Patent ID: 6594033
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A print control method carried out in an information processing apparatus which generates print data, including a printer control command, to be printed in a printer, said method comprising:a spooling step, of entering, via a graphic engine, data provided by an application, converting the entered data into an intermediate code, and spooling the intermediate code as a spool file; a supplying step, of reading the intermediate code spooled in said spooling step, adding designated additional information to the read intermediate code, converting the intermediate code with the additional information into data that can be recognized by the graphic engine, and supplying the converted data to the graphic engine; and a generating step, of entering, from the graphic engine, the converted data supplied to the graphic engine in said supplying step, and generating print data including the additional information based on the converted data.