Information processing apparatus and control method therefor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkihiko Tokuda
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Abstract
With an information processing apparatus configured such that an OS holds a print setting value of a printer, it is possible to change print settings to those that match the user's intention, when a printer to be used is changed. When the user has selected a printer to be used from a plurality of printers through a user interface provided by the OS, a printer driver among a plurality of printer drivers corresponding to the printer used after the change displays a user interface that displays a message to the effect that the printer has been changed. By this user interface, the user is allowed to select one of a plurality of presets held by the OS. After the selection, information of the selected preset is supplied to the OS.
Claims8
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus on which a plurality of printer drivers are installed, the method comprising the steps of:
- under the control of an operating system having a function of sharing among the plurality of printer drivers a set value to be set in a print job that is sent to a printer,
- performing, following a change of a printer that serves as an output destination among a plurality of printers corresponding to the plurality of printer drivers, display control of a screen for selecting, as print setting information used for performing print setting of a print job that is sent to the post-change printer, one of print setting information that is held after being set by using a printer driver corresponding to a pre-change printer, default print setting information of a printer driver corresponding to the post-change printer, and print setting information set in a preset that is registered by a user and managed by the operating system;
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- obtaining print setting information corresponding to the selection made through the screen displayed in the display control step,
- wherein the print setting information obtained in the obtaining step is applied to a screen for setting print settings for a print job that is sent to the post-change printer.
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus on which a plurality of printer drivers are installed, the method comprising the steps of:
- under the control of an operating system having a function of sharing among the plurality of printer drivers a set value to be set in a print job that is sent to a printer,
- performing, following a change of a printer that serves as an output destination among a plurality of printers corresponding to the plurality of printer drivers, display control of a screen for selecting, as print setting information used for performing print setting of a print job that is sent to the post-change printer, one of print setting information that is held after being set by using a printer driver corresponding to a pre-change printer, and print setting information set in a preset that is registered by a user and managed by the operating system;
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- obtaining print setting information corresponding to the selection made through the screen displayed in the display control step,
- wherein the print setting information obtained in the obtaining step is applied to a screen for setting print settings for a print job that is sent to the post-change printer.
An information processing apparatus on which a plurality of printer drivers are installed, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- a control unit that, under the control of an operating system having a function of sharing among the plurality of printer drivers a set value to be set in a print job that is sent to a printer, performs, following a change of a printer that serves as an output destination among a plurality of printers corresponding to the plurality of printer drivers, display control of a screen for selecting, as print setting information used for performing print setting of a print job that is sent to the post-change printer, one of print setting information that is held after being set by using a printer driver corresponding to a pre-change printer, default print setting information of a printer driver corresponding to the post-change printer, and print setting information set in a preset that is registered by a user and managed by the operating system;
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- an obtaining unit that, under the control of an operating system having a function of sharing among the plurality of printer drivers a set value to be set in a print job that is sent to a printer, obtains print setting information corresponding to the selection made through the screen displayed by the control unit,
- wherein the print setting information obtained by the obtaining unit is applied to a screen for setting print settings for a print job that is sent to the post-change printer.
An information processing apparatus on which a plurality of printer drivers are installed, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- a control unit that, under the control of an operating system having a function of sharing among the plurality of printer drivers a set value to be set in a print job that is sent to a printer, performs, following a change of a printer that serves as an output destination among a plurality of printers corresponding to the plurality of printer drivers, display control of a screen for selecting, as print setting information used for performing print setting of a print job that is sent to the post-change printer, one of print setting information that is held after being set by using a printer driver corresponding to a pre-change printer, and print setting information set in a preset that is registered by a user and managed by the operating system;
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- an obtaining unit that, under the control of an operating system having a function of sharing among the plurality of printer drivers a set value to be set in a print job that is sent to a printer, obtains print setting information corresponding to the selection made through the screen displayed by the control unit,
- wherein the print setting information obtained by the obtaining unit is applied to a screen for setting print settings for a print job that is sent to the post-change printer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.