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US 2002/0054312 A1Published application
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, computer readable program, and storage medium product storing computer readable program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMakoto Tomita
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Abstract
When users employ a printer driver having the function of automatically selecting a development mode, the invention is intended to make the function of automatically selecting a development mode more convenient to the users. To that end, when one of development modes including a vector mode and an image mode is automatically decided, the printer driver automatically decides a plurality of print setting items in printing data to be processed in the decided development mode depending on the contents of drawing.
Claims21
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- development mode deciding means for automatically deciding which one of development modes is used, including a vector mode in which printing data described in the printer control language to be developed into image data by a printing device is created, and an image mode in which printing data described in an image mode to be used in printing by said printing device is created;
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- print setting deciding means for automatically deciding a plurality of print setting items in the printing data to be instructed to said printing device when the printing data is created in the development mode decided by said development mode deciding means.
An information processing method comprising the steps of:
- a development mode deciding step of automatically deciding which one of development modes is used, including a vector mode in which printing data described in the printer control language to be developed into image data by a printing device is created, and an image mode in which printing data described in an image mode to be used in printing by said printing device is created;
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- a print setting deciding step of automatically deciding a plurality of print setting items in the printing data to be instructed to said printing device when the printing data is created in the development mode decided in said development mode deciding step.
A program product executed by an information processing apparatus, said program product comprising:
- a development mode decision module for automatically deciding which one of development modes is used, including a vector mode in which printing data described in the printer control language to be developed into image data by a printing device is created, and an image mode in which printing data described in an image mode to be used in printing by said printing device is created;
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- a print setting decision module for automatically deciding a plurality of print setting items in the printing data to be instructed to said printing device when the printing data is created in the development mode decided by said development mode decision module.
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- development mode selecting means allowing users to make selection to designate one of development modes including a vector mode in which printing data described in the printer control language to be developed into image data by a printing device is created, and an image mode in which printing data described in an image mode to be used in printing by said printing device is created, or to designate an automatic decision mode of automatically deciding which one of the development modes is used;
- print setting means for setting a plurality of print setting items in the printing data to be instructed to said printing device;
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- user interface providing means for providing a user interface which, when said automatic decision mode is selected, does not accept the setting made by users on those of said plurality of print setting items that should be automatically decided in said automatic decision mode, but accepts the setting made by users on those print setting items that are allowed for users to set.
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An information processing method comprising the steps of:
- a development mode selecting step allowing users to make selection to designate one of development modes including a vector mode in which printing data described in the printer control language to be developed into image data by a printing device is created, and an image mode in which printing data described in an image mode to be used in printing by said printing device is created, or to designate an automatic decision mode of automatically deciding which one of the development modes is used;
- a print setting step of setting a plurality of print setting items in the printing data to be instructed to said printing device;
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- a user interface providing step of providing a user interface which, when said automatic decision mode is selected, does not accept the setting made by users on those of said plurality of print setting items that should be automatically decided in said automatic decision mode, but accepts the setting made by users on those print setting items that are allowed for users to set.
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A program product executed by an information processing apparatus, said program product comprising:
- a development mode selection module for providing a user interface which includes an option for designating one of development modes including a vector mode in which printing data described in the printer control language to be developed into image data by a printing device is created, and an image mode in which printing data described in an image mode to be used in printing by said printing device is created, and an option for designating an automatic decision mode of automatically deciding which one of the development modes is used;
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- a print setting module for setting a plurality of print setting items in the printing data to be instructed to said printing device;
- said development mode selection module providing a user interface which, when said automatic decision mode is selected, does not accept the setting made by users on those of said plurality of print setting items that should be automatically decided in said automatic decision mode, but accepts the setting made by users on those print setting items that are allowed for users to set.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.