Information processing apparatus, method for information processing, and storage medium

A method for information processing, the method comprising:

• storing pieces of correspondence information between a shared printer driver for controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses and product specifying information for specifying the plurality of printing apparatuses, wherein storing comprises storing the correspondence information about a plurality of shared printer drivers and each of the plurality of the shared printer drivers corresponds to each of a plurality of product categories categorized by common functions among the plurality of printing apparatuses;
• acquiring product specifying information and function information from a printing apparatus;
• determining a product category which includes the acquired function information as one of the common functions, when correspondence information including the acquired product specifying information is not stored;
• selectively determining a shared printer driver from the plurality of shared printer drivers based on the determined product category and a product name included in the acquired product specifying information;
• and
• performing setup using the determined shared printer driver.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a control program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform operations comprising:

• storing pieces of correspondence information between a shared printer driver for controlling a plurality of printing apparatuses and product specifying information for specifying the plurality of printing apparatuses, wherein storing comprises storing the correspondence information about a plurality of shared printer drivers and each of the shared printer drivers corresponds to each of a plurality of product categories categorized by common functions among the plurality of printing apparatuses;
• acquiring product specifying information and function information from a printing apparatus;
• determining a product category which includes the acquired function information as one of the common functions, when correspondence information including the acquired product specifying information is not stored;
• selectively determining a shared printer driver from the plurality of shared printer drivers based on the determined product category and a product name included in the acquired product specifying information;
• and
• performing setup using the determined shared printer driver.