Print controlling apparatus, method, and storage medium to control primary and secondary print drivers
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorSatoru Yamada
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Abstract
A novel print controlling apparatus that facilitates providing easy services that use printer drivers. The print controlling apparatus that executes a print job on a printing apparatus, and includes an additional feature driver 130 that acquires image to be printed and print settings set by a user by working as a printer driver and generates a print data in a format with open specifications by processing the acquired image, an individual driver 150 as a printer driver that generates a print job to be sent to a printer 2 designated in the print settings, and a reprint controlling unit 140 that has the individual driver 150 generate the print job based on the generated print data.
Claims20
A print controlling apparatus, comprising:
- a processor including:
- a first print information generating unit to acquire image data regarding an image to be printed and print settings to generate first print information in a format with open specifications;
- a second print information generating unit to generate second print information to be sent to a printing apparatus designated in the print settings;
- and
- a reprint controlling unit to receive the generated first print information and to have the second print information generating unit generate the second print information based on the generated first print information, the reprint controlling unit including a plurality of processing modules,
- wherein each of said processing modules performs processing based on a corresponding portion of the received first print information and associated information regarding an additional process to be performed to the corresponding portion of the received first print information, and
- wherein the reprint controlling unit has the second print information generating unit generate the second print information based on the additional process.
A method of controlling printing apparatuses, comprising:
- acquiring image data regarding an image to be printed and print settings using a first printer driver;
- generating first print information in a format with open specifications by processing the acquired image data using a processor;
- performing processing, using the processor, of a corresponding portion of the generated first print information and of associated information regarding an additional process to be performed to the corresponding portion of the generated first print information;
- and
- based on the generated first print information and the associated information regarding the additional process to be performed, generating second print information to be sent to a printing apparatus designated in the acquired print settings using a second printer driver.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to implement a method of controlling a printing apparatus, the method comprising:
- acquiring image data regarding an image to be printed and print settings using a first printer driver;
- generating first print information in a format with open specifications by processing the acquired image data;
- processing a corresponding portion of the generated first print information and associated information regarding an additional process to be performed to the corresponding portion of the generated first print information;
- and
- based on the generated first print information and the associated information regarding the additional process to be performed, generating second print information to be sent to a printing apparatus designated in the acquired print settings using a second printer driver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.