Cloud Print Settings Warning for Vendor-Specific Printers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Printing apparatuses that do not support extended print settings, such as those from different vendors, fail to apply user-defined settings when using cloud-based print services, resulting in suboptimal printing.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that displays a warning message on a print settings screen when an extended print setting is enabled for a specific physical printer and transmits the setting to a cloud print server, ensuring compatibility and proper application of settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a cloud print service associates multiple physical printers with a single virtual printer, then printing flexibility and device accessibility are improved, but extended print settings from specific vendors cannot be applied to non-compatible printers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by associating extended print settings with specific physical printers based on vendor compatibility. When a user selects a particular physical printer from the virtual printer options, the system activates the corresponding extended print settings for that specific device, while other printers continue to use standard settings. This ensures that each printer receives the appropriate settings tailored to its capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual printer acts as an intermediary between the cloud print service and multiple physical printers. It receives print jobs and manages the distribution to appropriate physical printers, including the transmission of extended print settings to compatible devices. This intermediary layer enables the system to maintain both versatility in printer selection and reliability in settings application.
2Manufacturing precision
If extended print settings are transmitted to all printers in a cloud print service, then printing quality for compatible devices is improved, but compatibility issues arise with printers from different vendors
Solution Approach 1:
Extended print settings are applied locally to specific physical printers that are compatible with those settings, rather than universally to all printers. The system identifies which printers support vendor-specific extended settings and transmits these settings only to those devices, ensuring high printing quality for compatible printers while maintaining broad compatibility across all printers in the network.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically changes the parameter of print setting transmission based on printer compatibility. When a physical printer is identified as supporting extended print settings, the system transitions from transmitting only standard settings to transmitting both standard and extended settings. This parameter change enables optimized printing quality for compatible devices without causing compatibility issues with other printers.
3Ease of operation
If vendor-specific extended print settings are used, then printing functionality for specific printer models is enhanced, but the system cannot accommodate printers from other vendors
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual printer provides universal functionality by supporting both standard print settings that work with all printers and vendor-specific extended print settings for enhanced functionality. Users can select from multiple physical printers associated with the virtual printer, and the system automatically applies the appropriate setting type based on the selected printer's capabilities,从而实现 both broad compatibility and enhanced functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
Vendor-specific extended print settings are applied locally only when a compatible physical printer is selected, enhancing functionality for that specific device. The system maintains the ability to switch between different printers, some of which may use standard settings while others utilize extended settings, providing localized enhancement without sacrificing overall system versatility.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes one or more memory devices and one or more processors. The memory devices store an application for setting a print setting for print data to be printed via a cloud print service, and a set of instructions. The processors execute the instructions to: (i) in a case where an extended print setting is set via the application for print data input to a comprehensive logical printer, display a warning message on a print settings screen indicating that the extended print setting is enabled only for a specific physical printer; and (ii) transmit the print setting set via the application to a print server that provides the cloud print service.