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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1995
Yasuko Amano, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuhiko Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An output apparatus for forming output information on the basis of input information inputted from an external apparatus and outputting is constructed by a connector for connecting the output apparatus to the external apparatus so that they can communicate, a memory to store a data group to manage a menu structure for setting an output environment, an internal environment setting unit for setting an output environment on the basis of the data group, a transfer unit for transferring the data group from the memory to the external apparatus through the connector, and an external environment setting unit for setting an output environment onto the external apparatus on the basis of the data group transferred to the external apparatus. An operating method for the internal environment setting unit and an operating method for the external environment setting unit are identical.