Print controller, print control method, printer, and printing system having a plurality of resource saving functions for a print

摘要

A print controller and method which include: a first step of waiting until one or more post-treatment functions is selected, or until a start instruction is entered; a second step of determining whether a specified post-treatment function of the post-treatment functions is selected, when the start instruction is detected; and a third step of enabling one or more of resource saving functions to be selected only if the specified post-treatment function is not selected, and of starting printing if another start instruction is detected after enabling the resource saving functions to be selected.

主权项

1. A print controller for use with a printing system including a printer having a plurality of resource saving functions capable of contributing to resource savings and a plurality of post-treatment functions for a print, at least one of the functions being able to be selected, the system further including a print data file generator for generating a print data file for printing performed by the printer, one of the printer and the generator being adapted to control the printing according to stepwise print control instructions received from the print controller, the stepwise print control instructions comprising:
a first step of waiting until at least one of the post-treatment functions is selected, or until a print start instruction is entered; a second step of determining whether a specific post-treatment function of the post-treatment functions is selected, when the print start instruction is detected; and a third step of causing one of the printer and the generator to control the printing in accordance with the print start instruction without displaying a resource saving function select window having images each representing at least one of the resource saving functions if the specific post-treatment function is selected.