Storage medium, printing control method, and printing control apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKazuki OHASHI, Taketo KURIBAYASHI, Yuki IKEDA
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Abstract
There is provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executed by a computer in a printing control apparatus that is connected to a printing device and configured to receive installation of a printer driver for causing the printing device to perform printing. The program is associated with the printer driver. The program causes the computer to execute acquiring a print request, transmitting the acquired print request to the printer driver, receiving a response based on the print request transmitted by the printer driver, and acquiring print information based on the print request.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executed by a computer in a printing control apparatus, the printing control apparatus being connected to a printing device and configured to receive installation of a printer driver for causing the printing device to perform printing, the program being associated with the printer driver, the program causing the computer to execute:
- acquiring a print request;
- transmitting the acquired print request to the printer driver;
- receiving a response based on the print request transmitted by the printer driver;
- and
- acquiring print information based on the print request.
A printing control method performed by a printing control apparatus in which a printer driver for causing a printing device to perform printing runs on an operating system, the printing control method comprising:
- causing an information acquisition module lying between the operating system and the printer driver to be installed in advance,
- wherein the information acquisition module is associated in advance with the printer driver,
- the printing control method further comprising, by the information acquisition module,
- acquiring a print request;
- transmitting the acquired print request to the printer driver associated with the information acquisition module;
- receiving, from the printer driver, a response corresponding to the print request;
- and
- acquiring print information based on the print request.
A printing control apparatus comprising:
- a communication section connected to a printing device;
- an execution section in which an operating system runs;
- a controller configured to control a printer driver and an information acquisition module;
- and
- a storage section that stores association information associating the printer driver with the information acquisition module,
- wherein the controller is configured to, using the information acquisition module:
- acquire a print request from the operating system,
- transmit the acquired print request to the printer driver associated with the information acquisition module,
- acquire print information based on the print request,
- receive a response corresponding to the print request from the printer driver, and
- transmit the response corresponding to the print request to the operating system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.