Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and printing system containing supporting program configured to obtain status information of printer and control display content
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 massage on a UI of a PC.
Claims18
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus having a display, a controller, and an operating system which has a general-use printing program, the information processing apparatus being configured to communicate with a printer, the general-use printing program being configured to receive a print instruction to cause the printer to execute printing of an image, to generate print data based on the received print instruction, and to output the generated print data,
- wherein 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, 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:
- obtaining, from the printer, status information including first information to which the general-use printing program is not adapted and second information to which the general-use printing program is adapted;
- controlling a display content to be displayed on the display, the display content including a first content corresponding to the first information to which the general-use printing program is not adapted.
A printing system comprising a printer and an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus having a display, a controller, and an operating system which has a general-use printing program, the information processing apparatus being configured to communicate with the printer, the general-use printing program being configured to receive a print instruction to cause the printer to execute printing of an image, to generate print data based on the received print instruction, and to output the generated print data,
- wherein the printer is configured to:
- transmit status information including first information to which the general-use printing program is not adapted and second information to which the general-use printing program is adapted;
- and
- receive print data from the information processing apparatus and execute printing based on the print data,
- wherein the information processing apparatus comprising 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
- 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:
- obtaining, from the printer, status information including first information to which the general-use printing program is not adapted and second information to which the general-use printing program is adapted;
- and
- controlling a display content to be displayed on the display, the display content including a first content corresponding to the first information to which the general-use printing program is not adapted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.