US 6,883,981 B2 · Printing control method and apparatus

Abstract

This invention relates to a printing control method and apparatus, a computer program product, and the like in which printing data is held in a hierarchical structure and a printing job is issued to a printer to cause the printer to print. In the printing control method according to the present invention, different setting values can be set in the lower and upper layers of the hierarchical structure as printing setting data containing double-sided printing or single-sided printing setting. When a setting value different from that of the upper layer is set in the lower layer of the hierarchical structure, the printer is instructed on a setting in the lower layer for each printing data to which the setting value is applied.

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Dependent claims

A printing control method of holding printing data in a hierarchical structure and issuing a printing job to a printer to cause the printer to print, comprising:

a setting step capable of setting different setting values in a lower layer and an upper layer of the hierarchical structure as printing setting data containing double-sided printing or single-sided printing setting;
and
an instruction step of, when a setting value different from a setting value of the upper layer is set in the lower layer of the hierarchical structure, instructing the printer on a setting in the lower layer for each printing data to which the setting value is applied.

A printing control apparatus which holds printing data in a hierarchical structure and issues a printing job to a printer to cause the printer to print, comprising:

setting means capable of setting different setting values in a lower layer and an upper layer of the hierarchical structure as printing setting data containing double-sided printing or single-sided printing setting;
and
instruction means for, when a setting value different from a setting value of the upper layer is set in the lower layer of the hierarchical structure, instructing the printer on a setting in the lower layer for each printing data to which the setting value is applied.

A computer program product which holds a program for causing a computer to hold printing data in a hierarchical structure and issue a printing job to a printer to cause the printer to print, wherein the program has

a code for a setting step capable of setting different setting values in a lower layer and an upper layer of the hierarchical structure as printing setting data containing double-sided printing or single-sided printing setting, and
a code for an instruction step of, when a setting value different from a setting value of the upper layer is set in the lower layer of the hierarchical structure, instructing the printer on a setting in the lower layer for each printing data to which the setting value is applied.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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