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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Shigeo Araki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeo Araki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1225 (2013.01); G06F 9/44526 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printer driver includes a plurality of modules, an interface unit that accepts the addition of plug-in including one or more additional modules for realizing a predetermined function, and a storage unit that stores setting information that defines information related to a partial process for realizing the predetermined function of the plug-in. The plurality of modules performs a process that is the partial process for realizing the predetermined function and cannot be realized in the additional modules included in the plug-in in accordance with the setting information.