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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1998
Shigeki Hirooka, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To print plural copies of a document consisting of a plurality of pages by a printer, a host computer sandwiches print data with a spool command and a spool end command, and transmits the print data to the printer. The printer stores the received print data, sandwiched in between the spool command and spool end command, in a spool area. Then, the printer processes the print data stored in the spool area similarly to the processing of print data received directly from the host computer. Note that in this case, the printing operation is repeated the number of times corresponding to the number of copies of the document designated by the host computer. Accordingly, print data stored temporarily in the spool area can be used in similar manner to the print data transmitted directly from the host computer, for printing plural copies of the document.