US 12,547,357 B2Granted

Information processing apparatus, method for controlling information processing apparatus, and storage medium

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorMasashi Nakagawa

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Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a printer driver configured to generate a print command compliant with a predetermined printing protocol based on print data obtained from a data generation application, one or more extension modules configured to generate a print command compliant with another printing protocol different from the predetermined printing protocol, a storage unit configured to store information associating the one or more extension modules to be used for generating the print command compliant with said another printing protocol with the printer driver, and an output unit configured to output the print command compliant with said another printing protocol, the print command being obtained through processing of the print data obtained by the printer driver, and the processing being performed by the one or more modules indicated by the information.

Claims10

Dependent claims

An information processing apparatus that stores a computer program configured to be executed by one or more processors of the information processing apparatus having a driver corresponding to a plurality of printers of a plurality of vendors, the computer program being different from the driver and the computer program being not included in the driver, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a first converting unit configured to convert print data of a first type of page description language to print data of a second type of page description language being able to be interpretable by a first printing apparatus, the print data of the first type of page description language being output by the driver based on a print setting received from a user via a print setting screen provided by an operating system of the information processing apparatus, the print data of the first type of page description language being converted to the print data of the second type of page description language based on another print setting received from the user via a first print setting screen displayed by executing a first program, the first program being different from the driver and corresponding to the first printing apparatus;
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a second converting unit configured to convert print data of the first type of page description language to print data of a third type of page description language being able to be interpretable by a second printing apparatus, the print data of the first type of page description language being output by the driver based on a print setting received from a user via the print setting screen provided by the operating system of the information processing apparatus, the print data of the first type of page description language being converted to the print data of the third type of page description language based on another print setting received from the user via a second print setting screen displayed by executing a second program, the second program being different from the driver and corresponding to the second printing apparatus, the print data of the third type of page description language being not interpretable by the first printing apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a computer program configured to be executed by one or more processors of an information processing apparatus having a driver corresponding to a plurality of printers of a plurality of vendors, the computer program being different from the driver and the computer program being not included in the driver, the computer program including instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the information processing apparatus to:

convert print data of a first type of page description language to print data of a second type of page description language being able to be interpretable by a first printing apparatus, the print data of the first type of page description language being output by the driver based on a print setting received from a user via a print setting screen provided by an operating system of the information processing apparatus, the print data of the first type of page description language being converted to the print data of the second type of page description language based on another print setting received from the user via a first print setting screen displayed by executing a first program, the first program being different from the driver and corresponding to the first printing apparatus;
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convert print data of the first type of page description language to print data of a third type of page description language being able to be interpretable by a second printing apparatus, the print data of the first type of page description language being output by the driver based on a print setting received from a user via the print setting screen provided by the operating system of the information processing apparatus, the print data of the first type of page description language being converted to the print data of the third type of page description language based on another print setting received from the user via a second print setting screen displayed by executing a second program, the second program being different from the driver and corresponding to the second printing apparatus, the print data of the third type of page description language being not interpretable by the first printing apparatus.

A control method for controlling an information processing apparatus that stores a computer program configured to be executed by one or more processors of the information processing apparatus having a driver corresponding to a plurality of printers of a plurality of vendors, the computer program being different from the driver and the computer program being not included in the driver, the control method comprising:

converting print data of a first type of page description language to print data of a second type of page description language being able to be interpretable by a first printing apparatus, the print data of the first type of page description language being output by the driver based on a print setting received from a user via a print setting screen provided by an operating system of the information processing apparatus, the print data of the first type of page description language being converted to the print data of the second type of page description language based on another print setting received from the user via a first print setting screen displayed by executing a first program, the first program being different from the driver and corresponding to the first printing apparatus;
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converting print data of the first type of page description language to print data of a third type of page description language being able to be interpretable by a second printing apparatus, the print data of the first type of page description language being output by the driver based on a print setting received from a user via the print setting screen provided by the operating system of the information processing apparatus, the print data of the first type of page description language being converted to the print data of the third type of page description language based on another print setting received from the user via a second print setting screen displayed by executing a second program, the second program being different from the driver and corresponding to the second printing apparatus, the print data of the third type of page description language being not interpretable by the first printing apparatus.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/888,007Filed 17 Sep 2024 · continuation
Priority: JP 2018-17265514 Sep 2018
Published: US 2025/0013409 A19 Jan 2025
Granted: 10 Feb 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G06F 3/1227
Client or server resources management: printer definition files
G06F 3/1277
Print workflow management, e.g. defining or changing a workflow, cross publishing: using filter pipeline, e.g. outside the driver, adding traps
G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1206
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in increased flexibility in input data format or job format or job type

Family

Application16/568,080Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Sep 2019
Application18/059,740Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Nov 2022
US 11,531,507 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 20 Dec 2022
US 2025/0013409 A1Pre-grant publication · published 9 Jan 2025
US 12,112,084 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2020/0089452 A1Published application
US 2023/0086590 A1Published application
US 12,547,357 B2This patent

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