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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1995
Akira Tamagaki, Kyoto, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A data printing and outputting apparatus has a host device, and a digital copying machine connected with the host device through a communication line for printing and outputting data. The control section of the digital copying machine, monitoring the printing operation by the digital copying machine, maintains the communication between the host device and the digital copying machine when the trouble with the digital copying machine is a minor one which does not take time to solve, and stop the communication between the host device and the digital copying machine when the trouble is a major one which takes time to solve. The data printing and outputting apparatus, thus, can increase host device's job efficiency by reducing its workload in the communicating operation between the host device and the digital copying machine.