Patents by Inventor Keiko Suehiro

Keiko Suehiro has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Printing apparatus and printing control method and character font pattern control method in printing apparatus
    Patent number: 7054018
    Abstract: Printing equipment for processing relevant print requests from a plurality of host devices in parallel and its printing control method. A plurality of logical printers are provided in one unit of physically existing printing apparatus and one logical printer is allotted to each one of host devices so that processing of the print data from a plurality of host devices can be carried out in parallel. One virtual host interface exists for each logical printer and this host interface establishes session with the corresponding host device to transfer data. Each logical printer independently takes charge of emulation, respectively. Operating a plurality of logical printers in one unit of printing apparatus realizes multi-session and multi-emulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Sugiura, Naoto Fujii, Yoshikazu Ohnishi, Noriko Shiba, Keiko Suehiro
  • Printing apparatus and printing control method and character font pattern control method in printing apparatus
    Patent number: 6047111
    Abstract: Printing equipment for processing relevant print requests from a plurality of host devices in parallel and its printing control method. A plurality of logical printers are provided in one unit of physically existing printing apparatus and one logical printer is allotted to each one of host devices so that processing of the print data from a plurality of host devices can be carried out in parallel. One virtual host interface exists for each logical printer and this host interface establishes session with the corresponding host device to transfer data. Each logical printer independently takes charge of emulation, respectively. Operating a plurality of logical printers in one unit of printing apparatus realizes multi-session and multi-emulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Takayuki Sugiura, Naoto Fujii, Yoshikazu Ohnishi, Noriko Shiba, Keiko Suehiro