JP2010069681A5

JP2010069681A5 -

Info

Publication number: JP2010069681A5
Application number: JP2008238387A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2008-09-17
Publication date: 2011-11-04
Anticipated expiration: 2028-09-17

Claims

Connection means for connecting to an external device;
Storage means having an area that can be referred to by an external device connected via the connection means;
Printing means for printing a file to be printed according to the print settings ;
From the connected external device, if a write files to the region, printing, characterized in that a control means for printing on said printing means said write file as the file before Symbol printed apparatus.

A folder is formed in the area,
The printing apparatus further includes first detection means for detecting writing of a file to the folder from the connected external apparatus,
The control unit causes the printing unit to start printing with the file written in the folder as the file to be printed when the writing of the file to the folder is detected by the first detection unit. The printing apparatus according to claim 1.

Generating means for generating a print preview image for the file to be printed;
Display means for displaying the print condition used in the generation of the print preview image and the print preview image,
Further comprising an operation unit for accepting an instruction from the user,
3. The printing according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the printing unit to print the file to be printed in response to a print start instruction from the user through the operation unit. apparatus.

The area has at least one folder associated with the status of the printing process;
4. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein the control unit moves the file to be printed to a folder according to a status of a printing process performed on the file by the printing unit . 5. Printing device.

The area has a file associated with an instruction to stop the printing process;
The printing apparatus further includes second detection means for detecting deletion of a file associated with an instruction to stop the printing process from the connected external apparatus,
When the second detection unit detects the deletion of the file associated with the instruction to stop the printing process , the control unit stops the printing process of the file to be printed by the printing unit. The printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein:

The printing process correspondence files to the instruction to stop the comprises the files correspondence to the instruction to stop printing immediately processed, and files correspondence to the instruction for stopping the next printing process,
6. The printing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the control unit stops printing processing of the file to be printed in accordance with an instruction associated with the file whose deletion is detected by the second detection unit. .

The printing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the area further includes a command file for deleting a file associated with an instruction to stop the printing process .

Connection means for connecting to an external device;
Storage means having an area that can be referred to by an external device connected via the connection means;
A printing apparatus control method comprising: a printing unit that prints a file to be printed according to a print setting;
From the connected external device, if a write files to the region, the control means, that a control step of printing on the printing means the write file as the file before Symbol printed A control method for a printing apparatus.