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US 8,804,172 B2Granted
Non-transitory computer readable recording medium stored with printer driver updating program and printer driver updating method
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsChie Ichikawa, Nobuyuki Kimura, Junya Murashita
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Abstract
The printer driver updating program according to the invention causes a computer to execute a process comprising steps of confirming printer drivers for various different operating systems existing in the computer, acquiring versions of the printer drivers whose existences are confirmed, selecting an appropriate updating method corresponding to the acquired versions, and updating the printer driver according to the selected updating method.
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A non-transitory computer readable recording medium stored with a printer driver updating program, said program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:
- (a) confirming whether or not a printer driver for a first operating system, which is a printer driver for the first operating system that operates on a computer, exists;
- (b) confirming whether or not a printer driver for a second operating system, which is a printer driver for the second operating system which second operating system is different from the first operating system operating on said computer, exists;
- (c) acquiring each version of said printer driver for the first operating system whose existence is confirmed in said step (a) and of said printer driver for the second operating system whose existence is confirmed in said step (b), respectively;
- (d) selecting whether or not to update said printer driver for the first operating system and said printer driver for the second operating system, respectively, according to a predetermined updating method corresponding to said versions acquired in said step (c);
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- (e) updating said printer driver for the first operating system and/or said printer driver for the second operating system selected to be updated in said step (d);
- wherein in said updating program, when the printer driver for the first operating system exists but is not of an update-target version and the printer driver for the second operating system exists and is of an update-target version, the updating process is not executed;
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- wherein in said updating program, when the printer driver for the first operating system exists and is of the update-target version and the printer driver for the second operating system exists but is not of the update-target version, the updating process is not executed.
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A printer driver updating method, comprising:
- (a) confirming whether or not a printer driver for a first operating system, which is a printer driver for the first operating system that operates on a computer, exists;
- (b) confirming whether or not a printer driver for a second operating system, which is a printer driver for the second the operating system different from the first operating system operating on said computer, exists;
- (c) acquiring each version of said printer driver for the first operating system whose existence is confirmed in said step (a) and of said printer driver for the second operating system whose existence is confirmed in said step (b) respectively;
- (d) selecting whether or not to update said printer driver for the first operating system and said printer driver for the second operating system respectively according to a predetermined updating method corresponding to said versions acquired in said step (c);
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- (e) updating said printer driver for the first operating system and/or said printer driver for the second operating system selected to be updated in said step (d);
- wherein in said updating method, when the printer driver for the first operating system exists but is not of an update-target version and the printer driver for the second operating system exists and is of an update-target version, the updating process is not executed;
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- wherein in said updating method, when the printer driver for the first operating system exists and is of the update-target version and the printer driver for the second operating system exists but is not of the update-target version, the updating process is not executed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.