Patent ID: 9639301
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K

Claim:
1. A printing device connectable to a control device, the printing device comprising: a controller configured to generate a print layout using a second template when the printing device receives a control command specifying a first template from the control device; wherein the second template includes additional information and the first template; wherein the first template contains a specification for a second printing device other than the printing device, and the additional information contains a specification for the printing device; the controller is further configured to acquire additional information related to the specifications of the printing device and to add the additional information the first template from the control device and configured to generate the second template; wherein the specifications for the printing device are different than the specifications of the second printing device, and wherein the second template is configured to control the second printer using control commands associated with the second printer without changing the content of the control commands.