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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2017
Naritake Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Naritake Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A data processing apparatus includes a processing unit configured to perform a process on print data or setting data of the print data by a processing method targeting print data of a specific description format; a receiving unit configured to receive print data and setting data of the print data of a description format selected by a user; a determination data obtaining unit configured to obtain determination data that indicates whether a printer driver used for inputting the received print data and the setting data is a target printer driver for the process performed by the processing unit; and a process control unit configured to determine whether to perform the process by the processing unit on the received print data or the setting data based on the obtained determination data, and control the processing by the processing unit.