Stored Print Job Settings via OS General-Purpose Printing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing devices with OS-standard general-purpose printing programs struggle to uniformly implement stored printing settings across a system, as printer-specific functions like stored printing are not supported by these programs, leading to inconsistent operations.
Innovation Solution
A support program on the information processing device acquires settings information for stored printing from an external device and sets print job values accordingly, ensuring consistent operations by integrating with a printer that performs stored printing based on satisfied conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an information processing device uses a printer driver to accept settings for stored printing, then stored printing functionality is available, but consistent operations for stored printing cannot be achieved across all devices in the system
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the OS-standard general-purpose printing program perform printer-specific stored printing functions by having it acquire settings information from the printer and automatically set appropriate setting values for print jobs, enabling universal stored printing capability across all information processing devices in the system without requiring device-specific printer drivers
Solution Approach 2:
The OS-standard general-purpose printing program acts as an intermediary between the editing application program and the printer, acquiring settings information from the printer and translating it into appropriate print job settings, thereby enabling stored printing functionality through a universal interface rather than requiring direct printer driver integration on each device
2Adaptability or versatility
If an OS-standard general-purpose printing program is used, then system compatibility is improved, but stored printing settings cannot be accepted
Solution Approach 1:
The OS-standard general-purpose printing program automatically acquires settings information indicating whether stored printing should be performed from the printer and autonomously sets the appropriate setting values for print jobs, eliminating the need for users to manually configure stored printing settings and enabling this functionality through the universal printing program
3Ease of operation
If printer-specific stored printing functions are implemented, then stored printing capability is achieved, but uniform operations across the system cannot be realized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the OS-standard general-purpose printing program to perform printer-specific stored printing functions by having it acquire settings information from the printer and automatically configure print jobs accordingly, making stored printing capability available uniformly across all information processing devices through a single universal interface rather than requiring device-specific implementations
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AI summary
An information processing device has an operating system and a support program installed thereon. The operating system includes a general-purpose program. The support program is for acquiring, from an external device, settings information indicating whether stored printing is to be performed. The stored printing defines a sequence of printing in which, after the printer stores image data, the printer performs printing based on the stored image when a printing condition is satisfied. The support program is for setting, when the general-purpose program receives a print instruction from an editing application program, a setting value for a print job so that the setting value indicates that the stored printing is to be performed if the settings information indicates that the stored printing is to be performed. The support program is for sending the print job and identification information for the print job to the printer.