Printing control apparatus and printing control method that can prompt a user to set additional information which is effective later as a part of a print log
US8264720B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 6, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q30/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A printing control apparatus to store print data in a storage area from a print application and to send the print data to a print apparatus. The printing control apparatus includes a control unit to send, when a billing code is set in a first received print data, the print data to the print apparatus and to control, when no billing code is set in the first received print data, an order of the print data so that subsequent data is sent before (or instead of) the first received print data, a display control unit to display a list of the print data received from the print application, and a setting unit to select one or more print data from the list of the print data displayed by the display control unit to set a billing code according to input by a user. Related methods are also disclosed.
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