Patent ID: 8228529
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An adapter for communicating with an image supply device and a printing device in order to print, via the printing device, an image stored in the image supply device, comprising: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a first image from a first image supply device; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a second image from a second image supply device; a print request transmission unit configured to transmit a print request for the first image acquired by the first acquisition unit to the printing device to print the first image before the acquisition of the first image, the print request including image designation information for designating an image to be printed; a reception unit configured to receive, from the printing device, a transfer request of the first image to be printed with the print request for the first image, the transfer request being issued in response to the print request for the first image; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the first image to the printing device in response to receipt of the transfer request of the first image, as an image to be printed with the print request for first image, wherein, when the acquisition of the second image is completed before the acquisition of the first image is completed and predetermined attribute information for each of the first image and the second image is same, (i) the transfer unit transfers the second image as an image to be printed with the print request for the first image in response to receipt of the transfer request, and (ii) the print request transmission unit retransmits the print request for requesting the printing of the first image after the printing device has finished printing the second image.