Printer Driver Settings Conversion for Architecture Transition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional printer driver installers fail to handle architectural changes during updates, leading to complex user configurations and restrictions on installing printer drivers with old architectures, making it difficult to maintain existing printing systems and transition to new operating systems.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that automatically configures printer driver settings and allows the use of both old and new architectures by searching for queues to replace, converting setting information, and storing it in a compatible format, enabling seamless transitions and maintenance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional installer processing is used for driver updates, then installation is simple when architecture remains the same, but every target driver is replaced with the new architecture driver and complex user configuration is required when architecture changes
Solution Approach 1:
The system detects architectural parameter changes between old and new drivers, and automatically adjusts installation behavior based on these changes. When architecture differs, the system switches from simple overwrite to intelligent queue replacement with automatic setting conversion, resolving the contradiction between installation simplicity and configuration complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The installer acts as an intermediary that mediates between the new driver package and the existing printing system. It detects architectural differences and automatically performs setting information conversion and queue replacement, eliminating the need for users to manually configure complex settings while handling architecture changes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If printer drivers with old architecture are deleted to install new architecture drivers, then new OS compatibility is improved, but the ability to maintain existing printing systems is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection of architectural differences before driver installation. When old architecture drivers are present, the system proactively prepares queue replacement and setting conversion in advance, ensuring both new OS compatibility and printing system maintainability are achieved without losing existing functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a copy of the printing queue with the new architecture driver while preserving the original queue settings. The setting information is converted and copied to the new queue structure, allowing the system to maintain printing functionality while transitioning to new architecture, thus preserving reliability while improving adaptability.
3Manufacturing precision
If user manually configures printer driver settings during architecture change, then setting accuracy is maintained, but installation time and user burden increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The installer performs self-service by automatically detecting architectural differences, converting setting information, and replacing queues without user intervention. The system autonomously maintains setting accuracy through automatic conversion while eliminating the time loss and burden associated with manual configuration.
Solution Approach 2:
The installation process is segmented into distinct phases: detection phase (identifying architecture changes), conversion phase (transforming setting information), and replacement phase (swapping queues). This segmentation allows automatic handling of each phase while maintaining setting accuracy, significantly reducing installation time compared to manual configuration.
Data Source
AI summary
Print settings of a first print queue (DEVMODE) are converted, in part or in whole, into print settings of a format used by a second printer driver (PrintTicket), and the generated print settings of the format used by the second printer driver (PrintTicket) are used as print settings of a second print queue.