JP2005182500A - Print control program, apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a print control program by which an operation burden is reduced, and operability is enhanced when changing print conditions by a user when print is impossible under the present print conditions; and to provide the apparatus and the method. <P>SOLUTION: When print instruction for print data is inputted, a form information processing section 14 compares form size in form information acquired by a printer form information acquisition section 13 with form size in the print conditions stored and retained on a print conditions storage section 12. When the form size in the print conditions does not coincide with the form size in the form information, a display control section 16 displays print continuation inquiry dialog on a display device 8. When print continuation is inputted, a form size list generation section 15 generates a form size list based on the form size in the form information. A display control section 16 displays a print property window embedding the form size list on the display device 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a print control program, an apparatus, and a method, and more particularly, to a print control program, an apparatus, and a method that realize a reduction in operation burden on a user and an improvement in operability.

  Modern office printers (lasers, ink jets, etc.) support various paper sizes. When sending print data from a PC (Personal Computer) to these printers, if you press the application's print icon (button located on the application's toolbar) and start printing, a window for print settings (hereafter, Without displaying a print property window), print data is transmitted to the printer under print conditions set by a print control program (hereinafter referred to as a printer driver) for controlling the printer.

  However, when a paper size that is not intended by the user when sending print data is set in the printer driver (for example, when the paper size used in the previous printing is different from the paper size used in the current printing) There are cases where printing is performed on paper of a paper size not intended by the user.

To deal with this problem, the paper size set in the printer driver is compared with the paper arranged in the printer (hereinafter referred to as “sheet setting”). When both are different, there is a print control apparatus and method that displays a message to that effect and inquires whether or not to continue printing (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-49318

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, even if the user tries to continue printing when the paper size set in the printer driver is different from the paper set in the printer, the user does not have the intended paper size. In order to change the setting, it is necessary to open the print property window again, which increases the burden on the user.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a print control program, an apparatus, and an apparatus capable of reducing the operational burden and improving the operability when the user changes the printing condition when printing is impossible under the current printing conditions. It aims to provide a method.

  To achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides a print control program for performing display control on a display unit of a setting screen for setting print conditions when printing print data with a printer. When outputting to the printer, processing for acquiring paper information regarding at least one paper disposed in the printer, processing for comparing the acquired paper information with the printing conditions, and the comparison result in the paper When the information and the printing condition do not match, the computer is caused to operate a process of displaying the setting screen on the display means.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, a process of comparing a paper size of the at least one paper included in the paper information with a print designated paper size included in the printing condition; A process for generating a paper size list that displays the paper sizes of all the papers arranged in the printer based on the paper information when the paper size and the print designated paper size do not match by the comparison; The computer is caused to operate the process of incorporating the generated paper size list into the setting screen.

  The invention of claim 3 is the invention of claim 2, wherein a paper size list that displays the paper sizes of all the papers arranged in the printer is displayed or a paper size that can be printed by the printer is displayed. The computer is operated to inquire about the setting of whether to display the paper size list to be displayed.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, a process for confirming the presence / absence of the sheet based on the presence / absence information of the at least one sheet included in the sheet information and the sheet is not disposed. If it is confirmed, the computer is caused to operate a process of displaying a screen indicating that the paper is out on the display means.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing control apparatus for performing display control on a display unit of a setting screen for setting printing conditions when printing print data with a printer, and printing conditions for storing and holding the printing conditions. Storage means, paper information acquisition means for acquiring paper information relating to at least one paper disposed in the printer when outputting the print data to the printer, paper information acquired by the paper information acquisition means, If the paper information does not match the printing conditions by comparing the paper information processing means for comparing the printing conditions stored in the printing condition storage means with the paper information processing means, the setting screen is displayed. Display control means for displaying on the display means.

  The printing condition storage means corresponds to the printing condition storage section 12 shown in FIG. 2, the paper information acquisition means corresponds to the printer paper information acquisition section 13 shown in FIG. 2, and the paper information processing means corresponds to the paper information shown in FIG. Corresponding to the processing unit 14, the display control means corresponds to the display control unit 16 shown in FIG.

  The invention of claim 6 further comprises a paper size list generating means for generating a paper size list based on a paper size of the at least one paper included in the paper information in the invention of claim 5, The paper information processing means compares the paper size of the at least one paper included in the paper information with the print designation paper size included in the printing condition, and the paper size list generation means includes the paper information processing means. If the paper size does not match the print-designated paper size, a paper size list that displays the paper sizes of all the papers arranged in the printer is generated based on the paper information, and the display The control means incorporates the paper size list generated by the paper size list generating means into the setting screen.

  The paper size list generating means corresponds to the paper size list generating unit 15 shown in FIG.

  The invention according to a seventh aspect is the invention according to the sixth aspect, wherein the display control means displays a paper size list for displaying paper sizes of all papers arranged in the printer, or prints with the printer. A paper size list display setting means for inquiring a setting as to whether or not to display a paper size list for displaying possible paper sizes is provided.

  The paper size list display setting unit corresponds to the paper size list display setting unit 17 shown in FIG.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect of the present invention, the sheet information processing unit confirms the presence / absence of the sheet based on the presence / absence information of the at least one sheet included in the sheet information, and displays the display. When the paper information processing means confirms that no paper is arranged, the control means displays a screen indicating that the paper is out on the display means.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print control method for performing display control on a setting screen display means for setting print conditions when printing print data with a printer, and outputting the print data to the printer. In this case, paper information on at least one paper disposed in the printer is obtained by a paper information obtaining unit, the obtained paper information and the printing condition are compared by a paper information processing unit, and the comparison When the sheet information does not match the printing condition, the setting screen is displayed on the display unit by the display control unit.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the ninth aspect of the invention, the paper information processing means determines a paper size of the at least one paper included in the paper information and a print designated paper size included in the printing conditions. If the comparison shows that the paper size does not match the print-designated paper size, a paper size list that displays the paper sizes of all the papers arranged in the printer based on the paper information is displayed. The list generation unit generates the sheet size list, and the display control unit incorporates the generated sheet size list into the setting screen.

  The invention of claim 11 is the invention of claim 10, wherein a paper size list for displaying paper sizes of all papers arranged in the printer is displayed or a paper size that can be printed by the printer is displayed. The paper size list display setting means inquires whether to display the paper size list to be displayed.

  According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the eighth aspect of the invention, based on the presence / absence information of the at least one sheet included in the sheet information, the presence / absence of the sheet is confirmed by the sheet information processing means. When it is confirmed that the sheet is not arranged, a screen indicating that the sheet is out is displayed on the display unit by the display control unit.

  According to the present invention, it is confirmed in advance whether or not the print data to be printed can be printed according to the printing conditions of the current printer driver. There is an effect that the burden can be reduced and the operability can be improved.

  Embodiments of a print control program, apparatus, and method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a printing system.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a PC (Personal Computer) 1 and a printer 2 are connected via a network 3. In the present invention, the connection format between the PC 1 and the printer 2 does not matter.

  Here, when printing is started from the application on the PC 1 toward the printer 2, the print control program for controlling the printer 2 installed on the PC 1 receives print data received from the application and preset printing conditions. A print job is generated based on the above, and the print job generated via the network 3 is transmitted to the printer 2. When the printer 2 receives the print job, the print job is printed based on the print job.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the printing system.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a PC 1 and a printer 2 are connected to a network 3, and a printer driver 4 which is a print control program according to the present invention for controlling the printer 2 is installed in the PC 1. The PC 1 is an application program. The communication control unit 6 is configured to perform communication control via the various applications 5 and the network 3 realized by the above. These execute various processes using the functions of the OS under the control of an operating system (OS) (not shown). Further, an input device 7 such as a keyboard or a mouse and a display device 8 such as a display are connected to the PC 1.

  Here, the functional configuration of the printer driver 4 will be described in detail.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the printer driver 4 has, as its functions, a print data receiving unit 9 that receives print data from an application 5, a print job generating unit 10 that generates a print job based on print data and printing conditions, and input information. It has a reception unit 11, a printing condition storage unit 12, a printer paper information acquisition unit 13, a paper information processing unit 14, a paper size list generation unit 15, and a display control unit 16.

  The input information receiving unit 11 performs a process for receiving input information input from the input device 7.

  The printing condition storage unit 12 stores and holds printing conditions (paper size, paper type, printing direction, designation of paper feed hopper, print quality, enlargement / reduction, etc.) when printing data is printed by the printer 2.

  When the printer paper information acquisition unit 13 transmits a print job to the printer 2, the paper information (paper size, presence / absence of paper) of the paper arranged in the paper feed mechanism of the printer 2 (hereinafter referred to as paper placement). , Paper type, etc.) is acquired from the printer 2.

  The paper information processing unit 14 processes the paper information acquired by the printer paper information acquisition unit 13 and compares the paper size of the printing conditions stored in the printing condition storage unit 12 with the paper size of the paper information I do.

  The paper size list generation unit 15 generates a paper size list based on the paper information acquired by the printer paper information acquisition unit 13.

  The display control unit 16 includes a paper size list display setting unit 17 for setting display of a paper size list, and performs processing for causing the display device 8 to display a print property window that is a guide window for the printer driver 4.

  Here, the functional configuration of the printer 2 will be described in detail.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the printer 2 is a communication control unit 6 that performs communication control via the network 3, a print processing unit 18 that performs print processing based on a print job received from a PC, and a paper feed mechanism of the printer 2. It comprises a hopper 19, a manual feed tray 20, a paper information acquisition unit 21, and a paper information storage unit 22.

  The hopper 19 and the manual feed tray 20 include a paper size detection unit 23 that detects the position of a paper guide or the like for setting paper, and a paper presence / absence detection unit 24 that detects the presence or absence of paper. Note that FIG. 2 illustrates a configuration having one hopper, but a configuration having a plurality of hoppers is also applicable.

  When the main power of the printer 2 is turned on or the hopper 19 is opened and closed, the paper information acquisition unit 21 receives the paper size information from the paper size detection unit 23 of the hopper 19 and the manual feed tray 20, the hopper 19 and the manual feed tray 20. A process of acquiring paper presence / absence information from the paper presence / absence detection unit 24 is performed.

  The paper information storage unit 22 stores and holds the paper size and paper presence acquired by the paper information acquisition unit 21 as paper information.

  Next, functional operations performed by the printer 2 when acquiring paper information will be described.

  When the main power of the printer 2 is turned on or when the hopper 19 is opened and closed, the paper information acquisition unit 21 receives the paper size of the paper set on the hopper 19 from the paper size detection unit 23 of the hopper 19, and The paper presence / absence detection unit 24 of the hopper 19 obtains the presence / absence of the paper on the hopper 19 and the paper size detection unit 23 of the manual feed tray 20 detects the paper set on the manual feed tray 20. The paper size and the paper presence / absence detection unit 24 of the manual tray 20 are used to obtain the paper presence / absence of paper on the manual tray 20 and the obtained paper size and paper presence of the hopper 19 and the paper of the manual tray 20 are obtained. The size and the presence / absence of the sheet are stored and held in the sheet information storage unit 22.

  Next, functional operations performed by the printer driver 4 when printing of print data is instructed will be described.

  When a print instruction for print data generated by the application 5 is input from the input device 7, the printer paper information acquisition unit 13 transmits a request for paper information to the printer 2 via the communication control unit 6, and the printer 2 receives the paper information. Is received, the sheet information stored in the sheet information storage unit 22 is read out, and the read sheet information is transmitted to the PC 1 via the communication control unit 6.

  When the printer paper information acquisition unit 13 receives the paper information, the printer paper information acquisition unit 13 temporarily stores and holds the received paper information and outputs the paper information to the paper information processing unit 14. When the paper information processing unit 14 inputs the paper information, the printing condition is set. The paper size of the printing condition is read from the storage unit 12, and the read paper size of the printing condition is compared with the paper size of the input paper information.

  When the paper size of the print condition matches the paper size of the paper information, the print job generation unit 10 prints the print data received by the print data reception unit 9 from the application 5 and the print stored in the print condition storage unit 12 A print job is generated based on the conditions, and the generated print job is transmitted to the printer 2 via the communication control unit 6.

  If the paper size of the printing conditions and the paper size of the paper information do not match, the paper information processing unit 14 outputs a message indicating that the paper size does not match to the display control unit 16, and the display control unit 16 indicates that the paper size does not match. When the input is made, a window for inquiring about continuation of printing (hereinafter referred to as “print continuation inquiry dialog”) is displayed on the display device 8.

  When the print continuation inquiry dialog is displayed on the display device 8 and the input device 7 inputs that printing is not continued, the printing process is terminated.

  In addition, when the print continuation inquiry dialog is displayed on the display device 8 and the input device 7 inputs that printing is to be continued, the input information receiving unit 11 outputs to the display control unit 16 that printing is to be continued and displayed. When the control unit 16 inputs that printing is to be continued, the paper size list display setting unit 17 sets the printable paper size to be displayed in the paper size list, and the paper size list generation unit 15 receives the paper size. Request list generation. The setting for the paper size list display setting unit 17 will be described later.

  Upon receiving a request for generating a paper size list, the paper size list generation unit 15 reads the paper size of the paper information from the printer paper information acquisition unit 13, generates a paper size list based on the paper size of the read paper information, The generated paper size list is output to the display control unit 16, and when the display control unit 16 inputs the paper size list, the display device 8 displays a print property window incorporating the input paper size list.

  When a print property window is displayed on the display device 8 and a paper size is input from the paper size list incorporated in the print property window by the input device 7, the input information receiving unit 11 displays the input paper size as a printing condition. Updating to the storage unit 12, the paper information processing unit 14 confirms the presence of paper in the hopper 19 or the manual feed tray 20 based on the presence or absence of paper in the paper information.

  When it is confirmed that there is a sheet, the print job generation unit 10 generates a print job based on the print data received by the print data reception unit 9 from the application 5 and the print conditions stored in the print condition storage unit 12. Then, the generated print job is transmitted to the printer 2 via the communication control unit 6.

  If it is confirmed that there is no paper, the fact that there is no paper is output to the display control unit 16. When the display control unit 16 inputs that there is no paper, a warning message that the paper is out is displayed on the display device 8. Even when there is no paper, the print job generation unit 10 generates a print job and transmits it to the printer 2.

  Next, paper information acquisition processing performed by the printer 2 will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  When the main power of the printer is turned on (step S301), the hopper paper information is acquired (step S302), the hopper paper information is initialized (step S303), and the printer main power is kept on (step S304). If the hopper is opened and closed (YES in step S305), the paper size of the hopper is acquired (step S306), and the paper size of the hopper is updated (step S307).

  If it is detected that the sheet has run out (YES in step S308), the presence / absence of the sheet is updated to “none” (step S309).

  If no paper out is detected (NO in step S309), the presence / absence of paper is updated to “present” (step 8310).

  In step S304, when the main power of the printer is turned off (NO in step S304), the acquisition process ends.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the paper information 25.

  As shown in FIG. 4, as the paper information 25, the paper size of the paper set on each hopper 19 and the manual feed tray 20 and the presence / absence of paper on each hopper 19 and the manual feed tray 20 are recorded. For example, according to the sheet information 25 shown in FIG. 4, “hopper 1” is set to the position “A4” of the sheet guide and the like, but the sheet is out of paper, and “hopper 2” has the sheet “A4”. “A3” paper is set in “hopper 3”, and “manual tray” is set to “A4” in the paper guide and the like, but the paper is out. I understand that.

  4 shows a configuration in which the paper size and the presence / absence of paper are recorded as the paper information 25. However, information on the type of paper (information other than the paper size and the presence / absence of paper) is used as the paper information 25. The present invention can also be applied to a recording configuration.

  Next, print control processing performed by the printer driver 4 will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  When a print instruction is received (YES in step S501), paper information is acquired from the printer (step S502), and the paper size of the paper information is compared with the paper size of the printing conditions set in the printer driver (step S503).

  If the paper size of the paper information and the paper size of the printing conditions do not match, printing is impossible (NO in step S504), a print continuation inquiry dialog is displayed (step S505), and printing is continued (step S506). YES), “display printable paper size” is set (step S507), and a print property window is displayed (step S508). If the paper size is set as the printing condition, the process returns to step S503, and the paper size of the paper information is compared with the paper size of the printing condition (step S503).

  If printing is not continued in step S506 (NO in step S506), printing is stopped (step S509), and the printing control process is terminated.

  In step S504, if the paper size of the paper information matches the paper size of the printing conditions, printing is possible (YES in step S504), and it is confirmed whether the paper feed hopper is automatically selected (step S510).

  If the paper feed hopper is automatically selected (YES in step S510), the presence or absence of paper in the automatically selected paper feed hopper is confirmed (step S511).

  If there is a sheet in the automatically selected paper feed hopper (YES in step S511), the print job is transmitted to the printer (step S512), and the print control process is terminated.

  In step S511, if there is no paper in the automatically selected paper feed hopper (NO in step S511), a warning message that the paper has run out is displayed (step S513), a print job is transmitted to the printer (step S512), and print control is performed. The process ends.

  If it is determined in step S510 that the paper feed hopper is not automatically selected (NO in step S510), it is confirmed whether or not a sheet of printing conditions is set in the designated hopper (step S514).

  If a sheet of printing conditions is not set in the designated hopper (NO in step S514), the process proceeds to step S505, and a print continuation inquiry dialog is displayed (step S505).

  In step S514, if a sheet of printing conditions is set in the designated hopper (YES in step S514), the process proceeds to step S511, and the sheet is set (YES in step S511). (Step S512), and the print control process is terminated.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the print continuation inquiry dialog 26.

  As shown in FIG. 6, when the paper size of the paper information and the paper size of the printing conditions do not match, the display device 8 displays a message to inquire whether or not to continue printing. Is displayed. Here, when printing is continued, a “Yes” button 28 on the print continuation inquiry dialog 26 is operated by a pointing device 27 such as a mouse that can be operated by the input device 7 (hereinafter referred to as a mouse). Enter to continue printing. Further, when printing is to be stopped, a “NO” button 29 on the print continuation inquiry dialog 26 is operated with the mouse 27 to input that printing is to be stopped.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the out-of-paper warning dialog 30.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when it is confirmed that there is no sheet based on the presence / absence of the sheet information, the display device 8 displays a sheet out warning dialog 30 displaying a warning that the sheet is out. Here, when the hopper 19 or the manual feed tray 20 to be fed is specified in the printing conditions, the presence or absence of paper in the designated hopper 19 or the manual feed tray 20 is confirmed based on the paper information, and the hopper 19 or the manual feed to be fed is checked. When the tray 20 is automatically selected, the presence / absence of paper in the hopper 19 or the manual feed tray 20 on which the paper designated by the printing conditions is placed is confirmed based on the paper information.

  Therefore, by displaying the out-of-paper warning dialog 30, it is possible to prompt the user to set up paper. Note that if paper is set on the hopper 19 or the manual feed tray 20, printing can be executed without any problem, and the print job is transmitted to the printer 2.

  Next, the setting for the paper size list display setting unit 17 will be described in detail.

  The setting for the paper size list display setting unit 17 is whether the paper size currently printable by the printer 2 or all the paper sizes usable by the printer 2 are displayed in the paper size list on the print property window. Set the selection. That is, when the paper size list display setting unit 17 is set to display a printable paper size, the paper size list on the print property window displays the paper sizes that can be printed by the printer 2 and the paper size. When the list display setting unit 17 is set to display all usable paper sizes, all the usable paper sizes in the printer 2 are displayed in the paper size list on the print property window.

  In the print control program according to the present invention, when the paper size of the paper information and the paper size of the printing conditions do not match, the paper size list display setting unit 17 automatically displays the printable paper size. Set as follows. That is, it is assumed that “the paper size is changed because the paper size is specified incorrectly”, and only the printable paper size is displayed in the paper size list displayed in the print property window.

  Next, processing performed by the printer driver 4 when the print property window is displayed will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  When an instruction to display the print property window is input, it is checked whether or not “display printable paper size” is set (step S801), and “display printable paper size” is set. If YES in step S801, the paper size of the paper information acquired from the printer is referenced (step S802), a paper size list is generated based on the paper size of the referenced paper information (step S803), and the print property window Is displayed (step S804), and the process ends.

  If “display printable paper size” is not set in step S801 (NO in step S801), information on printable paper of the printer is referred to (step S805), and information on printable paper of the referenced printer is obtained. A paper size list is generated based on (Step S803), a print property window is displayed (Step S804), and the process is terminated.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the paper size list 32 on the print property window 31.

  The print control program according to the present invention, when the paper size of the paper information and the paper size of the printing conditions do not match, is input to the display device 8 as shown in FIG. A window 31 is displayed. The screen displayed by operating the property button on the print setting screen of the application 5 is the same as the print property window 31 shown in FIG.

  The paper size list 32 displayed on the print property window 31 includes a check box 33 for setting the paper size list display setting unit 17 described above. When the check box 33 is checked, the paper size list 32 displays the paper sizes that can be currently printed by the printer 2, and when the check box 33 is not checked, the paper size list 32 displays the paper that can be used by the printer 2. All sizes are displayed.

  When the paper size of the paper set in the hopper 19 is “A4”, since the check box 33 is checked, only the paper designation regarding the A4 paper is displayed in the paper size list 33. For example, FIG. As shown, only paper designations that fit in the A4 paper as a result of original size or enlargement / reduction, such as “A4”, “A4 × 2 → A4”, “A3 → A4”, “B4 → A4”, are displayed. No paper other than "" is displayed.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the paper size list 32 on the print property window 31.

  When the paper size of the paper set in the hopper 19 is “A4” and the paper sizes usable by the printer 2 are “A4” and “A3”, the check box 33 is not checked, so the paper size list 32 In FIG. 9, a sheet designation for A4 sheet and a sheet designation for A3 sheet are displayed. For example, by specifying a sheet size to be displayed in the sheet size list 32 by a combo box 34 as shown in FIG. The paper specification that fits in is displayed.

  Accordingly, when printing is impossible under the current printing conditions set in the printer driver 4, the printer driver 4 displays a list of paper sizes that can be printed and displays the operation burden of changing the printing conditions of the user. It is possible to reduce operability and improve operability.

  Note that the present invention can also be applied to a configuration in which a print control apparatus having the same function as the printer driver 4 described above is connected to the PC 1 or the like.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a printing system. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of a printing system. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a paper information acquisition process performed by the printer. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of sheet information 25. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a print control process performed by a printer driver. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print continuation inquiry dialog 26. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a paper out warning dialog 30. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing performed by the printer driver 4 when displaying a print property window. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a paper size list 32 on a print property window 31. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a paper size list 32 on a print property window 31. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 PC
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 Printer 3 Network 4 Printer driver 5 Application 6 Communication control part 7 Input device 8 Display apparatus 9 Print data reception part 10 Print job generation part 11 Input information reception part 12 Print condition memory | storage part 13 Printer paper information acquisition part 14 Paper information processing part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 Paper size list production | generation part 16 Display control part 17 Paper size list display setting part 18 Print processing part 19 Hopper 20 Manual feed tray 21 Paper information acquisition part 22 Paper information storage part 23 Paper size detection part 24 Paper presence detection part 25 Paper information 26 Print Continuation Inquiry Dialog Box 27 Mouse 28 “Yes” Button 29 “No” Button 30 Out of Paper Warning Dialog 31 Print Properties Window 32 Paper Size List 33 Check Box 34 Combo Box

Claims (12)

In a print control program for performing display control on a display unit of a setting screen for setting print conditions when printing print data with a printer,
Processing for obtaining paper information relating to at least one paper disposed in the printer when outputting the print data to the printer;
A process of comparing the acquired paper information and the printing conditions;
A printing control program for causing a computer to perform a process of displaying the setting screen on the display unit when the paper information and the printing condition do not match by the comparison. A process of comparing a paper size of the at least one paper included in the paper information with a print designated paper size included in the printing condition;
A process of generating a paper size list that displays the paper sizes of all the papers arranged in the printer based on the paper information when the paper size does not match the print designation paper size by the comparison;
The print control program according to claim 1, further comprising: causing a computer to operate the process of incorporating the generated paper size list into the setting screen. Processing for inquiring of the computer whether to display a paper size list that displays the paper sizes of all the papers arranged in the printer or to display a paper size list that displays the paper sizes that can be printed by the printer. The print control program according to claim 2, wherein the print control program is operated. Processing for confirming the presence / absence of the paper based on the presence / absence information of the at least one paper included in the paper information;
The print control program according to claim 1, wherein when it is confirmed that the sheet is not arranged, the computer is caused to operate a process of displaying a screen indicating that the sheet is out on the display unit. In a print control apparatus for performing display control on a display unit of a setting screen for setting print conditions when printing print data with a printer,
Printing condition storage means for storing and holding the printing conditions;
Paper information acquisition means for acquiring paper information on at least one paper disposed in the printer when outputting the print data to the printer;
Paper information processing means for comparing the paper information acquired by the paper information acquisition means with the printing conditions stored in the printing condition storage means;
A print control apparatus comprising: a display control unit that displays the setting screen on the display unit when the sheet information and the printing condition do not match by comparison of the sheet information processing unit. Paper size list generating means for generating a paper size list based on the paper size of the at least one paper included in the paper information;
The paper information processing means includes
Comparing the paper size of the at least one paper included in the paper information with the print designated paper size included in the printing conditions;
The paper size list generation means includes:
If the paper information does not match the paper size designated for printing by comparing the paper information processing means, a paper size list that displays the paper sizes of all the papers arranged in the printer based on the paper information is displayed. Generate
The display control means includes
The print control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the paper size list generated by the paper size list generation unit is incorporated in the setting screen. The display control means includes
Paper size list display that inquires about the setting of whether to display a paper size list that displays the paper sizes of all papers arranged in the printer or to display a paper size list that can be printed by the printer The printing control apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a setting unit. The paper information processing means includes
Based on the presence / absence information of the at least one paper included in the paper information, the presence / absence of the paper is confirmed,
The display control means includes
6. The printing control program according to claim 5, wherein when the paper information processing means confirms that no paper is arranged, a screen indicating that the paper is out is displayed on the display means. In a print control method for performing display control on a display unit of a setting screen for setting print conditions when printing print data with a printer,
When outputting the print data to the printer, paper information on at least one paper disposed in the printer is acquired by a paper information acquisition unit;
The obtained paper information and the printing conditions are compared by the paper information processing means,
When the comparison does not match the paper information and the printing conditions, the setting screen is displayed on the display unit by the display control unit. The paper information processing means compares the paper size of the at least one paper included in the paper information with the print designation paper size included in the printing conditions,
If the comparison shows that the paper size does not match the print-designated paper size, a paper size list generating unit that displays a paper size list of all the papers arranged in the printer based on the paper information Generated by
The print control method according to claim 9, wherein the generated paper size list is incorporated into the setting screen by the display control unit. The paper size list display setting is used to set whether to display a paper size list that displays the paper sizes of all papers arranged in the printer or to display a paper size list that can be printed by the printer. The printing control method according to claim 10, wherein the inquiry is made by means. Based on the presence / absence information of the at least one paper included in the paper information, the presence / absence of the paper is confirmed by the paper information processing means,
The print control method according to claim 8, wherein when it is confirmed that the sheet is not arranged, a screen indicating that the sheet is out is displayed on the display unit by the display control unit.

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