Managing print settings in multiple different setting software
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroshi Omura
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Abstract
To make a set of set values of a plurality of print setting items added in a first execution environment usable in a second execution environment as well, an information processing apparatus comprises: a first printer driver configured to operate in a first execution environment, and add a set of set values of a plurality of print setting items to a list; and an application corresponding to a second printer driver configured to operate in a second execution environment, and obtain the set of the set values added by the first printer driver and display the set of the set values as a choice.
Claims53
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- first print setting software configured to set print setting values for printing data to be provided by a first application;
- second print setting software configured to set print setting values for printing data to be provided by a second application;
- and
- a driver configured to generate print data that is based on the data provided by the first application and the print setting value set by the first print setting software, and configured to generate print data that is based on the data provided by the second application and the print setting values set by the second print setting software;
- wherein the first print setting software is configured to register an identifier input by a user for print setting values selected by the user,
- wherein the second print setting software is configured to receive a selection by the user of the identifier, and select print setting values corresponding to the selected identifier, and
- wherein the second print setting software is different from the driver and different from the first print setting software.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a driver configured to generate print data for printing data of a second application;
- first print setting software configure to set print setting values for the data of the first application;
- and
- second print setting software configured to set print setting values for the data of the second application;
- wherein the first print setting software is configured to register an identifier input by a user for print setting values set by an instruction from the user;
- wherein the second print setting software is configured to receive a selection by the user of the identifier, and set print setting values corresponding to the selected;
- and
- wherein the second print setting software is different from the driver and different from the first print setting software.
A method executed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- setting, by first print setting software, print setting values for printing data to be provided by a first application;
- setting, by second print setting software, print setting values for printing data to be provided by a second application;
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- generating, by a driver, print data that is based on the data provided by the first application and the print setting values set by the first print setting software, and generating, by the driver, print data that is based on the data provided by the second application and the print setting values set by the second print setting software;
- wherein the first print setting software is configured to register an identifier input by a user for print setting values selected by the user,
- wherein the second print setting software is configured to receive a selection by the user of the identifier, and select print setting values corresponding to the selected identifier, and
- wherein the second print setting software is different from the driver and different from the first print setting software.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program for causing a computer to perform an information processing method, the program comprising code to execute:
- setting, by first print setting software, print setting values for printing data to be provided by a first application;
- setting, by second print setting software, print setting values for printing data to be provided by a second application;
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- generating, by a driver, print data that is based on the data provided by the first application and the print setting values set by the first print setting software, and generating, by the driver, print data that is based on the data provided by the second application and the print setting values set by the second print setting software,
- wherein the first print setting software is configured to register an identifier input by a user for print setting values selected by the user,
- wherein the second print setting software is configured to receive a selection by the user of the identifier, and select print setting values corresponding to the selected identifier, and
- wherein the second print setting software is different from the driver and different from the first print setting software.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.