# US 10,372,394 B2 · Information processing apparatus and non-transitory recording medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,372,394 B2 - Document ID: US10372394B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/592,449 - Filed: 2017-05-11 - Published: 2017-11-16 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-05-11 - Assignees: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Applicants: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Inventors: Takashi Otsuka; Kazuma Maruyama - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10372394B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/1258: {by updating job settings at the printer} - G06F 3/1204: {resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data} - G06F 3/1205: {resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets} - G06F 3/1225: {Software update, e.g. print driver, modules, plug-ins, fonts} - G06F 3/1257: {by using pre-stored settings, e.g. job templates, presets, print styles} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An information processing apparatus comprises a storage. The information processing apparatus starts an installer to install a printer driver on the storage. The installer comprises: a registration screen controller that displays a print setting registration screen about a print setting settable at the printer driver; an installation default generating part that generates an installation default print setting about at least one print setting item based on operation for print setting registration on the print setting registration screen by a user; and an output part that outputs the installation default print setting to the printer driver at the time of installation of the printer driver. The printer driver comprises a print setting managing part that stores the installation default print setting output from the installer into a first storage region in the storage, and manages the stored installation default print setting, the first storage region being a region not rewritable. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising a storage, the information processing apparatus starting an installer to install a printer driver on the storage, the installer comprising: a registration screen controller displaying a print setting registration screen including one or more settable, default print setting items and receiving input from a user changing at least one of the one or more print setting items; an installation default generator generating an installation default print setting based on the change to the at least one print setting item; and an output part outputting the installation default print setting to the printer driver when installing the printer driver, wherein the printer driver comprises a print setting manager that (i) stores the installation default print setting into a first storage region in the storage and (ii) manages the stored installation default print setting, the first storage region being a region that is not rewritable by the user, wherein the printer driver is configured to restore to a print setting screen the one or more print setting items that either include or do not include the change based on a prior selection by the user, and wherein the selection is made from among a list of options that includes factory default print settings, installation default print settings, user region print settings, and common region print settings, the factory default print settings being related to the print setting items that do not include the change, and the installation default print settings being related to the print setting items that do include the change. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printer driver further comprises a setting screen controller that (i) displays the print setting screen in which the installation default print setting under management of the print setting manager is reflected, (ii) rewrites the installation default print setting as a print setting intended by the user based on setting operation on the print setting screen by the user, and (iii) reflects the rewritten print setting in the print setting screen, and wherein, based on operation for registration by the user, the print setting manager stores the print setting reflected in the print setting screen into a second storage region in the storage, the second storage region being a region rewritable by the user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, based on operation for standard setting reflection by the user, the setting screen controller reads the installation default print setting from the first storage region, and reflects the read installation default print setting in the print setting screen. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the installer further comprises: a selection screen controller that displays a standard setting selection screen in which the user is caused to select a print setting in advance to be reflected in the print setting screen from the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region; and a standard setting designator that generates standard setting information containing one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region as a designated print setting based on selecting operation on the standard setting selection screen by the user, wherein the output part outputs the standard setting information to the printer driver at the time of installation of the printer driver, wherein the printer driver further comprises a standard setting manager that manages the standard setting information output from the installer, and wherein, if operation for standard setting reflection by the user is detected, the setting screen controller reads one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region, and reflects the read print setting in the print setting screen based on the standard setting information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the printer driver further comprises: a selection screen controller that displays a standard setting selection screen in which the user is caused to select a print setting to be reflected in the print setting screen from the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region; a standard setting designator that generates standard setting information containing one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region as a designated print setting based on selecting operation on the standard setting selection screen by the user; and a standard setting manager that manages the standard setting information generated by the standard setting designator, and if operation for standard setting reflection by the user is detected, the setting screen controller reads one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region, and reflects the read print setting in the print setting screen based on the standard setting information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the printer driver further comprises a print setting selection screen controller, if operation for print setting call by the user is detected, the print setting selection screen controller displaying a print setting selection screen in which the user is caused to select a print setting to be reflected in the print setting screen from the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region, and wherein, based on selecting operation on the print setting selection screen by the user, the setting screen controller reads one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region, and reflects the read print setting in the print setting screen. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a plurality of applications to start the printer driver, wherein the printer driver further comprises: an application manager that manages application information containing association determined in advance between each of the applications and one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region; and an application determinator that determines one of the applications to be an application having started the printer driver, and the setting screen controller determines a print setting associated with the one application determined by the application determinator based on the application information, and, based on a result of the determination, the setting screen controller reads one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region, and reflects the read print setting in the print setting screen. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the setting screen controller displays the result of the determination about the print setting associated with the one application determined by the application determinator, and accepts operation for confirming the result by the user. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the installer installs a plurality of printer drivers on the storage, wherein the registration screen controller displays the print setting registration screen about a print setting settable at each of the printer drivers, wherein the installation default generator generates the installation default print setting for each of the printer drivers based on operation for print setting registration on the print setting registration screen by the user, and wherein, for installation of each of the printer drivers, the output part outputs the installation default print setting for each of the printer drivers to this printer driver. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the installation default generator generates the installation default print setting by accepting operation for print setting registration by the user only on a print setting item belonging to a plurality of print setting items and determined in advance to be a settable print setting item. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the registration screen controller displays the print setting registration screen while a factory default print setting is reflected in the print setting registration screen, and wherein, based on operation for print setting registration on the print setting registration screen by the user, the installation default generator rewrites the factory default print setting to generate the installation default print setting. ### Claim 12 A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer-readable printer driver to be executed by an information processing apparatus comprising a storage, the printer driver causing the information processing apparatus to at least: receive information indicative of a change, by a user, to at least one settable, default print setting item; generate an installation default print setting based on the change to the at least one print setting item; and execute a first step of storing an installation default print setting about at least one print setting item, including the at least one print setting item changed by the user, output from an installer during installation of the printer driver into a first storage region, the first storage region being a region in the storage and not rewritable by the user, wherein the printer driver is configured to restore to a print setting screen one or more print setting items that either include or do not include the change based on a prior selection by the user, and wherein the selection is made from among a list of options that includes factory default print settings, installation default print settings, user region print settings, and common region print settings, the factory default print settings being related to the print setting items that do not include the change, and the installation default print settings being related to the print setting items that do include the change. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 12, wherein the printer driver further causes the information processing apparatus to execute: a second step of (i) displaying the print setting screen in which the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region is reflected, (ii) rewriting the installation default print setting as a print setting intended by the user based on setting operation on the print setting screen by the user, and (iii) reflecting the rewritten print setting in the print setting screen, and a third step of storing the print setting reflected in the print setting screen into a second storage region based on operation for registration by the user, the second region being a region in the storage and rewritable by a user. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 13, wherein the printer driver further causes the information processing apparatus to execute a fourth step of reading the installation default print setting from the first storage region, and reflecting the read installation default print setting in the print setting screen based on operation for standard setting reflection by the user. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 14, wherein the printer driver further causes the information processing apparatus to execute a fifth step of managing standard setting information output from the installer at the time of installation of the printer driver, the standard setting information containing one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region as a designated print setting, and wherein, in the fourth step, if operation for standard setting reflection by the user is detected, one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region is read, and the read print setting is reflected in the print setting screen based on the standard setting information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 14, wherein the printer driver further causes the information processing apparatus to execute: a fifth step of displaying a standard setting selection screen in which the user is caused to select a print setting to be reflected in the print setting screen from the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region; a sixth step of generating standard setting information containing one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region as a designated print setting based on selecting operation on the standard setting selection screen by the user; and a seventh step of managing the standard setting information generated by the sixth step, and wherein, in the fourth step, if operation for standard setting reflection by the user is detected, one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region is read, and the read print setting is reflected in the print setting screen based on the standard setting information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 14, wherein the printer driver further causes the information processing apparatus to execute: an eighth step of displaying a print setting selection screen if operation for print setting call by the user is detected, the print setting selection screen being a screen in which the user is caused to select a print setting to be reflected in the print setting screen from the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region; and a ninth step of reading one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region, and reflecting the read print setting in the print setting screen based on selecting operation on the print setting selection screen by the user. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 14, wherein the information processing apparatus further comprises a plurality of applications to start the printer driver, and wherein the printer driver further causes the information processing apparatus to execute: a tenth step of managing application information containing association determined in advance between each of the applications and one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region; an eleventh step of determining one of the applications to be an application having started the printer driver; and a twelfth step of determining a print setting associated with the one application determined by the eleventh step based on the application information, and, based on a result of the determination, reading one of the installation default print setting stored in the first storage region and the print setting stored in the second storage region, and reflecting the read print setting in the print setting screen. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory recording medium according to claim 18, wherein in the twelfth step, the result of the determination about the print setting associated with the one application is displayed, and operation for confirming the result by the user is accepted. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection is made at a standard setting selection screen by the user during the installation of the printer driver.