Print processing apparatus using computer system

A print processing apparatus using a computer system having a printer connected thereto, the apparatus comprising:

• a printer driver specific to the printer for sending printing data directly from an application program, which has a printing function, or via an operating system from the application program, to the printer;
• display means;
• and
• print setting means for extracting print setting items of the application program and printer setting items of the printer driver and causing the display means to display all the print settings items required for printing operation on one screen, when the printing operation is carried out using the application program, wherein the print setting means erases a printer setting item among the printer setting items of the printer driver, which printer setting item overlaps with a print setting item of the application program, from the screen for displaying printer setting items of the printer driver.

A print processing apparatus using a computer system having a printer connected thereto, the apparatus comprising:

• a printer driver specific to the printer for sending printing data directly from an application program, which has a printing function, or via an operating system from the application program, to the printer;
• display means for displaying print setting items of the application program and printer setting items of the printer driver simultaneously on particular screens when printing operation is carried out using the application program;
• and
• print setting means for extracting an overlapping item between the print setting items of the application program and the printer setting items of the printer driver so as to select either the print setting items of the application program or the printer setting items of the printer driver as the overlapping item;
• wherein the print setting means erases a printer setting item among the printer setting items of the printer driver, which printer setting items of the printer driver, which printer setting item overlaps with a print setting item of the application program, from the screen for displaying printer setting items of the printer driver.