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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1997
Akihiro Shimura, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Nagata, Tama, JP;
Yoshifumi Okamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Morita, Kawasaki, JP;
Shunya Mitsuhashi, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiko Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Takanori Nishijima, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Unishi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus comprises acquiring means for acquiring a memory capacity of a printer connected through a bi-directional interface, compare means for comparing the memory capacity acquired by the acquiring means with a capacity of data to be outputted to the printer, and determination means for determining a memory size of a memory of the printer in accordance with the comparison result. An output apparatus comprises receiving means for receiving memory size information determined by a capacity of data to be outputted from an information processing apparatus connected through a bi-directional interface and a capacity of a memory for storing the data, from the information processing apparatus, and setting means for dynamically setting a size of the memory for storing the data in accordance with the memory size information received by the receiving means.