Method, apparatus and computer program product for printing document data

摘要

A data processing device, a method for printing document data from a data processing device to a printer, and a computer program product encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process for printing document data from a data processing device to a printer are disclosed. In the method at least one compressed image file is defined in a definition file written in a markup language, and document data is printed into the compressed image file. The definition file and the compressed image file are transferred to a printer capable of interpreting the definition file and printing the compressed image file, whereby the document data is printed.