System for controlling communication between a printer and an external host computer
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May 20, 2003
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Sep 30, 1997
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Oct 4, 1996
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A control technique for communicating communication data including a print data packet and a control data packet in independent communication protocols controls the job for page data being printed obtained from the print packet according to information from the control packet. The type of protocol used in communication with a host computer is identified. The communication data that is received according to the type of protocol is sorted by the type of data, namely, into the control data packet and print data packet. A formatter analyzer analyze the print data and converts it into bit map data printable on a printer engine. A control command analyzer executes a predetermined command.
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