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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Applicant:
Hiroyuki Amano, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Amano, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/1267 (2013.01); G06F 3/1274 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01); G06F 3/122 (2013.01); G06F 3/1268 (2013.01);
Abstract
A host computer acquires a usage amount of a memory of a printing apparatus upon accepting a print instruction, and if the acquired free capacity of the memory is greater than a predetermined value, transmits generated print data based on the accepted print instruction. If the acquired free capacity of the memory is less than the predetermined value, the host computer displays a message before transmitting the print data.