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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1992
Tsutomu Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Susumu Takase, Yokohama, JP;
Naohisa Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Fukunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Nishiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Jiro Tateyama, Yokohama, JP;
Hisatsugu Naito, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing method and apparatus according to the present invention is capable of instructing whether or not a printing portion is used in a case where data is received from a host so as to be printed, and the initializing control required to perform printing can be skipped at the time of power supply if the printing portion is not used, or arranged to store a fact whether or not initialization has been performed so that whether or not the initialization is performed is controlled at the time of the power supply or when a printing opportunity has been issued.