PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, PRINTING DEVICE, PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

An application in an image processing apparatus presents information about ink installed in a peripheral device, such as the shape, color, size, arrangement direction, and a remaining ink level of an ink tank, in a visually realistic manner using accurate graphics. The image processing apparatus acquires ink information about, in particular, a remaining ink level, arrangement direction, and the order of the arrangement of the ink tank, and displays the information about the peripheral device in a user interface of the application using the acquired ink information.

主权项

1. A system, which includes an information processing apparatus and a printer provided with a color material container, comprising:
a requiring unit configured to perform a request for information from the information processing apparatus to the printer; and a returning unit configured to return, to the information processing apparatus, a color name of color material in the color material container to be used in the printer and an RGB value representing color of the color material in the color material container, as a response to the request for information.