Print Setting Control Device Area Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience when setting up print jobs across different geographic areas due to the need to constantly adjust setting values, as existing techniques either require all customized settings to be changed or result in user-preferred settings being reset.
Innovation Solution
A system that detects changes in usage areas and selectively updates only the necessary setting values for print jobs, maintaining user-preferred settings for unchanged items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If all setting values are collectively changed according to usage area change, then settings correspond to the new area's culture, but user-customized settings are lost and require re-customization
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the setting values into two categories: those that should be changed according to usage area (e.g., date format, paper size) and those that should be maintained as user customizations (e.g., print quality preferences, margin settings). This segmentation allows selective application of area-based changes only to appropriate settings, preserving user-customized settings while maintaining cultural adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different quality characteristics to different setting values based on their nature. Some settings are marked as area-dependent and receive automated changes, while others are marked as user-preferred and maintain their customized values. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by applying area adaptation only where culturally necessary.
2Ease of operation
If user-customized settings are maintained across area changes, then user preferences are preserved, but settings may not correspond to the new area's cultural standards
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic setting management system that can adapt its behavior based on the type of setting. The system dynamically determines which settings should be modified during area transitions and which should remain unchanged, allowing flexible balance between user preference preservation and cultural adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the state parameters of setting values by introducing flags or attributes that indicate whether a setting should be area-dependent or user-fixed. This parameter change enables the system to selectively apply area-based modifications while preserving user customizations for appropriate settings.
3Adaptability or versatility
If setting values are automatically changed upon area change, then cultural appropriateness is improved, but user-customized settings are overwritten
Solution Approach 1:
The patent incorporates a feedback mechanism that tracks which settings have been customized by users. When an area change occurs, the system checks this feedback information to determine which settings should be modified and which should be protected, preventing overwriting of user-customized settings while maintaining cultural appropriateness for area-dependent settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary classification of setting values into area-dependent and user-fixed categories before area changes occur. This preliminary action ensures that when area changes are detected, only the appropriate settings are modified, preventing unintended overwriting of user customizations.
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program causes a computer to perform: a) detecting a change from a first area to a second area according to a change in a usage area of a setting control device; b), in a case where the change in the usage area is detected in a), determining whether to change a setting value of each of a plurality of setting items; and c) performing control for the setting values of the plurality of setting items, wherein, in c), a setting value of a change target item, which is a setting item whose setting value is determined to be changed is changed to a value corresponding to the second area, and a setting value of a non-change target item which is a setting item other than the change target item is maintained as a value before the usage area is changed.