Seiko Epson Corporation

Kiyotaka Nishimura

Tadashi Shiozaki

Chitoshi Takayama

Kenichi Wakabayashi

Akira Nakajima

Hajime Nishizawa

Tsuyoshi Morikawa

Kaoru Hatakoshi

Katsuhiro Ono

To restrain that an adjustment is performed by a printer driver by matching an order for setting items by a user and a priority order between the items when an adjustment is performed by a printer driver.

Print controlling apparatus and information processing apparatus

A printer driver of the present invention informs the operator of some pieces of information specified on another tab during data input operations on a predetermined tab. This structure makes the printer driver easy to use. Composite image data stored as display image data into a display image memory include image data representing a Main tab CD,and image data representing data of Paper Size and Printing Orientation input on a Paper tab CD,. A composite image including the Main tab CD,and the data of Paper Size and Printing Orientation input on the Paper tab CD,is accordingly displayed on a CRT. This structure informs the operator of the data specified on the Paper tab CD,, while the operator carries out data input operations on the Main tab CD

Printer control apparatus method of controlling printer and recording medium used therefor

The image processing performance of a present day or existing page printer, e.g., electrophotographic printer, is improved and accelerated with the use of a detachable intelligent cartridge which contains a CPU and necessary memory to process print data into image dated for the electronic control unit of the printer to which the cartridge is attached. Depending, upon the page description language (PDL) to be employed, a cartridge can be selected for use with the printer and accelerate its PDL conversion and printing output. The intelligent cartridge CPU, which is different from the printer CPU, receives print data are from the printer and, since the data bus connecting the intelligent cartridge and the electronic control unit of the printer has only a read only capability from the electronic control unit, data transfer to the cartridge is made possible by utilizing the print data as an index for the read address accomplished by the printer CPU. The bit image data is accomplished by the cartridge CPU from print data received via the printer CPU and after data development, the bit image data is transferred to the printer for hardcopy printout.

Intelligent cartridge for attachment to a printer to perform image

The image processing performance of a present day or existing page printer, e.g., electrophotographic printer, is improved and accelerated with the use of a detachable intelligent cartridge which contains a CPU and necessary memory to process print data into image dated for the electronic control unit of the printer to which the cartridge is attached. Depending upon the page description language (PDL) to be employed, a cartridge can be selected for use with the printer and accelerate its PDL conversion and printing output. The intelligent cartridge CPU, which is different from the printer CPU, receives print data from the printer and, since the data bus connecting the intelligent cartridge and the electronic control unit of the printer has only a read only capability from the electronic control unit, data transfer to the cartridge is made possible by utilizing the print data as an index for the read address accomplished by the printer CPU. The bit image data is accomplished by the cartridge CPU from print data received via the printer CPU and after data development, the bit image data is transferred to the printer for hardcopy printout.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Kiyotaka Nishimura