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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2017
Hiroto Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Hiroto Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus executes a printer driver that requests an image processing apparatus to perform image processing on data. The information processing apparatus includes a processor, in communication with a memory, executing a process including executing, by a plurality of process executors, predetermined processes corresponding to extended functions added to the printer driver, according to a request from the printer driver; storing process information relating to the predetermined processes that are respectively executed by the plurality of process executors; determining an execution order of the predetermined processes that are respectively executed by the plurality of process executors in the printer driver, based on the stored process information; and requesting the plurality of process executors to execute, on the data, the predetermined processes in the determined execution order, according to an instruction from the printer driver.