Computer-readable medium, information processing device, and method for causing a printer to perform pre-printing operation

An information processing device comprising:

• a communication interface;
• and
• a controller configured to perform a control process comprising:
• receiving print instruction information from an OS for the controller, the print instruction information including a print instruction, the print instruction representing that a user instruction to cause a printer to perform a printing operation has been input;
• in response to receiving the print instruction information, determining whether to transmit preparing instruction information to cause the printer to perform a pre-printing operation, based on at least one of information included in the received print instruction information and reference communication time required for communication with the printer, the pre-printing operation including preparing for the printing operation in advance of performing the printing operation, the preparing instruction information being information to be transmitted prior to instructing the printer to perform the printing operation;
• in response to determining to transmit the preparing instruction information, transmitting the preparing instruction information to the printer via the communication interface;
• in response to transmitting the preparing instruction information, generating print data based on user-designated content data;
• and
• transmitting print execution information to the printer via the communication interface, the print execution information instructing the printer to perform the printing operation based on the generated print data.

A method implementable on a processor of an information processing device comprising a communication interface, the method comprising:

• receiving print instruction information from an OS for the processor, the print instruction information including a print instruction, the print instruction representing that a user instruction to cause a printer to perform a printing operation has been input;
• in response to receiving the print instruction information, determining whether to transmit preparing instruction information to cause the printer to perform a pre-printing operation, based on at least one of information included in the received print instruction information and reference communication time required for communication with the printer, the pre-printing operation including preparing for the printing operation in advance of performing the printing operation, the preparing instruction information being information to be transmitted prior to instructing the printer to perform the printing operation;
• in response to determining to transmit the preparing instruction information, transmitting the preparing instruction information to the printer via the communication interface;
• in response to transmitting the preparing instruction information, generating print data based on user-designated content data;
• and
• transmitting print execution information to the printer via the communication interface, the print execution information instructing the printer to perform the printing operation based on the generated print data.