Patent ID: 9128407
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G03G,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image printing device in which software components, each configured to execute a process constituting a part of a job with respect to image data, are connectable to each other and the job is performed by connecting the software components, the image printing device comprising an embedded information job control part configured to connect the software components and control execution of an embedded information job for an image printed on a recording medium, said embedded information job control part controlling extracting information that is printed on the recording medium along with image data as embedded information from the image data by scanning the embedded information that is printed on the recording medium separately from a drawing element of the image data or controlling the embedded information job according to the embedded information that is extracted by scanning the embedded information that is printed on the recording medium, the embedded information job control part comprising: a common part configured to perform a first process of the embedded information job that is common to respective kinds of the embedded information job; and a specific part configured to perform a second process of the embedded information job that is specific to a kind of the embedded information job, wherein the specific kind of the embedded information job that corresponds to the specific part differs according to which program is selected among programs to function as the specific part to be installed in the image printing device, wherein the specific part determines a connecting relation of the software components so as to connect the software components in a predetermined order to perform the second process of the embedded information job according to the kind of the embedded information job, and wherein the image printing device further comprises a central processing unit which executes the connected software components.