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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Kitagawa, Fujisawa, JP;
Seiji Kageyama, Yokohama, JP;
Satoru Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Takuya Shimakawa, Yokohama, JP;
Naomi Tamura, Ebina, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395856 ; 395112 ; 395113 ; 395114 ; 395115 ;
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.