Image output method and apparatus therefor
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkio Sugaya
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Abstract
A virtual ejection port is selected by assigning virtual ejection ports to the virtual N ejection ports, then an ejection port of the apparatus is selected for output, and, in response to the entry of a print job designated for output to the virtual ejection port, the ejection port of the apparatus is determined by correlating the virtual ejection port with the ejection port of the apparatus.
Claims15
A method of controlling a system comprising a plurality of apparatuses including first and second apparatuses each of which is capable of performing a specific process based on a specific operating condition, said method comprising:
- a selection step, of, when setting is made by a user for causing any one of the plurality of apparatuses to perform a process based on the specific operating condition, allowing the user to select either one of first and second selection candidates both presented in one integral selection candidate group, the first selection candidate being provided for, without an explicit operation of selecting the first apparatus by the user, enabling selection of an instruction for instructing the first apparatus to execute the specific process based on the specific operating condition, and the second selection candidate being provided for, without an explicit operation of selecting the second apparatus by the user, enabling selection of an instruction for instructing the second apparatus to execute the specific process based on the specific operating condition;
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- a control step, of controlling the first apparatus to execute the specific process based on the specific operating condition without the explicit operation of selecting the first apparatus by the user when the first selection candidate is selected from the one integral selection candidate group in said selection step, and controlling the second apparatus to execute the specific process based on the specific operating condition without the explicit operation of selecting the second apparatus by the user when the second selection candidate is selected from the one integral selection candidate group in said selection step.
A system comprising a plurality of apparatuses including first and second apparatuses each of which is capable of performing a specific process based on a specific operating condition, said system comprising:
- a selector, arranged for, when setting is made by a user for causing any one of the plurality of apparatuses to perform a process based on the specific operating condition, allowing the user to select either one of first and second selection candidates both presented in one integral selection candidate group, the first selection candidate being provided for, without an explicit operation of selecting the first apparatus by the user, enabling selection of an instruction for instructing the fist apparatus to execute the specific process based on the specific operating condition, and the second selection candidate being provided for, without an explicit operation of selecting the second apparatus by the user, enabling selection of an instruction to instructing the second apparatus to execute the specific process based on the specific operating condition;
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- a controller, arranged for controlling the first apparatus to execute the specific process based on the specific operating condition without the explicit operation of selecting the first apparatus by the user when the first selection candidate is selected from the one integral selection candidate group by said selector, and controlling the second apparatus to execute the specific process based on the specific operating condition without the explicit operation of selecting the second apparatus by the user when the second selection candidate is selected from the one integral selection candidate group by said selector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.