JP2001142670A5

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Publication number: JP2001142670A5
Application number: JP1999320559A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 1999-11-11
Publication date: 2004-07-22

Description

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以上が、この実施形態におけるホスト装置１の動作である。なお、ホスト装置１は、用紙無し又は印字エラー後（図３のステップＳ７又はＳ８）、給紙装置の自動選択（図３のステップＳ４）で新しく別の給紙装置を指定した場合であっても、プリンタ３が、既にホスト装置１から受信したイメージデータをその別の給紙装置に対応させられれば、ホスト装置１は、プリンタ３にイメージデータを再送しなくても良い。[0043]
The above is the operation of the host device 1 in this embodiment. Note that the host device 1 is a case where a new sheet feeding device is newly designated by automatic selection of the sheet feeding device (step S4 of FIG. 3) after no paper or printing error (step S7 or S8 of FIG. 3). Also, if the printer 3 can make the image data already received from the host device 1 correspond to the other sheet feeding device, the host device 1 does not have to retransmit the image data to the printer 3.

Claims

In a printing system in which print data is sent from a host device to a printer and printed by the printer,
The printer is provided with a plurality of sheet feeding devices capable of setting printing sheets of various sizes, and means for notifying the host device of information related to each of the sheet feeding devices or the sheet feeding device designated in advance by the user. Have
The host device automatically selects a sheet feeding device to be used from each of the sheet feeding devices based on information related to each of the sheet feeding devices or the sheet feeding device specified by the user in advance notified from the printer. Printing system having means for

The information related to each of the sheet feeding devices or the sheet feeding device designated by the user in advance is the mounting condition of the sheet feeding device, the presence or absence of a sheet, or the sheet size designated by the sheet feeding device or the user in advance. Printing system described.

The means for automatically selecting the host device is
A sheet presence / absence check means for checking whether or not there is a sheet in any one sheet feeding device of each of the sheet feeding devices;
When the sheet presence / absence check unit detects that a sheet is set in at least one sheet feeding device, among the detected sheet feeding devices, the sheet on which the size of the sheet to be printed is set is supplied. The sheet size checking means checks whether there is at least one sheet feeding device, and the sheet size checking means includes at least a sheet feeding device in which a sheet matching the sheet size to be printed is set. 2. The printing system according to claim 1, wherein when one of the detected sheet feeding devices is detected, one of the detected sheet feeding devices is selected.

When the sheet size check unit detects a plurality of sheet feeding devices in which the sheet having the same size as the sheet to be printed is detected, the user can automatically select the host device from the sheet feeding device. The printing system according to claim 3, wherein one is selected in accordance with a preset or fixedly determined priority.

The means for automatically selecting the host device selects the paper feeding device for the user when the paper size checking means does not detect even one paper feeding device in which the paper having the same size as the paper to be printed is set. The printing system according to claim 3, wherein the printing system can be used.

When the sheet feeding device selected by the host device or designated in advance by the user can not be used for the current printing, the printer selects a sheet feeding device which can be used for the current printing from the sheet feeding devices. The printing system according to claim 1, comprising:

7. The printer according to claim 6, wherein said printer selection means comprises means for judging that the sheet feeding device can not be used for the current printing when there is no sheet in the sheet feeding device selected or pre-specified by the host device. Printing system.

In a printer that receives print data from a host device and prints it,
A plurality of sheet feeding devices capable of setting printing sheets of various sizes, and means for notifying the host device of information related to each of the sheet feeding devices or the sheet feeding device designated in advance by the user, Thus, the host device can automatically select a sheet feeding device to be used from each of the sheet feeding devices based on the notified sheet feeding device or information related to the sheet feeding device specified by the user in advance. Printer that can do it.

The information related to each of the sheet feeding devices or the sheet feeding device designated by the user in advance is the mounting condition of the sheet feeding device, the presence or absence of a sheet, or the sheet size designated by the sheet feeding device or the user in advance. Listed printer.

When the sheet feeding device selected by the host device or designated in advance by the user can not be used for the current printing, the sheet feeding device further includes selection means for selecting a sheet feeding device usable for the current printing. Listed printer.

11. The printer according to claim 10, wherein the selection means comprises means for judging that the sheet feeding device can not be used for the current printing when there is no sheet in the sheet feeding device which the host device has selected or specified by the user in advance.

When there are a plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses usable for the current printing among the sheet feeding apparatuses, the selection unit selects the sheet feeding apparatus according to a priority selection order set in advance or fixedly determined by the user. The printer according to claim 10.

In a printing control method for printing by a printer provided with a plurality of sheet feeding devices ,
Receiving information relating to the sheet feeding apparatus wherein each paper feeding device or a user previously designated from the printer,
Printing control method based on information related to the sheet feeding apparatus each paper feeding device or the user specifies in advance the received, and a step of automatically selecting a paper feeding apparatus to be used subject from each of the sheet feeding apparatus.

The information related to each of the sheet feeding devices or the sheet feeding device designated by the user in advance is the mounting condition of the sheet feeding device, the presence or absence of a sheet, or the sheet size designated by the sheet feeding device or the user in advance. Printing control method described.

The step of automatically selecting
A sheet presence / absence check step of checking whether or not there is a sheet in any one sheet feeding device of each of the sheet feeding devices;
When it is detected in the sheet presence / absence check step that sheets have been set in at least one sheet feeding device, among the detected sheet feeding devices, sheets having a size that matches the sheet size to be printed are set. And a paper size check step of checking whether there is at least one paper device, and in the paper size check step, at least the paper feeding device in which the paper set corresponding to the paper size to be printed is set 14. The print control method according to claim 13, wherein when one is detected, one of the detected sheet feeding devices is selected.

In the step of automatically selecting, when a plurality of sheet feeding devices in which sheets matching the sheet size to be printed are detected in the sheet size checking step , the user presets from the detected sheet feeding devices 16. The print control method according to claim 15, wherein one is selected in accordance with a predetermined fixed priority.

In the automatically selecting step , the user is allowed to select a paper feeding device when none of the paper feeding devices in which the paper having the same size as the printing paper size is set is detected in the paper size checking step. The printing control method according to claim 15, which can be performed.

A host device provided in a printing system for sending generated print data to a printer and printing with the printer,
The printer includes a plurality of sheet feeding devices capable of setting printing sheets of various sizes, and has a means for notifying the host device of information related to each of the sheet feeding devices or the sheet feeding device designated in advance by the user. Yes,
Receiving, from the printer, information associated with each of the sheet feeding devices or a sheet feeding device designated by a user in advance;
Automatically selecting a sheet feeding device to be used from each of the sheet feeding devices based on the received information associated with each of the sheet feeding devices or the sheet feeding device specified by the user in advance; ,
A computer readable recording medium carrying a computer program for causing a computer to function.