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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1997
Masayuki Takayama, Kashiwa, JP;
Shouichi Ibaraki, Tokyo, JP;
Aruna Rohra Suda, Yokohama, JP;
Masanori Wakai, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Mikame, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Fujii, Yokohama, JP;
Satomi Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Suresh Jeyachandran, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an information processing system wherein a printer and a personal computer are connected together, when the printer receives a print job from a scanner, as there are a plurality of processes corresponding to the received printed job, the printer distinguishes between a print process to be performed by the printer and a print notification process to be performed for a user by the personal computer. When the printer initiates printing, it instructs the personal computer to perform the print notification process. Upon receipt of the instruction, the personal computer calls a user to notify the user that printing has been initiated.