Ricoh Printing Systems, Ltd.

Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.

Tatsuro Akabane

Seiji Kageyama

Katsumi Kumagai

Kazuyoshi Tokunaga

Kazuyuki Mitome

Tomoko Kitaura

Masamitsu Suzuki

Takeshi Yamaguchi

A printing method for use with a print system including a computer and a printer connected to the computer directly or by way of a network, the method including the steps of: directing the printer to effect printing and storage of a document prepared by the computer in an arbitrary combination of formats; transmitting the document to the printer; effecting receipt by the printer of the document transmitted from the computer; and effecting printing and storage of the document according to the instruction from the computer.

Document processing method

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.

Print system

Document printing method

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Ibaraki, Japan

Tatsuro Akabane