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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Hiroshi Oomura, Kawasaki, JP;
Etsuko Maeda, Ohta-ku, JP;
Hiroshi Oomura, Kawasaki, JP;
Etsuko Maeda, Ohta-ku, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
An apparatus being connectable to a printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus, comprising, a reception unit adapted to receive identification information used to identify the printing apparatus and used to specify a printer driver in the information processing apparatus, from the printing apparatus after connection to the printing apparatus, a storage unit adapted to store the identification information received by said reception unit, a transmission unit adapted to transmit the identification information stored in said storage unit to the information processing apparatus after connection to the information processing apparatus, a second reception unit adapted to receive print data generated in the information processing apparatus using a printer driver specified based on the identification information, from that information processing apparatus, and a second transmission unit adapted to transmit the print data received by said reception unit to the printing apparatus.