Patent ID: 6184995
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A printer system comprising a plurality of printer apparatuses and a host computer for transmitting print data to the plurality of printer apparatuses, said host computer being connected to said plurality of printer apparatuses through a network,wherein said host computer comprises:a receiver adapted for receiving operating conditions set in a first printer apparatus of said plurality of printer apparatuses from the first printer apparatus; anda transmitter adapted for transmitting the operating conditions received by the receiver to said plurality of printer apparatuses excluding the first printer apparatus, andwherein each of said plurality of printer apparatuses comprises:a discrimination circuit adapted for, if a data reception process of data from said host computer has been suspended for a time at least as long as a time-out time, discriminating whether a load on the network is heavy, anda processing circuit adapted for extending the time-out time and continuing the data reception process if the discrimination circuit discriminates that the load is heavy, and for suspending the data reception process if the discrimination circuit discriminates that the load is not heavy.