Print Processing System, Information Processing Apparatus and Computer Usable Medium

A print processing system comprising:

• an information processing apparatus;
• a printer that is connected to the information apparatus;
• and
• an application software and a printer driver that function on the information processing apparatus,
• the application software and the printer driver cooperating with each other to perform a process of transmitting print data to the printer from the information processing apparatus,
• the printer driver including:
• a dialog box display module that is capable of displaying a dialog box regarding print settings in response to directions from the application software, and, when displaying the dialog box, displays setting parameters belonging to one of a plurality of groups specified by the application software as initial display contents,
• the application software including:
• a group information acquiring module that obtains a plurality of group information corresponding to the plurality of groups;
• a menu display module that is capable of displaying a menu having a hierarchical structure, includes print directive items provided for directing the printer driver to display the dialog box, and, when there is an operation of moving a focus to the print directive items, displays the plurality of group information obtained by the group information acquiring module as a submenu of the print directive items;
• and
• a dialog box display directive module that specifies one of the groups corresponding to one of the group information to which the focus is moved every time there is an operation of moving a focus to any of the plurality of group information in the menu displayed by the menu display module, and directs the printer driver to display the dialog box.

An information processing apparatus comprising an application software and a printer driver,

• the printer driver including:
• a dialog box display module that is capable of displaying a dialog box regarding print settings in response to directions from the application software,
• the application software including:
• an interdialog information acquiring module that acquires interdialog information corresponding to at least a part of information displayed in the dialog box by the printer driver;
• and
• a menu display module that is capable of displaying a menu having a hierarchical structure including print directive items provided for directing the printer driver to display the dialog box, and, when there is an operation of moving a focus to the print directive items, displays the interdialog information obtained by the interdialog information acquiring module as a submenu of the print directive items.

An information processing apparatus comprising an application software and a printer driver,

• the printer driver including:
• a dialog box display module that is capable of displaying a dialog box regarding print settings in response to directions from the application software, and, when displaying the dialog box, displays setting parameters belonging to one of a plurality of groups specified by the application software as initial display contents,
• the application software including:
• a group information acquiring module that obtains a plurality of group information corresponding to the plurality of groups;
• a menu display module that is capable of displaying a menu having a hierarchical structure, includes print directive items provided for directing the printer driver to display the dialog box, and, when there is an operation of moving a focus to the print directive items, displays the plurality of group information obtained by the group information acquiring module as a submenu of the print directive items;
• and
• a dialog box display directive module that specifies one of the groups corresponding to one of the group information to which the focus is moved every time there is an operation of moving a focus to any of the plurality of group information in the menu displayed by the menu display module, and directs the printer driver to display the dialog box.

A computer usable medium comprising computer readable instructions to cause a computer to execute steps of:

• obtaining interdialog information corresponding to at least a part of information displayed in a dialog box regarding print settings displayed by a printer driver;
• displaying a menu having a hierarchical structure including print directive items provided for directing the printer driver to display the dialog box;
• moving a focus to the print directive items in the menu;
• and
• displaying the obtained interdialog information as a submenu of the print directive items in accordance with the movement of the focus.

A computer usable medium comprising computer readable instructions to cause a computer to execute steps of:

• obtaining a plurality of group information corresponding to a plurality of groups, each of the plurality of groups including setting parameters displayed per group as initial display contents by a printer driver;
• displaying a menu having a hierarchical structure including print directive items provided for directing the printer driver to display the dialog box;
• moving a focus to the print directive items in the menu;
• displaying the obtained plurality of group information as a submenu of the print directive items;
• and
• specifying one of the groups corresponding to one of the group information to which the focus is moved in accordance with the movement of the focus to any of the plurality of group information, and directing the printer driver to display the dialog box.