Patent ID: 7961341

Claim:
A print system comprising: a first printer that performs printing on a sheet; and a print data supplying device that supplies the first printer with print data, wherein the print data supplying device comprises: an internal print data generation unit that performs one data processing operation or a plurality of data processing operations to generate internal print data corresponding to a second printer that is different from the first printer; a print data generation unit that generates print data corresponding to the first printer from the internal print data corresponding to the second printer by performing a print data generation processing operation in accordance with the internal print data that is generated by the internal print data generation unit; a print data supplying unit that supplies the first printer with the print data generated by the print data generation unit; an internal print data condition storage unit that stores a plurality of internal print data conditions in association with the respective print data generation processing operations, the internal print data conditions pertaining to the internal print data; and a determination unit that determines whether or not the internal print data satisfies the internal print data conditions that are associated with the print data generation processing operations, wherein the print data generation unit selects one of a plurality of print data generation processing operations that are each specific to the first printer for generating print data corresponding to the first printer, and performs the one of the plurality of print data generation processing operations selected in accordance with the result of the determination made by the determination unit, and generates the print data corresponding to the first printer.