Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-executable instructions for information processing device, and method of controlling information processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023043962-A1
Application number	US-202217966316-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 14, 2022
Priority date	Mar 30, 2018
Publication date	Feb 9, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores computer-executable instructions which cause, when executed, a controller of an information processing device to obtain a list of printers registered with an operating system installed to the information processing device, obtaining a list of print programs installed in the information processing device, store identifiers of the list of printers and the list of the print programs as obtained in a memory, detect whether a first user operation is input through an inputting device of the information processing device, when input of the first user operation is detected, extract one of the printers in the list of printers and print programs in the list of print programs stored in the memory and setting the extracted one of the printers and the print programs to the output destination, and when the output destination is one of the print programs, start the print program.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for an information processing device having a controller, a general-use printing program being installed to an operating system of the information processing device, the recording medium storing computer-executable instructions realizing an application program executable by the controller, the application program which causing, when executed, the controller to perform:
an obtaining process of obtaining a first type printer and a dedicated print controlling application, the first type printer being not capable of executing a print job output from the general-use printing program, the dedicated print controlling application being configured to generate print data executable by the first type printer; and a selection screen displaying process of displaying, as a selectable output destination, the dedicated print controlling application configured to generate print data executable by the first type printer on a selection screen where a second type printer capable of executing a print job output from the general-use printing program is selectable as an output destination, wherein, the dedicated print controlling application is configured to, when the dedicated print controlling application is selected as the output destination on the selection screen displayed in the selection screen displaying process, generate print data based on the output print job and transmit the generated print data to the first type printer.

2 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the selection screen displaying process, the controller displays, as a candidate of the selectable output destination, the dedicated print controlling application with a name of the dedicated print controlling application.

3 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 2 ,
wherein, in the selection screen displaying process, the controller displays, as the candidate of the selectable output destination, the dedicated print controlling application further with a name of the first type printer to which the print data generated by the dedicated print controlling application is transmitted.

4 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the selection screen displaying process, the controller displays, as a candidate of the selectable output destination, the dedicated print controlling application with a name of the first type printer to which the print data generated by the dedicated print controlling application is transmitted.

5 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the selection screen displaying process, the controller displays candidates of the selectable output destination, the displayed candidates including the second type printer and the dedicated print controlling application, a candidate which is currently selected and a candidate which is not selected being discriminatingly displayed.

6 . The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the selection screen displaying process, the controller displays, as candidates of the selectable output destination, the second type printer and the dedicated print controlling application in a same list.

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Mizutani Aiko

Classifications

• G06F3/1204 Primary

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

• G06F3/1226

  Discovery of devices having required properties · CPC title

• G06F3/1261

  by using alternate printing · CPC title

• G06F3/1254

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

• G06F3/1285

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