Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hidekazu Morooka

Koji Kikuchi

Koichiro Wanda

Makoto Tomita

Shigeki Kuroda

Kenichi Shirai

Kei Kitagata

Hiroyuki Kayama

Takashi Yagita

Noriyoshi Kurotsu

Masamichi Ohshima

Masamichi Oshima

An information processing apparatus generates print data for causing a printer that can execute a cloud print service to execute printing. The information processing apparatus obtains cost information for when printing is executed based on the generated print data and obtains limitation information related to cost and held in the cloud print service. The information processing apparatus determines whether to execute printing according to the cloud print service based on the cost information and the limitation information and controls transmission of the generated print data to the cloud print service based on a result of that determining.

Information processing apparatus, method, and storage medium for storing program

According to an aspect of some embodiments, an information processing apparatus is configured to perform: displaying an operation screen in a display, the operation screen generated by instructing a WebView to process the obtained web contents; if a predetermined instruction is given through the operation screen, calling the native library by using a script contained in the web contents, and instructing the called native library to generate image data corresponding to the file; and displaying the image data generated by the native library in the operation screen.

Calling a native library by using a script contained in web contents

The present invention intends to improve usability in entering print data using a hot folder. If exceptional setting for the page is set in the print setting, which is to be applied to the print data entered into the folder, when it is detected that the print data is entered into the folder, the total number of pages of the print data is calculated, and whether the calculated total number of pages fulfills the exceptional setting in the print setting or not is determined. If the calculated total number of pages fulfills the exceptional setting according to the determination, the print job including the print data and the setting of the print setting is generated. If the calculated total number of pages does not fulfill the exceptional setting, the print setting and the print data are matched.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method for executing print processing using hot folder

A client computerperforms a first print setting for each second page range included in a first page range to be subjected to print processing, generates a conflict confirmation job in which an execution result is used for executing conflict processing for detecting the combinations of print settings for which the network printeris incapable of executing print processing, based on the first print setting, and transmits the conflict confirmation job to the network printer. The client computerreceives an execution result of the conflict confirmation job from the network printer, and executes conflict processing based on the execution result of the received conflict confirmation job.

Information processing apparatus and method for generating a conflict confirmation print job

An information processing apparatus transmits a print job to a printer after performing print setting processing for variable print data. An operation information setting unit receives print setting information in which the leading page of each of the records is specified as the first page for a page or a page range in each of the records to perform print setting. A job ticket generation unit sets print setting information to a job ticket in accordance with the instruction which a hot folder manager gives that detects and manages print data. A print data transmission unit generates a print job and transmits it to a printer. The printer analyzes the received print job, and repeatedly applies the print setting information set to one record to each of the records to thereby execute print processing.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system

A layout apparatus for performing layout by arranging a plurality of layout frames on regions respectively corresponding to both of front and back surfaces of a sheet includes an association processing portion configured to set separation information for separating the plurality of layout frames, a setting unit configured to set, based on the separation information, a separation position on at least one of the regions respectively corresponding to the front and back surfaces of the sheet such that the region corresponding to the set separation position is separated at the set separation position into areas on each of which the layout frames to be separated do not coexist, and a layout processing portion configured to correct at least one of the separation position, a size of each layout frame, and a position of each layout frame so that the layout frames do not overlap with one another at the separation position set on the front/back surfaces of the sheet, and that the layout frames to be separated do not coexist in each of the areas into which the region is separated at the separation position, on the front/back surfaces.

Layout apparatus, layout method, and layout program

Display control is made so as to obtain an optimum setting picture plane in accordance with a change in designation of an outputting method of a distribution printing, a multiple-address printing, an automatic substitute printing, or the like without allowing the user to be conscious thereof.

Print control with interfaces provided in correspondence with printing methods to show status of member printers

This invention provides a load distributed printing technique which efficiently uses a plurality of printing apparatuses by using small resources. To accomplish this, an information processing apparatus, which can transmit a print job to a plurality of printing apparatuses, is provided. The information processing apparatus comprises print queue setting means for setting one of a plurality of print queues corresponding to the plurality of printing apparatuses as a basic print queue and setting remaining print queues other than the basic print queue as backup print queues, print job registration means for registering print job information in the basic print queue, backup job registration means for generating backup job information corresponding to the print job information registered in the basic print queue and registering the backup job information in the backup print queue, and job control means for, when the print job information is registered in each of the basic print queue and the backup print queue, preferentially outputting a print job corresponding to the print job information to a corresponding printing apparatus, and when no print job information is registered, and a print job corresponding to the backup job information can be output, changing the backup job information to print job information and outputting the print job to a corresponding printing apparatus.

Method and apparatus for executing load distributed printing

There is disclosed an information processing apparatus which efficiently and effectively executes printing even when interruption of printing occurs in a printing apparatus. The apparatus which includes a plurality of print queues each functioning as one of a backup print queue and a basic print queue and executes output to a printing apparatus based on print job information with higher priority than output to a printing apparatus based on backup job information, comprising, output means for outputting a print job in accordance with schedule up of one of pieces of print job information and backup job information registered in the plurality of print queues, and registration means for, in accordance with interruption of printing based on job information registered in one of the basic print queue and the backup print queue, registering backup job information in the print queues except the print queue corresponding to the printing apparatus which has interrupted printing.

To shift an image in order to prevent the image from overlapping with a finishing position, the amount of shift for preventing the overlap may be increased and a desired result of layout may not be obtained. In addition, if the image is not shifted in order to obtain the desired result of layout, the image may overlap with the finishing position and toner or the like may come off. When it is determined that a position where the finishing process is to be executed overlaps with a content data placement area, an avoidance area where printing is not performed is placed at a position in which the position where the finishing process is to be executed overlaps with the content data placement area without changing the position and size of the content data placement area.

Information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium utilized in an automatic layout system

If a print setting of a print job causes any conflict (device conflict) in a network printer when the print job is executed, an information processing apparatus registers the print setting as a device conflict rule in a device conflict rule database. Then, the information processing apparatus performs a conflict determination based on device conflict rules registered in the device conflict rule database in addition to conflict rules registered beforehand in a conflict rule database.

Information processing apparatus, print setting control method, and computer-readable storage medium

This invention allows the user to easily make an edit operation of a template even when the functions of a printing apparatus have changed. This invention is directed to an information processing apparatus, which is connected to a printer and edits a template that designates functions to be executed by the printer upon printing, including a unit which acquires information associated with newly executable functions by a newly connected printer, and a unit which generates a template that designates the acquired functions.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Hidekazu Morooka