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US 8,477,325 B2Granted
Apparatus and method of managing print settings data, and recording medium
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorNaoki Fukasawa
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of managing print settings data, and a recording medium storing a program for managing print settings data are provided. The print settings data is managed by printer driver, logical printer, group of users, or user, using a directory structure under a file system of an operating system.
Claims11
An information processing apparatus provided on a printing system, the apparatus comprising:
- a storage device;
- and
- a data storage manager configured to:
- create a printer driver data directory for a printer driver installed onto the printing system on the storage device;
- create a logical printer data directory for a logical printer being registered for the installed printer driver under the printer driver data directory so as to generate with the printer driver data directory a layered directory structure to be managed by an operating system of the printing system on the storage device;
- store print settings data generated for the registered logical printer in the logical printer data directory generated on the storage device;
- and
- store information regarding a directory name of the logical printer data directory in a storage area of the storage device, the storage area being provided by the operating system for the logical printer,
- wherein in response to a request by the operating system to delete the logical printer, the data storage manager is configured to:
- obtain a first directory path of the print settings from the operating system and a name of the printer driver,
- generate a second directory path based on the first directory path of the print settings and the name of the printer driver, and
- delete the print settings data for the logical printer being deleted based on the second directory path.
9 more elements
A method of managing print settings data for a printing system, the method comprising:
- creating a printer driver data directory for a printer driver installed onto the printing system;
- creating a logical printer data directory for a logical printer being registered for the installed printer driver under the printer driver data directory so as to generate with the printer driver data directory a layered directory structure to be managed by an operating system of the printing system;
- storing print settings data generated for the registered logical printer in the logical printer data directory;
- and
- storing information regarding a directory name of the logical printer data directory in a storage area provided by the operating system for the logical printer,
- wherein when receiving a request by the operating system to delete the logical printer, the method further includes:
- obtaining a first directory path of the print settings from the operating system and a name of the printer driver,
- generating a second directory path based on the first directory path of the print settings and the name of the printer driver, and
- deleting the print settings data for the logical printer being deleted based on the second directory path.
6 more elements
A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of instructions which cause a computer to perform a method of managing print settings data for a printing system, the method comprising:
- creating a printer driver data directory for a printer driver installed onto the printing system;
- creating a logical printer data directory for a logical printer being registered for the installed printer driver under the printer driver data directory so as to generate with the printer driver data directory a layered directory structure to be managed by an operating system of the printing system;
- storing print settings data generated for the registered logical printer in the logical printer data directory;
- and
- storing information regarding a directory name of the logical printer data directory in a storage area provided by the operating system for the logical printer,
- wherein when receiving a request by the operating system to delete the logical printer, the method further includes:
- obtaining a first directory path of the print settings from the operating system and a name of the printer driver,
- generating a second directory path based on the first directory path of the print settings and the name of the printer driver, and
- deleting the print settings data for the logical printer being deleted based on the second directory path.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.