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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1996
Yasutaka Noguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print control apparatus for controlling a printing operation on the basis of an instruction sent from an information processing apparatus including first input unit for inputting an instruction by a user, operational-environment setting unit for setting an operational environment in one of first and second modes, wherein setting of the environment based on the instruction from the information processing apparatus and the first input unit is permitted in the first mode, and wherein setting of the environment based on the instruction from the information processing apparatus is permitted and setting of the environment based on the instruction from the first input unit is prohibited in the second mode. A control unit is for terminating the setting of the operational environment based on the instruction from the first input unit in a case where it is instructed to switch the first mode to the second mode while the setting of the operational environment is performed based on the instruction from the first input unit in the first mode.