Printing supporting apparatus, printing apparatus selecting apparatus, printing supporting program, printing apparatus selecting program, storage medium, method of selecting printing apparatus, method of supporting printing, and method of creating printing apparatus determining tree
US7677820B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 13, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 16, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1234
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A print support apparatus includes: a unit acquiring printing specification information; a unit acquiring printing apparatus information indicating capabilities of printing apparatuses; a unit selecting a printing apparatus as a printing destination based on the printing specification information and the printing apparatus information; a unit acquiring document data associated with the printing specification information; a unit processing the acquired document data based on printing apparatus information indicating a capability of the selected printing apparatus and the acquired printing specification information; a unit creating printing setting information including a printing setting of the selected printing apparatus based on the acquired printing specification information; and a unit requiring printing of the selected printing apparatus based on the created printing setting information and the processed document data.
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