Abstract: A design assistance tool: defines a metamodel using one or more metaclass in each of at least two processes and performs a design of each process using the corresponding metamodel; defines a relationship between one metaclass included in one process and one metaclass included in another process as a possession relationship or a reference relationship; displays a design result based on the metamodels as a view on a display; and, in response to an occurrence of an inconsistency in the possession relationship or the reference relationship between the one metaclass included in one process and the one metaclass included in another process due to creation, modification, or deletion of one metaclass in any one of the at least two processes, allows the inconsistency and displays the inconsistency on the view of the display.

Abstract: A design assistance tool, which assists a design of at least one process, defines a metamodel using at least one metaclass, performs a design of the at least one process using the metamodel, stores a content of the design in a database as a design content, displays the design content as a view on a display, and performs creation, modification, or deletion of at least one of the metamodel or a design result based on the metamodel using the view on the display. The view on the display includes multiple view types described in different formats. When the creation, modification, or deletion of at least one of the metamodel or the design result based on the metamodel is made using one view type, corresponding design information is stored in the database, and the creation, modification, or deletion is reflected in another view type based on the stored design information.

Abstract: A design assistance tool, which assists a design of at least two processes includes a database and a display, and is configured to: define a metamodel using one or more metaclass in each of the at least two processes; and perform a design of each process using the corresponding metamodel. The metamodel in one process has a derivation relationship and a different relationship with the metamodel in another process, the database stores the metamodel in one process and the metamodel in another process in associated manner according to the derivation relationship and the different relationship. In the derivation relationship, which is used as trace information, the one or more metaclass in one process is defined based on content of the one or more metaclass in another process. A design result of the process and the derivation relationship used as trace information are displayed in a view of the display.

Abstract: A method of controlling printing by print control script embedded in a web page acquired by a client terminal from a web application server includes, after the acquired web page is displayed, accepting an input operation on the displayed web page and drawing a result of the input operation in a specific drawing area, the accepting and drawing operations being performed by the client terminal. The method further includes generating print data by converting image data written in the specific drawing area to a form enabling processing by a printer as a result of a print operation performed on the displayed web page, and commanding the printer to print the print data.

Abstract: A method of controlling printing by print control script embedded in a web page acquired by a client terminal from a web application server includes, after the acquired web page is displayed, accepting an input operation on the displayed web page and drawing a result of the input operation in a specific drawing area, the accepting and drawing operations being performed by the client terminal. The method further includes generating print data by converting image data written in the specific drawing area to a form enabling processing by a printer as a result of a print operation performed on the displayed web page, and commanding the printer to print the print data.

Abstract: A method of controlling printing by print control script embedded in a web page acquired by a client terminal from a web application server includes, after the acquired web page is displayed, accepting an input operation on the displayed web page and drawing a result of the input operation in a specific drawing area, the accepting and drawing operations being performed by the client terminal. The method further includes generating print data by converting image data written in the specific drawing area to a form enabling processing by a printer as a result of a print operation performed on the displayed web page, and commanding the printer to print the print data.

Abstract: A method of controlling printing by print control script embedded in a web page acquired by a client terminal from a web application server includes, after the acquired web page is displayed, accepting an input operation on the displayed web page and drawing a result of the input operation in a specific drawing area, the accepting and drawing operations being performed by the client terminal. The method further includes generating print data by converting image data written in the specific drawing area to a form enabling processing by a printer as a result of a print operation performed on the displayed web page, and commanding the printer to print the print data.

Abstract: A method of controlling printing by print control script embedded in a web page acquired by a client terminal from a web application server includes, after the acquired web page is displayed, accepting an input operation on the displayed web page and drawing a result of the input operation in a specific drawing area, the accepting and drawing operations being performed by the client terminal. The method further includes generating print data by converting image data written in the specific drawing area to a form enabling processing by a printer as a result of a print operation performed on the displayed web page, and commanding the printer to print the print data.

Abstract: To reliably read settings information PD (network settings PD1, printer settings PD2) from memory and correctly set the settings information PD in a printer, a wireless tag 62 storing the settings information PD is disposed to a cover member 40b that is removably installable to a network-connectable printing unit 40a, a reading device 60 that reads the settings information PD from the wireless tag 62 is disposed to the printing unit 40a, and a configurator 50b configures settings based on the read settings information PD.

Abstract: To reliably read settings information PD (network settings PD1, printer settings PD2) from memory and correctly set the settings information PD in a printer, a wireless tag 62 storing the settings information PD is disposed to a cover member 40b that is removably installable to a network-connectable printing unit 40a, a reading device 60 that reads the settings information PD from the wireless tag 62 is disposed to the printing unit 40a, and a configurator 50b configures settings based on the read settings information PD.

Abstract: A method of controlling printing by print control script embedded in a web page acquired by a client terminal from a web application server includes, after the acquired web page is displayed, accepting an input operation on the displayed web page and drawing a result of the input operation in a specific drawing area, the accepting and drawing operations being performed by the client terminal. The method further includes generating print data by converting image data written in the specific drawing area to a form enabling processing by a printer as a result of a print operation performed on the displayed web page, and commanding the printer to print the print data.

Abstract: A client terminal includes a web page acquisition unit that acquires from a web application server a web page embedding a print control script that operates on a web browser and controls printing related to the web page, a display unit that displays the acquired web page as a displayed web page, a drawing process unit that accepts an input operation on the displayed web page and draws a result of the input operation in a specific drawing area, a print data generation unit that generates print data by converting image data written in the drawing area to a form enabling processing by a printer according to the print control script as a result of a print operation performed on the displayed web page, and a print command unit that commands the printer to print the print data according to the print control script.

Abstract: A client terminal includes a web page acquisition unit that acquires from a web application server a web page embedding a print control script that operates on a web browser and controls printing related to the web page, a display unit that displays the acquired web page as a displayed web page, a drawing process unit that accepts an input operation on the displayed web page and draws a result of the input operation in a specific drawing area, a print data generation unit that generates print data by converting image data written in the drawing area to a form enabling processing by a printer according to the print control script as a result of a print operation performed on the displayed web page, and a print command unit that commands the printer to print the print data according to the print control script.

Abstract: A client terminal has a web page acquisition unit that gets a web page having an embedded print control script that operates on a web browser and controls printing related to the web page from a web application server, a drawing process unit that writes input operations on the web page in a drawing area, a print data generation unit that generates print data from the image data in the drawing area according to the print control script when triggered by a print operation on the web page, and a print command unit that commands printing the print data according to the print control script.

Abstract: A client terminal has a web page acquisition unit that gets a web page having an embedded print control script that operates on a web browser and controls printing related to the web page from a web application server, a drawing process unit that writes input operations on the web page in a drawing area, a print data generation unit that generates print data from the image data in the drawing area according to the print control script when triggered by a print operation on the web page, and a print command unit that commands printing the print data according to the print control script.

Abstract: When the printer is off-line and receives a large volume of data, the receive buffer is not filled and the communication interface with the host computer does not enter a busy state. A receive buffer temporarily stores data, including control commands, from the host computer, and the printer operates according to the sequentially interpreted content of data stored to the receive buffer. By detecting whether the printer is on-line or off-line, data in the receive buffer is cleared when the printer goes off-line and data received from the host while the printer is off-line is discarded without being buffered.

Abstract: When the printer is off-line and receives a large volume of data, the receive buffer is not filled and the communication interface with the host computer does not enter a busy state. A receive buffer temporarily stores data, including control commands, from the host computer, and the printer operates according to the sequentially interpreted content of data stored to the receive buffer. By detecting whether the printer is on-line or off-line, data in the receive buffer is cleared when the printer goes off-line and data received from the host while the printer is off-line is discarded without being buffered.

Abstract: When the printer is off-line and receives a large volume of data, the receive buffer is not filled and the communication interface with the host computer does not enter a busy state. A receive buffer temporarily stores data, including control commands, from the host computer, and the printer operates according to the sequentially interpreted content of data stored to the receive buffer. By detecting whether the printer is on-line or off-line, data in the receive buffer is cleared when the printer goes off-line and data received from the host while the printer is off-line is destroyed without being buffered.

Abstract: An mean (average value) filter apparatus includes first accumulation means (1) for accumulating a predetermined number of pixels located in the vicinity of each pixel in a first dimensional direction for the pixel data arrangement constituting a second dimensional image, thereby generating first accumulation pixel data of each of the pixels, second accumulation means (2) for accumulating the aforementioned first accumulation pixel data for a predetermined number of pixels located in the vicinity of each pixel in the second dimensional direction, thereby generating second accumulation pixel data of each of the pixels, and division means (45) for dividing the second accumulation pixel data by the number of pixels accumulated in the first dimensional direction and the second dimensional direction.

Abstract: An mean (average value) filter apparatus includes first accumulation means (1) for accumulating a predetermined number of pixels located in the vicinity of each pixel in a first dimensional direction for the pixel data arrangement constituting a second dimensional image, thereby generating first accumulation pixel data of each of the pixels, second accumulation means (2) for accumulating the aforementioned first accumulation pixel data for a predetermined number of pixels located in the vicinity of each pixel in the second dimensional direction, thereby generating second accumulation pixel data of each of the pixels, and division means (45) for dividing the second accumulation pixel data by the number of pixels accumulated in the first dimensional direction and the second dimensional direction.