Print control apparatus and control method thereof

摘要

A print settings screen for instructing creation of form data is displayed as a screen provided by a printer driver. Further, when a form data creation instruction has been received, a screen showing a message indicating that an instruction to complete an operation is required on a print screen provided by an application is displayed in order to execute the instructed creation of form data. Stored, as a form file, is form data created by a creation instruction given on the print settings screen, after the instruction to complete the operation was given on the print screen provided by the application.

主权项

1. A print control apparatus having a control unit that executes a printer driver for providing a form combination printing function and an application for instructing data targeted for combining to the printer driver, comprising:
a display unit, as a function of the printer driver, that displays a print settings screen for setting at least one of an instruction for form combination printing and an instruction for creation of form data; a storage unit that stores, as a form file, in a storage device, created form data whose creation was instructed on the print settings screen; and a determination unit that, in a case where the instruction for creation of form data is selected using the print settings screen, determines whether any form file is not stored in the storage device yet; wherein in a case where the instruction for creation of form data is selected using the print settings screen, if the determination unit determines that any form file is stored, the display unit does not display a message screen showing a message indicating that an instruction to complete an operation is required on a print screen provided by the application, in order to execute creation of form data instructed using the print settings screen, and if the determination unit determines that any form file is not stored yet, the display unit further displays the message screen, wherein the storage unit stores, as a form file, in a storage device, form data created by a creation instruction given on the print settings screen, after the instruction to complete the operation was given on the print screen provided by the application, wherein the display unit displays a form file list screen showing form files stored in the storage device, in a case where an instruction for form combination printing is received via the print settings screen, at least one of paper size, borderless printing, amount of expansion, paper orientation, binding margin width, multi-page printing, reduction/enlargement, double-sided printing, and binding direction for double-sided printing is shown as a form file setting on the form file list screen, and wherein the display unit displays a screen showing a warning, in a case where there is an inconsistency between a setting of a form file selected from the form file list screen and a print setting configured using the print settings screen, when an instruction for the form combination printing has been given.