Information processing apparatus controlling a printer capable of two-sided printing, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12086478-B2
Application number	US-202318376047-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2023
Priority date	Oct 21, 2022
Publication date	Sep 10, 2024
Grant date	Sep 10, 2024

Abstract

An information processing apparatus controls a printer capable of printing on a sheet-shaped recording medium. The apparatus includes a memory containing instructions and a processor for executing the instructions to set, as a print setting for a first print process, a two-sided print setting or a one-sided print setting. In addition, a controller controls whether to execute control for discharging a recording medium printed by the first print process in a face-up manner or a face-down manner based on at least one of whether the two-sided print setting is set for a second print process executed before the first print process and whether the second print process is for printing pages, when the two-sided print setting is set for the first print process that prints one page.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control method for an information processing apparatus that controls a printer capable of printing on a sheet-shaped recording medium having a first side and a second side on a back side of the first side, the control method comprising:
a setting step of setting, as a print setting for executing a first print process, a two-sided print setting for printing on both the first and second sides or a one-sided print setting for printing on only one of the first and second sides; and
a control step of controlling whether to execute control for discharging a recording medium printed by the first print process in a face-up manner or to execute control for discharging a recording medium printed by the first print process in a face-down manner based on at least one of whether the two-sided print setting is set as a print setting for executing a second print process that is executed by the printer before the first print process and whether the second print process is a process for printing a plurality of pages, in a case where the two-sided print setting is set as a print setting for executing the first print process and where the first print process is a process for printing one page.

2. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-down manner is executed in a case where the two-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the first print process, where the first print process is a process for printing one page, where the two-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the second print process, and where the second print process is a process for printing a plurality of pages.

3. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-up manner is executed in a case where the two-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the first print process, where the first print process is a process for printing one page, where the two-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the second print process, and where the second print process is a process for printing one page.

4. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-up manner is executed in a case where the two-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the first print process, where the first print process is a process for printing one page, and where the one-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the second print process.

5. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-up manner is control for changing the print setting for executing the first print process to the one-sided print setting from the two-sided print setting and for generating print data that causes the printer to execute the first print process.

6. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-down manner is control for generating print data that causes the printer to execute the first print process without changing the print setting for executing the first print process from the two-sided print setting.

7. The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising a control step of executing the control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-up manner in a case where the one-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the first print process.

8. The control method according to claim 7 , wherein the control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-up manner is executed in a case where the one-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the first print process, regardless of whether the two-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the second print process and whether the second print process is a process for printing a plurality of pages.

9. The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising a control step of executing the control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-down manner in a case where the two-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the first print process and where the first print process is a process for printing a plurality of pages.

10. The control method according to claim 9 , wherein the control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-down manner is executed in a case where the two-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the first print process and where the first print process is a process for printing a plurality of pages, regardless of whether the two-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the second print process and whether the second print process is a process for printing a plurality of pages.

11. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the second print process is a process under execution in the printer.

12. The control method according to claim 11 , wherein the control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-up manner is executed in a case where the two-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the first print process, where the first print process is a process for printing one page, and where there is no print process under execution in the printer.

13. The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising an obtainment step of obtaining print setting information related to a print setting for executing the second print process from the printer,
wherein whether to execute control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-up manner or to execute control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-down manner is controlled based on the print setting information obtained, in a case where the two-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the first print process and where the first print process is a process for printing one page.

14. The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising a transmission step of transmitting print data that causes the printer to execute the first print process to the printer.

15. The control method according to claim 1 , wherein the control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-up manner and the control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-down manner are executed by a printer driver of the information processing apparatus.

16. The control method according to claim 1 , further comprising a reception step of receiving a predetermined input from a user,
wherein whether to execute control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-up manner or to execute control for discharging the recording medium printed by the first print process in the face-down manner is controlled based on at least one of whether the two-sided print setting is set as the print setting for executing the second print process and whether the second print process is a process for printing a plurality of pages, in a case where the predetermined input is rece

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Inoue Yuki

Classifications

• G06F3/1205

  resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets · CPC title

• G06F3/1254

  Automatic configuration, e.g. by driver · CPC title

• B41J3/60

  for printing on both faces of the printing material · CPC title

• G06F3/1285

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

• G06F3/1204 Primary

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