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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2010
Applicants:

Yasuo Kurata, Kawasaki, JP;

Tadanobu Fujita, Yokohama, JP;

Hiroshi Shintoku, Kawasaki, JP;

Hiroshi Okubo, Kawasaki, JP;

Tetsuhide Takasaki, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yasuo Kurata, Kawasaki, JP;

Tadanobu Fujita, Yokohama, JP;

Hiroshi Shintoku, Kawasaki, JP;

Hiroshi Okubo, Kawasaki, JP;

Tetsuhide Takasaki, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1256 (2013.01); G06F 3/1219 (2013.01); G06F 3/1232 (2013.01); G06F 3/1251 (2013.01); G06K 15/00 (2013.01); G06K 15/007 (2013.01);
Abstract

When a printer apparatus is allowed to execute a printing of a document using paper based on a print setting set by the user, the following processes are executed in order to allow the user to recognize a paper saving print setting. Whether or not there is a print setting which can save an amount of paper compared to the print setting set by the user is determined. If it is determined that a paper saving print setting exists, the user is notified of such a paper saving print setting.


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