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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2002
Yasushi Nakaoka, Nagano-ken, JP;
Masanori Mukaiyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Satoshi Miyazawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Yasushi Nakaoka, Nagano-ken, JP;
Masanori Mukaiyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Satoshi Miyazawa, Nagano-ken, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The technique of the invention attains a practical printing system between arbitrary clients and printers connecting with a network. An intermediation server connecting with the network is interposed between the clients and the printers to intermediate printing. Each client sends a printing request, which includes selection of print data and specification of a printer as an output destination, to the intermediation server. The intermediation server converts the selected print data into a general purpose format, which does not depend upon the type of the printer, and transfers the converted print data to the specified printer.