发明名称 Printing system and method of controlling a printing system
摘要 There is provided a printing system having a data processing apparatus on which printer driver software capable of setting various kinds of print conditions is installed, and a printer for performing a printing operation based on print job data transmitted from the data processing apparatus. In the printing system, the data processing apparatus comprises: acquiring means for acquiring information on the state of the printer; and information reflecting means for prohibiting or permitting setting of the print conditions relative to the information on the printer driver software based on the information acquired by the acquiring means. The information on the state of the printer is information on the remaining amount of consumable item loaded in the printer or an optional device connected to the printer, information on the size of a recording medium loaded in the printer, or information as to whether or not the optional device is connected to the printer.
申请公布号 US6975415(B2) 申请公布日期 2005.12.13
申请号 US20010809168 申请日期 2001.03.16
申请人 MINOLTA CO., LTD. 发明人 YAMADE YASUSHI
分类号 B41J29/38;B41J2/175;B41J11/00;B41J29/42;G06F3/12;G06F13/14;(IPC1-7):G06H15/00 主分类号 B41J29/38
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