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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2003
Masakatsu Endo, Nagano, JP;
Hideki Morozumi, Nagano, JP;
Kenji Sakuda, Nagano, JP;
Kazunori Suenaga, Nagano, JP;
Makoto Oyanagi, Nagano, JP;
Toshihiko Katayama, Nagano, JP;
Yoichi Wakai, Nagano, JP;
Masakatsu Endo, Nagano, JP;
Hideki Morozumi, Nagano, JP;
Kenji Sakuda, Nagano, JP;
Kazunori Suenaga, Nagano, JP;
Makoto Oyanagi, Nagano, JP;
Toshihiko Katayama, Nagano, JP;
Yoichi Wakai, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is generated a control information item including a script for the image processing which is described by a markup language. The control information item is communicated between an image supply device and an image output device connected via a communication path. A control protocol for communicating the control information item is interpreted by a first entity which executes processing for a first hierarchic layer of a communication protocol. A management protocol for managing an image data file including the image data is interpreted by a second entity which executes processing for a second hierarchic layer of the communication protocol which is lower than the first hierarchic layer. A physical layer of the communication path is controlled by a third entity which executes processing for a third hierarchic layer of the communication protocol which is lower than the second hierarchic layer. A command in the control information item is translated between the control protocol and the management protocol.