Patent ID: 6545766
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A printing device comprising:receiving means for receiving print data of a plural number of print jobs concurrently; intermediate code generating means for concurrently generating intermediate code data directly from said print data for each of said print jobs received by said receiving means; a print mechanism for generating bit images on the basis of said intermediate code data and for printing in accordance with said bit images; and print management means for making a comparison of a first print job in an active state with a second print job in a wait state to determine when said first print job is to be interrupted and said second print job is to be printed thus changing said second print job from said wait state to said active state, wherein said interrupting of said first print job is performed when a relationship between said first print job and said second print job satisfies a predetermined condition and wherein the print management means makes said comparison whenever said intermediate code data is generated for a complete page in said wait state.