Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit printing print job data on a print medium, a registering unit registering items of print characteristic information used for specifying a condition for printing the print job data on the print medium and items of print condition information associated with the print characteristic information, a receiving unit receiving the print job data, a extracting unit analyzing as to whether or not print characteristic information of the received print job data is coincident with the print characteristic information registered in the registering unit, and, if coincident with each other, extracting the print condition information associated therewith from the registering unit, and a control unit controlling, when printing the received print job data, the printing unit on the basis of the extracted print condition information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a printer capable of separately processing a plurality of print data corresponding to an image to be printed on the same page, each of the print data having an attribute, in accordance with the attribute. The printer has an image, a plurality of video interfaces, a print data integration circuit, and an output mechanism. The image buffer stores each of the print data in accordance with the attribute. Each of the video interfaces reads each of the print data stored in the image buffer. The print data integration circuit integrates the plurality of print data read by the video interfaces into a piece of print data for the same page. The output mechanism outputs the image of the same page based on the print data integrated by the print data integration circuit. Therefore, the plurality of print data can be separately processed and output in accordance with the attribute.

Abstract: An image recording and/or reproducing method is adapted to a system provided with a plurality of image processing apparatuses which have functions of recording and/or reproducing image data and are coupled via one or a plurality of networks. The method includes transmitting an instruction from a first image processing apparatus with respect to a second image processing apparatus by an electronic mail, and returning a status report related to the second image processing apparatus to the first image processing apparatus by an electronic mail, in response to the instruction received by the electronic mail.

Abstract: The present invention provides a printer capable of separately processing a plurality of print data corresponding to am image to be printed on a same page, each of the print data having an attribute, in accordance with the attribute. The printer comprises an image, a plurality of video interfaces, a print data integration circuit, and an output mechanism. The image buffer stores each of the print data in accordance with the attribute. Each of the video interfaces reads each of the print data stored in the image buffer. The print data integration circuit integrates the plurality of print data read by the video interfaces into a piece of print data for the same page. The output mechanism outputs the image of the same page based on the print data integrated by the print data integration circuit. Therefore, the plurality of print data can be separately processed and outputted in accordance with the attribute.