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US 2006/0221376 A1Published application
Print control apparatus and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHisashi Matsumoto
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Abstract
A print control apparatus is provided which inhibits an output of content data if a destination of the content data is a virtual printer for converting the content data to a file.
Claims13
A print control apparatus comprising:
- a request unit configured to request an output of content data;
- and
- an inhibiting unit configured to inhibit the output of the content data if a destination of the content data is a virtual printer for converting the content data to a file.
A print control method comprising:
- detecting a request for an output of content data;
- and
- inhibiting the output of the content data if a destination of the content data is a virtual printer for converting the content data to a file.
A print control program comprising:
- code configured to detect a request for an output of content data;
- and
- code configured to inhibit the output of the content data if a destination of the content data is a virtual printer for converting the content data to a file.
A print control apparatus comprising:
- a request unit configured to request an output of content data;
- and
- an inhibiting unit configured to inhibit the output of the content data if parameters of a printer driver for a destination of the content data include a predetermined keyword.
A print control method comprising:
- detecting a request for an output of content data;
- and
- inhibiting the output of the content data if parameters of a printer driver for a destination of the content data include a predetermined keyword.
A print control program comprising code which perform the steps of:
- detecting a request for an output of content data;
- and
- inhibiting the output of the content data if parameters of a printer driver for a destination of the content data include a predetermined keyword.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.