Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having a supporting program, information processing apparatus with an operating system having a general-use printing program and printing method
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorRyota Kakitsuba
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Abstract
When a general-use printing program receives a print instruction to cause a printer to execute printing of an image, a supporting program obtains status information of the printer from the printer and determines, based on the status information, whether a display condition is satisfied. The display condition is a condition to display a message based on the status information. When it is determined that the display condition is satisfied, the supporting program display the message on a UI of a PC.
Claims8
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus having a display, a controller, and a general-use printing program being implemented in an operating system of the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus being configured to communicate with a printer, the non-transitory computer-readable recording medium containing computer-executable programs realizing a supporting program corresponding to the printer, the computer-executable programs being different from the general-use printing program,
- wherein the general-use printing program implemented in the operating system is configured to:
- receive a print instruction to cause the printer to execute printing of an image;
- generate print data based on the received print instruction;
- and
- output the generated print data,
- wherein, in response to the general-use printing program receiving the print instruction to cause the printer to execute printing of the image, the computer-executable programs cause, when executed by the controller, the information processing apparatus to perform:
- determining an error occurred in the printer based on status information obtained from the printer;
- and
- controlling a display content to be displayed on the display based on whether or not the status information obtained from the printer include first information to which the general-use printing program is not adapted.
An information processing apparatus configured to communicate with a printer, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- a general-use printing program being implemented in an operating system of the information processing apparatus;
- a display;
- a storage storing computer-executable programs realizing a supporting program corresponding to the printer, the computer-executable programs being different from the general-use printing program;
- and
- a controller;
- wherein the general-use printing program implemented in the operating system is configured to:
- receive a print instruction to cause the printer to execute printing of an image;
- generate print data based on the received print instruction;
- and
- output the generated print data,
- wherein, in response to the general-use printing program receiving the print instruction to cause the printer to execute printing of the image, the controller is configured to execute the computer-executable programs to perform:
- determining an error occurred in the printer based on status information obtained from the printer;
- and
- controlling a display content to be displayed on the display based on whether or not the status information obtained from the printer include first information to which the general-use printing program is not adapted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.