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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
May. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Kikuchi, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1225 (2013.01); G06F 3/123 (2013.01); G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01);
Abstract
A print expansion application is downloaded by using, as a key, a printer Hardware Identifier (HWID) acquired when a printer driver to be commonly used in an operating system (OS) is installed, and the print expansion application is associated with the printer driver.