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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1993
Nobuhiko Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Nagata, Tama, JP;
Yoshifumi Okamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Morita, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Shimura, Toyko, JP;
Shunya Mitsuhashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Nishijima, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Unishi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus acquires identification information which specifies an interpreting program for interpreting a device control language, the specified interpreting program being operable in an external device connected to the information processing apparatus. It is discriminated whether a selected first control program corresponds to the device control language interpreted by the specified interpreting program. If it is discriminated that the selected first control program does not correspond to the device control language interpreted by the specified interpreting program, a second control program corresponding to the device control language interpreted by the specified interpreting program is selected from a plurality of control programs. Data is output to the external device using the first control program or, if it is discriminated that the first control program does not correspond to the device control language, the selected second control program.