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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2002
Applicants:
Fumio Shoji, Chiba, JP;
Toru Fujino, Chiba, JP;
Inventors:
Fumio Shoji, Chiba, JP;
Toru Fujino, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control method for a composite apparatus having at least a printer function, and further having a controller adapted to control an entire apparatus, a network connector adapted to connect to a network to send and receive a packet, and a printer language processor adapted to process a printer language. First, contents of the packet inputted via the network connector is analyzed, then if the analyzed packet is print data, the packet is transferred to the printer language processor, and if the analyzed packet is not the print data, the packet is transferred to the controller.