Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Kazutaka Yamada

Tomoya Oguchi

Kazuma Aoki

Hiromi Mori

Akihiro Hayashi

Takahiro Hosokawa

A supporting program according to aspects of the present disclosures can be executed by a CPU of a PC and corresponds to a printer connected to the PC. When the PC receives a print instruction to cause the printer to perform printing through a general-use printing program implemented in the OS of the PC, in advance, the supporting program causes the PC to output a preceding operation command to cause the printer to perform a preceding operation before starting printing. The printer performs a preceding operation corresponding to the preceding operation command.

Controlling printer from information processing apparatus

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores computer-readable instructions that are executable by a computer of an information processing device and conform to a printer connected with the information processing device. The instructions cause, when executed by the computer, the information processing device to obtain, from an external device connected with the information processing device, automatic setting information indicating whether particular processing is to be performed on a target image to be printed, and to perform, in response to a print instruction being output from an application program incorporated in the information processing device to a general-purpose print program incorporated in advance in an operating system of the information processing device, an automatic setting execution process to configure print settings to perform the particular processing on the target image to be printed, when the automatic setting information obtained indicates that the particular processing is to be performed on the target image.

Computer-readable storage medium, information processing device, and method for automatically setting particular processing

Anon-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores computer-readable instructions that are executable by a computer of an information processing device and conform to a printer connected with the information processing device. The instructions cause, when executed by the computer, the information processing device to obtain automatic processing information stored in the printer, the automatic processing information indicating whether particular processing on image data of a print job is to be performed automatically. The instructions further cause, when executed by the computer, the information processing device to, in response to a print instruction to cause the printer to print a target image being output from an application program to a general-purpose print program, provide via a user interface a notification based on the automatic processing information and print settings specified by the print instruction, when the obtained automatic processing information indicates that the particular processing is to be performed automatically.

Computer-readable storage medium, information processing device, and method for providing notification about particular processing

A supporting program is executable by a controller of an information processing apparatus and corresponds to a printer connected to the information processing apparatus. The supporting program causes the information processing apparatus to perform processing intermediate image data in accordance with a print parameter received in a print parameter editing process, displaying an image indicated by the processed inter mediate image data on a print preview screen. The information processing apparatus does not restrict printing when print continuation is instructed, while restricting the printing when re-edit or print cancel is instructed.

Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, information processing apparatus and printing method

When an editing APP receives a print instruction while designating an image to be printer, a supporting program receives a specific parameter and processes intermediate image data, and a general-use printing program generates print data based on the processed intermediate image data and transmits the print data to a printer. On the other hand, when the editing APP receives a preview instruction while designating an image to be printed, the supporting program receives a specific parameter and processes intermediated image data. Then, the general-use printing program responds to the editing APP without transmitting print data to the printer.

Outputting preceding printer command based on printer model information

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions executable by a controller of an information processing apparatus. When executed by the controller, the instructions realize a support program corresponding to a printer connected to the information processing apparatus. When a print instruction is input through a printing program, the support program causes the information processing apparatus to obtain printer information stored in a memory, the printing program being implemented, in advance, in an operating system of the information processing apparatus. When driver identifying information is contained in the printer information and a printer driver identified by the driver identifying information contained in the printer information is not installed in the operation system, the support program causes the information processing apparatus to cause the information processing apparatus to perform an operation regarding installation of the printer driver in the operation system, the printer driver corresponding to the printer.

Printing method, information processing apparatus employing printing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions therefor

An editing application implemented in a PC obtains image data and print parameter and transmits, to a supporting program, a processing request of processing the image data based on the print parameter. The supporting program is implemented in the PC, and is activated also when a printing instruction to a general-use printing program implemented in an OS is inputted. The supporting program processes the image data in accordance with the processing request. The editing application obtains the processed image data and causes the PC to display the same through an UI.

A supporting program according to aspects of the present disclosures can be executed by a CPU of a PC and corresponds to a printer connected to the PC. When the CPU receives, through a general-use printing program implemented in the OS of the PC in advance, a print instruction to cause the printer to perform printing, the supporting program executes a restricting process of restricting printing based on the print instruction.

A printing system includes a printer and an information processing device that includes a processor and a memory storing processor-executable instructions, the instructions being configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to accept a print instruction, in response to accepting the print instruction, determine whether to instruct the printer to start a pre-printing operation based on preparation instruction information, in response to determining to instruct the printer to start the pre-printing operation, transmit the preparation instruction information to the printer, in response to determining to instruct the printer to start the pre-printing operation and transmitting the preparation instruction information to the printer, generate print data based on specified contents data, and transmit print instruction information to the printer.

Printing system, and set and computer-readable medium therefor

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions configured to, when executed by a processor of a computer, cause the processor to: receive preparation instruction information from an information processing terminal, in response to receiving the preparation instruction information, cause an operating unit to execute at least one pre-printing operation of which operation content accords with a particular execution condition indicated by particular condition information in the preparation instruction information, receive print instruction information from the information processing terminal, the print instruction information instructing execution of the printing operation according to an execution condition, in response to receiving the print instruction information, determine whether the at least one pre-printing operation has already been executed; and in response to determining that the at least one pre-printing operation has been executed, cause the operating unit to execute the printing operation indicated by the print instruction information.

Printer and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions for printer driver

A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions that are executable by a processor coupled with an information processing device. The information processing device includes a physical communication interface including a first logical interface and a second logical interface. The instructions are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to, in response to receiving an image forming instruction from an operating system, generate preparation information instructing an image forming apparatus to perform a preparation operation, which is an operation to be performed in advance of image formation based on image forming data, transmit the preparation information to the image forming apparatus via the first logical interface, which is configured to communicate data other than the image forming data, and generate the image forming data to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus via the second logical interface, in accordance with the image forming instruction.

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Nagakute, Japan

Kazutaka Yamada