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Printer control apparatus, printer control method and printing system

A technology for controlling devices and printers, applied in the directions of printing devices, digital output to printing units, printing, etc., can solve the problems of user confusion, can not prevent confusion, etc., and achieve the effect of easy setting

Active Publication Date: 2011-04-27
SHARP KK
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Therefore, if the user mistakenly selects a printer that is not normally used as an output destination, a setting screen different from that of a printer that is normally used will be displayed, which may cause confusion for the user.
Therefore, if the printers not recommended by the administrator are not set to be unselectable, the above-mentioned unnecessary confusion among users cannot be prevented.

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[0073] Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. figure 1 It is a block diagram showing the configuration of the printing system of this embodiment. Such as figure 1 As shown, a computer (hereinafter, simply referred to as PC) 10 is connected to a plurality of printers (first to third printers 21 to 22 ) via a network 11 .

[0074] In the PC 10 (printer control device), administrator authority and general user authority are set as registration authority. The user can register the PC 10 according to one of the registration rights.

[0075] In addition, a printer driver is installed in the PC 10 . This printer driver is a so-called universal printer driver (common printer driver) corresponding to a plurality of printers with one printer driver.

[0076] The administrator authority of the printer is specified in the properties of the printer driver installed on the PC 10 . Display examples of the printer driver's features ar...

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[0151] Another embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the configuration shown in Embodiment 1, when a plurality of PCs 10 (client PCs) are connected to the network 11 , it is necessary to set a usable printer for each PC 10 by the printer manager. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the burden on the administrator of the printer can be reduced. That is, one server for printer driver installation management is installed, and usable printers are collectively set on the server, and each PC 10 can install a common printer driver from the server. When the PC 10 has installed the shared printer driver from the server, only the printers set by the administrator can be used. Therefore, the administrator of the printer does not need to perform the work of setting available printers for each PC 10 .

[0152] Figure 21 It is a block diagram showing the configuration of the printing system in this embodiment. Such as Figure ...

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Abstract

The invention provides a printer control apparatus, a printer control method and a printing system.The printer control apparatus capable of communicating with plural kinds of printers via a network controls the plural kinds of printers by a universal printer driver corresponding to the plural kinds of printers.According to the printer control apparatus, a control section causes display means to display a printer list of the plural kinds of printers and a window for accepting an input for selecting available printers from the plural kinds of printers included in the printer list.Thus, a user is allowed to use only printers selected as the available printers, which enables it possible to easily restrict use of an unintended printer while benefiting from a universal printer driver's advantage.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a printer control device using a printer driver, a printer control method, a printing system, a program and a recording medium. Background technique [0002] Generally, in a system in which a printer and a personal computer (hereinafter referred to simply as a computer) are connected, for example, image data created by the computer is sent to the printer, and is printed on recording paper by the printer. In order to print image data created by a computer with a printer in this way, it is necessary to install software called a printer driver on the computer. [0003] As the above-mentioned printer driver, a so-called common printer driver that supports a plurality of printers using a single printer driver is known, and various technologies have been proposed conventionally for this common printer driver. [0004] For example, in the shared printer drivers disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, printers on the network ar...

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IPC IPC(8): B41J29/393G06F3/12
CPCG06F3/1285G06F3/1205G06F3/1228
Inventor 西尾太一
Owner SHARP KK
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