Information processing apparatus, and network setting method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoshi Tanaka
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Abstract
A print window is displayed by an application, and a printer name is selected by a user. When the printer name is selected, OS loads printer driver to cause the printer driver to execute print processing. Then, the printer driver performs change processing of an output port in initialization processing when needed, and outputs printing information to an image forming apparatus.
Claims10
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire network information pertaining to the information processing apparatus after printing is instructed;
- a storage unit configured to store the network information pertaining to the information processing apparatus and output port information corresponding to an image forming apparatus as printer information;
- a determination unit configured to determine whether the network information that the acquisition unit has acquired exists in the printer information stored by the storage unit;
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- a changing unit, if the determination unit determines that the network information exists in the printer information stored by the storage unit, configured to change output port information set to a printer object selected by a user to the stored output port information corresponding to the network information acquired by the acquisition unit.
A network setting method utilized in an information processing apparatus, wherein the information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit, storage unit, determination unit, and changing unit, the network setting method comprising:
- via the acquisition unit, acquiring network information pertaining to the information processing apparatus, after printing has been instructed;
- via the storage unit, storing the network information pertaining to the information processing apparatus and output port information corresponding to an image forming apparatus as printer information associated with a printer name in the storage unit;
- via the determination unit, determining whether the acquired network information that is stored in the storage unit as the printer information associated with the printer name selected by a user;
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- via the changing unit, if the determination unit determines that the network information exists in the printer information stored by the storage unit, changing output port information set to a printer object selected by the user to the stored output port information corresponding to the network information acquired by the acquisition unit.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing computer-executable instructions for controlling an information processing apparatus, the medium comprising:
- computer-executable instructions that, via an acquiring unit, acquire network information pertaining to the information processing apparatus, after printing has been instructed;
- computer-executable instructions that, via a storage unit, store the acquired network information pertaining to the information processing apparatus and output port information corresponding to an image forming apparatus as printer information in the storage unit;
- computer-executable instructions that, via a determining unit, determine whether the acquired network information exists in the printer information stored by the storage unit;
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- computer-executable instructions that, if it is determined that the network information exists in the printer information stored by the storage unit, changing output port information set to a printer object selected by a user to the stored output port information corresponding to the network information acquired by the acquiring unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.