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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Natori, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus including a shared printer driver which is usable in common with respect to a plurality of different printing apparatuses includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire, in response to receiving an instruction to add a printing apparatus which is to be used with the shared printer driver, identification information for identifying a type of the printing apparatus, and a second acquisition unit configured to acquire, with use of the identification information acquired by the first acquisition unit, information indicating a characteristic of a printing apparatus corresponding to the identification information from a server different from the printing apparatus, wherein a user interface (UI) for use in performing print setting is displayed based on the information indicating the characteristic acquired by the second acquisition unit.