Information processing apparatus, printing apparatus, printing system, information processing apparatus control method, printing apparatus control method, and computer-readable storage medium

An information processing apparatus including a user interface that is operable to designate a print setting for a print job to be printed by a printing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• a paper type information acquisition unit configured to acquire paper type information from an external management apparatus, as information indicating paper stored in the printing apparatus, wherein the paper type information includes information usable to determine whether an acquired paper type is one-sided printed paper that has a printed surface on which printing is already performed and an unprinted surface to be used for printing;
• a print setting inhibition rule acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the management apparatus, print setting inhibition rule information that associates a print setting to be designated as an inhibition rule when printing using the one-sided printed paper is performed with the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper;
• a paper type determination unit configured to determine whether a paper setting included in the print setting designated by the user interface is a setting corresponding to the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper based on the paper type information acquired by the paper type information acquisition unit;
• a print setting inhibition rule determination unit configured to determine whether print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type information corresponding to the designated paper setting is included in the print setting inhibition rule information acquired by the print setting inhibition rule acquisition unit, if the paper type determination unit determines that the designated paper setting is the setting corresponding to the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper;
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• a control unit configured to perform control to prevent the print setting designated as an inhibition rule in the print setting inhibition rule information from being designated by the user interface, if the print setting inhibition rule determination unit determines that the print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type information corresponding to the designated paper setting is included in the print setting inhibition rule information acquired by the print setting inhibition rule acquisition unit.

A printing apparatus configured to perform printing based on a print setting received from an information processing apparatus, the printing apparatus comprising:

• a paper type information management unit configured to store and manage paper type information as information indicating paper stored in the printing apparatus, wherein the paper type information includes information usable to determine whether an acquired paper type is a one-sided printed paper that has a printed surface on which printing is already performed and an unprinted surface to be used for printing;
• a print setting inhibition rule management unit configured to store and manage a print setting to be designated as an inhibition rule when printing using the one-sided printed paper is performed and an alternate setting of the print setting to be designated as the inhibition rule, as print setting inhibition rule information, in association with the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper;
• a paper type determination unit configured to determine whether a paper setting included in the received print setting is the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper based on the paper type information stored and managed by the paper type information management unit;
• a print setting inhibition rule determination unit configured to determine whether print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type corresponding to the paper setting included in the received print setting is stored and managed by the print setting inhibition rule management unit, if the paper type determination unit determines that the paper setting included in the received print setting corresponds to the paper type usable to identify the one-sided printed paper;
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• a control unit configured to perform control to change a print setting designated as an inhibition rule in the print setting inhibition rule information included in the received print setting to an alternate setting of the print setting, if the print setting inhibition rule determination unit determines that the print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type information corresponding to the paper setting included in the received print setting is stored and managed by the print setting inhibition rule management unit.

A printing system including a printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus including a user interface that is operable to designate a print setting for a print job to be printed by the printing apparatus,

• the printing apparatus comprising:
• a paper type information management unit configured to store and manage paper type information as information indicating paper stored in the printing apparatus, wherein the paper type information includes information usable to determine whether an acquired paper type is one-sided printed paper that has a printed surface on which printing is already performed and an unprinted surface to be used for printing,
• the information processing apparatus comprising:
• a paper type information acquisition unit configured to acquire the paper type information from the printing apparatus;
• a print setting inhibition rule management unit configured to store and manage a print setting to be designated as an inhibition rule when printing using the one-sided printed paper is performed, as print setting inhibition rule information, in association with the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper;
• a paper type determination unit configured to determine whether a paper setting included in the print setting designated by the user interface is a setting corresponding to the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper based on the paper type information acquired by the paper type information acquisition unit;
• a print setting inhibition rule determination unit configured to determine whether print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type information corresponding to the designated paper setting is stored and managed by the print setting inhibition rule management unit, if the paper type determination unit determines that the designated paper setting is the setting corresponding to the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper;
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• a control unit configured to perform control to prevent a print setting designated as an inhibition rule in print setting inhibition rule information from being designated by the user interface, if the print setting inhibition rule determination unit determines that the print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type information corresponding to the designated paper setting is stored and managed by the print setting inhibition rule management unit.

A printing system including a printing apparatus, an information processing apparatus including a user interface that is operable to designate a print setting for a print job to be printed by the printing apparatus, and a management apparatus,

• the management apparatus comprising:
• a paper type information management unit configured to store and manage paper type information as information indicating paper stored in the printing apparatus, wherein the paper type information includes information usable to determine whether an acquired paper type is one-sided printed paper that has a printed surface on which printing is already performed and an unprinted surface to be used for printing;
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• a print setting inhibition rule management unit configured to store and manage print setting inhibition rule information that associates a print setting to be designated as an inhibition rule when printing using the one-sided printed paper is performed with the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper,
• the information processing apparatus comprising:
• a paper type information acquisition unit configured to acquire the paper type information from the management apparatus;
• a print setting inhibition rule acquisition unit configured to acquire the print setting inhibition rule information from the management apparatus;
• a paper type determination unit configured to determine whether a paper setting included in the print setting designated by the user interface is a setting corresponding to the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper based on the paper type information acquired by the paper type information acquisition unit;
• a print setting inhibition rule determination unit configured to determine whether print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type information corresponding to the designated paper setting is included in the print setting inhibition rule information acquired by the print setting inhibition rule acquisition unit, if the paper type determination unit determines that the designated paper setting is the setting corresponding to the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper;
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• a control unit configured to perform control to prevent a print setting designated as an inhibition rule in the print setting inhibition rule information from being designated by the user interface, if the print setting inhibition rule determination unit determines that the print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type information corresponding to the designated paper setting is included in the print setting inhibition rule information acquired by the print setting inhibition rule acquisition unit.

A method for controlling an information processing apparatus including a user interface that is operable to designate a print setting for a print job to be printed by a printing apparatus and a print setting inhibition rule management unit configured to store and manage a print setting to be designated as an inhibition rule when printing is performed using one-sided printed paper that has a printed surface on which printing is already performed and an unprinted surface to be used for printing, as print setting inhibition rule information, in association with paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper, the method comprising:

• acquiring paper type information from the printing apparatus, as information indicating paper stored in the printing apparatus, wherein the paper type information includes information usable to determine whether an acquired paper type is the one-sided printed paper;
• determining whether a paper setting included in the print setting designated by the user interface is a setting corresponding to the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper based on the acquired paper type information;
• determining whether print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type information corresponding to the designated paper setting is stored and managed by the print setting inhibition rule management unit, if it is determined that the designated paper setting is the setting corresponding to the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper;
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• performing control to prevent the print setting designated as an inhibition rule in the print setting inhibition rule information from being designated by the user interface, if it is determined that the print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type information corresponding to the designated paper setting is stored and managed by the print setting inhibition rule management unit.

A method for controlling an information processing apparatus including a user interface that is operable to designate a print setting for a print job to be printed by a printing apparatus, the method comprising:

• acquiring paper type information from an external management apparatus, as information indicating paper stored in the printing apparatus, wherein the paper type information includes information usable to determine whether an acquired paper type is one-sided printed paper that has a printed surface on which printing is already performed and an unprinted surface to be used for printing;
• acquiring, from the management apparatus, print setting inhibition rule information that associates a print setting to be designated as an inhibition rule when printing using the one-sided printed paper is performed with the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper;
• determining whether a paper setting included in the print setting designated by the user interface is a setting corresponding to the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper based on the acquired paper type information;
• determining whether print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type information corresponding to the designated paper setting is included in the acquired print setting inhibition rule information, if it is determined that the designated paper setting is the setting corresponding to the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper;
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• performing control to prevent the print setting designated as an inhibition rule in the print setting inhibition rule information from being designated by the user interface, if it is determined that the print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type information corresponding to the designated paper setting is included in the acquired print setting inhibition rule information.

A method for controlling a printing apparatus configured to perform printing based on a print setting received from an information processing apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus includes:

• a paper type information management unit configured to store and manage paper type information as information indicating paper stored in the printing apparatus, wherein the paper type information includes information usable to determine whether an acquired paper type is one-sided printed paper that has a printed surface on which printing is already performed and an unprinted surface to be used for printing;
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• a print setting inhibition rule management unit configured to store and manage a print setting to be designated as an inhibition rule when printing using the one-sided printed paper is performed and an alternate setting of the print setting to be designated as the inhibition rule, as print setting inhibition rule information, in association with the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper,
• the method comprising:
• determining whether a paper setting included in the received print setting is the paper type information usable to identify the one-sided printed paper based on the paper type information stored and managed by the paper type information management unit;
• determining whether print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type corresponding to the paper setting included in the received print setting is stored and managed by the print setting inhibition rule management unit, if it is determined that the paper setting included in the received print setting corresponds to the paper type usable to identify the one-sided printed paper;
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• performing control to change a print setting designated as an inhibition rule in the print setting inhibition rule information included in the received print setting to an alternate setting of the print setting, if it is determined that the print setting inhibition rule information associated with the paper type information corresponding to the paper setting included in the received print setting is stored and managed by the print setting inhibition rule management unit.