Print processing system and control method

Abstract

To use an extension function provided by various printers in a print processing system in which installation of a desktop application is restricted and only a class driver is packed.SOLUTION: The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire print setting information from the image processing apparatus via the class driver, the print setting information being information for specifying a print setting of the image processing apparatus, a display unit configured to display a print setting screen based on the print setting information, a transmission unit configured to transmit the print setting information of a print setting selected by a user on the print setting screen to the image processing apparatus via the class driver, and an execution unit configured to execute print processing based on the print setting information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a print processing system and a control method for displaying print settings of an image processing apparatus on a client device. [Background technology]

[0002] The V4 printer driver provided by Windows (registered trademark) places importance on security, so access to the registry is restricted. The registry is a non-volatile data area on the OS that manages printer driver configuration information, etc. Restricting access to the registry also restricts the installation of desktop applications that can access resources such as the registry. Desktop applications are applications that are installed using installers provided by each application vendor, and include drivers specific to various printing devices.

[0003] In contrast, only store apps with pre-restricted registry access may be installed on client computers that have a V4 printer driver. Store apps (Windows Store applications) are applications that can only be installed from a dedicated site called the Windows Store.

[0004] V4 printer drivers can also provide class drivers that support multiple printing devices with a single printer driver. Class drivers use standard print commands adopted by different models of printing devices to enable output to the printing device provided by the vendor. In other words, the printing functions realized by a class driver are limited to the standard functions of the printing device, not all of the printing functions that the printing device has. By including this class driver in the OS in advance, it becomes possible to send print requests to the printing device as long as they have standard printing functions, even with a V4 printer driver that is limited to installing printer drivers specific to each printing device.

[0005] Patent Document 1 discloses an information processing usage management system that determines whether an image processing device is available for use by a class driver. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0006] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 6170864 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0007] In security-conscious operating systems such as Windows 10, only the standard functions of printing devices can be used, even if class drivers are pre-installed in the OS. This means that client computers running operating systems such as Windows 10 can use the extended functions of various printing devices, and one possible approach is to manage the print setting information for the extended functions in the printing application and provide the desired extended functions to the user. However, the prior operation of setting up and managing all the extended functions of various printing devices in the printing application is cumbersome.

[0008] In view of the above problems, the present invention aims to enable the use of extended functions provided by various printing devices in a printing processing system in which the installation of desktop applications including drivers specific to various printing devices is restricted and only class drivers are included. [Means for solving the problem]

[0009] A printing processing system having an image processing device that executes a printing process, and a client device that includes a class driver that converts data that is the subject of the printing process into print data and sends a print command to the image processing device together with the print data using standard functions to execute the printing process, wherein the client device has an acquisition means that acquires print setting information, which is information that specifies the print settings of the image processing device, from the image processing device via the class driver, a display means that displays a print setting screen based on the print setting information acquired by the acquisition means, and a transmission means that transmits the print setting information of the print settings selected by a user on the print setting screen displayed by the display means to the image processing device via the class driver, and the image processing device has an execution means that executes the printing process based on the print setting information sent by the transmission means. [Effects of the Invention]

[0010] The above method makes it possible to use the extended functions provided by various printing devices in a print processing system in which installation of desktop applications is restricted and only class drivers are included. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0011] [Figure 1] Network configuration diagram in this embodiment [Figure 2] Software configuration diagram of the print processing system in the client computer 100 [Figure 3] Printer 200 hardware configuration diagram [Figure 4] Printer 200 software configuration diagram [Figure 5] Flowchart of modern print dialog display process in the first embodiment [Figure 6(A)] PrintCapabilities acquisition process flowchart [Figure 6(B)] Print execution process flowchart [Figure 7] Flowchart of print setting UI display process for UWP application in the second embodiment [Figure 8] Flowchart of print setting UI display process for desktop application in the third embodiment [Figure 9] Flowchart of UI display process of application launched at print in embodiment 4 [Figure 10] Flowchart of UI display process of application launched at print in embodiment 5 [Figure 11] Example print settings screen for UWP app and modern print dialog [Figure 12] Print setting screen examples for OS-provided and vendor-provided UWP apps [Figure 13] Print settings screen example for desktop app [Figure 14] Example of the print settings screen for the UI of the application launched when printing [Figure 15] Preset registration screen example [Figure 16] Examples of PrintCapabilities and print tickets in this embodiment [Figure 17] Example of preset list information in this embodiment [Figure 18] Box print screen example DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0012] Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0013] [Example 1] Figure 1 shows a network configuration diagram of a print processing system according to the present invention. The print processing system includes a client computer 100 and a printer 200 that receives and prints print data in a page description language (hereinafter referred to as PDL). The printer 200 is assumed to support a print data format and a data transmission protocol that are supported by the OS's standard printing functions.

[0014] The various devices that make up the print processing system are connected and capable of communicating via a network 300, such as a LAN. The printer 200 may be a single-function printer (SFP) with only a printing function, or a multi-function printer (MFP) with printing, scanning, and copying functions; there is no particular restriction on the functions that the printer 200 has.

[0015] FIG. 1A is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of a client computer 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The CPU 101 controls the entire client computer 100 in accordance with programs stored in the ROM 1021, RAM 1022, or auxiliary storage device 105. The RAM 1022 is also used as a work area when the CPU 101 performs various processes. The auxiliary storage device 105 stores an application (hereinafter, "app") 1051, a device app 1052, an OS 1053, and the like. The app 1051 and device app 1052 can be added to the auxiliary storage device 105 from a CD-ROM or USB memory (not shown), or via the network 300. A device app is a dedicated application that supports the functions of the V4 printer driver, and a specific example is the Windows Store Device App (WSDA). When the V4 printer driver is installed, a WSDA associated with the store app is automatically installed.

[0016] Input devices such as a keyboard 108 and a pointing device 109, typically a mouse or touch panel, are devices that allow the user to give various instructions to the computer via the input I / F 103. The output I / F 104 is an interface for outputting data to the outside, and outputs data to an output device such as a monitor 110. The printer 200 is connected via a network 300, which is connected via the communication I / F 106. The system bus 107 is a common data system bus that is used to exchange data between the hardware modules that make up the client computer 100.

[0017] 2 is a block diagram showing the software configuration of the printer 200. The OS of the printer 200 has, as its functions, an OS standard print function 10531, a print manager 218, a standard print communication unit 219, an OS standard UI management unit 10532, and a print startup application launcher 10533. The OS standard print function 10531 is a function that temporarily holds print data in XPS (XML Paper Specification) format spool data until the print process is executed, and then prints it.

[0018] The GDI to XPS conversion module 207 is a function that converts data drawn by GDI into spool data in XPS format that is held by the OS standard printing function 10531. GDI is a graphics component that generates print images for a printer.

[0019] The OS standard printing function 10531 is a function that converts spool data in XPS format, created in response to a print instruction from an application, into PDL data and outputs it to the printer 200. This time, PDL is used as an example of a standard page description language, but the format is not important and can also be PDF (Portable Document Format) or PWG-Raster, which are adopted by Mopria, the standard for mobile printing.

[0020] The standard print communication unit 219 can control communication with the print manager 218 and OS standard print function 10531 that access the printer 200, and the OS standard print function 10531 performs printing processing via the standard print communication unit 219. The print manager 218 also communicates with the printer 200 through the standard print communication unit 219 to obtain information on supported functions and setting value information. The standard print communication unit 219 communicates with the printer 200 using a standard communication protocol such as IPP (Internet Printing Protocol). Using a standard communication protocol makes it possible to communicate with multiple different printers.

[0021] The desktop application 201 and the UWP application 202 are applications stored as the application 1051 in the auxiliary storage device 105. The UWP application 202 is an application that runs on the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) introduced in Windows 10, and has an expanded operating environment compared to store applications. The following embodiments will be described using the UWP application 202 as an example, but they can also be realized by replacing the UWP application 202 with a store application.

[0022] The user uses input devices such as a keyboard 108 and a pointing device 109, typically a touch panel or a mouse, to execute printing processing from a desktop application 201 or a UWP application 202 displayed on a monitor 110 of an output device.

[0023] <Printing process> The printing process will now be explained using Figure 2. The printing process is mainly carried out by performing three processes in order: selecting a printer, creating print settings, and converting drawing data.

[0024] First, the user selects the printer 200 on which they want to print. This selection process results in the selection of the OS standard print function 10531 that corresponds to the printer 200. A print queue is used to select the printer 200 (OS standard print function 10531). Before printing, the user creates a print queue, which is a unit for managing printer device information and default print settings. When the user selects the created printer queue, the OS standard print function 10531 linked to that printer queue is selected.

[0025] The application 1051 includes the desktop application 201 and the UWP application, and allocates a memory area for print setting data in the RAM 1022. The application 1051 acquires PrintCapabilities 250 from the standard print setting management unit 208 and creates print setting data based on the acquired PrintCapabilities 250. The created print setting data is stored in the RAM 1022. PrintCapabilities 250 is data that lists print functions and selection items that can be set using the OS standard print function 10531, written in XML format based on a format defined by the OS, and is generated by the standard print setting management unit 208.

[0026] The OS standard UI management unit 10532 and device application 1052 provide a print setting UI based on PrintCapabilities 250. The desktop application 201 uses a binary DEVMODE 203 as print setting data, and the UWP application 202 uses a print ticket 204 written in XML markup language format. DEVMODE 203 is a structure provided by the OS that stores files such as print setting data in a format that the desktop application 201 can use for printing. The print setting data includes functions supported by the OS standard print functions 10531, and the standard print setting management unit 208 creates the print setting data using a standard print function definition file 209 that defines the supported functions.

[0027] These print setting data are set in an extended print setting section 10522, which is a print setting UI for UWP applications provided by the standard print setting management section 208 or the device application 1052. The OS standard print function 10531 changes the settings corresponding to the DEVMODE 203 or the print ticket 204 in accordance with the settings in the extended print setting section 10522. In the case of the print ticket 204, since the print settings are described in XML format, the UWP application 202 can directly rewrite all setting values, but the extended print setting section 10522, which is a UI for the device application 1052, may also be used to rewrite the settings.

[0028] Once the print settings have been finalized, the user executes print processing from an application. When executing print processing from the desktop application 201, drawing data is sent to a GDI to XPS conversion module 207, which creates an XPS spool file 206. At this time, the GDI to XPS conversion module 207 converts the print settings acquired from a standard print setting management unit 208 from a DEVMODE 203 into a print ticket 204.

[0029] On the other hand, when printing is performed from the UWP application 202, the UWP application itself generates the XPS file, or the OS 1053 (FIG. 1B) generates the XPS file in response to a drawing command from the UWP application. In either case, the XPS spool file 206 is generated during the printing process.

[0030] After an XPS spool file 206 is generated in response to a print instruction from the desktop application 201 or UWP application 202, a standard print processing unit 212 renders the XPS spool file 206 and converts it into PDL data. The PDL data is managed by a print manager 218, which manages the schedule for print processing, and print jobs are registered one after another in a queue. When the printer 200 is ready to print, the print jobs are sent to the printer 200 via a standard print communication unit 219 in the order they were registered in the queue.

[0031] The standard print processing unit 212 sends the setting contents specified in the print ticket 204 included in the XPS spool file 206 to the standard print communication unit 219. The standard print communication unit 219 transmits the received setting contents to the printer 200 via a standard communication protocol, and the print setting information held by the standard print setting management unit 208 and the device application 1052 is reflected in the print processing. The print setting information here is the print setting information selected by user operation on the print setting UI.

[0032] The device application 1052 includes an extended print setting unit 10522, a print-time startup application unit 10521, a tile application unit 10523, and a device application communication unit 10524, and is an application for expanding the functions of the printer 200. The print-time startup application unit 10521 has a function for displaying a print preview and the like on a UI when called from the print-time startup application launcher 10533 during printing, and a function for editing the XPS spool file 206, and can realize expansion of the print processing functions of the printer 200.

[0033] The tile application unit 10523 is a function of an application that is launched from an application list such as the OS start menu, separate from the printing process, and also has a function of guiding the user to the printer 200 management screen or a website for printer 200 support information.

[0034] The device application communication unit 10524 is a function that enables each module of the device application 1052 to communicate with the printer 200. The above is the operation of each module when the print process is executed.

[0035] <Hardware configuration of the printer 200> 3 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration of the printer 200. A CPU 1101 outputs an image signal as output information to a printing unit (printer engine) 1108 via a printing unit I / F 1106 connected to a system bus 1104 based on a control program stored in a ROM 1103 or an external memory 1110.

[0036] The network I / F 1105 performs network communication via Wi-Fi, Ethernet (registered trademark), etc. The CPU 1101 is capable of communication processing with the client computer 100 via the network I / F 1105 and is configured to be able to notify the client computer 100 of information about the printer 200, etc. The RAM 1102 functions as the main memory, work area, etc. of the CPU 1101, and is configured so that the memory capacity can be expanded by using an optional RAM connected to an expansion port (not shown). The operation unit 1109 is an operation panel that is equipped with switches and LED indicators for operation, etc. The external memory 1110 stores various setting value information, etc., managed by the printer 200 and set via the operation unit 1109, etc.

[0037] <Printer 200 software configuration> FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the functions of the printer 200. A data communication unit 2001 receives print jobs and various requests from the client computer 100, performs predetermined processing, and then responds to the client computer 100. A print job management unit 2002 temporarily stores print jobs received by the data communication unit 2001 in the external memory 1110 and sequentially instructs the execution of print processing via a printing unit 2003. The printing unit 2003 executes print processing according to the print job settings in accordance with the instructions from the print job management unit 2002. A preset management unit 2004 manages preset list information, which is a combination of multiple print setting information called presets stored in a preset DB 2005.

[0038] 17 shows an example of preset list information 1700. The preset list information includes a preset name 17001, a preset ID 1702, print setting information 1703, and a print startup application startup setting 1705. The print startup application startup setting 1705 is a flag indicating whether or not to start the print startup application unit 10521 when printing.

[0039] The preset ID 1702 is identification information that uniquely identifies a preset. The print setting information 1703 includes print setting information that is an extended function of the printer 200 that is not supported by the OS standard print function 10531. The preset list information 1700 shown in Fig. 17 includes double-sided printing, color mode, stapling, box printing, bookbinding printing, saddle stitching, and toner saving.

[0040] For example, preset 1704 is assigned the preset name "Box Printing - No. 10" and the preset ID "4CF97CE2-8F47-49FE-BFE5-A021EAD1AF8D." Furthermore, the print settings for preset 1704 specify double-sided printing as "ON" and box printing as "ON." When preset 1704 is specified, a print job received by the data communication unit 2001 is not executed immediately but is instead saved in an area of ​​the external memory 1110 called a "box." Boxes are managed as storage areas by number, and box number 10 is specified for preset 1704. The print job saved in the box is displayed on a screen 1800 such as that shown in FIG. 18 via the operation unit 1109 of the printer 200. Screen 1800 includes a box number field 1801, a list of documents 1802 stored in the box selected in the box number field 1801, and a print button 1804. On screen 1800, the user selects "10," the box number specified for printing, in box number area 1801. When the box number is selected, a list 1802 of documents saved in the selected box number is displayed. Furthermore, when the user presses print button 1804 with document 1803 selected, document 1803 is printed via printing unit 1108.

[0041] Returning to the explanation of Figure 4, the extended function permission setting 2007 holds a setting by the administrator as to whether or not to permit the use of the extended functions of the printer 200. The UI unit 2006 provides a UI for changing the settings of the extended function permission setting 2007 and the settings of the preset DB. These are the functions that the printer 200 has.

[0042] <Preset registration process> The following describes the registration process of presets managed in the preset DB 2005 of the printer 200. In this embodiment, an example will be described in which registration is performed via a UI provided by the tile application unit 10523 included in the device application 1052. The registration method is not limited to this, and any method may be used as long as the presets are registered in the printer 200 in advance. For example, the presets may be registered via a UI provided by the UI unit 2006 of the printer 200.

[0043] FIG. 15A shows an example of a screen 1501 that is displayed when the tile application unit 10523 of the client computer 100 is launched. The screen 1501 displays a printer list 1502 that displays a list of printers linked to the device application 1052. When an icon 1503 linked to the printer 200 is selected, the screen transitions to screen 1505 shown in FIG. 15B. FIG. 15B shows a screen that displays links to various functions related to the printer 200. The screen 1505 displays a support information button 1506, a remote UI button 1507, and a preset registration button 1508. When the support information button 1506 is pressed, the screen transitions to a website screen for support information for the printer 200. When the remote UI button 1507 is pressed, the screen transitions to an administration screen provided by the printer 200 via a web browser. When the preset registration button 1508 is pressed, the screen transitions to screen 1520 shown in FIG. 15C.

[0044] The screen 1520 includes a registered preset list 1521 , a preset registration button 1522 , a registered preset name 1523 , a preset print setting information area 1524 , and a close button 1525 .

[0045] The registered preset name 1523 allows the user to specify the name of the preset to be registered. The registered preset list 1521 displays a list of the names of presets saved in the preset DB 2005 of the printer 200. The print setting information area 1524 displays print setting items, including settings for advanced functions of the printer 200 that are not supported by the OS standard print function 10531. After the user specifies the desired print settings in the print setting information area 1524, the user presses the preset registration button 1522. When the preset registration button 1522 is pressed, the tile application unit 10523 sends a preset registration request to the printer 200 via the device application communication unit 10524. At that time, the registered preset name 1523 and the setting value information specified in the preset print setting information area 1524 are sent to the printer 200. When the data communication unit 2001 of the printer 200 receives the preset registration request, it registers the specified preset name and print setting information together with a newly generated unique preset ID in the preset DB 2005 via the preset management unit 2004. The list of presets registered in the preset DB 2005 is as shown in FIG.

[0046] Through the above process, the user can register a preset that reflects the user's preferred settings in the printer 200 via the client computer 100.

[0047] <Mode for displaying the modern print dialog> This embodiment describes a form in which the extended functions of the printer 200 are used in an environment using a class driver. In this embodiment, the description takes as an example a form in which a list of presets is displayed and presented on a setting screen (modern print dialog) provided by the OS standard UI management unit 10532 of the OS 1053.

[0048] FIG. 11A is an example of a print setting screen for the UWP application 202, which is a drawing application. A document including a letter and a drawing is displayed in FIG. 11A and is the target of print processing. The processing performed when a print instruction is executed on the screen 1130 provided by the UWP application 202 will be described using the flowchart in FIG. 5. The processing described in this embodiment is realized by loading a program recorded in the auxiliary storage device 105 into the RAM 1022 in response to a user operation and executing it by the CPU 101.

[0049] When an instruction to display the modern print dialog is given on the screen 1130 (S501), the UWP application 202 sends an instruction to display the modern print dialog to the OS 1053 (S502). When the OS 1053 receives the display instruction, the OS standard UI management unit 10532 requests the OS standard print function 10531 to acquire PrintCapabilities (S503). As a result, the OS standard print function 10531 executes a process to acquire PrintCapabilities (S504). The process of acquiring PrintCapabilities will be described later.

[0050] The OS standard UI management unit 10532 acquires PrintCapabilities from the OS standard print function 10531 (S505). Upon receiving PrintCapabilities, the OS standard UI management unit 10532 displays a modern print dialog (S506). An example of the modern print dialog 1150 is shown in FIG. 11B. The modern print dialog 1150 has a printer selection control 1151 that allows the user to select a printer available in the OS 1053, and in FIG. 11B, the printer 200 has been selected. In addition, the modern print dialog 1150 has a print preview area 1152 that allows the user to check the print results on the screen, and a print setting area 1153 that allows the user to select print settings that are supported by the OS standard print function 10531.

[0051] After the Modern Print dialog 1150 is displayed, the OS standard printing function 10531 determines whether the PrintCapabilities acquired in S504 include psk:JobPreset (preset) (S507). Figure 16 shows an example of PrintCapabilities. "psk:" written at the beginning of each definition indicates the namespace and is used to distinguish it from definitions in other namespaces. Figure 16 shows that "psk:JobPreset" is included, so the process proceeds to S508.

[0052] If it is determined that psk:JobPreset is included, the OS standard UI management unit 10532 displays the preset setting control 1155 on the modern print dialog 1150 (S508), as shown in FIG. 11C. The preset setting control 1155 lists the character strings of the psk:PresetName property of each Option included in psk:JobPreset of PrintCapabilities 1600 (FIG. 16). This allows the user to check and select a preset name from the list of preset names registered on the printer 200 on the modern print dialog. On the other hand, if it is determined in S505 that psk:JobPreset is not included, the process proceeds to S509 without displaying the preset setting control 1155.

[0053] After the printing settings including presets are determined on the modern print dialog 1150, the OS standard UI management unit 10532 receives an instruction to press the print button 1154 from the user (S509). After the print button 1154 is pressed, the OS standard UI management unit 10532 generates a print ticket based on the printing settings set in the modern print dialog 1150 (S510). The print ticket 1610 in FIG. 16(B) is an example of the print ticket generated in S508. The printing orientation "vertical" selected in the modern print dialog 1150 is reflected, and in Feature 1611 of the print ticket 1610, a setting value "psk:Portrait" indicating that the printing orientation is portrait (vertical orientation) is set. Also, the setting contents of the preset selected in the modern print dialog 1150 are reflected, and "ns0000:Preset01" is specified in Feature 1612 of the print ticket 1610. In addition to the setting value information illustrated in FIG. 16(B), the print ticket 1610 can include the setting value information of the functions supported by the OS standard printing function 10531.

[0054] The OS standard UI management unit 10532 returns the print ticket to the UWP app 202 together with the print request (S511). The UWP app 202 obtains the print request and the print ticket from the OS standard UI management unit 10532 (S512) and generates print data (S513). This print data is in XPS format and includes a print ticket containing print setting information and drawing data generated by the drawing application.

[0055] When the print data is generated, the UWP app 202 instructs the OS standard printing function 10531 to execute printing (S514). The printing execution process of S514 will be described later. The above is the display process of the modern print dialog.

[0056] <Acquisition Process of PrintCapabilities> 6A, the acquisition process in which the OS standard printing function 10531 acquires PrintCapabilities from the printer 200 will be described. The process related to the printer 200 described in this embodiment is realized by loading a program recorded in the external memory 1110 into the RAM 1102 and executing it with the CPU 1101.

[0057] First, the standard print setting management unit 208 of the OS standard print function 10531 receives a PrintCapabilities acquisition request (S520), and transmits a request instruction for a preset list to the printer 200 via the standard print communication unit 219 (S521).

[0058] The data communication unit 2001 of the printer 200 receives the preset acquisition request (S522). Upon receiving the preset acquisition request, the preset management unit 2004 acquires the extended function permission setting 2007 (FIG. 17) (S523). The preset management unit 2004 determines whether use of the extended function is permitted based on the setting value of the extended function permission setting 2007 (S524). If it is determined that the extended function is permitted, the preset management unit 2004 acquires the preset list information 1700 stored in the preset DB 2005 (S525). The preset management unit 2004 returns the acquired preset list information 1700 to the OS standard printing function 10531 via the data communication unit 2001 (S526). On the other hand, if it is determined in S524 that the extended function is not permitted, the preset management unit 2004 returns the preset list information in an empty state to the OS standard printing function 10531 (S527).

[0059] The standard print setting management unit 208 of the OS standard print function 10531 acquires preset list information (S528). The standard print setting management unit 208 generates PrintCapabilities by adding the preset list information acquired in S528 to the functions supported by the OS standard print function 10531 (S529). FIG. 16A is an example of PrintCapabilities generated in S529. PrintCapabilities 1600 defines, in XML format, a list of functions supported by the OS standard print function 10531 and configurable items for each function. Feature 1601 describes a definition of the print orientation setting supported by the OS standard print function 10531, and defines psk:Portrait and psk:Landscape (horizontal) as setting items. In addition to the setting value information exemplified in FIG. 16A, PrintCapabilities 1600 can also include setting value information for functions supported by the OS standard print function 10531.

[0060] PrintCapabilities 1600 also includes Feature 1602 (psk:JobPeset), which defines a list of presets registered in the preset DB 2005 of the printer 200. Feature 1602 also includes a setting value "psk:None" (Option 1603) for when no preset settings are used, and a set preset "ns0001:Preset01" (Option 1604). Option 1604 corresponds to preset 1704 in FIG. 17, and the preset name (psk:PresetName) stores the preset name of preset 1704, "Box Printing - No. 10." Furthermore, the preset ID (psk:PresetID) stores the preset ID of preset 1704, "4CF97CE2-8F47-49FE-BFE5-A021EAD1AF8D."

[0061] When the printer 200 returns an empty preset list in S527, do not include "psk:JobPeset" in PrintCapabilities1600. As a result, the user cannot use the preset.

[0062] When PrintCapabilities is generated in S529, the standard print setting management unit 208 returns PrintCapabilities to the client computer 100 that is the request source (S530). The above is the acquisition process of obtaining PrintCapabilities from the printer 200.

[0063] <Print execution process of OS standard printing function> The printing execution process in the printer 200 will be described using the flowchart of FIG. 6(B). This flow is executed when the print setting UI is displayed based on the PrintCapabilities acquired by the OS standard printing function 10531 in FIG. 6(A), and the OS standard printing function 10531 receives a print request due to a user operation on the print setting UI.

[0064] The standard printing processing unit 212 of the OS standard printing function 10531 receives a print request from the UWP app 202 together with print data (S551). The standard printing processing unit 212 converts the XPS rendering data included in the received print data into PDL data (S552). The standard printing processing unit 212 generates a print job based on the print setting information of the print ticket included in the print data and the PDL data generated in S552 (S553).

[0065] The standard print processing unit 212 determines whether the print ticket includes psk:JobPreset (S554). If it is determined that psk:JobPreset is included, the standard print processing unit 212 determines whether psk:None is specified in psk:JobPreset (S555). If it is determined that psk:None is not specified, the standard print processing unit 212 sets the preset ID specified in the print ticket for the print job (S556). In this embodiment, it is assumed that the preset ID "4CF97CE2-8F47-49FE-BFE5-A021EAD1AF8D" included in Feature 1612 of the print ticket in FIG. 16(B) is specified.

[0066] The standard print processing unit 212 transmits the print job to the printer 200 via the standard print communication unit 219 (S557).

[0067] If it is determined that the print ticket does not include psk:JobPreset (S554-NO), or if it is determined that psk:None is specified in psk:JobPreset (S555-YES), the process proceeds to S557 without setting a preset ID for the print job.

[0068] The data communication unit 2001 of the printer 200 receives the print job (S558). The print job management unit 2002 determines whether the print job includes a preset ID (S559). If it is determined that a preset ID is included, the print job management unit 2002 acquires preset list information 1700 registered in the preset DB 2005 via the preset management unit 2004 (S560). The print job management unit 2002 determines whether the acquired preset ID is already registered in the preset list information 1700 (S561). If it is determined that the acquired preset ID is already registered, the print job management unit 2002 uses the preset list information 1700 to acquire print setting information 1703 linked to the acquired preset ID (S562). The print job management unit 2002 instructs the printing unit 2003 to execute printing based on the print setting information (S563).

[0069] If it is determined that the print job does not include a preset ID (S559-NO), or if it is determined that the acquired preset ID has not been registered in the preset list information (S561-NO), the print job management unit 2002 instructs the printing unit 2003 to execute printing without reflecting the preset settings (S564). This completes the print execution process.

[0070] By performing the above-described processing, the user can specify a preset displayed in the modern print dialog, allowing the printer 200 to execute printing processing using an extended function that is not supported by the OS standard printing function 10531.

[0071] [Example 2] In this embodiment, another form of displaying a preset list using a print setting UI of a UWP application will be described as an example.

[0072] FIG. 12(A) is an example of a print setting screen of the modern print dialog 1200 displayed by the UWP application 202, which is a drawing application. Up to this point, it is the same as FIG. 11(B) shown in the first embodiment. The modern print dialog 1200 has an other settings button 1201 for displaying a print setting UI for the UWP application. Pressing the other settings button 1201 displays a UI provided by the OS standard UI management unit 10532 (FIG. 12(B)), or a UI of the extended print setting unit 10522 (FIG. 12(C)). In this embodiment, a preset list (1211, 1221) is displayed on the screen shown in FIG. 12(B) or (C).

[0073] 7, the processing performed when the Other Settings button 1201 is pressed on the Modern Print dialog 1200 will be described. The processing described in this embodiment is realized by loading a program recorded in the auxiliary storage device 105 into the RAM 1022 in response to a user instruction and executing it with the CPU 101. Note that the same steps as those already described are given the same numbers, and unless otherwise specified, the description will be omitted.

[0074] When the UWP application 202 receives a press of the other settings button 1201 (S701), the UWP application 202 requests the OS standard UI management unit 10532 to display a print setting UI for the UWP application (S702).

[0075] When the OS standard UI management unit 10532 receives a request to display the print setting UI for the UWP application (S703), it determines whether the vendor-provided device application 1052 is installed on the client computer 100 (S704). If it is determined that the device application 1052 is installed, the OS standard UI management unit 10532 requests the extended print setting unit 10522 of the device application 1052 to display the print setting UI for the UWP application (S705).

[0076] When the extended print setting unit 10522 receives a request to display the print setting UI for the UWP application (S706), it determines whether the device application 1052 is associated with the OS standard print function 10531 (S707). Specifically, in the process of S707, if the device application 1052 is associated with a printer driver (not shown) provided by the vendor, it is determined that the device application 1052 is not associated with the OS standard print function 10531. If it is determined in S707 that the device application 1052 is associated with the OS standard print function 10531, the extended print setting unit 10522 requests the OS standard print function 10531 to perform a process to obtain PrintCapabilities (S708). In S708, the process of FIG. 6A described above is executed.

[0077] When the extended print setting unit 10522 acquires PrintCapabilities from the OS standard print function 10531 (S709), the extended print setting unit 10522 determines whether the PrintCapabilities include psk:JobPreset (S710). If it is determined in S710 that psk:JobPreset is included, the extended print setting unit 10522 displays the print setting UI 1220 for the UWP application as shown in FIG. 12C (S711). In S711, the extended print setting unit 10522 adds and displays the preset setting control 1221 shown in FIG. 12C. The preset setting control 1221 lists the character strings of the psk:PresetName property of each Option included in psk:JobPreset in the PrintCapabilities 1600.

[0078] On the other hand, if it is determined in S710 that psk:JobPreset is not included, the preset setting control 1221 is hidden, and the extended print setting unit 10522 displays the print setting UI 1220 for the UWP application (S712).

[0079] If it is determined in S707 that the device app 1052 is not associated with the OS standard printing function 10531, that is, if it is determined that the device app 1052 is associated with a printer driver provided by the vendor, the extended print setting section 10522 displays a print setting UI for the UWP app for the printer driver provided by the vendor (S713).

[0080] In each print setting UI displayed in steps S711 to S713, the extended print setting unit 10522 receives an instruction from the user to press the OK button 1222 (S714). After the OK button 1222 is pressed, the extended print setting unit 10522 generates a print ticket that reflects the settings made on the print setting UI 1220 for the UWP application (S715). The extended print setting unit 10522 sends the generated print ticket to the UWP application 202 (S716).

[0081] If it is determined that the vendor-provided device application 1052 is not installed (S704-NO), the OS standard UI management unit 10532 requests the OS standard print function 10531 to acquire PrintCapabilities (S717). In S717, the PrintCapabilities acquisition process (FIG. 6A) described above is executed.

[0082] When the OS standard UI management unit 10532 acquires PrintCapabilities (S718), the OS standard UI management unit 10532 determines whether psk:JobPreset is included in PrintCapabilities (S719). If it is determined that psk:JobPreset is included, the OS standard UI management unit 10532 displays the print setting UI 1210 for UWP applications provided by the OS, as shown in FIG. 12B (S720). In S720, the OS standard UI management unit 10532 adds and displays the preset setting control 1211 shown in FIG. 12B. The preset setting control 1211 lists the character strings of the psk:PresetName property of each Option included in psk:JobPreset in PrintCapabilities 1600.

[0083] If it is determined in step S719 that psk:JobPreset is not included in PrintCapabilities, the OS standard UI management unit 10532 displays the print setting UI 1210 for the UWP application with the preset setting control 1211 hidden (step S721).

[0084] When the print settings, including the presets, are confirmed on the UWP application print setting UI 1210 by pressing the OK button 1212 (S722), the OS standard UI management unit 10532 generates a print ticket that reflects the settings on the UWP application print setting UI 1210 (S723). At that time, the setting value of the preset setting control 1211 is reflected in psk:JobPreset written in the print ticket. The OS standard UI management unit 10532 returns the generated print ticket to the UWP application 202 (S724).

[0085] The UWP application 202 acquires a print ticket that reflects the settings in the UWP application print setting UI 1210 or the UWP application print setting UI 1220 (S725). When the UWP application 202 receives an instruction from the user to press the print button 1202 on the modern print dialog 1200 (S726), the UWP application 202 generates print data (S727). The print data generated in S727 includes the print ticket acquired in S725. Once the print data is generated, the UWP application 202 performs the print execution process (FIG. 6B) described above (S513).

[0086] The above is the processing that is performed when the Other Settings button 1201 is pressed on the modern print dialog 1200. According to this embodiment, the user can specify a preset on the UI (1210 or 1220) that is displayed when the Other Settings button 1201 is pressed, and cause the printer 200 to execute print processing using an extended function that is not supported by the OS standard print function 10531.

[0087] [Example 3] In this embodiment, a form will be described in which a list of presets is displayed on a print setting UI provided by the OS standard print function 10531.

[0088] Fig. 13(A) is an example of a print setting UI displayed on the desktop application 201, which is a drawing application. When the preset tab (1301) is selected, a screen displaying a preset list is displayed. Fig. 13(B) shows the form in which the preset list is displayed in this embodiment.

[0089] 8, the process when an instruction to display a print setting UI for the desktop application is given on screen 1135 provided by desktop application 201 will be described. This process is realized by loading a program recorded in auxiliary storage device 105 into RAM 1022 in response to a user instruction and executing it by CPU 101. Note that the same steps as those already explained are given the same numbers as the already explained step numbers, and explanations will be omitted unless otherwise noted.

[0090] First, the desktop application 201 receives an instruction to display detailed settings on the screen 1135 provided by the desktop application 201 (S801). The desktop application 201 requests the standard print setting management unit 208 to display a print setting UI (S802).

[0091] When the standard print setting management unit 208 receives a request to display the print setting UI (S803), after acquiring a preset list in S521 to S528, the standard print setting management unit 208 displays the desktop application print setting UI 1300 as shown in Fig. 13A (S804). The desktop application print setting UI 1300 displays setting items that correspond to the OS standard print function 10531. Also, although the preset tab 1301 is displayed in Fig. 13A, it is also possible to consider a configuration in which the preset tab is not displayed if the use of the extended function is not permitted as determined in S524.

[0092] The standard print setting management unit 208 examines the preset list information acquired in S528 to determine whether any presets have been registered in the printer 200 (S805). If it is determined that any presets have been registered, the standard print setting management unit 208 displays the acquired preset list information in the preset tab 1301 (FIG. 13B) (S806). The preset setting control 1305 lists the names of each preset in the preset list information. If it is determined in S805 that the acquired preset list is empty or that the preset is not registered, the process proceeds to S807 without displaying the preset setting control 1305 in the preset tab 1301.

[0093] When the OK button 1302 is pressed in the desktop application print setting UI 1300 to confirm the print settings (S807), the standard print setting management unit 208 generates a print ticket that reflects the print setting contents (S808). An example of the generated print ticket is shown in FIG. 16(B). The setting value of the preset setting control 1305 is reflected in psk:JobPreset of the print ticket. The standard print setting management unit 208 converts the print ticket to a DEVMODE and then returns it to the desktop application 201 (S809).

[0094] The desktop application 201 acquires a DEVMODE that reflects the settings made on the desktop application print setting UI 1300 (S810). Next, the desktop application 201 receives a print execution instruction from the user on the screen 11350 (S811). The desktop application 201 specifies the DEVMODE, which is the print setting information acquired in S810, and executes printing via the GDI, which is a module of the OS 1053 (S812).

[0095] When the desktop application 201 executes printing, the GDI to XPS conversion module 207 converts the GDI drawing data received from the desktop application 201 into XPS data (S813). At that time, the DEVMODE specified in S812 is converted into a print ticket, which becomes print data that can be processed by the standard print processing unit 212. Once converted into print data, the OS standard print function 10531 instructs the standard print processing unit 212 to execute printing (S814). The print execution processing in S814 has already been explained in FIG. 6B. The above is the flow from when the list of presets is displayed on the print setting UI provided by the OS standard print function 10531 to when the print execution processing is executed.

[0096] According to this embodiment, by specifying a preset via the detailed setting display displayed by the desktop application 201, it is possible to cause the printer 200 to execute print processing using an extended function that is not supported by the OS standard print function 10531.

[0097] [Example 4] This embodiment illustrates a process of presenting a preset list on a UI provided by a print startup application unit included in the device application 1052. In this embodiment, a case where a print instruction is received via a UWP application is described as an example, but the present embodiment is also applicable to a case where a print instruction is received via a desktop application 201.

[0098] 9, the process when printing is executed from the UWP application 202 will be described. The process described in this embodiment is realized by loading a program recorded in the auxiliary storage device 105 into the RAM 1022 in response to a user instruction and executing it by the CPU 101. Note that the same steps as those already described are given the same numbers, and unless otherwise specified, the description will be omitted.

[0099] The UWP application 202 receives a print execution instruction from the user on the screen of the UWP application 202 (S901). The UWP application 202 requests the OS 1053 to execute printing (S902).

[0100] The OS 1053 receives a print execution request from the UWP application 202 (S903). The print startup application launcher 10533 determines whether a print startup application exists on the client computer 100 based on an instruction from the OS 1053 (S904). Specifically, this process determines whether a print startup application unit 10521 exists in the device application 1052.

[0101] If it is determined that a print-time launch application exists, the print-time launch application launcher 10533 requests the print-time launch application unit 10521 to launch the application (S905). When the launch request is made, the print-time launch application launcher 10533 transmits the XPS data and print ticket print data generated by the UWP application 202 to the print-time launch application unit 10521. When the print-time launch application unit 10521 launches, the print-time launch application unit 10521 requests the OS standard print function 10531 to acquire PrintCapabilities (S906). The process of acquiring PrintCapabilities is as described in FIG. 6A.

[0102] The print-time startup application unit 10521 acquires PrintCapabilities from the OS standard print function 10531 (S907). The print-time startup application unit 10521 displays a print-time startup application setting UI 1400 as shown in Fig. 14 (S908). The print-time startup application setting UI 1400 includes a setting area 1401 for setting functions such as a page aggregation function and a stamp printing function supported by the print-time startup application unit 10521.

[0103] The print startup application unit 10521 determines whether psk:JobPreset is included in the PrintCapabilities acquired in S907 (S909). If it is determined that psk:JobPreset is included, a preset setting control 1402 such as that shown in FIG. 14 is displayed on the print startup application setting UI 1400. The preset setting control 1402 lists the character strings of the psk:PresetName property of each Option included in psk:JobPreset. If it is determined that psk:JobPreset is not included in the PrintCapabilities (S909-NO), the preset setting control 1402 is not displayed on the print startup application setting UI 1400.

[0104] When the settings are confirmed on the print-time launch application setting UI 1400 by a user operation, the print-time launch application unit 10521 receives an instruction from the user to press the print button 1403 or the cancel button 1404 (S911). The print-time launch application unit 10521 determines whether the button pressed in S911 is the print button 1403 (S912). If it is determined that the print button was pressed, the print-time launch application unit 10521 generates a print ticket that reflects the settings made on the print-time launch application setting UI 1400 and updates the print data (S913). At that time, the setting value of the preset setting control 1402 is reflected in psk:JobPreset in the print ticket. The print-time launch application unit 10521 returns the print data updated in S913 to the OS 1053 and requests printing (S914). The print-time startup application launcher 10533 receives the print execution request together with the print data from the print-time startup application unit 10521 (S915), and instructs the OS standard print function 10531 to execute printing (S916). The print execution process in S916 is as described in FIG. 6B.

[0105] If the print button has not been pressed (S912-NO), that is, if it is determined that the cancel button 1404 has been pressed, the print startup application unit 10521 cancels the print job (S917). Thereafter, the process returns to the print startup application launcher 10533, but the print execution process is not performed and the process ends.

[0106] The above is the format for displaying the preset list on the UI provided by the print startup application unit.

[0107] [Example 5] The print-time startup application unit 10521 of the device application 1052 processes the XPS spool file provided by the OS 1053 during printing, and can provide functions for changing the layout, such as page layout printing, which prints multiple pages on one sheet of paper, and bookbinding printing, as well as functions for adding image data such as stamps. However, because the setting values ​​managed in the preset DB 2005 and the functions managed by the device application 1052 are managed by different entities, for example, even if the functions of the printer 200 are available as presets on the Modern Print dialog, the functions realized by the print-time startup application 10521 must be set separately in the settings screen of the device application (WSDA), which is cumbersome to operate.

[0108] In view of these issues, this embodiment will explain a method for managing functions realized by the print-time startup application 10521 in the print set DB 2005 and a method for registering presets in the print-time startup application 10521. Here, it is assumed that, of the functions that can be specified in the preset list information 1700, the print-time startup application 10521 has a bookbinding printing function.

[0109] 10, a process when printing is executed from the UWP application 202 will be described. The process described in this embodiment is realized by loading a program recorded in the auxiliary storage device 105 into the RAM 1022 in response to a user operation and executing it by the CPU 101. Note that the same steps as those already described are given the same numbers, and unless otherwise specified, the description will be omitted.

[0110] The processing of S901 to S905 activates the print-time startup application unit 10521. The print-time startup application unit 10521 acquires a print ticket from the print data received in S905 (S1001). The print-time startup application unit 10521 acquires preset list information 1700 from the printer 200 (S1002). Each piece of preset information in the acquired preset list information 1700 includes print-time startup application startup settings 1705.

[0111] The print-time launch application unit 10521 determines whether the print ticket acquired in S1001 includes psk:JobPreset (S1003). If it is determined in S1003 that psk:JobPreset is included, the print-time launch application unit 10521 acquires the setting content linked to the psk:PresetID of the psk:JobPreset specified in the print ticket from the preset list information acquired in S1002 (S1004). The print-time launch application unit 10521 determines whether the value of the print-time launch application launch setting 1705 acquired in S1004 is ON (S1005). If it is determined to be ON in S1005, the process executes S908 and S911 to S917, and then ends.

[0112] On the other hand, if it is determined in S1005 that the setting is not ON, the print-time startup application unit 10521 determines whether or not a function associated with the print-time startup application unit 10521 is enabled among the settings acquired in S1004 (S1006). In this embodiment, assuming that the function associated with the print-time startup application unit 10521 is bookbinding printing, if the bookbinding printing setting in the print setting information 1703 is ON, it is determined in S1006 that the function associated with the print-time startup application unit 10521 is enabled. If it is determined that the function is enabled in S1006, the print-time startup application unit 10521 applies the enabled function and updates the print data (S1007). In this embodiment, the print-time startup application unit 10521 performs layout processing for bookbinding printing on the print data passed from the print-time startup application launcher 10533, executes the processing of S914 to S916, and then ends the processing.

[0113] On the other hand, if it is determined in S1003 that psk:JobPreset is not included, the print startup application unit 10521 determines whether or not the preset list information 1700 acquired in S1002 contains a pre-registered preset (S1008). If it is determined in S1008 that a registered preset exists, the process executes steps S914 to S916, and then ends. Here, the registered preset refers to a preset registered via the screen in FIG. 15, which will be described later.

[0114] If it is determined in S1008 that no registered preset exists, the print startup application unit 10521 displays a preset registration screen 1530 as shown in FIG. 15D (S1009). The preset registration screen 1530 includes a registered preset list 1521, a preset registration button 1522, a registered preset name 1523, a preset print setting information area 1524, a next-time hide check box 1531, a print button 1532, and a cancel button 1533. If the next-time hide check box 1531 is checked and the print button 1532 is pressed to execute printing, the preset registration screen 1530 will not be displayed the next time printing is performed, even if the preset is not registered. To register a preset, the user specifies the preset name to be registered in the registered preset name 1523, specifies the desired print settings in the preset print setting information area 1524, and then presses the preset registration button 1522.

[0115] The print-time startup application unit 10521 receives an instruction from the user to press one of the preset registration button 1522, print button 1532, or cancel button 1533 (S1010). Next, the print-time startup application unit 10521 determines whether the button pressed in S1009 is the preset registration button 1522 (S1011). If it is determined in S1011 that the button is the preset registration button 1522, the print-time startup application unit 10521 sends a preset registration request to the printer 200 via the device application communication unit 10524 (S1012). At this time, the registered preset name 1523 and the information specified in the preset print setting information area 1524 are sent to the printer 200. When the data communication unit 2001 of the printer 200 receives the preset registration request, the specified preset name and print setting information are registered in the preset DB 2005 via the preset management unit 2004, along with a newly generated unique preset ID. After the processing in S1012, the process returns to S1010 and continues.

[0116] On the other hand, if it is determined in S1011 that the button is not the preset registration button 1522, the processes of S911 to S917 are executed, and then the process ends.

[0117] The processing of this embodiment makes it possible to generate print data and perform print execution processing using the functions of the device application 1052 and functions managed as presets in the printer 200.

[0118] [Other Examples] The object of the present invention can also be achieved by performing the following process: a storage medium storing program code of software that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or device, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or device reads the program code stored in the storage medium. In this case, the program code read from the storage medium itself realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the program code and the storage medium storing the program code constitute the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0119] 100 client computers 200 printers 1051 App 10531 OS standard printing function 1052 Device Apps

Claims

1. Printing software capable of generating print data, and capable of transmitting the print data to an image processing device in accordance with IPP, and an application program having an operating system of an information processing device that cooperates with the printing software, The aforementioned information processing device, A step of displaying the names of sets of multiple setting values, including at least one setting value that the printing software does not support and at least one setting value that the printing software does support, in a selectable manner. An application program that performs a process including the step of receiving the selection of the aforementioned name from the user, An application program characterized in that the image processing device outputs an output that reflects multiple setting values ​​corresponding to the selected name.

2. The application program according to claim 1, characterized in that the name is displayed in a selectable format on a screen provided by the application program.

3. The aforementioned information processing device, The steps include: displaying an input field that accepts the input of the aforementioned name; The application program according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it further includes a step of receiving an instruction to register the aforementioned set.

4. The aforementioned information processing device, The application program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it further includes a step of receiving the specification of a setting value that is not supported by the aforementioned printing software.

5. The application program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the print data is in PDF format.

6. The application program according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the print data is generated by converting XPS format data to PDF format.

7. The application program according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that at least one setting value not supported by the printing software includes a setting value related to bookbinding and printing.

8. The application program according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that at least one setting value not supported by the printing software includes a setting that causes the printing of the print data received by the image processing device not to be executed immediately, but to be executed in response to an instruction to print the print data via the operation unit of the image processing device.

9. The information processing device, The application program according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that it further includes a step of outputting information about the set and the name.

10. The application program according to claim 9, characterized in that the information of the set and the name is registered in the image processing device via a network.

11. The application program according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that multiple sets can be registered.

12. The application program according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the image processing device is a printer.

13. The application program according to any one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that at least one setting value not supported by the printing software includes a setting value relating to saddle stitching.

14. Printing software capable of generating print data, and capable of transmitting the print data to an image processing device in accordance with IPP, and a method for controlling the information processing device, which is realized by executing an application program that cooperates with the printing software on the operating system of the information processing device, The aforementioned information processing device, A step of displaying the names of sets of multiple setting values, including at least one setting value that the printing software does not support and at least one setting value that the printing software does support, in a selectable manner. The process includes the step of receiving the selection of the aforementioned name from the user, A control method characterized in that the image processing device outputs an output that reflects a plurality of setting values ​​corresponding to the selected name.

15. The control method according to claim 14, characterized in that the name is displayed in a selectable format on a screen provided by the application program.

16. The aforementioned information processing device, The steps include: displaying an input field that accepts the input of the aforementioned name; The control method according to claim 14 or 15, further characterized by causing the user to perform a process that includes a step of receiving an instruction to register the aforementioned set.

17. The aforementioned information processing device, The control method according to any one of claims 14 to 16, further characterized by causing the user to execute a process that includes a step of accepting the specification of a setting value that is not supported by the printing software.

18. The control method according to any one of claims 14 to 17, characterized in that the print data is in PDF format.

19. The control method according to any one of claims 14 to 18, characterized in that the print data is generated by converting XPS format data to PDF format.

20. The control method according to any one of claims 14 to 19, characterized in that at least one setting value not supported by the printing software includes a setting value related to bookbinding printing.

21. The control method according to any one of claims 14 to 20, characterized in that at least one setting value not supported by the printing software includes a setting that causes the image processing device not to immediately print the print data it has received, but to print the print data in response to an instruction to print the print data via the operation unit of the image processing device.

22. The information processing device, The control method according to any one of claims 14 to 21, characterized in that it further includes a step of outputting information about the set and the name.

23. The control method according to claim 22, characterized in that the information of the set and the name is registered in the image processing device via a network.

24. The control method according to any one of claims 14 to 23, characterized in that multiple sets can be registered.

25. The control method according to any one of claims 14 to 24, characterized in that the image processing device is a printer.

26. The control method according to any one of claims 14 to 25, characterized in that at least one setting value not supported by the printing software includes a setting value related to saddle stitching.

27. An information processing device, It can generate print data, transmit the print data to an image processing device according to IPP, and the information processing device's operating system has print software, It includes an application program that cooperates with the aforementioned printing software, By executing the aforementioned application program, A step of displaying the names of sets of multiple setting values, including at least one setting value that the printing software does not support and at least one setting value that the printing software does support, in a selectable manner. The process includes the step of receiving the selection of the aforementioned name from the user, An information processing device characterized in that an output object reflecting multiple setting values ​​corresponding to the selected name is output by the image processing device.

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