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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akio Sugaya, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ; G06K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ; G06K 1/00 ;
Abstract
A virtual ejection port is selected by assigning virtual ejection ports to the virtual N ejection ports, then an ejection port of the apparatus is selected for output, and, in response to the entry of a print job designated for output to the virtual ejection port, the ejection port of the apparatus is determined by correlating the virtual ejection port with the ejection port of the apparatus.