Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, information processing apparatus and printing method
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazutaka Yamada
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Abstract
When an editing APP receives a print instruction while designating an image to be printer, a supporting program receives a specific parameter and processes intermediate image data, and a general-use printing program generates print data based on the processed intermediate image data and transmits the print data to a printer. On the other hand, when the editing APP receives a preview instruction while designating an image to be printed, the supporting program receives a specific parameter and processes intermediated image data. Then, the general-use printing program responds to the editing APP without transmitting print data to the printer.
Claims15
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus having a controller, a general-use printing program being implemented in an operating system of the information processing apparatus, an application program being implemented in the information processing apparatus, the recording medium containing computer-executable programs realizing a supporting program corresponding to a printer connectable to the information processing apparatus,
- wherein, the supporting program causing, when executed by the controller, the information processing apparatus to perform:
- a receiving process when the general-use printing program receives a particular instruction from the application program, the application program being configured to input the particular instruction to the general-use printing program in a state where an image to be printed being designated through the application program, the receiving process being a process of receiving a processing setting used for processing the designated image, the particular instruction being an instruction to execute a particular process regarding the designated image;
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- a processing process of, based on the received processing setting, processing image data indicating the designated image, and of outputting the processed image data to display a preview of an image indicated by the processed image data, the image data being data output from the general-use printing program, the processing setting being setting received in the receiving process.
An information processing apparatus having a controller,
- wherein a general-use printing program is implemented in an operating system of the information processing apparatus,
- wherein a supporting program corresponding to a printer connectable to the information processing apparatus is implemented in the information processing apparatus,
- wherein an application program is implemented in the information processing, the application program being configured to receive a print instruction to cause the printer, through the general-use printing program, to execute printing of an image,
- wherein the controller performs:
- a receiving process using the supporting program when the general-use printing program receives a particular instruction from the application program, the application program being configured to input the particular instruction to the general-use printing program in a state where an image to be printed being designated through the application program, the receiving process being a process of receiving a processing setting used for processing the designated image, the particular instruction being an instruction to execute a particular process regarding the designated image;
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- a processing process, using the supporting program, of processing the image data based on the received processing setting, and of outputting the processed image data to display a preview of an image indicated by the processed image data, the image data being data output from the general-use printing program, the processing setting being setting received in the receiving process.
A printing method to cause a printer connectable to an information processing apparatus to execute printing based on print data generated in the information processing apparatus, a general-use printing program being implemented in an operating system of the information processing apparatus, a supporting program corresponding to a printer connectable to the information processing apparatus being implemented in the information processing apparatus, an application program being implemented in the information processing, the application program being configured to receive a print instruction to cause the printer, through the general-use printing program, to execute printing of an image,
- wherein the printing method includes an image processing method provided by the supporting program, the image processing method including:
- when the general-use printing program receives a particular instruction from the application program, the application program being configured to input the particular instruction to the general-use printing program in a state where an image to be printed being designated through the application program, receiving a processing setting used for processing the designated image, the particular instruction being an instruction to execute a particular process regarding the designated image;
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- processing the image data based on the received processing setting, and outputting the processed image data to display a preview of an image indicated by the processed image data, the image data being data output from the general-use printing program, the processing setting being setting received in the receiving, the image data indicating the designated image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.