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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Kato, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus stores first software for generating print data according to a predetermined specification and sends the generated print data to a printer according to Internet Printing Protocol. The information processing apparatus includes a controller that can search for printers, receive a user instruction for selecting a first printer from the detected printers, wherein the first printer notifies the information processing apparatus the first printer complies with the predetermined specification, set the information processing apparatus to generate print data to be sent to the selected first printer with the first software, and receive another user instruction for selecting a second printer from the detected printers. If the second printer does not notify the information processing apparatus of information indicating that the second printer complies with the predetermined specification, second software is downloaded for generating print data to be sent to the selected second printer.