Print Setting Conflict Detection in Information Processing Apparatus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printing systems face challenges in managing conflicts between print settings for different printing devices, leading to potential print errors and inefficiencies, as they lack effective conflict control processing to handle combinations of setting values that cannot be executed simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A control method for an information processing apparatus that includes a print setting application, which obtains print settings from a different screen, determines if they include conflicting values, and performs necessary control processing to resolve these conflicts, ensuring compatible settings are used for printing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If print settings are obtained from another print setting screen without conflict control, then user operation flexibility is improved, but print reliability deteriorates due to potential conflicting setting values
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary conflict detection by comparing obtained print settings against stored conflict information before executing the print job. This advance check prevents conflicting settings from reaching the printing device, thereby maintaining print reliability while preserving user flexibility in setting selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to the user when conflicting settings are detected. The notification unit informs users of the conflict, allowing them to adjust settings before printing. This feedback mechanism maintains reliability by preventing erroneous print jobs while preserving user operational flexibility.
2Reliability
If conflict control processing is implemented, then print reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The conflict control functionality is extracted as a separate module within the extension application. The conflict information management unit, detection unit, and notification unit operate independently from the core printing system, allowing conflict control to be added without fundamentally restructuring the existing system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The extension application serves as an intermediary layer between the user interface and the printing device. It intercepts print settings, performs conflict detection using stored conflict information, and resolves conflicts before transmitting settings to the printer. This intermediary approach adds conflict control without requiring modifications to the core printing system.
3Reliability
If conflict detection is performed on all print settings, then print reliability is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs partial conflict detection by focusing only on settings combinations that are known to conflict based on pre-stored conflict information. Rather than analyzing all possible setting combinations, the system checks only against documented conflicts, significantly reducing processing time while maintaining reliability for critical setting pairs.
Data Source
AI summary
A control method for an information processing apparatus storing a print setting application for displaying a print setting screen, the print setting application being stored in association with a standard printer driver provided by the information processing apparatus, the control method being implemented by executing the print setting application, the control method includes obtaining a print setting made via another print setting screen provided by software different from the print setting application, determining whether the obtained print setting includes a combination of setting values matching conflict information, and performing control processing based on a result of the determination in a case where it is determined that the print setting includes the combination of setting values matching the conflict information.