Seiko Epson Corporation

Seiko Epson Corporated

Hiraku Kanayama

Masanori Saito

Jyunichi Takenuki

When setting by means of a UI working conditions for a multiplicity of peripherals connected to a computer to control working of said peripherals, working environment data that identifies the working environment of the peripherals and dependency relationship data that indicates dependency relationships among said working conditions are stored in advance in a predetermined storage medium, the settable range data is referred to in order to acquire settable ranges for working conditions of the multiplicity of peripherals, settable ranges within which said multiplicity of peripherals are settable in the current working environment are all made decision branches without duplication, and peripherals are driven with settings made on the basis of this display.

Control of multiple peripherals

When controlling display of a UI for setting working conditions of a peripheral, a plurality of sets of stylized working data specifying working conditions for carrying out stylized operations in the peripheral are stored in a predetermined storage medium; this stylized working data is referred to when displaying a plurality of stylized operation candidates on a predetermined output device, and instruction thereof is handled; setting data indicating settings for working conditions of the handled stylized operation is stored in a predetermined storage medium; a working condition setting instruction is handled, and decision branches for setting working conditions are displayed on a predetermined output device, while handling input of working condition settings; and settings data is updated with settings of working conditions input in the working condition input/output step.

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Hiraku Kanayama