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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2012
Akihiro Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Risa Tsutsui, Tokyo, JP;
Hongyang Guo, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Risa Tsutsui, Tokyo, JP;
Hongyang Guo, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device and method for obtaining information of a capability of an apparatus that is connected with a computer or a capability of an apparatus that is used in a printing process in which the computer is used; determining functions that become invalid, from among functions that have been set in a received print job, based on the information of the capability of the apparatus and printing conditions that a print job editing program has; and displaying a list of the functions that become invalid, and is used to confirm a cancellation of the setting of the functions that become invalid.