Print control device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakuma Saito
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Abstract
A print control device includes: a creation unit that creates print data; an output unit that outputs the print data created by the creation unit to a printing device through a designated port; a determination unit that determines whether or not the print data is to be output to a non-connected port that is a port not connected to the printing device; and a display unit which, when the determination unit determines that the print data has been output to the non-connected port, displays at least one of a first operation screen that is an operation screen for instructing port switching and a second operation screen that is an operation screen for instructing deletion of the print data.
Claims10
A print control device comprising:
- an output device;
- a display device;
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the print control device to:
- create print data;
- control the output device to output the print data to a printing device through a designated port;
- determine whether or not the designated port is a non-connected port that is a virtual port not connected to any printing devices, wherein the virtual port is configured to be designated in response to installation of a driver configured to control a plurality of printing devices;
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- control the display device to, when it is determined that the designated port is the non-connected port, display at least one of a first operation screen that is an operation screen for instructing port switching and a second operation screen that is an operation screen for instructing deletion of the print data;
- wherein the memory stores further computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the print control device to:
- determine whether or not a printing device has been deleted from a list of printing devices;
- when it is determined that the printing device has been deleted from the list of printing devices, determine whether or not the printing device performed preceding printing;
- and
- when it is determined that the printing device did perform preceding printing, designate the virtual port as a port to be used by the driver.
A print control method by a print control device having a port connectable to a printing device, the print control method comprising:
- creating print data;
- outputting the print data to a printing device through a designated port;
- determining whether or not the designated port is a non-connected port that is a virtual port not connected to any printing devices, wherein the virtual port is configured to be designated in response to installation of a driver configured to control a plurality of printing devices;
- when it is determined that the designated port is the non-connected port, displaying at least one of a first operation screen that is an operation screen for instructing port switching and a second operation screen that is an operation screen for instructing deletion of the print data;
- determining whether or not a printing device has been deleted from a list of printing devices;
- when it is determined that the printing device has been deleted from the list of printing devices, determining whether or not the printing device performed preceding printing;
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- when it is determined that the printing device did perform preceding printing, designating the virtual port as a port to be used by the driver.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program stored thereon and readable by a computer, said computer program, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to function as:
- a creation unit that creates print data;
- an output unit that outputs the print data created by the creation unit to a printing device through a designated port;
- a first determination unit that determines whether or not the designated port is a non-connected port that is a virtual port not connected to any printing devices, wherein the virtual port is configured to be designated in response to installation of a driver configured to control a plurality of printing devices;
- a display unit which, when the first determination unit determines that the designated port is the non-connected port, displays at least one of a first operation screen that is an operation screen for instructing port switching and a second operation screen that is an operation screen for instructing deletion of the print data;
- a second determination unit which determines whether or not a printing device has been deleted from a list of printing devices;
- when the second determination unit determines that the printing device has been deleted from the list of printing devices, a third determination unit which determines whether or not the printing device performed preceding printing;
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- when the third determination unit determines that the printing device did perform preceding printing, a designation unit which designates the virtual port as a port to be used by the driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.