Print control apparatus capable of easily setting settings of adjustment items, method of controlling same, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11068211-B2
Application number	US-202016737179-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2020
Priority date	Jan 16, 2019
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

A print control apparatus capable of enabling a user to easily set settings of adjustment items. The print control apparatus controls printing by a print engine. The print control apparatus controls the display of a plurality of adjustment items of the print engine. Out of the plurality of adjustment items, the adjustment items of a specific display group registered by a user are displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus that is able to display a plurality of setting items regarding printing and that is able to receive setting values of the plurality of setting items from a user and is able to register the received setting values as attribute information of a sheet, comprising:
a user interface that receives a selection of a setting item from among the plurality of setting items except for a part of the plurality of setting items;
a controller that registers, as a favorite, the setting item selected via the user interface; and
a display that, in accordance with receiving a display instruction to display the favorite through a screen on which the plurality of setting items are displayed, narrows down setting items to be displayed to a specific setting item which is registered as the favorite by a user out of the plurality of setting items, and displays the specific setting item,
wherein the part of the plurality of setting items continues to be displayed on the screen even in a case where the display instruction to display the favorite is received through the screen.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the user interface receives, from the user, a setting value of a setting item selected from the displayed specific setting items.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller registers, as the favorite, the setting item selected via the user interface from among the plurality of setting items, in accordance with an instruction for a registration of the favorite.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller registers the setting item selected by the user from among the plurality of setting items, as a user-selected favorite.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a name of the favorite is settable by the user.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting item includes an adjustment value of a secondary transfer voltage.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting item includes an adjustment value of an amount of recording agent used for printing.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is a printing control apparatus communicable with a printing apparatus.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is a printing apparatus.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the part of the plurality of setting items is a size of the sheet.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the part of the plurality of setting items is a surface property of the sheet.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the part of the plurality of setting items is a basis weight of the sheet.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the part of the plurality of setting items is a color of the sheet.

14. A method of controlling an apparatus that is able to display a plurality of setting items regarding printing and that is able to receive setting values of the plurality of setting items from a user and is able to register the received setting values as attribute information of a sheet, comprising:
receiving, via a user interface, a selection of a setting item from among the plurality of setting items except for a part of the plurality of setting items;
registering, as a favorite, the setting item selected via the user interface; and
in accordance with receiving a display instruction to display the favorite through a screen on which the plurality of setting items are displayed, narrowing down setting items to be displayed to a specific setting item which is registered as the favorite by a user out of the plurality of setting items, and displaying the specific setting item,
wherein the part of the plurality of setting items continues to be displayed on the screen even in a case where the display instruction to display the favorite is received through the screen.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program for executing a method of controlling an apparatus that is able to display a plurality of setting items regarding printing and that is able to receive setting values of the plurality of setting items from a user and is able to register the received setting values as attribute information of a sheet,
wherein the method comprises:
receiving, via a user interface, a selection of a setting item from among the plurality of setting items except for a part of the plurality of setting items;
registering, as a favorite, the setting item selected via the user interface; and
in accordance with receiving a display instruction to display the favorite through a screen on which the plurality of setting items are displayed, narrowing down setting items to be displayed to a specific setting item which is registered as the favorite by a user out of the plurality of setting items, and displaying the specific setting item,
wherein the part of the plurality of setting items continues to be displayed on the screen even in a case where the display instruction to display the favorite is received through the screen.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Ito Aya
• Ooba Hideaki
• Kawamura Nobuhiro
• Kimura Yusuke

Classifications

• G06F3/1204 Primary

  resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data · CPC title

• G06F3/1257

  by using pre-stored settings, e.g. job templates, presets, print styles · CPC title

• G06F3/1285

  Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server · CPC title

• G06F3/1256

  User feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks · CPC title

• G06F3/1232

  Transmitting printer device capabilities, e.g. upon request or periodically · CPC title