PRINTER, PRINT SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH RECORDED PROGRAM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To print document data on a host device by a printer by requesting data to be printed of the host device according to print setting information, receiving the data to be printed which are sent at the request, and performing a printing process based upon the data to be printed according to the print setting information. SOLUTION: A processor 21 converts the data to be printed which are sent from the host device into bit map data in raster format and outputs them to an image memory 25. A RAM 23 functions as a main storage device of the processor 21. The image memory 25 stores the bit map data necessary for printing in specific band units. An engine controller 26 supplies the bit map data stored in the image memory 25 to the print engine 27. The print engine 27 prints them on a print recording medium such as paper. A communication I/F 28 enables network communication with the host device.