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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2004
Hirowo Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisashi Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Tajika, Yokohama, JP;
Miyuki Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Konno, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Norihiro Kawatoko, Tokyo, JP;
Hirowo Inoue, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisashi Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Tajika, Yokohama, JP;
Miyuki Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Konno, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Norihiro Kawatoko, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a printing apparatus communicating with an image data output device, a comparison unit compares a resolution of an image to be printed with a capability of the printer based upon image additional information, a request unit requests low quality image data corresponding to the image to be printed of the image data output device in accordance with a result of a comparison in the comparison unit, a determination unit determines a size of the image to be printed, and a second request unit requests image additional information, regarding the low quality image data corresponding to the image to be printed, of the image data output device in accordance with the size of the image to be printed. A printing method and a computer readable medium storing program code for causing a computer to perform the steps of the method are also provided.