Patent ID: 6132116
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: G03B,G06F

Abstract:
A print system having a plurality of printers and a plurality of host computers connected to permit communication on a network,wherein each of said host computers comprises:quantifying means for determining an attribute of each draw object of print data to be printed and analyzing the print data for each attribute to quantify the print data to a predetermined index indicating complexity of the print data; andtransmission means for adding the index quantified by said quantifying means to the print data and transmitting the print data with the added index to one of said printers through the network, andwherein each of said printers comprises:operation means for converting the index added to the print data transmitted by said transmission means to information indicating a required record time based on a pre-registered conversion value inherent in the respective printer: andpresentation means for presenting the information converted by said operation means.