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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
May. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasushi Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/500 ;
Abstract
A printing control apparatus include: plural control programs for analyzing input data entered from plural interfaces for receiving the input data from an external apparatus, thereby generating output data, a memory for memorizing information on the combination of each interface for which one or plural control programs are designated and the control programs, a discrimination device for discriminating the interface used for data input, and a selection device for selecting the optimum control program corresponding to the interface, used for the data input, discriminated by the discrimination device, by referring to the combination information memorized in the memory.