Storage medium enabling easy grasping of capabilities of printer by icons, and control method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKenta Matsui
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Abstract
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for expanding a function of general-purpose software that generates print data which can be printed by a plurality of printers of a plurality of makers. The program includes a code for causing an apparatus to acquire capability information of capabilities of a printer included in the printers of the plurality of makers, a code for converting the acquired capability information to icons each representing an item of the capability information, and a code for causing the apparatus to display the converted icons on a display section.
Claims16
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executable by a computer of an information processing apparatus to execute a method of supporting general-purpose software that generates print data printable by a plurality of printers of a plurality of makers, the method comprising:
- causing the information processing apparatus to receive, from a target printer included in the plurality of printers, capability information indicating a plurality of capabilities, including a print color mode, a marker type, and a media type, of the target printer included in the printers of the plurality of makers;
- causing the information processing apparatus to determine whether or not each of the capabilities indicated by the received capability information is convertible to a respective icon;
- causing the information processing apparatus to generate the respective icon reflecting each of the capabilities indicated by the received capability information determined to be convertible;
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- causing the information processing apparatus to display identification information of the target printer and the generated icons respectively representing the plurality of capabilities indicated by the received capability information, the displayed icon representing the print color mode reflecting monochrome or color, the displayed icon representing the marker type reflecting ink or toner, and the displayed icon representing the media type reflecting stationary or roll.
A control method for an information processing apparatus that executes a program to support general-purpose software that generates print data printable by a plurality of printers of a plurality of makers, the control method comprising:
- causing the information processing apparatus to receive, from a target printer included in the plurality of printers, capability information indicating a plurality of capabilities, including a print color mode, a marker type, and a media type, of the target printer included in the printers of the plurality of makers;
- causing the information processing apparatus to determine whether or not each of the capabilities indicated by the received capability information is convertible to a respective icon;
- causing the information processing apparatus to generate the respective icon reflecting each of the capabilities indicated by the received capability information determined to be convertible;
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- causing the information processing apparatus to display identification information of the target printer and the generated icons respectively representing the plurality of capabilities indicated by the received capability information, the displayed icon representing the print color mode reflecting monochrome or color, the displayed icon representing the marker type reflecting ink or toner, and the displayed icon representing the media type reflecting stationary or roll.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a memory that stores a program supporting a general-purpose software that generates print data printable by a plurality of printers of a plurality of makers;
- a processor that executes the program to:
- receive, from a target printer included in the plurality of printers, capability information indicating a plurality of capabilities, including a print color mode, a marker type, and a media type, of the target printer included in the printers of the plurality of makers;
- determine whether or not each of the capabilities indicated by the received capability information is convertible to a respective icon;
- generate the respective icon reflecting each of the capabilities indicated by the received capability information determined to be convertible;
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- display identification information of the target printer and the generated icons respectively representing the plurality of capabilities indicated by the received capability information, the displayed icon representing the print color mode reflecting monochrome or color, the displayed icon representing the marker type reflecting ink or toner, and the displayed icon representing the media type reflecting stationary or roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.