Printing system, control method therefor, and photo-direct printing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKentaro Yano, Kazuya Sakamoto, Takao Aichi, Fumihiro Goto, Akitoshi Yamada, Tatsuya Tanaka
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Abstract
In a printing system in which a digital camera (DSC) and PD printer apparatus are directly connected via a USB, and image data is transmitted from the DSC to the PD printer apparatus and printed, Capability of the PD printer apparatus is transmitted from the PD printer apparatus to the DSC after communication procedures are established by an application (NCDP) installed in the PD printer apparatus and DSC. The PD printer apparatus is caused to execute print operation in accordance with print conditions set by the DSC on the basis of the transmitted Capability.
Claims24
An image supply device having a display unit and for communicating with a printing apparatus, the image supply device implementing the following processes of:
- setting an image to be displayed on the display unit;
- designating the image set by the setting process as a print target image;
- selecting a first job issuing procedure or a second job issuing procedure in accordance with a type of the printing apparatus;
- obtaining capability information that is used for setting a print condition by communicating with the printing apparatus in a case that selecting process selects the second job issuing procedure;
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- transmitting a job for printing the image set by the setting process and designated as the print target image by the designating process to the printing apparatus,
- wherein (i) in a case that the selecting process selects the first job issuing procedure, the transmitting process transmits the job without user operation for setting a print condition of the print target image after a designation by the designating process, and (ii) in a case that the selecting process selects the second job issuing procedure, the transmitting process transmits the job that includes a print condition that has been set by a user based on the capability information obtained by the obtaining process.
A method of controlling an image supply device having a display unit, for communicating with a printing apparatus, the method comprising:
- a selection step of selecting an image to be displayed on the display unit;
- a print designation step of designating the image selected in the selection step as a print target image;
- a procedure selection step of selecting a first job issuing procedure or a second job issuing procedure in accordance with a type of the printing apparatus;
- an obtaining step of obtaining capability information that is used for setting a print condition by communicating with the printing apparatus in a case that the procedure selection step selects the second job issuing procedure;
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- a transmission step of transmitting a job for printing the image selected in the selection step and designated as the print target image in the print designation step to the printing apparatus, wherein (i) in a case that the procedure selection step selects the first job issuing procedure, the transmission step transmits the job without user operation for setting a print condition of the print target image after a designation in the print designation step, and (ii) in a case that the procedure selection step selects the second job issuing procedure, the transmission step transmits the job that includes a print condition that has been set by a user based on the capability information obtained in the obtaining step.
An image supply device having a display unit, for communicating with a printing apparatus, the image supply device implementing the following processes of:
- setting an image to be displayed on the display unit;
- designating the image set by the setting process as a print target image;
- selecting a first job issuing procedure or a second job issuing procedure;
- obtaining capability information that is used for setting a print condition by communicating with the printing apparatus in a case that the selecting process selects the second job issuing procedure;
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- transmitting a job for printing the image set by the setting process and designated as the print target image by the designating process to the printing apparatus, wherein (i) in a case that the selecting process selects the first job issuing procedure, the transmitting process transmits the job which includes a predetermined print condition that has been set in advance before the designation by the designating process, and (ii) in a case that the selecting process selects the second job issuing procedure, the transmitting process transmits the job that includes the print condition that has been set by a user based on the capability information obtained by the obtaining process.
A method of controlling an image supply device having a display unit, for communicating with a printing apparatus, the method comprising:
- a selection step of selecting an image to be displayed on the display unit;
- a print designation step of designating the image selected in the selection step as a print target image;
- a procedure selection step of selecting a first job issuing procedure or a second job issuing procedure;
- an obtaining step of obtaining capability information that is used for setting a print condition by communicating with the printing apparatus in a case that the procedure selection step selects the second job issuing procedure;
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- a transmission step of transmitting a job for printing the image selected in the selection step and designated as the print target image in the print designation step to the printing apparatus, wherein (i) in a case that the procedure selection step selects the first job issuing procedure, the transmission step transmits the job without user operation for setting a print condition of the print target image after a designation in the print designation step, and (ii) in a case that the procedure selection step selects the second job issuing procedure, the transmission step transmits the job that includes a print condition that has been set by a user based on the capability information obtained in the obtaining step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.