Information processing apparatus and control method thereof, computer program, and information processing system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroki Koyano
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Abstract
The apparatus transmits first image data indicating form contents and setting information associated with the print sheet on which the form contents are printed in advance to a server managing data associated with the overlay-print process, for registration by the server. When an execution instruction of the overlay-print process is received, and the apparatus generates second image data of the image to be overlaid and printed on the print sheet used in the overlay-print process, generates associated information indicating association between a print attribute designated for the overlay-print process that uses the second image data, and transmits the second image data and the associated information to the server.
Claims11
An information processing apparatus for generating information required to manage an overlay print process which overlays and prints an image on a print sheet on which form contents are printed in advance, the apparatus comprising:
- a first transmission unit configured to transmit first image data, including graphical image data, indicating form contents, and setting information associated with a previously stored print sheet on which the form contents are printed in advance to a server, which manages data associated with the overlay print process, for registration by the server,
- a second transmission unit configured to, when an execution instruction of the overlay print process is received, generate second image data of the image to be overlaid and printed on the print sheet used in the overlay print process, generate associated information indicating association between the second image data and a print attribute designated for the overlay print process that uses the second image data, and transmit the second image data and the association to the server;
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire device information of a device which executes the overlay print process, and
- a setting unit configured to set setting information associated with a print sheet used in the overlay print process based on the device information acquired by said acquisition unit;
- wherein said acquisition unit acquires information including a device name of the device, and a paper feeding unit name of a paper feeding unit of the device as the device information;
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- wherein said setting unit sets the setting information including the device name of the device, the paper feeding unit name of the paper feeding unit of the device, and a form name which indicates a type of print sheet stored in the paper feeding unit and corresponds to the first image data.
A method of controlling an information processing apparatus for generating information required to manage an overlay print process which overlays and prints an image on a print sheet on which form contents are printed in advance, the method comprising:
- a first transmission step of transmitting first image data, including graphical image data, indicating form contents and setting information associated with a previously stored print sheet on which the form contents are printed in advance to a server, which manages data associated with the overlay print process, for registration by the server;
- a second transmission step, when an execution instruction of the overlay print process is received, of generating second image data of the image to be overlaid and printed on the print sheet used in the overlay print process, of generating associated information indicating association between the second image data and a print attribute designated for the overlay print process that uses the second image data, and of transmitting the second image data and the association to the server;
- an acquisition step of acquiring device information of a device which executes the overlay print process, and
- a setting step of setting information associated with a print sheet used in the overlay print process based on the device information acquired in said acquisition step,
- wherein said acquisition step acquires information including a device name of the device, and a paper feeding unit name of a paper feeding unit of the device as the device information, and
- wherein said setting step sets the setting information including the device name of the device, the paper feeding unit name of the paper feeding unit of the device, and a form name which indicates a type of print sheet stored in the paper feeding unit and corresponds to the first image data.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including a program which, when executed on a computer in an information processing apparatus, causes the information processing apparatus to perform a method of controlling an information processing apparatus for generating information required to manage an overlay print process which overlays and prints an image on a print sheet on which form contents are printed in advance, the method comprising:
- a first transmission step of transmitting first image data, including graphical image data, indicating form contents and setting information associated with a previously stored print sheet on which the form contents are printed in advance to a server, which manages data associated with the overlay print process, for registration by the server;
- a second transmission step, when an execution instruction of the overlay print process is received, of generating second image data of the image to be overlaid and printed on the print sheet used in the overlay print process, of generating associated information indicating association between the second image data and a print attribute designated for the overlay print process that uses the second image data, and of transmitting the second image data and the association to the server;
- an acquisition step of acquiring device information of a device which executes the overlay print process, and
- a setting step of setting information associated with a print sheet used in the overlay print process based on the device information acquired in said acquisition step,
- wherein said acquisition step acquires information including a device name of the device, and a paper feeding unit name of a paper feeding unit of the device as the device information, and
- wherein said setting step sets the setting information including the device name of the device, the paper feeding unit name of the paper feeding unit of the device, and a form name which indicates a type of print sheet stored in the paper feeding unit and corresponds to the first image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.