Print system, printer driver, and program
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJun IWAMOTO
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes a printer having a first processor and a printing unit. A registration device is connected to the printer. The registration device includes a second processor and has a printer driver. The printer stores a control program that when executed by the first processor causes the printer to request the printer driver to cause the printer to request first maintenance information of the registration device from the printer driver. The printer, under control of the control program, acquires second maintenance information, which represents maintenance information of the printer, and outputs at least one of the first and second maintenance information.
Claims20
A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a printer including a first processor and a printing unit that is capable of printing on a print medium;
- and
- a registration device connected to the printer and including a second processor and storing a printer driver, wherein
- the printer stores a control program that when executed by the first processor causes:
- the printer to request first maintenance information of the registration device from the printer driver,
- the printer to acquire second maintenance information of the printer, and
- the printer to output at least one of the first and second maintenance information.
A printer driver stored in a registration device connected to a printer, the printer driver being configured to:
- control the printer to print information on a print medium;
- acquire first maintenance information of the registration device upon a request being received from the printer;
- and
- transmit first maintenance information from the registration device to the printer after the first maintenance information has been acquired.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions for a printer driver that when executed by a processor in a registration device connected to a printer causes the registration device to:
- control the printer to print information on a print medium;
- acquire first maintenance information of the registration device upon a request being received from the printer;
- and
- transmit first maintenance information from the registration device to the printer after the first maintenance information has been acquired.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.