US 11,231,891 B2 · Print control device, print control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing print control program

Abstract

Provided is a personal computer which is communicatively coupled to a printer, the personal computer including: an OS that has a display function of displaying a standard print setting screen, and a print function; a server section that causes the printer to be recognized by the print function of the OS, acquires standard print data output by the print function of the OS, converts the acquired data into custom print data, and transmits the custom print data to the printer; and a custom print setting section that, when the standard print data is output from the OS to the server section, displays a custom print setting screen, and that, when a custom print setting is set, transmits the custom print setting to the server section, in which the server section converts the standard print data into the custom print data based on the custom print setting.

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Dependent claims

A print control device which is communicatively coupled to a printing device supporting print data in a predetermined format, the print control device comprising:

an operating system that has a display function of displaying a first print setting screen including a plurality of setting items, and a print function;
a data conversion section that causes the printing device to be recognized by the print function of the operating system, acquires first print data output by the print function of the operating system, converts the first print data into second print data which is the print data in the predetermined format different from the first print data, and transmits the second print data to the printing device;
and
a custom setting section that, when the first print data is output from the operating system to the data conversion section, displays a second print setting screen including a custom setting item different from the setting items included in the first print setting screen, and that, when a custom setting value of the custom setting item is set, transmits the set custom setting value to the data conversion section,
wherein the data conversion section converts the first print data into the second print data based on the custom setting value.

2 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a print control program for a print control device which is coupled to a printing device supporting print data in a predetermined format and in which an operating system having a display function of displaying a first print setting screen including a print instruction button and a plurality of setting items and a print function is installed, the print control program causing a processor of the print control device to execute:

a function of displaying a second print setting screen including a custom setting item different from the setting items included in the first print setting screen when a print instruction is given to the printing device by the print instruction button;
and
a function of transmitting, to the printing device, a custom setting value of the custom setting item related to conversion from first print data different the print data in the predetermined format into second print data which is the print data in the predetermined format when the custom setting value is set.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Print control device, print control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing print control program

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Print control device, print control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing print control program

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Abstract

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