| US 7,561,288 B2 | ||
| Recording system and controlling method therefor | ||
| Kentaro Yano, Kanagawa (Japan); Kazuya Sakamoto, Kanagawa (Japan); Takao Aichi, Tokyo (Japan); Fumihiro Goto, Kanagawa (Japan); and Akitoshi Yamada, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 30, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/608,023. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-197461 (JP), filed on Jul. 05, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0046990 A1, Mar. 11, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 358—1.15 [358/1.13; 358/434; 358/435; 358/439; 348/207.2] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A print system, in which an image supply device and a printing device directly communicate with each other via a communication
interface, for transmitting image data to the printing device from the image supply device and printing the image data, the
print system comprising:
a communication unit configured to establish a communication procedure between the image supply device and the printing device;
an assignment unit configured to acquire function information via said communication unit, the function information including
at least a supporting level of an operation controller of the image supply device for controlling a user interface, and to
assign an operation controller to either the image supply device or the printing device by comparing a supporting level of
the operation controller of the image supply device with a supporting level of an operation controller of the printing device;
and
a print control unit configured to transmit/receive image data and a communication command between the image supply device
and the printing device based on an assignment assigned by said assignment unit, and perform a print operation by using the
printing device based on the image data supplied from the image supply device,
wherein the image data is selected using the operation controller assigned by said assignment unit.
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