Patent ID: 6449053
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
A printing system comprising:a command device to command printing-out; a converting device to convert page description language data transmitted thereto through a network into raster image data; and a printing device to print out said raster image data transmitted thereto through the network; said command device, said converting device, and said printing device being interconnected through said network; wherein said command device sends said page description language data representing print-out data and a designation code to designate said printing device for executing printing-out, to said converting device through the network; said converting device converts said page description language data transmitted thereto from said command device through the network into said raster image data, and outputs said raster image data together with a print-out command to said printing device designated by said command device; said printing device, in response to said command, prints out said raster image data transmitted thereto from said converting device through the network; said converting device stores in memory the network addresses of a plurality of printing devices connected to the network and, in response to a request from said command device for printing-out, supplies designation codes designating said printing devices to said command device through the network, wherein said designation codes comprise at least a network address and a printer characteristic and are stored in a data structure on said command device; and said command device, using said designation codes supplied from said converting device through the network, designates said printing device to execute printing-out.