JP2008217097A - Image processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing system allowing a user to update print setting contents of a printer driver to print setting contents desired by the user, and allowing automatic installation when the user installs the printer driver to its own image processor. <P>SOLUTION: In this image processing system, a printer has: a storage part storing print setting information related to user information and the user information for specifying the user; and a transmission part transmitting the print setting information to the image processor by a request from the image processor. The image processor has: an identification part identifying the printer; a transmission part transmitting the user information to the designated printer, and requesting the print setting information specified by the user information; and an installation part 206 installing the printer driver 122 based on the print setting information received from the printer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing system for installing driver software.

  Conventionally, in order for a user to use a printer connected to a network or the like and obtain a desired print result, after installing the printer driver in the image processing apparatus used by the user, each user individually sets the printer driver. Change settings.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses, as an additional function attached to a conventional printer driver, means for inserting text, images, graphics, and the like at the time of printing as comments and comments into text on a computer, and a page to be printed at the time of insertion. A printer driver program having means for generating a space for inserting the annotation in an image portion and means for displaying the generated image preview on a screen is disclosed.

JP 2001-101163 A

  However, in either the conventional printer driver or the printer driver described in Patent Document 1, after the user installs the printer driver in the image processing apparatus used by the user, the print setting items of the printer installed by the initial setting are used. Must be reset to the setting desired by the user. This operation is troublesome, and if it is forgotten to reset it, printing is performed based on the initial setting, and there is a problem that print paper is consumed wastefully.

  Further, when an administrator who manages a printing apparatus wants to impose printing restrictions on each user, the administrator must make settings for each image processing apparatus used by each user. There was also a problem that it was very burdensome for the user.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a user with desired print setting contents for a printer driver when the user installs the printer driver in his / her image processing apparatus. An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing system that can be updated to the print setting contents to be automatically installed.

  In order to solve the above problems, an image processing system according to the present invention is an image processing system including an image processing apparatus that transmits print data and a printing apparatus that receives and prints print data, and the printing apparatus identifies a user. A storage unit that stores user information and print setting information associated with the user information, and a transmission unit that transmits the print setting information to the image processing apparatus in response to a request from the image processing apparatus. The apparatus includes a designation unit that designates a printing apparatus, a transmission unit that transmits user information to the designated printing apparatus and requests print setting information specified by the user information, and print setting information received from the printing apparatus. And an installation unit for installing a printer driver based on the installation unit.

  The user or the administrator registers the user who uses the printing apparatus in advance as user information in the printing apparatus, and further sets and saves the print setting information of each user in the printing apparatus. In addition, when there is a request from the image processing apparatus, the printing apparatus transmits print setting information to the image processing apparatus.

  The user designates which printing apparatus to use when installing the driver program. The user information is transmitted to the designated printing apparatus, and the printing apparatus that has received the user information transmits the print setting information specified by the transmitted user information to the image processing apparatus.

  A printer driver whose setting contents are changed based on the print setting information transmitted from the printing apparatus is installed in the image processing apparatus.

  According to the image processing system of the present invention, the user need not reset the print setting items of the printing apparatus after installing the printer driver in the image processing apparatus used by the user, and can save time and effort. Furthermore, it is possible to prevent waste of printing paper due to forgetting to reset.

  In addition, since the contents of the print setting items can be set on the printing apparatus side, for example, when imposing printing restrictions, the administrator can manage these restrictions in an integrated manner.

(First embodiment)
The configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration in the present invention.

  An image processing apparatus 100 and printing apparatuses 110, 119, and 120 are connected to the network 121, and bidirectional data transmission / reception is possible.

  The image processing apparatus 100 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 that performs various processes, an input device 105 such as a keyboard, a display device 106 such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display, and a CD-ROM (Compact Disk-Read Only). Memory) and an external storage device 107 such as a drive.

  The image processing apparatus 100 also includes an operating system 102 for managing the hardware, a printer driver 122 that generates print data, an installation unit 108 that installs the printer driver 122 in the image processing apparatus 100, and a user. A transmission unit 104 that transmits information and print data generated by the printer driver 122 to the printing apparatus 100; a reception unit 109 that receives print setting information from the printing apparatus 110; and a designation unit 103 that designates a specific printing apparatus. .

  The printing apparatus 110 includes a CPU 111 that performs various processes, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 112 that stores a control program, an operation unit 115 such as an operation panel and an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and a RAM (Random Access Memory). 113, a receiving unit 118 that receives user information transmitted from the image processing apparatus 100, a storage unit 116 that stores print setting information associated with the user information, and the user information received by the receiving unit 118. A transmission unit 114 that reads the print setting information from the storage unit 116 and transmits the print setting information to the image processing apparatus 100;

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the correlation between the installation unit 108 of the image processing apparatus 100 and the printer driver 122.

  The installation unit 108 includes print setting information 204 received from the printing apparatus 110, a print setting information analysis unit 207 that analyzes the print setting information, and a printer driver installation unit 206 that installs the printer driver 122 in the image processing apparatus 100. It is configured.

  On the other hand, the printer driver 122 displays the setting status to the user according to the setting information 201 storing the settings and the setting information stored in the setting information 201, and changes the print setting information displayed by the user. A user interface control unit 203 that can perform the operation, and a drawing print data control unit 202 that generates data for causing the printing apparatus 110 to perform printing.

  The initial value immediately after the printer driver 122 is installed is recorded in the setting information 201, and the print setting information analysis unit 207 of the installation unit 108 analyzes the received print setting information, and stores the setting information 201 of the printer driver 122. Update data.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of print setting information for each user stored in the storage unit 106 of the printing apparatus 110.
In this example, “Yamada”, “Kobayashi”, and “Ito” are registered as users as users. For example, in the print setting information corresponding to “Yamada”, “Color / monochrome setting” is “Mono” and “Double-sided printing setting” is the long side. This indicates that the double-sided printing setting for monochrome printing and long-length binding is “Yamada” printing setting information.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a setting screen when setting information for each user is set in the printing apparatus 110.
The setting screen 400 includes a user name input field 401, a color / monochrome setting input field 403, a duplex printing setting input field 404, a registration button 405, a delete button 406, and an end button 407.

  A user name input field 401 is used to input a user name to be registered. In this example, “Yamada” is the user name.

  A color / monochrome setting input field 403 is a setting for setting the printer driver 122 to color printing or monochrome printing when the printing apparatus 110 performs printing. In this example, monochrome printing is set.

  A double-sided printing setting input field 404 specifies whether to use double-sided printing or how to bind. In this example, long side binding is set for double-sided printing.

  A registration button 405 stores the setting information input in the user name input field 401, the color / monochrome setting input field 403, and the duplex printing setting input field 404 in the storage unit 116 of the printing apparatus 110.

  The delete button 406 deletes the user setting information input from the printing apparatus 110 in the user name input field 401 from the storage unit 116 of the printing apparatus 110.

  The end button 407 performs the same operation as the registration button 405, closes the setting screen 400 and ends.

Next, the operation according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
In this embodiment, when the user “Yamada” installs the printer driver, monochrome printing is automatically performed and long-side binding double-sided printing is set.

  The flowchart in FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a processing operation in which user information and print setting information are stored in the storage unit 116 of the printing apparatus 110.

  First, the user displays the setting screen 400 on the operation unit 115 of the printing apparatus 110 (S1-1). Here, when a user name is input in the user name input field 401 (S1-2), print setting information associated with the input user name is read from the storage unit 116, and the operation unit 115 of the printing apparatus 110 is read. Is displayed. If the input user name is not registered in the storage unit 116, the color / monochrome setting input field 403 and the duplex printing setting input field 404 are displayed blank (S1-3).

  Next, when the user presses the registration button 405 after changing the setting (S1-4), the user information and the changed print setting information are stored in the storage unit 116. If the user has already been registered, the print setting information is updated (S1-7), and the processing operation proceeds to S1-6.

  When the delete button 406 is pressed without pressing the registration button 405 (S1-5), the input user information and associated print setting information are deleted from the storage unit 116 (S1-8). The processing operation proceeds to S1-6.

  In S1-6, when the end button 407 is pressed, the user information and the print setting information are stored in the storage unit 116, or when the user has already been registered, the print setting information is updated. The setting screen is terminated (S1-9).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of the installation unit 108.
When the installation process is activated, the user displays a designation screen for designating the printing apparatus 110 that performs printing (S2-1).

  When the user designates the printing apparatus 110, the user information for starting the installation process in the image processing apparatus 100 is transmitted to the designated printing apparatus 110 via the transmission unit 104 (S2-2).

  The printing apparatus 110 receives the user information at the reception unit 118 and searches for print setting information associated with the user information received from the storage unit 116 (S3-1). If the print setting information associated with the user information does not exist as a result of the search, the fact that the print setting information does not exist is transmitted to the image processing apparatus 100 via the transmission unit 114 (S3-4). .

  If the print setting information associated with the user information exists as a result of searching for the print setting information associated with the user information, the detected print setting information is transmitted to the image processing apparatus 100 via the transmission unit 114. (S3-3)

  The image processing apparatus 100 receives transmission data from the printing apparatus 110 via the reception unit 109. When print setting information is transmitted, the print setting information analysis unit 207 in the installation unit 108 analyzes the print setting information, updates the setting content 201 of the printer driver 122, and executes the installation of the printer driver 122. (S2-5).

  When information indicating that print setting information does not exist is transmitted from the printing apparatus 110, the print setting information analysis unit 207 in the installation unit 108 does not update the setting information 201 of the printer driver 122, and print setting is not performed. The printer driver 122 is installed using the setting information 201 in which initial values are registered (S2-5).

FIG. 7 shows an example of updating the setting information 201 of the printer driver 122.
In this example, duplex printing is OFF, and color monochrome printing indicates that Color is an initial value.

  After receiving the print setting information of “Yamada” shown in FIG. 3 from the printing apparatus 110 via the reception unit 109, the print setting information analysis unit 207 analyzes the print setting information 201 to turn on double-sided printing. Double-sided printing binding = long side, color / monochrome setting is updated to Mono.

FIG. 8 shows a setting screen for the printer driver 122 installed in this embodiment.
Similar to the data shown in the example of FIG. 3, the settings of the printer driver 122 are automatically updated for monochrome printing and double-sided printing with long edge binding.

  In the present embodiment, the connection form and network connection between the image processing apparatus 100 and the printing apparatus 110 have been described as examples. However, a parallel connection, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection, or the like may be used.

  In the present invention, it is possible to automatically install the printer driver 122 having individual settings for each user who uses the image processing apparatus 110. Also, by registering print setting information for each printer, user control over the printer is possible.

That means
・ Color NIP (Non Impact Printing) printer: Color not possible, 20-page printing ・ Monochrome printer: 20-page printing, double-sided printing ・ Inkjet printer: Color printing possible, etc. Therefore, the user uses only the permitted printing function.

(Second embodiment)
The difference between the configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention and the configuration of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration in the present invention.

  An image processing apparatus 100 and printing apparatuses 110, 119, and 120 are connected to the network 121, and bidirectional data transmission / reception is possible.

  The image processing apparatus 100 includes a CPU 101 that performs various processes, an input device 105 such as a keyboard, a display device such as a CRT display 106, and an external storage device 107 such as a CD-ROM drive.

  The image processing apparatus 100 also includes an operating system 102 for managing the hardware, a printer driver 122 that generates print data, an installation unit 108 that installs the printer driver 122 in the image processing apparatus 100, a network, and the like. A search unit 2001 that searches for a printing apparatus connected to the printer using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), user information, print data generated by the printer driver 122, and SNMP used by the search unit 2001. A transmission unit 104 that transmits data to the print device 110, a reception unit 109 that receives print setting information and data responding to SNMP, and a designation unit 103 that designates a specific printing device.

The printing apparatus 110 receives user information and SNMP transmitted from the CPU 111 that performs various processes, a ROM 112 that stores a control program, an operation unit 115 such as an operation panel or LCD, a RAM 113, and the image processing apparatus 100. Receiving unit 118, storage unit 116 storing print setting information associated with the user information, and print setting information specified by the user information received by receiving unit 118 are read from storage unit 116 and sent to image processing apparatus 100. A transmission unit 114 for transmission.
Other configurations are substantially the same as those of the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of the installation unit 108.
When the installation process is started, the image processing apparatus 100 searches for a printing apparatus connected to the network via the network interface using SNMP broadcast (S200-1). When the printing device is searched on the network, the display device 106 displays the searched printing device (S200-2).

  FIG. 11 shows an example of a list of printing devices searched by SNMP broadcast and displayed on the display device 106. In this example, “printer A”, “printer B”, and “printer C” are detected.

  Next, the user designates the printing device 110 that performs printing from the printing device list displayed on the display device 106 (S200-3).

  User information for starting installation processing in the image processing apparatus 100 is transmitted to the designated printing apparatus 110 via the transmission unit 104 to the printing apparatus 110 designated by the user (S200-4).

  The printing apparatus 110 receives the user information at the reception unit 118 and searches for print setting information associated with the user information received from the storage unit 116 (S200-5). If the print setting information associated with the user information does not exist as a result of the search, the fact that the print setting information does not exist is transmitted to the image processing apparatus 100 via the transmission unit 114 (S3-4). .

  If the print setting information associated with the user information exists as a result of searching the print setting information associated with the user information, the retrieved print setting information is transmitted to the image processing apparatus 100 via the transmission unit 114. (S3-3)

  The image processing apparatus 100 receives the transmission data from the printing apparatus 110 via the receiving unit 109, determines whether the print setting information has been transmitted (S200-6), and the print setting information has been transmitted. In this case, the print setting information received by the installation unit 108 is analyzed by the print setting information analysis unit 207, the setting information 201 of the printer driver 122 is updated, and installation of the printer driver 122 is started (S200-7).

  When information indicating that print setting information does not exist is transmitted from the printing apparatus 110, the print setting information analysis unit 207 does not update the setting information 201 of the printer driver 122, and the print setting initial value is registered. Installation of the printer driver 122 is executed using the setting information 201 (S200-8).

  In addition, when the installation process is started, a printer connected via the network interface is searched using SNMP broadcast. If the printer 100 cannot be searched on the network, the printer driver 122 The installation is terminated (S200-10).

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, printing can be performed by SNMP broadcast even if the user does not know the information for specifying the printing device such as the network address of the printing device. Devices are automatically searched and can improve usability.

(Third embodiment)
The difference between the configuration of the third embodiment of the present invention and the configuration of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13.
The apparatus configuration according to the third embodiment and the correlation between the installation unit 108 of the image processing apparatus 100 and the printer driver 122 are the same as those in FIGS. 1 and 2, respectively.

FIG. 12 shows the structure of the print setting information for each user stored in the storage unit 106 of the printing apparatus 110.
In this example, “Yamada”, “Kobayashi”, and “Ito” are registered as users as users. Further, as an example, in the print setting information associated with the user “Yamada”, “color / monochrome setting” is “Mono”, “double-sided print setting” is “long side”, and “changeable” is OFF. This indicates that the main display cannot be changed to monochrome printing, double-sided printing setting for long-stitched binding, and setting change.

  FIG. 13 is a setting screen example for setting setting information for each user in the printing apparatus 110. It is a thing.

  The setting screen 400 includes a user name input field 401, a change permission input 3001, a color / monochrome setting input field 403, a duplex printing setting input field 404, a registration button 405, a delete button 406, and an end button 407.

  A user name to be registered is entered in the user name input field 401. In this example, “Yamada” is the user name.

  A color / monochrome setting input field 403 is used to set whether the printer driver 122 is set to color printing or monochrome when printing is performed by the printing apparatus. In this example, monochrome printing is set.

  A double-sided printing setting input field 404 specifies whether to use double-sided printing or how to bind. In this example, long side binding is set for double-sided printing.

  The change permission input 3001 indicates whether or not to permit the setting change of the printer driver 122 corresponding to the setting input in the color / monochrome setting input field 403 and the duplex printing setting input field 404. In this example, the setting is OFF. This indicates that it cannot be changed.

  A registration button 405 stores the setting information input in the user name input field 401, the color / monochrome setting input field 403, and the duplex printing setting input field 404 in the storage unit of the storage unit 116 of the printing apparatus 110.

  The delete button 406 deletes the user setting information input in the user name input field 401 from the storage unit 116 of the printing apparatus 110.

  The end button 407 performs the same operation as the registration button 405, closes the setting screen 400 and ends.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the processing operation of the printer driver 122 after being installed by the installing unit 108.
In this embodiment, “Yamada” shown in FIG. 13 describes an operation example when the color / monochrome setting is changed after the printer driver 122 is installed.

  When a printer driver display operation is started after the installation unit 108 has installed the printer driver 122, the printer driver 122 reads the setting information 201 and displays the current setting information on the user interface of the printer driver 122 (S300-). 1).

  In this state, the user changes the color / monochrome setting information from monochrome to color printing (S300-2). Thereafter, the printer driver 122 reads changeability information in the setting information 201 (S300-3).

  If it is OFF (not permitted), the fact that the change is not permitted is displayed on the interface of the printer driver 122, and the setting information is not updated (S300-6). If ON (permitted), the changed setting is written in the setting information 201, and the display operation is terminated.

FIG. 15 shows an example of notifying the user that it cannot be changed displayed on the printer driver interface in this embodiment.
In this example, since the user “Yamada” is not allowed to change the color / monochrome setting, when the user “Yamada” changes the color / monochrome setting using the printer driver 122, the display as shown in FIG. Is done.

  As described above, according to the third embodiment, in addition to the first effect, it is possible to restrict the user from individually setting the printer driver, and the administrator can force individual printer driver settings. Become.

(Fourth embodiment)
A difference between the configuration of the fourth embodiment of the present invention and the configuration of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 16 and 17.
The apparatus configuration according to the fourth embodiment and the correlation between the installation unit 108 of the image processing apparatus 100 and the printer driver 122 are the same as those in FIGS. 1 and 2, respectively.

FIG. 16 shows the structure of the print setting information for each user stored in the storage unit 106 of the printing apparatus 110.
In this example, “Yamada”, “Kobayashi”, “Ito”, and “undefined” are registered as users as users. For example, in the print setting information corresponding to “undefined”, “color / monochrome setting” is “Mono”, “double-sided print setting” is a long side, and “installation permission” is OFF. The fact that monochrome printing, double-sided printing setting for long edge binding, and installation of a printer driver are impossible indicates that the printing setting information of the “undefined” user. “Undefined” indicates setting of a user name other than “Yamada”, “Kobayashi”, and “Ito”. For example, when “Yamamoto” is a user, it is treated as an “undefined” user.

FIG. 17 is an example of a setting screen for setting setting information for each user in the printing apparatus 110.
The setting screen 400 includes a user name input field 401, an installation permission input field 4005, a color / monochrome setting input field 403, a duplex printing setting input field 404, a registration button 405, a delete button 406, and an end button 407. Is done.

  A user name input field 401 is used to input a user name to be registered. In this example, “undefined” is the user name.

  A color / monochrome setting input field 403 is a setting for setting the printer driver 122 to color printing or monochrome printing when the printing apparatus 110 performs printing. In this example, monochrome printing is set.

  A double-sided printing setting input field 404 specifies whether to use double-sided printing or how to bind. In this example, long side binding is set for double-sided printing.

  An installation permission input field 4005 is setting information indicating whether the printer driver 122 is to be installed in the image processing apparatus 100. In this example, since the setting is OFF, it is indicated that the setting does not permit installation of the printer driver 122.

  A registration button 405 stores the setting information input in the user name input field 401, the color / monochrome setting input field 403, and the duplex printing setting input field 404 in the storage unit of the storage unit 116 of the printing apparatus 110.

  The delete button 406 deletes the user setting information input in the user name input field 401 from the storage unit 116 of the printing apparatus 110.

  The end button 407 performs the same operation as the registration button 405, closes the setting screen 400 and ends.

FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining the processing operation of the installation unit 108.
When the installation process is activated, the user displays a designation screen for designating the printing apparatus 110 on which the user performs printing (S500-1).

  When the user designates a printing apparatus, the user information for starting the installation process in the image processing apparatus 100 is transmitted to the designated printing apparatus 110 via the transmission unit 104 (S500-2).

  The printing apparatus 110 receives the user information at the receiving unit 118, and searches the print setting information associated with the user information from the data in the storage unit 116 (S3-1).

  As a result of the search, if there is no print setting information associated with the user information, the transmission unit 114 transmits the print setting information stored as the “undefined” user to the image processing apparatus 100 that has transmitted the user information. (S403-1).

  In this example, since the user information is “Yamamoto” and there is no matching name in FIG. 18, the user information is determined as an “undefined” user, and information on the “undefined” user is transmitted to the image processing apparatus 100.

  The image processing apparatus 100 receives the transmission data from the printing apparatus 100 via the receiving unit 109, and when print setting information is transmitted, the print setting information received by the installation unit 108 is used as the print setting information analysis unit 207. To determine “installation permission” (S500-4).

  When this “installation permission” is OFF, the installation process of the installation unit 108 and printer driver 122 is not executed (S500-6). If “installation permission” is ON, the setting information 201 of the printer driver 122 is updated, and the printer driver 122 is installed (S500-5).

  In this example, it is determined that “installation permission” in the print setting information received by the image processing apparatus 100 is OFF. Therefore, in the image processing apparatus 100, the printer driver 122 is not installed and the printer driver 122 is not installed.

  As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, it is possible to suppress the installation of the printer driver of a user who is not permitted to install the printer driver. It is possible to impose restrictions on the use of printers.

  All the embodiments are printers, and can be applied to copiers, FAX machines, multifunction machines, and the like.

  When installing, the server may be inquired about user settings. In that case, the server has table information as shown in Table 1 below, acquires a user name and a printer name from the installation unit, and transmits corresponding setting information.

  Each embodiment described above is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this, and each configuration can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention. is there.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure in this invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a correlation between an installation unit of an image processing apparatus and a printer driver. It shows the structure of print setting information for each user. It is an example of a setting screen at the time of setting the setting information for every user. It is a figure explaining the processing operation in which user information and print setting information are stored. It is a flowchart explaining the processing operation of an installation part. 7 shows an example of updating printer driver setting information. The setting screen of the installed printer driver is shown. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure in this invention. It is a flowchart explaining the processing operation of an installation part. 2 shows an example of a list of printing devices searched by SNMP broadcast and displayed on a display device. It shows the structure of print setting information for each user. It is an example of a setting screen which sets the setting information for every user. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining processing operations of a printer driver after being installed. In this embodiment, an example of notifying the user that the change cannot be displayed displayed on the printer driver interface is shown. It shows the structure of print setting information for each user. It is an example of a setting screen which sets the setting information for every user. It is a flowchart explaining the processing operation of an installation part.

Explanation of symbols

100 Image processing apparatus 101 CPU
102 operating system 103 designation unit 104 transmission unit 105 input device 106 display device 107 external storage device 108 installation unit 109 reception unit 110 printing device 111 CPU
112 ROM
113 RAM
114 Transmission Unit 115 Operation Unit 116 Storage Unit 118 Reception Unit 119 Printing Device 120 Printing Device 121 Network 122 Printer Driver 201 Setting Information 202 Drawing Print Data Control Unit 203 User Interface Control Unit 204 Print Setting Information 207 Print Setting Information Analysis Unit 400 Setting Screen 401 User name input field 403 Color / monochrome setting input field 404 Duplex printing setting input field 405 Registration button 406 Delete button 407 End button 2001 Search unit 3001 Change permission input field 4005 Installation permission input field

Claims (5)

An image processing system comprising an image processing device for transmitting print data and a printing device for receiving and printing the print data,
A storage unit that stores user information for specifying a user and print setting information associated with the user information;
A transmission unit that transmits the print setting information to the image processing apparatus in response to a request from the image processing apparatus;
The image processing apparatus includes a designation unit that designates the printing apparatus;
A transmission unit that transmits user information to the designated printing apparatus and requests the print setting information specified by the user information;
An image processing system comprising: an installation unit that installs a printer driver based on the print setting information received from the printing apparatus.   The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the designation unit that designates the printing device includes a unit that selects a desired printing device from the group of the printing devices searched by the search unit.   The display unit of the image processing apparatus displays a message indicating that the print setting information could not be acquired from the printing apparatus when the print setting information cannot be acquired from the printing apparatus. The image processing system according to claim 1 or 2.   The image processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the print setting information includes information indicating whether or not to change the setting contents.   5. The image processing system according to claim 1, wherein the print setting information includes information as to whether or not a user is permitted to install a printer driver.