Printing apparatus and method of controlling same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShunsuke Iguchi
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Abstract
The invention seeks to display the setting of a spoken language, which is used in a printer, in such a manner that the setting can be understood irrespective of set values. Messages indicative of settable items as well as settings are stored in a language message map. Both the message and the setting regarding a language setting among the settable items are expressed in the English language and stored. When a status print is performed, messages concerning the items that have been set and the corresponding settings are read out of the language message map and are printed.
Claims23
A printing apparatus that allows a user to make various settings inclusive of a selection of used language, comprising:
- output unit for outputting information;
- and
- output control unit for, in response to request for outputting setting information indicating the various settings, controlling the output unit to output the setting information;
- wherein said output control unit controls said output unit to output language information indicating the used language by expressing the language information in symbols that are independent of the language that has been set as the used language, and output setting information exclusive of the language information by expressing the setting information exclusive of the language information in the language that has been set as the used language.
A method of controlling a printing apparatus that supports a plurality of languages, comprising:
- a setting step of allowing a user to make various settings inclusive of a selection of language used;
- and
- an output step of outputting the various settings;
- wherein said output step includes outputting the setting of the language used by expressing this setting in symbols that are independent of the language that has been set as the language used, and outputting settings exclusive of the language used by expressing these settings in the language that has been set as the language used.
A computer program for performing control, which supports a plurality of languages, by computer, said program comprising:
- code of a setting step of allowing a user to make various settings inclusive of a selection of language used;
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- code of an output step of outputting the various settings;
- wherein said output step includes outputting the setting of the language used by expressing this setting in symbols that are independent of the language that has been set as the language used, and outputting settings exclusive of the language used by expressing these settings in the language that has been set as the language used.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.