JP2007328639A - Printing system, server device, client device and print setting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable users to set desired print setting information on client devices according to information on print settings of networked printers provided by a server device. <P>SOLUTION: In response to a request from the client device, the server device provides information on the networked printers and information on print settings. The client device specifies a networked printer and sets print setting information according to the provided information, and sends them along with data dependent on a print application. The server device converts the data into print data according to the print setting information, and sends it to the printer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing system, a server device, a client device, and a print setting method.

  Conventionally, a plurality of computers and a plurality of printers are connected via a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network), and each computer shares and uses each printer within the network.

  Even if shared use is used, when printing is performed by a printer shared by each computer, each computer needs to install a printer driver corresponding to the model of each printer in advance. Due to this restriction, for example, even a printer that does not perform regular printing has a disadvantage that a printer driver for the printer must be installed. In order to solve this problem, a system has been proposed in which a print request is issued from a user client computer in the Internet / intranet to a server computer by a Web browser. For example, see Patent Document 1.

  First, when a user of a client computer accesses a Web page stored in a server computer in a network using a Web browser, a user interface (UI) described in HTML or the like is displayed. Next, the user designates an output destination printer name and a document data name depending on a specific application on this UI, and transmits it to the server computer. As a result, the server computer performs print processing through the printer driver in which the designated printer name is installed.

With this system, the user can print document data depending on the application with any shared printer in the network as an output destination without installing a printer driver in the computer.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-256012

  However, in the above conventional technique, the document data is printed only with the default print setting of the printer driver installed in the server computer. Therefore, there is a problem that the user can obtain only a standard print output with a page layout of 1-up by single-sided printing.

  This problem occurs because document data depending on the application is printed by the corresponding application on the server computer, and there is no method for the user to directly operate the print dialog of the corresponding application to input print settings. .

  For this reason, the user can specify the print settings for each process and perform printing when performing printing on a printer model capable of processing such as N-up printing, double-sided printing, stapling, and punch holes. could not.

  An object of the present invention is to enable a user to set desired print setting information on a client device based on information relating to print settings of a printer on a network provided by a server device.

  The present invention is a printing system that sets an output destination printer and print setting information based on information about a printer and print settings provided from a server device, and depends on the set print setting information and an application that performs printing. A client device that transmits data to a server device, and provides information related to a printer on the network and print settings in response to a request from the client device, and the application based on the print setting information transmitted from the client device A server device that converts print data into print data and transmits the print data to the output destination printer, and a printer that receives the print data and performs print output according to the print setting information.

  In addition, the present invention is a server device, which provides information relating to a printer on a network and information relating to print settings in response to a request from the client device, and the client device based on the provided information. Receiving means for receiving the print setting information of the printer set in step 1 and data depending on the application that performs printing, and transmission for converting the data into print data based on the received print setting information and transmitting it to the printer Means.

  Further, the present invention is a client device, which makes a request to the server device, receives from the server device information related to a printer on the network and information related to print settings, and based on the received information And setting means for setting print setting information of the printer on the network, and transmission means for transmitting the set print setting information and data depending on the application for printing to the server device. .

  According to the present invention, it is possible for a user to set desired print setting information on a client device based on information relating to print settings of a printer on a network provided by a server device.

  In addition, it is possible to perform application-dependent data printing and print settings from the UI on the Web browser without installing a printer driver in the client device.

  The best mode for carrying out the invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a network printing system according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the network printing system includes a server computer (server) 100, a client computer (client) 110, and a network shared printer (printer) 120. Here, the server 100 receives a print request from the client 110 and provides a print service by the printer 120. The client 110 issues a print request to the server 100 when the user prints with the printer 120. The server 100, the client 110, and the printer 120 are connected via a network such as a LAN or WAN, that is, the Internet / intranet 130, and can communicate with each other.

  Here, the server 100 includes a Web server 101, Web application 102, print application 103, printer driver 104, spooler 105, reprint service 106, and print control program 107. Furthermore, a print settable item database 108 and a print settable item table 109 are included.

  The Web server 101 receives a URL from the client 110, and transmits HTML or other file format data to the client 110 as a processing result in response to a request described in the URL. Here, URL is an abbreviation for Uniform Resource Locator, and HTML is an abbreviation for Hyper Text Markup Language.

  The Web application 102 is a program that is called from the Web server 101, and returns data that is a processing result for the above request to the Web server 101. The print application 103 is an application that reads and prints document data 112 depending on the application. The printer driver 104 converts the drawing command issued from the print application 103 into print data in a format that can be decoded by the corresponding printer 120. In addition, the printer driver 104 provides a UI function for inputting various print settings of the printer 120.

  Normally, when a printer driver is installed on a user's computer that instructs printing, the user can operate the UI of the printer driver. However, since the system according to the embodiment does not install a printer driver in the client 110 used by the user, it is not possible to perform print settings using a UI operation. Therefore, the above-described UI is provided to the client 110 so that various print settings can be performed on the dialog window when executing printing from the application.

  In the example shown in FIG. 1, three printer drivers 104a, 104b, and 104c corresponding to the three printers 120a, 120b, and 120c are installed in the server 100.

  The spooler 105 spools the print data generated by the printer driver 104 before sending it to the printer. The reprint service 106 is a program for reprinting print data spooled in the spooler 105. The print control program 107 performs print settings for the printer driver 104 programmatically without using a UI. The print control program 107 is generally called an SDK (Software Development Kit), and acquires information from the printer driver 104 or sets information without using a UI.

  Accordingly, it is possible for the software that performs the printing process to activate the printing control program (SDK) 107 during the process and acquire information relating to the printing settings from the printer driver 104 or to print by inputting the desired printing settings. .

  The print setting possible item database 108 is a database that manages UI capabilities by the printer driver 104 and print setting items that can be input. The print setting possible item table 109 is a table of items for which print setting is possible that is created based on the print setting possible item database 108.

  On the other hand, the client 110 includes a Web browser 111 and document data 112. The web browser 111 is software that receives result data returned from the web server 101 or the web application 102 for a URL input and transmitted by the user and displays the result data in a window. The document data 112 is document data depending on the print application 103 to be printed by the user.

  Specific examples of the document data 112 depending on the application include a file in a DOC format or a PDF format, and can be read, edited, or printed only by a corresponding application.

  Then, the printer 120 receives and analyzes the print data transmitted via the network 130 and performs printing for each page. In order for the print application 103 of the server 100 to print to the printer 120, the drawing command must be converted into print data in an appropriate format suitable for the printer model and transmitted by the corresponding printer driver. Information regarding the device capabilities of the printer 120 and available print setting items is stored in an operating system (OS) database in which the printer driver 104 is stored or installed internally. Such information can be acquired by using the print control program 107. Here, the device capabilities of the printer are printing speed, resolution, and the like, and available print setting items are duplex printing, N-up printing, stapling, punch holes, and the like.

  Hereinafter, the printing process of the network printing system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. This process is executed by the server 100 when the user activates the Web browser 111 of the client 110 and prints the document data 112 by the printer 120.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an overall printing process in the first embodiment. First, in step S201, the Web application 102 in the server 100 receives a display request for a shared printer function list screen in the network from the Web browser 111 in the user client 110 through the Web server 101. Then, referring to the print settable item database 108, print set items that can be set by the printer drivers 104 a, 104 b, and 104 c are generated as the print settable item table 109. Based on this table 109, shared printer function list screen data 141 is generated, transmitted to the Web browser 111, and displayed on the display unit of the client 110.

  In step S <b> 202, the user selects one of the printers 120 a, 120 b, and 120 c as a print output destination on the Web browser 111, and requests the Web application 102 to display a print setting input screen. On the other hand, when the Web application 102 receives this display request, print setting input screen data 142 is generated according to the print setting available item table 109, transmitted to the Web browser 111, and displayed on the display unit of the client 110.

  In step S203, the user specifies the location (file path and file name) of the document data 112 in the client 110 on the above-described print setting input screen. Then, when the print setting of the output destination printer is input and a print request is made, the document data 112 and the print setting information 113 are transmitted together.

  On the other hand, when the Web application 102 receives the document data 112 and the print setting information 113 in step S204, the print application 103 to be activated is determined from the file format of the document data 112. As a result of this determination, the print application 103 performs EMF (Enhanced Metafile Format) printing using any of the default print settings of the printer drivers 104a, 104b, and 104c. Then, a job is issued and the EMF spool file 151 is input to the spooler 105.

  Finally, in step S205, the reprint service 106 cancels the EMF printing job input to the spooler 105, and reads the EMF spool file 151. Then, print setting information 113 desired by the user is reflected in the printer driver (any one of 104a, 104b, and 104c) using the print control program 107, and the EMF data included in the EMF spool file 151 is printed.

  In printing by the reprint service 106, a drawing command is converted into print data in a format that can be decoded by a printer by a printer driver, and is transmitted to one of the printers 120a, 120b, and 120c via the network 130 through the spooler 105. The

  Next, further detailed processing of steps S201 to S205 described above will be described in order.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing detailed processing of step S201 shown in FIG. A user who uses this network print service from the client 110 executes the Web application 102 which is an interface of the service by inputting a predetermined URL. Here, the predetermined URL is specified in the format of “protocol name: // server address / Web application execution file name” such as “http: //stockel/ListView.aspx”.

  First, when the Web application 102 is activated by the user through the Web server 101, the Web application 102 receives a display request for a shared printer function list screen (S301). Here, the shared printer function list screen is a screen that presents to the user the capabilities of each printer that can currently print in the network and the print settings that can be set, and also has the role of selecting a network shared printer as the output destination. Have. The capabilities of the printer are printing speed, resolution, and the like, and the print settings are duplex printing, N-up printing, stapling, punch holes, and the like.

  When the display request for the shared printer function list screen is received, the capability and function of each shared printer capable of printing are checked. Specifically, the print settable table 109 is generated with reference to the print settable item database 108 (S302). Here, the available print setting item table 109 is data described in a structured language such as XML, for example, and stored in the server 100. Each time the user requests to display the shared printer function list screen, Updates are made.

  Next, shared printer function list screen data 141 is created from the print setting item table 109 (S303). Here, the shared printer function list screen data 141 is screen data such as HTML that expresses the contents of the available print setting item table 107 in a visual table format that is easy for the user to view. Then, the data is transmitted to the Web browser 111 on the client 110 (S304) and displayed on the display unit of the client 110.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a shared printer function list screen displayed on the Web browser 111. As shown in FIG. 8, the user can view a list of functions of each printer and functions that can be set for printing on the Web browser 111 screen of the client 110.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing detailed processing of step S202 shown in FIG. First, the user selects an output destination printer for printing the document data 112 on the screen as shown in FIG. 8 (S401). Specifically, an output destination printer is determined by pressing a “select” button arranged next to the name of the printer to be printed, and a display request for a print setting input screen in the output destination printer is transmitted.

  Next, when the Web application 102 receives a print setting input screen display request (S402), the print setting input screen data 142 is generated with reference to the print setting possible item table 109 (S403). Specifically, for all print setting items that can be known in advance, it is determined based on the print setting item table 107 whether or not each print setting item can be used by the selected output destination printer. When it is determined that the user can use the user interface data, user interface data (for example, radio buttons and combo box items) for performing print settings is added to the print setting input screen data 109.

  When all the print setting items have been checked, the generated print setting input screen data 142 is transmitted to the Web browser 111 of the client 110 (S404) and displayed on the display unit.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print setting input screen displayed on the Web browser 111. As shown in FIG. 9, a print setting input screen similar to the UI of the printer driver is displayed on the Web browser 111, so that the user can input print settings at the time of printing.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing detailed processing of step S203 shown in FIG. On the print setting input screen shown in FIG. 9, first, the document data 112 to be printed is designated (S501). To specify, enter a character string concatenating the file path and file name in the client 110 of the document data 112, such as “C: \ Image \ sample.bmp” in a text box named “print data”. And do it. It is also possible to selectively input a file path and a file name by pressing a “reference” button arranged beside the text box.

  Here, when the document data 112 to be printed is determined, print setting is performed (S502). Since a UI depending on the printer selected as the output destination is displayed on the Web browser 111, desired print settings can be input by operating controls such as radio buttons and combo boxes. When the application-dependent document data designation and the print setting input are completed, the “print” button is pressed, the document data 112 and the print setting information 113 are transmitted from the Web browser 111 (S503), and a print request is issued.

  As described above, a binary file such as the document data 112 can be transmitted to the server 100 without performing a special operation using a function such as HTTP upload provided in the Web browser 111.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing detailed processing of step S204 shown in FIG. First, when a print request is received, the print application 103 to be activated is determined from the file format of the document data 112 (S601). Then, the document data 112 is transferred as input, EMF printing is performed using any of the default print settings of the output destination printer drivers 104a, 104b, and 104c, and a job is issued (S602). Here, EMF is an image file format that is intermediate on the operating system of Microsoft Corp. in which the drawing command received from the application by the printer driver is recorded with almost no conversion. EMF printing refers to a printing method in which a drawing command is spooled in the EMF data format without being converted into print data depending on the printer model.

  It should be noted that what is actually spooled is a spool file of a format depending on the operating system containing the EMF data, and this is called an EMF spool file 151. Normally, when EMF printing is performed, the EMF spool file 151 is immediately redrawn by the operating system. In order to prevent this, the job is temporarily stopped (S603).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing detailed processing of step S205 shown in FIG. First, when it is confirmed that a job has been input to the spooler 105 (YES in S701), the reprint service 106 cancels the job (S702). Next, it is determined whether or not the EMF spool file 151 of the job includes EMF data. If included (YES in S703), the process proceeds to step S704. If not included, this process is terminated. Based on the print setting information 113 passed through the Web application 102 in step S704, the print control program 107 is used to reflect the user-desired print settings to any of the output destination printer drivers 104a, 104b, 104c. Then, the EMF data contained in the read EMF spool file is printed on the printer driver reflecting the print settings (S705).

In printing by the reprint service 106, the drawing command is converted into print data in a format that can be decoded by the printer by the printer driver, and is sent to one of the printers 120 a, 120 b, and 120 c through the network 130 through the spooler 105. In the first embodiment, three network shared printers are connected. However, in principle, this network printing system can be realized no matter how many printers are connected. Further, even when a plurality of client computers are connected and there are a plurality of users who perform printing, the present network printing system can be similarly realized.

  As described above, in a network printing system that prints application-dependent document data using a Web browser, output can be performed according to user-desired print settings.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the configuration of the network printing system in the second embodiment is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. 1 described in the first embodiment.

  Hereinafter, the printing process of the network printing system according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. This process is a process executed by the server 100 when the user starts the Web browser 111 of the client 110 and prints image data by the printer 120.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing overall printing processing in the second embodiment. First, in step S1001, the Web application 102 in the server 100 receives a display request for a shared printer function list screen in the network from the Web browser 111 in the user client 110 through the Web server 101. Then, the print control program 107 is activated to dynamically check the print setting items that can be set by the installed printer drivers 104a, 104b, and 104c, and the settable print setting possible item table 109 is generated. Based on this table 109, shared printer function list screen data 141 is generated, transmitted to the Web browser 111, and displayed on the display unit of the client 110.

  In step S1002, the user selects one of the printers 120a, 120b, and 120c as a print output destination on the Web browser 111, and requests the Web application 102 to display a print setting input screen. On the other hand, when the Web application 102 receives the display request, print setting input screen data 142 is generated based on the print setting available item table 109, transmitted to the Web browser 111, and displayed on the display unit of the client 110.

  In step S1003, the user designates the location (file path and file name) of image data in the client 110 on the above-described print setting input screen. Then, when the print setting of the output destination printer is input and a print request is made, both the image data and the print setting information 113 are transmitted.

  Finally, in step S1004, when the Web application 102 receives the image data and the print setting information 113, the print application 103 is activated. Then, by using the print control program 107, the print setting information 113 desired by the user is reflected in one of the printer drivers 104a, 104b, and 104c corresponding to the output destination printer, and a drawing command is issued. As a result of the processing by the printer driver, the output print data passes through the spooler 105 and is transmitted to one of the printers 120a, 120b, and 120c via the network 130.

  Next, further detailed processing of steps S1001 to S1004 described above will be described in order.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing detailed processing of step S1001 shown in FIG. Similar to the first embodiment, a user who uses the network printing service from the client 110 executes the Web application 102 which is an interface of the service by inputting a predetermined URL.

  First, when the Web application 102 is activated by the user through the Web server 101, the Web application 102 receives a display request for a shared printer function list screen as in the first embodiment (S1101). Then, the capability and function of each shared printer capable of printing are checked (S1102). If it is determined that the printer cannot be controlled by the print control program 107 (NO in S1103), the printer is excluded from the printers to be printed, and as a result, is not displayed on the shared printer function list screen.

  On the other hand, if control is possible by the print control program 107 (YES in S1103), print setting items available for the printer are acquired (S1104), and the item list is added to the available print setting available item table 109 (S1104). S1105). When all the network shared printers are checked (YES in S1106), the shared printer function list screen data 141 is created based on the table 109 as in the first embodiment (S1107). Then, the data is transmitted to the Web browser 111 on the client 110 (S1108) and displayed on the display unit of the client 110.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing detailed processing of step S1002 shown in FIG. First, the user selects an output destination printer for printing image data on a screen as shown in FIG. 8 (S1201). This printer selection operation is the same as in the first embodiment.

  Next, when the Web application 102 receives a print setting input screen display request (S1202), the print setting possible item table 109 is referred to (S1203), and each print setting item is examined (S1204). If the print setting item can be used here (YES in S1205), the item is added to the print setting input screen data 142 (S1206). When all the print setting items have been checked (YES in S1207), the generated print setting input screen data 142 is transmitted to the Web browser 111 of the client 110 (S1208) and displayed on the display unit.

  What should be noted is that the print setting input screen shown in FIG. 9, that is, the UI on the Web browser, dynamically changes according to the model of the selected output destination printer. For example, if a model having double-sided printing or stapling printing function is selected, the setting item is displayed, and conversely, the setting item is not displayed for a model having no such function. That is, a UI depending on each network shared printer 120a, 120b, 120c or corresponding printer driver 104a, 104b, 104c is displayed on the Web browser 111.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing detailed processing of step S1003 shown in FIG. In the print setting input screen shown in FIG. 9, first, image data to be printed is designated (S1301). To specify, enter a character string concatenating the file path and file name in the client 110 of the image data, such as “C: \ Image \ sample.bmp”, in a text box named “print data”. Do it. It is also possible to selectively input a file path and a file name by pressing a “reference” button arranged beside the text box.

  Here, when the image data to be printed is determined, the print setting is performed as in the first embodiment (S1302). When the designation of image data and the input of print settings are completed, a “print” button is pressed, image data and print setting information 113 are transmitted from the Web browser 111 (S1303), and a print request is issued.

  In this manner, a file such as image data can be transmitted to the server 100 without performing a special operation using a function such as HTTP upload provided in the Web browser 111.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing detailed processing of step S1004 shown in FIG. First, when a print request is received, the print application 103 is activated (S1401), and image data and print setting information 113 are passed as inputs. Then, the print application 103 decodes the print setting information 113 and reflects the print setting set by the user in the printer driver 104 using the print control program 107 (S1402). Next, image data is printed (S1403), and an operating system drawing command is issued to the printer driver.

  The drawing command is converted into print data in a format decipherable by the printer by the printer driver, and is transmitted to one of the output destination printers 120, 121, and 122 through the spooler 106 of the operating system. Here, since the print data 110 reflects the print setting information 113, information such as “perform double-sided printing” and “staple stop” is transmitted at the time of decoding by the printer device, and as a result, the print desired by the user is transmitted. Output can be obtained.

  As described above, even in a network printing system using a Web browser, a user can be provided with a print setting input UI depending on the capabilities of each printer, and printing can be performed according to user-desired print settings.

  Even if the present invention is applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices (for example, a host computer, an interface device, a reader, a printer, etc.), it is applied to an apparatus (for example, a copier, a facsimile machine, etc.) composed of a single device. It may be applied.

  In addition, a recording medium in which a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is recorded is supplied to the system or apparatus, and the computer (CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus stores the program code stored in the recording medium. Read and execute. It goes without saying that the object of the present invention can also be achieved by this.

  In this case, the program code itself read from the recording medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the recording medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

  As a recording medium for supplying the program code, for example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

  In addition, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized, but also the following cases are included. That is, based on the instruction of the program code, an OS (operating system) running on the computer performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing. .

  Further, the program code read from the recording medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer. After that, based on the instruction of the program code, the CPU of the function expansion board or function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the function of the above-described embodiment is realized by the processing. Needless to say.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the network printing system in embodiment. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an overall printing process in the first embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed process of step S201 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed process of step S202 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed process of step S203 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed process of step S204 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed process of step S205 shown in FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a shared printer function list screen displayed on a Web browser 111. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print setting input screen displayed on a Web browser 111. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating overall printing processing according to the second embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed process of step S1001 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed process of step S1002 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed process of step S1003 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed process of step S1004 shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

100 Server Computer 101 Web Server 102 Web Application 103 Print Application 104 Printer Driver 105 Spooler 106 Reprint Service 107 Print Control Program 108 Print Settable Item Database 109 Print Settable Item Table 110 Client Computer 111 Web Browser 112 Document Data 113 Print Setting Information 120 Network shared printer 130 Network

Claims (11)

A printing system,
A client device that sets an output destination printer and print setting information based on information about a printer and print settings provided from the server device, and transmits the set print setting information and data depending on an application for printing to the server device When,
In response to a request from the client device, information related to a printer on the network and print settings is provided, and data dependent on the application is converted into print data based on the print setting information transmitted from the client device, A server device for sending to the output destination printer;
And a printer that receives the print data and performs print output according to the print setting information.   The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the server device generates print setting information usable by the output destination printer in response to a request from a Web browser in the client device.   The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the server device includes a transmission unit that generates information for displaying a screen indicating a printer function list from the information related to the printer, and transmits the information to the client device. .   2. The server apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a transmission unit that generates information for displaying a print setting input screen from information related to print settings of a printer driver corresponding to the printer, and transmits the information to the client apparatus. The printing system described in.   In response to a request from the Web browser of the client device, the server device prints data dependent on the application with the print settings of the printer driver by the application, and intermediate image format data included in a spooled spool file The printing system according to claim 1, further comprising: a print control unit that prints a file based on the print setting information. A server device,
Providing means for providing information on a printer on the network and information on print settings in response to a request from a client device;
Receiving means for receiving print setting information of the printer set on the client device based on the provided information and data depending on an application for printing;
A server apparatus comprising: a transmission unit that converts the data into print data based on the received print setting information and transmits the print data to the printer. A client device,
Receiving means for making a request to the server device and receiving information on the printer on the network and information on print settings from the server device;
Setting means for setting print setting information of the printer on the network based on the received information;
A client apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit the set print setting information and data depending on an application for printing to the server apparatus. A server device print setting method comprising:
A providing step for providing information on a printer on the network and information on print settings in response to a request from the client device;
A receiving step of receiving print setting information of a printer set on the client device based on the provided information and data depending on an application that performs printing;
And a transmission step of converting the data into print data based on the received print setting information and transmitting the print data to the printer. A print setting method for a client device,
A receiving step of making a request to the server device and receiving information on the printer on the network and information on print settings from the server device;
A setting step for setting print setting information of a printer on the network based on the received information;
A print setting method comprising: a transmission step of transmitting the set print setting information and data depending on an application for printing to the server device.   A program for causing a computer to execute the print setting method according to claim 8 or 9.   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the program of Claim 10.

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