METHOD FOR SUPPLYING PRINT DATA TO PRINTER WITHOUT USING GRAPHICS DEVICE INTERFACE OF OPERATING SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method that generates device-dependent print data without using a graphics device interface (GDI) of an operating system.

SOLUTION: The method supplies device-dependent print data to a printer through a computer system. The computer system has an upper layer for controlling a graphics device interface. A printer manager is provided to decode input encoded data into print data without using the upper layer. The printer manager has a decoder for decoding encoded data to generate raw data, and a converter for converting the raw data into print data.

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