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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2000
Katsumi Shimokawa, Atsugi, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system for printing data includes a printer to print the data and a terminal to process the data with a first application. The terminal includes an intermediate module operated under control of an operating system of the terminal; a communication processor communicating with the printer via an interface of the printer; and a printer driver activated by the application via the intermediate module to generate printing data of the data processed by the terminal and to cause the printer to print the data according to the printing data received by the printer. The printing driver is configured to generate an intermediate printing data before the data is tuned for an outputting size, and to allow a second application to access and change the intermediate printing data to an ultimate printing data and to cause the printer to print the data according to the ultimate printing data.