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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1992
Shigenori Motooka, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kouichi Shibata, Sakai, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
When data is sent from an arbitrary host interface out of a plurality of host interfaces for connecting a plurality of host apparatuses, the acceptance of the data is started, and the acceptance of data from the other host interfaces are inhibited. When it is judged that the acceptance of data corresponding to all pages sent has been terminated, a state where the acceptance of the data from the other host interfaces (from which data are inhibited from being accepted) is being inhibited is released. Consequently, even when data are simultaneously sent from two or more host apparatuses to a printer, it is possible to normally print out the data.