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US 11,531,504 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHisashi Kato
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHisashi Kato
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An information processing apparatus stores first software for generating print data according to a predetermined specification and sends the generated print data to a printer according to Internet Printing Protocol. The information processing apparatus includes a controller that can search for printers, receive a user instruction for selecting a first printer from the detected printers, wherein the first printer notifies the information processing apparatus the first printer complies with the predetermined specification, set the information processing apparatus to generate print data to be sent to the selected first printer with the first software, and receive another user instruction for selecting a second printer from the detected printers. If the second printer does not notify the information processing apparatus of information indicating that the second printer complies with the predetermined specification, second software is downloaded for generating print data to be sent to the selected second printer.
An information processing apparatus that stores first software for generating, in accordance with a predetermined specification, print data to be transmitted to a printer in accordance with the Internet Printing Protocol, the information processing apparatus comprising a controller configured to:
An information processing apparatus that stores first software for generating in accordance with a predetermined specification, print data to be transmitted to a printer in accordance with the Internet Printing Protocol, the information processing apparatus comprising a controller configured to
A control method of an information processing apparatus that stores first software for generating, in accordance with a predetermined specification, print data to be transmitted to a printer in accordance with the Internet Printing Protocol, the method configured to:
A control method of an information processing apparatus that stores first software for generating in accordance with a predetermined specification, print data to be transmitted to a printer in accordance with the Internet Printing Protocol, the method configured to:
A non-transitory storage medium on which is stored a computer program related to a method for controlling an information processing apparatus, which stores first software for generating in accordance with a predetermined specification, print data to be transmitted to a printer according to the Internet Printing Protocol, the method comprising
A non-transitory storage medium on which is stored a computer program related to a method for controlling an information processing apparatus, which stores first software for generating in accordance with a predetermined specification, print data to be transmitted to a printer in accordance with the Internet Printing Protocol, the method comprising:
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Client or server resources management: software update, e.g. print driver, modules, plug-ins, fonts
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type
Client or server resources management: discovery of devices having required properties
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The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a method, and a storage medium.
In recent years, mobile terminal devices such as smartphones typified by “Android” (registered trademark) have come to support a printing function by the operating system (OS) as a standard. Software that controls the printing function in a personal computer typified by “Windows” (registered trademark) is a printer driver. In Android, software referred to as “print plug-in” is used instead of the printer driver.
The print plug-in includes a search function and a printing function, presents a list of printers that have been detected by using the search function in response to requests from each application of the mobile terminal device, and transmits a print job to the printer selected by the user. The print plug-in is provided to a user from a printer vendor or an application vendor via an application distribution service such as “Google Play” (registered trademark).
FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram in embodiments of the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus.
FIG. 3 illustrates an example of a software configuration example of the information processing apparatus.
Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings and the like.
FIG. 1 illustrates a network configuration according to the present embodiment. A mobile terminal device (information processing apparatus) 2000 can access the network via an access point 2013. A printer 1000, a printer 1001, and a printer 1002 are connected to the network.
As shown in FIG. 1, each printer internally holds the model name and the IP address information. Additionally, each printer has different capabilities, and internally holds information that indicates the capabilities.