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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2004
Applicant:
Masanari Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Masanari Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A print control apparatus, method and system that acquire a first band area for storing band data of a predetermined size according to band information for processing by a printer device. Print commands are divided into each band in which a printer device processes, and stored into the first band area in band units. If the print commands corresponding to a particular band cannot be stored in the first band area, a memory area for storing the print command is acquired as a second band area, the print commands stored in the first and second band areas are linked, and the linked print commands are transmitted to the printer device.