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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Shunsaku Miyazawa, Nagano, JP;
Hiroshi Takeuchi, Nagano, JP;
Shunsaku Miyazawa, Nagano, JP;
Hiroshi Takeuchi, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data communication apparatus to receive data for which continuity is ensured, without receiving the same data repeatedly. In the data communication apparatus, when a bus reset arises, and a reconnection request is received from a computer that informed the Command Block Agent ORB, whose execution was interrupted by that bus reset, the job execution part specifies print data that has not been obtained out of the print data of the storage area described in the ORB. The print data that has not been obtained is based on the number of Read Block Requests or Read Block Response, counted by the execution status monitoring part. Then, the job execution part makes a packet for print data generating part generate a Read Block Request to read only the print data that has not been obtained from the computer, and sends it to the computer.