Patent ID: 6476938
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A print control system comprising:a PDL (page description language) processing module which has an internal state and which processes print data that includes state specification data and that is described in a predetermined PDL to change said internal state; a control module-for extracting the state specification data from the print data entered from a client unit, this state specification data specifying said internal state of said PDL processing module and being described in a predetermined data format other than said predetermined PDL; and a conversion module for converting the state specification data, extracted by said control module, from a format that the PDL processing module cannot interpret to a format expressed in said predetermined PDL for transmission to said PDL processing module, wherein said PDL processing module interprets and processes the conversion results of said state specification data received from said conversion module to reflect the conversion results on said internal state of said PDL processing module.