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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Miyajima, Toride, JP;
Akinori Takeo, Yokohama, JP;
Seijiro Imai, Toride, JP;
Masaki Kashiwagi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Takeshi Kaneda, Funabashi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing system includes an image formation apparatus, an information processing apparatus, and a terminal apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive conditions of capabilities required for an image formation apparatus to be registered on a virtual printer, and a first transmission unit configured to transmit the conditions received by the reception unit to the information processing apparatus. The image formation apparatus includes a second transmission unit configured to transmit, to the information processing apparatus, capability information indicating a capability of the image formation apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register the image formation apparatus on the virtual printer in a case where the capability indicated in the capability information transmitted by the second transmission unit satisfies the conditions transmitted by the first transmission unit.