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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroaki Morimoto
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Provided is a technique for allowing a user to check necessary information without explicitly giving instructions to display a screen of an extension application. A program executable by a computer of an information processing apparatus and configured to extend a function in association with print data generation software for generating print data printable by a plurality of different printers causes the computer to execute processing including acquiring information from a printer; determining information to be displayed on a print setting screen of an operating system of the information processing apparatus, based on the information acquired from the printer; and notifying the operating system of the information processing apparatus of screen definition information defining the information to be displayed on the print setting screen.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an extension program executable by a computer of an information processing apparatus and configured to extend a function provided by print data generation software for generating print data printable by a plurality of different printers, the extension program causing the computer to execute processing comprising:
A method for an information processing apparatus storing an extension program executable by a computer of the information processing apparatus and configured to extend a function provided by print data generation software for generating print data printable by a plurality of different printers, the extension program causing the computer to execute processing comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.