# US 12,118,254 B2 · Enabling an appropriate print instruction to be issued using an OS standard printing function > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,118,254 B2 - Document ID: US12118254B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/173,675 - Filed: 2023-02-23 - Published: 2023-06-22 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-31 - Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Kouichi Takahashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12118254B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/1226: {Discovery of devices having required properties} - G06F 3/1206: {resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type} - G06F 3/1224: {Client or server resources management} - G06F 3/1228: {Printing driverless or using generic drivers} - G06F 3/1232: {Transmitting printer device capabilities, e.g. upon request or periodically} - G06F 3/1247: {by conversion to printer ready format} - G06F 3/126: {Job scheduling, e.g. queuing, determine appropriate device} - G06F 3/1274: {Deleting of print job} - G06F 3/1285: {Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server} - G06F 3/1286: {via local network} - G06F 3/1293: {Printer information exchange with computer} - H04L 67/51: Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A control method implemented in an information processing apparatus by at least one processor that executes print control software, the control method includes registering, in a print control software, a print queue in which first identification information is set, determining whether a device in which the first identification information is set is present on a network to which an information processing apparatus is connected, in a case where the print queue in which the first identification information is set is registered in the print control software, and changing identification information of the print queue registered in the print control software from the first identification information to second identification information different from the first identification information, in a case where a device in which the first identification information is set is determined to be present on the network. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A control method implemented in an information processing apparatus by at least one processor that executes first software, the control method comprising: registering, in the first software, a print queue in which first identification information is set; performing display to prompt a user to change the first identification information, in a case where a device in which the first identification information is set is present on a network; changing identification information of the print queue registered in the first software from the first identification information to second identification information different from the first identification information in a case where the user changes the first identification information to the second identification information according to the display; and executing processing of registering, in second software different from the first software, a print queue of a virtual printer in which the second identification information is set. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control method according to claim 1, wherein the virtual printer in which the second identification information is set is registered as a virtual printer to communicate with the second software and associated with the print queue, in a case where the device in which the first identification information is set is present on the network, and wherein the identification information of the print queue registered in the first software is changed from the first identification information to the second identification information, in a case where the virtual printer in which the second identification information is set is registered. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The control method according to claim 1, wherein the virtual printer, in which identification information formed by adding a number to an end of the first identification information is set as the second identification information, is registered in accordance with a discovery protocol, in a case where the device in which the first identification information is set is present on the network. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The control method according to claim 1, wherein an input item that receives a change of the identification information of the print queue registered in the first software is displayed in a case where the device in which the first identification information is set is present on the network, and wherein the virtual printer in which the second identification information is set is registered as a virtual printer to communicate with the second software and associated with the print queue, in a case where the identification information of the print queue registered in the first software is changed from the first identification information to the second identification information by a user input to the input item. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The control method according to claim 1, wherein the first software is print control software, and the second software is operating system (OS) standard print software. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The control method according to claim 1, further comprising deleting a print queue in which the second identification information is set and which is registered in the second software, if a device in which the second identification information is set is present on the network in a case where the first software is activated. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The control method according to claim 1, wherein, in a case where a printing apparatus that communicates with the information processing apparatus does not support print data in a standard format, print data in the standard format generated by the second software is transmitted to the virtual printer to be converted by the first software into print data in a format interpretable by the printing apparatus. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The control method according to claim 1, further comprising determining whether the device in which the first identification information is set is present on the network to which the information processing apparatus is connected, in a case where the print queue in which the first identification information is set is registered in the first software. ### Claim 9 An information processing apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and at least one memory storing executable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the information processing apparatus to: register, in first software, a print queue in which first identification information is set; perform display to prompt a user to change the first identification information, in a case where a device in which the first identification information is set is present on a network; change identification information of the print queue registered in the first software from the first identification information to second identification information different from the first identification information in a case where the user changes the first identification information to the second identification information according to the display; and execute processing of registering, in second software different from the first software, a print queue of a virtual printer in which the second identification information is set. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the virtual printer, in which identification information formed by adding a number to an end of the first identification information is set as the second identification information, is registered in accordance with a discovery protocol, in a case where the device in which the first identification information is set is present on the network. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein an input item that receives a change of the identification information of the print queue registered in the first software is displayed in a case where the device in which the first identification information is set is present on the network, and wherein the virtual printer in which the second identification information is set is registered as a virtual printer to communicate with the second software and associated with the print queue, in a case where the identification information of the print queue registered in the first software is changed from the first identification information to the second identification information by a user input to the input item. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first software is print control software, and the second software is operating system (OS) standard print software. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the information processing apparatus to delete a print queue in which the second identification information is set and which is registered in the second software, in a case where a device in which the second identification information is set is present on the network, in a case where the first software is activated. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein, in a case where a printing apparatus that communicates with the information processing apparatus does not support print data in a standard format, print data in the standard format generated by the second software is transmitted to the virtual printer to be converted by the first software into print data in a format interpretable by the printing apparatus. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the information processing apparatus to determine whether the device in which the first identification information is set is present on the network to which the information processing apparatus is connected, in a case where the print queue in which the first identification information is set is registered in the first software. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The control method according to claim 1, wherein the processing of registering the print queue of the virtual printer in which the second identification information is set is executed in the second software based on the identification information of the print queue registered in the first software having been changed from the first identification information to the second identification information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the virtual printer in which the second identification information is set is registered as a virtual printer to communicate with the second software and associated with the print queue, in a case where the device in which the first identification information is set is present on the network, and wherein the identification information of the print queue registered in the first software is changed from the first identification information to the second identification information, in a case where the virtual printer in which the second identification information is set is registered. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) The information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the processing of registering the print queue of the virtual printer in which the second identification information is set is executed in the second software based on the identification information of the print queue registered in the first software having been changed from the first identification information to the second identification information.