Appeal No. 2001-2579 Page 3
Application No. 08/885,996
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claims.
1. A method of processing print data of a printing system having a
host and a printer which are connected to each other by a bidirectional
communication interface, said method comprising the steps of:
storing a single print driver in said host;
confirming a data processing form of said printer;
generating print data corresponding to the confirmed data
processing form of said printer; and
transmitting said print data to said printer by means of said single
print driver of said host.
3. A method of processing print data as set forth in claim 2, said
data processing form comprising one of a byte form, a word form, and a
long word form, and if said data processing form comprises said word
form, then said data processing form comprises one of a high order type
and a low order type.
Claims 1, 2, and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over U.S.
Patent No. 5,228,118 (“Sasaki”) and U.S. Patent No. 5,625,757 (“Kageyama”). Claim 3
stands rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over Sasaki, Kageyama, and the appellant‘s
admitted prior art (“AAPA”). Claims 5 and 6 stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious
over Sasaki, Kageyama, and U.S. Patent No. 5,633,992 (“Gyllenskog"). Claims 7-9
stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over Sasaki, Kageyama, Gyllenskog, and
AAPA.
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