US 2006/0221361 A1 · Print control apparatus, print control method, and program for implementing the method

Abstract

A print control apparatus that can improve the performance and quality of a printer driver and a Win32 application and can improve usability for users. A Win32 application that operates on the print control apparatus handles print settings as a print ticket in XML format, and a printer driver that operates on the apparatus manages print settings as a DEVMODE structure in binary format. A conversion process between the print ticket and the DEVMODE structure is carried out in a submodule. The submodule constructs a public portion of the DEVMODE structure based on the print ticket and incorporates the print ticket into a free space in a private portion of the DEVMODE structure. Further, the submodule extracts the print ticket incorporated in the DEVMODE private portion.

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Dependent claims

A print control apparatus on which operate an application that handles print settings as a print ticket in XML format and a printer driver that manages print settings as a print settings structure in binary format, the print control apparatus comprising:

a constructing device that constructs a public data portion of the print settings structure in binary format based on the print ticket in XML format;
an incorporating device that incorporates the print ticket in XML format into a non-public data portion of the print settings structure in binary format;
and
an extracting device that extracts the print ticket in XML format incorporated in the non-public data portion of the print settings structure in binary format.

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A print control method applied to a print control apparatus on which operate an application that handles print settings as a print ticket in XML format and a printer driver that manages print settings as a print settings structure in binary format, the print control method comprising:

a constructing step of constructing a public data portion of the print settings structure in binary format based on the print ticket in XML format;
an incorporating step of incorporating the print ticket in XML format into a non-public data portion of the print settings structure in binary format;
and
an extracting step of extracting the print ticket in XML format incorporated in the non-public data portion of the print settings structure in binary format.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Print control apparatus, print control method, and program for implementing the method

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