JP2004151784A5

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Publication number: JP2004151784A5
Application number: JP2002313356A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2002-10-28
Publication date: 2007-08-02
Anticipated expiration: 2022-10-28

Claims

A printing system comprising: a printing apparatus; a network interface that connects the printing apparatus to a network; and an information processing apparatus that is locally connected to the printing apparatus.
In response to the acquisition instruction, the printing device acquires setting information from the network interface;
Transmission means for transmitting the setting information acquired by the acquisition means from the printing apparatus to the information processing apparatus via the local connection;
The information processing apparatus includes a generation unit that generates print data for representing the setting information transmitted by the transmission unit.

A printing system comprising: a printing device; a network interface device for connecting the printing device to a network; and an information processing device connected to the printing device via an interface different from the network interface device,
In the printing apparatus, acquisition means for acquiring network interface setting information from the network interface apparatus;
Transmission means for transmitting the setting information acquired by the acquisition means from the printing apparatus to the information processing apparatus via an interface different from the network interface apparatus;
A printing system comprising: the information processing apparatus; first generation means for generating print data indicating setting information of the network interface apparatus based on setting information transmitted by the transmitting means.

Command transmission means for transmitting a command for acquiring setting information from the information processing apparatus to the printing apparatus in response to a print instruction for the setting information of the network interface apparatus;
3. A print data transmission unit configured to transmit the print data generated by the first generation unit from the information processing apparatus to the printing apparatus via an interface different from the network interface apparatus. The printing system described in.

4. The printing system according to claim 2, wherein the acquisition unit transmits a signal to the network interface device via a dedicated signal line in order to acquire setting information of the network interface device.

The network interface device further comprises second generation means for generating setting information in a predetermined format,
The printing system according to claim 2, wherein the acquisition unit acquires setting information in a predetermined format.

A printing system control method comprising: a printing apparatus; a network interface that connects the printing apparatus to a network; and an information processing apparatus that is locally connected to the printing apparatus.
In response to an acquisition instruction, an acquisition step in which the printing apparatus acquires setting information from the network interface;
A transmission step of transmitting the setting information acquired in the acquisition step from the printing device to the information processing device via the local connection;
A method for controlling a printing system, comprising: a generation step of generating print data for representing the setting information transmitted in the transmission step.

A control method for a printing system, comprising: a printing device; a network interface device for connecting the printing device to a network; and an information processing device connected to the printing device via an interface different from the network interface device. And
In the printing apparatus, an acquisition step of acquiring network interface setting information from the network interface apparatus;
A transmission step of transmitting the setting information acquired by the acquisition step from the printing device to the information processing device via an interface different from the network interface device;
A control method for a printing system, comprising: a first generation step of generating print data indicating the setting information of the network interface device based on the setting information transmitted by the transmission positive in the information processing device. .

A command transmission step of transmitting a command for acquiring setting information from the information processing apparatus to the printing apparatus in response to a print instruction of the setting information of the network interface apparatus;
The print data transmission step of transmitting the print data generated in the first generation step from the information processing device to the printing device via an interface different from the network interface device. A printing system control method according to claim 1.

The printing system according to claim 7 or 8, wherein, in the acquisition step, a signal is transmitted to the network interface device via a dedicated signal line in order to acquire setting information of the network interface device. Control method.

The network interface device further includes a second generation step of generating setting information in a predetermined format,
10. The printing system control method according to claim 7, wherein in the acquisition step, setting information in a predetermined format is acquired.