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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2024
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoki Matsuzawa, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/126 (2013.01); G06F 3/1207 (2013.01); G06F 3/1236 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a case where a near printer located in the same area as a print control apparatus and a distant printer located in an area different from the print control apparatus co-exist as selectable printers, when a user selects the distant printer to print, the user is warned before the print control unit is caused to print, and when the user selects the near printer to print, the print control unit is caused to print without warning the user.