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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Tomohiro Kodama, Matsumoto, JP;
Hitoshi Oyama, Matsumoto, JP;
Tadashi Furuhata, Shiojiri, JP;
Akio Takamoto, Matsumoto, JP;
Tomohiro Kodama, Matsumoto, JP;
Hitoshi Oyama, Matsumoto, JP;
Tadashi Furuhata, Shiojiri, JP;
Akio Takamoto, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Various kinds of value can be easily added to print data output from an existing application without modifying the existing application program. A value-adding method executes a process of adding value to print data output from an application on a computer that has one or more communication ports and executes a specific process by means of an application, and includes a data acquisition step of acquiring the print data at the operating system kernel layer before the print data is received at the communication port, and a data processing step that applies at the application layer a process of adding and/or deleting print content in the print data based on previously registered information, and outputs the data after processing to the specified communication port.