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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2010
Hiroshi Oomura, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Oomura, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an environment in which many types of drivers are installed, it is cumbersome for a user to select a desired printer from a printer list displayed on a screen, after the user has issued a printing instruction from an application. In an information processing apparatus in the present invention, data which is received from an application in response to an instruction from a user is spooled as intermediate data, printers which are connected to the apparatus itself are retrieved after the instruction from the user, an installation process and creation of a print queue are performed for a printer driver which is compatible with a printer selected from found printers, the intermediate data is passed to the printer driver, and a printing process is performed. Then, a deletion candidate is decided in the created print queues, and the print queue which is the deletion candidate is deleted.