Patent ID: 8213035
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus which prints based on a print job, comprising: reception means for receiving, from an external device, a print job; rasterization means for rasterizing print data in a print job received by said reception means into bitmap data; first determination means for determining whether the print job received by said receiving means includes application data to be direct-printed by said printing apparatus; second determination means for determining whether the print job received by said receiving means includes a temporary licensing key which allows even a printing apparatus without a license to direct-print the application data to temporarily direct-print; conversion means for 1) converting application data and a temporary licensing key in a print job received by said reception means into bitmap data when the first determination means determines that the print job includes the application data and the second determination means determines that the print job includes the temporary licensing key, and 2) converting application data in a print job received by said reception means into bitmap data without converting a temporary licensing key in the print job when the first determination means determines that the print job includes the application data and the second determination means determines that the print job does not include the temporary licensing key; composition means for compositing bitmap data converted by said conversion means and bitmap data rasterized by said rasterization means; and printing means for printing bitmap data composited by said composition means when the first determination means determines that the print job includes the application data, and printing bitmap data rasterized by said rasterization means when the first determination means determines that the print job does not include the application data.