section that performs page/document layout processing on at least one document stored in said archive to generate an immediate print dot image format document.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
40 words
A printer, comprising: an archive that stores documents prepared by a computer; and a page/document layout section that performs page/document layout processing on at least one document stored in said archive to generate an immediate print dot image format document.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
39 words
A printer, comprising: means for storing documents prepared by a computer; and means for performing page/document layout processing on at least one document stored in said means for storing documents to generate an immediate print dot image format document.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
39 words
A printer, comprising: means for storing documents prepared by a computer; and means for performing page/document layout processing on at least one document stored in said means for storing documents to generate an immediate print dot image format document.
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