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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Satoshi Hirakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/387 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/188 (2013.01); H04N 1/3871 (2013.01); G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); G06F 3/1243 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printer driver and an image forming apparatus for appropriately combining additional information (such as a stamp) and an original to print the combined image data. The printer driver according to one embodiment of the present invention, relates to a printer driver connected to a printer for registering form data transmitted from the printer driver, and for combining the registered form data and contents data. The printer driver transmits transparent data as form data and a command indicating that the form data is transparent data, to the printer.