Printing system including print server

Details Printing system including print server Printing system including print server

1993-01-14

1994-04-12

Evans, Arthur G.

395112, G06F 1500

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053033361

ABSTRACT:
A printing system in which a plurality of terminals for creating document data with different printing protocols or character codes, the document data including a string of printing commands, are connected to a print server for printing the document data via a network. Each terminal includes a device adding an identifier indicating a printing protocol or character code of the document data to be sent to the print server. The print server includes a converter for converting the different printing protocols or character codes into a common printing protocol or a common set of character codes according to the identifier. The print server may includes a memory for storing command processing programs associated with the different printing protocols or different sets of character codes and a switcher for selecting one command processing program or one set of character codes according to the identifier.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4992957 (1991-02-01), Aoyama et al.
patent: 4992958 (1991-02-01), Kageyama et al.
patent: 5047957 (1991-09-01), Ikenoue
patent: 5058037 (1992-10-01), Kageyama et al.

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