Print control device, print control method, and storage medium storing print control program
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorNobutada Mizusawa
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Abstract
Disclosed is a print control device coupled to a print device including a plurality of hardware buttons. The print control device includes an acquirer configured to acquire, from the print device, state information indicating a state of the print device, and a controller configured to, in accordance with the state information, select, among the plurality of hardware buttons, a hardware button to be displayed as a software button by a display and to cause the display to display the software button for receiving an operation corresponding to the selected hardware button.
Claims9
A print control device coupled to a print device including a plurality of hardware buttons, comprising:
- a display;
- and
- a Central Processing Unit (CPU) configured to
- acquire, from the print device, state information indicating a state of the print device,
- select, in accordance with the state information, among the plurality of hardware buttons, a hardware button to be displayed as a software button by the display,
- cause the display to display the software button for receiving an operation corresponding to the selected hardware button, and
- do not cause the display to display the software button corresponding to a not selected hardware button among the plurality of hardware buttons.
A print control method for controlling a print device including a plurality of hardware buttons, comprising:
- acquiring, from the print device, state information indicating a state of the print device,
- selecting, in accordance with the state information, among the plurality of hardware buttons, a hardware button to be displayed as a software button by a display,
- causing the display to display the software button for receiving an operation corresponding to the selected hardware button, and
- not causing the display to display the software button corresponding to a not selected hardware button among the plurality of hardware buttons.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a print control program for controlling a print device including a plurality of hardware buttons, the print control program causing a computer to implement:
- acquiring, from the print device, state information indicating a state of the print device,
- selecting, in accordance with the state information, among the plurality of hardware buttons, a hardware button to be displayed as a software button by a display,
- causing the display to display the software button for receiving an operation corresponding to the selected hardware button, and
- not causing the display to display the software button corresponding to a not selected hardware button among the plurality of hardware buttons.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.