JP2006185157A5

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Publication number: JP2006185157A5
Application number: JP2004377774A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2004-12-27
Publication date: 2008-10-16
Anticipated expiration: 2024-12-27

Claims

A print control apparatus capable of communicating with a server storing restriction information for restricting use of a printer and a plurality of printers, and installed with a plurality of printer drivers for generating print data for the plurality of printers,
Driver information acquisition means for acquiring information for identifying the plurality of printer drivers installed in the print control apparatus;
Restriction information obtaining means for obtaining the restriction information from the server;
A determination unit that determines whether the printer driver identified by the information acquired by the driver information acquisition unit is restricted in use by the limitation information acquired by the limitation information acquisition unit;
Generating means for generating a virtual printer driver having the functions of a plurality of printer drivers determined to be used by the determination means;
Receiving means for receiving an instruction to select a function of the virtual printer driver generated by the generating means;
Selecting means for selecting a printer driver satisfying the function accepted by the accepting means from among a plurality of printer drivers determined not to be restricted by the judging means;
A printing control apparatus comprising:

The restriction information further includes user information indicating a user who restricts use of the printer driver,
User determination for determining whether a user who has logged in to the print control apparatus is a user whose use of a printer driver identified by the information acquired by the driver information acquisition unit is restricted by the restriction information acquired by the restriction information acquisition unit Means,
Further comprising
When the generation unit determines that the printer driver is not restricted for use by the determination unit, and the user determination unit determines that the user is not restricted for use of the printer driver, the generation unit The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a virtual printer driver having the above function is generated .

The restriction information further includes computer information indicating a computer that restricts use of the printer driver,
A computer determination unit for determining whether the computer is restricted in use of the printer driver identified by the information acquired by the driver information acquisition unit based on the limitation information acquired by the limitation information acquisition unit;
The generation unit is determined to be a printer driver whose use is not restricted by the determination unit, and is determined to be a user whose use of the printer driver is not restricted by the user determination unit, and the computer determination unit 3. The print control according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined that the computer is an unrestricted computer using the printer driver, a virtual printer driver having the function of the printer driver is generated. apparatus.

The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the restriction information acquisition unit acquires the restriction information from the server when the print control apparatus is activated .

Restriction information acquisition determining means for determining whether or not the restriction information has been acquired from the server when the print control apparatus is started up by the restriction information acquisition means;
When the restriction information acquisition determination unit determines that the restriction information cannot be acquired from the server at the time of activation , invalidates the restriction on use of the printer driver by the restriction information acquired by the restriction information acquisition unit before activation. The print control apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising an invalidating unit that performs the invalidation .

A print control method in a print control apparatus capable of communicating with a server storing restriction information for restricting use of a printer and a plurality of printers, and installed with a plurality of printer drivers for generating print data for the plurality of printers. There,
A driver information acquisition step in which the driver information acquisition means of the print control apparatus acquires information for identifying the plurality of printer drivers installed in the print control apparatus;
A restriction information acquisition unit in which the restriction information acquisition unit of the print control apparatus acquires the restriction information from the server;
A determination step of determining whether the printer driver identified by the information acquired in the driver information acquisition step is restricted in use by the limitation information acquired in the limitation information acquisition step; ,
A generating step of generating a virtual printer driver having functions of a plurality of printer drivers determined by the generating unit of the print control apparatus as not being restricted in the determining step;
An accepting step in which an accepting unit of the print control device accepts an instruction to select a function of the virtual printer driver generated in the generating step;
A selection step of selecting a printer driver satisfying the function received in the reception step from a plurality of printer drivers determined to be unusable by the determination unit. And a printing control method .

A print control method in a print control apparatus capable of communicating with a server storing restriction information for restricting use of a printer and a plurality of printers, and installed with a plurality of printer drivers for generating print data for the plurality of printers A print control program for causing a computer to execute,
A driver information acquisition step in which the driver information acquisition unit of the print control apparatus acquires information for identifying the plurality of printer drivers installed in the print control apparatus;
A restriction information obtaining step in which restriction information obtaining means of the print control device obtains the restriction information from the server;
A determination step for determining whether the printer driver identified by the information acquired in the driver information acquisition step is restricted in use by the limitation information acquired in the limitation information acquisition step; ,
A generating step of generating a virtual printer driver having functions of a plurality of printer drivers determined by the generating unit of the print control apparatus as not being restricted in the determining step;
An accepting step for accepting an instruction to select a function of the virtual printer driver generated in the generating step;
A selection step in which the selection unit of the print control apparatus selects a printer driver that satisfies the function received in the reception step, from among a plurality of printer drivers that are determined not to be restricted by the determination unit; Print control program to be executed .

A computer-readable recording medium storing the print control program according to claim 7 .