Patent
1995-04-07
1998-08-25
Lee, Thomas C.
395112, 395113, 395114, 395115, G06F 1500, G06F 1338
Patent
active
057992061
ABSTRACT:
A remote print system in which a plurality of computers connected to a network are each allowed to finely control a printer (NPR) connected to the network and a computer used in the remote print system. A NPR control library serves as an interface to the NPR, a message is transferred to a NPR controlling daemon under the direction of an interprocess-communication mechanism (IPC), and the NPR controlling daemon performs a requested control operation of the NPR in accordance with the message by utilizing protocol for NPR control.
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Kageyama Seiji
Kitagawa Makoto
Matsumoto Satoru
Shimakawa Takuya
Tamura Naomi
Hitachi , Ltd.
Lee Thomas C.
Perveen Rehana
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