Chat Print Control Using Preset Driver Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies do not allow users to easily apply pre-set print settings when issuing a print instruction in a chat format, requiring users to manually set print settings, which is time-consuming and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses an AI server to interpret print instructions in a chat format, retrieve pre-set print settings from a printer driver, and automatically apply them to a printing apparatus.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users manually set print settings through a chat interface, then the system can accommodate diverse printing needs, but the time and effort required for setup increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically retrieving and applying pre-configured print settings from the printer driver before the user completes their chat-based print instruction. The AI bot obtains the document to be printed and automatically acquires corresponding print settings in advance, eliminating the need for users to manually configure settings during the chat interaction.
2Ease of operation
If the system uses AI to interpret chat commands, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The AI bot serves as an intermediary between the user's simple chat commands and the complex printer driver settings. It receives natural language instructions from users, interprets them, automatically retrieves the necessary document and print settings from the printer driver, and transmits everything to the printing apparatus. This intermediary layer abstracts the complexity from the user interface while maintaining operational simplicity.
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing a program for causing a computer of an information processing apparatus to perform an information processing method, the method includes receiving a print instruction using a chat function, obtaining a print setting registered by a printer driver included in the information processing apparatus, and causing a printing apparatus to perform printing based on the print setting according to the print instruction.