JP2015111376A - Information processing apparatus, program, and control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To store and use IDs, passwords, and the name of users being logged in to an information processing apparatus, as sets, even in an environment where a file in which a printer driver can write information is limited, so as to improve the convenience of the users.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus sets IDs and passwords used as initial values in print processing; stores the IDs, the passwords, and the name of users being logged in to the apparatus, as sets, in a file in which a printer driver can write information even when any of a plurality of users who can log in to the apparatus logs in to and starts up the apparatus; and displays, of the stored sets, the ID and password included in the set determined to include the description of the same user name as the name of the user being logged in to the apparatus, as initial values.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for storing an ID and a password.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228561 discloses a technique for displaying a screen for inputting a user name and password on a host computer and transmitting print data including the user name and password input via the screen to a printer.

JP-A-11-2127744

  From the viewpoint of cost reduction of printed materials, for example, consider a system that manages the printing status for each department of the company. In such a system, for example, as in Patent Document 1, it is possible to specify the user (ID) that has printed by transmitting print data including an ID such as a user name and a password to the printer. However, when the user name and password are input as in Patent Document 1, for example, if the user name and password are input every time printing is performed, the operation is complicated for the user.

  Also, depending on the environment in which the printer driver operates, the files that can be written by the printer driver may be restricted due to security concerns. An example of the restriction is a case where the printer driver cannot write a file to a folder that exists for each user. In such an environment, even if the ID and password are saved in order to divert the ID and password used at the previous printing in the second and subsequent printing, they cannot be saved as a file for each user.

  Therefore, in the present invention, even in an environment where files that can be written by the printer driver are restricted, the convenience of the user is improved by saving and using the ID, password, and user name logged in to the information processing apparatus as a set. The purpose is to let you.

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention provides:
Setting means for setting an ID and a password used as initial values in the printing process;
Among a plurality of users who can log in to the information processing apparatus, the ID, the password, and the information processing apparatus are logged in a file that can be written in common by any printer driver regardless of which user logs in and starts up. Saving means for saving a user name as a set;
A judging unit for judging whether or not there is a set in which the same user name as the user name logged in to the information processing apparatus exists among the stored sets;
And display means for displaying an ID and a password included in the set determined by the determination means as having the same user name as initial values.

  According to the present invention, even in an environment where files that can be written by the printer driver are limited, the convenience of the user is improved by storing and using the ID, password, and user name logged in to the information processing apparatus as a set. Can be made.

Printing system Client computer block diagram Printer driver module configuration diagram Britan driver installation method flowchart Print queue registration method flowchart Display example of the printer list dialog Display example of printer registration dialog Printer driver system configuration diagram Registration queue file Printer specification file Registered printer specification file (A) OS system folder display example (b) Printer queue list display example (c) Printer driver display example 1 (d) Printer driver display example 2 (A) Display example 1 of the printer driver utility (b) Printer specification description file department management information description example 1 (A) Flow chart showing operation of printer driver utility 1 (b) Flow chart showing operation of printer driver (A) Printer driver display example during department management printing (b) Detailed setting dialog display example 1 during department management printing (A) Printer driver utility display example 2 (b) Printer driver display example 3 (c) Detailed setting dialog display example during secure printing (d) Printer specification description file department management secure information description example Flowchart 2 showing the operation of the printer driver utility Printer specification description file department management information description example 2

[Example 1]
1 to 16 show an embodiment according to the present invention.

[System configuration]
FIG. 1 shows an example of a printing system to which the present invention is applied. Reference numeral 104 denotes a network. A client computer 101 as an example of an information processing apparatus and printers 102 and 103 are connected to the network. An operating system (hereinafter abbreviated as OS), an application, and a printer driver are installed in the client computer 101. With this system, the user can send user data from the client computer 101 to the printer 102 or 103 for printing.

  FIG. 2 is an internal block diagram of the client computer 101. In the figure, 201 represents the client computer 101. Inside the client computer is a central processing unit (CPU) 203, a RAM as a volatile memory 204, a ROM as a nonvolatile memory 205, a keyboard controller 206, a mouse controller 207, a video controller 208, and an external 209 It comprises a storage device controller, an external media device controller 210, and a network I / F controller 211. A keyboard 212 and a mouse 213 for the user to operate the client computer are connected to a keyboard controller 206 and a mouse controller 207 of the client computer 201, respectively. The display device 214 is connected to the video controller 208 of the client computer. A non-volatile external storage device 215 for storing a large amount of data is connected to the external storage controller 209, and applications and data are read and written. Reference numeral 210 denotes an external media device controller. When an application, driver software, or the like is provided on an external medium (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM) or the like, the user can send media such as a CD-ROM to the external media controller 216. To load the program. The network described with reference to FIG. 1 is connected to a network interface controller 209 and communicates with other devices.

  Usually, an initial program for starting the client computer and a basic program for controlling each module of the client computer 201 are stored in the ROM 205. The OS, application, and printer driver are stored in the external storage device 215. When the client computer is turned on, a program (boot loader) for starting up the computer stored in the ROM 205 is executed first, and the OS stored in the external storage device is loaded into the RAM 204. The control right is transferred to the OS. The OS further reads necessary modules and drivers from the external storage device 215 into the RAM 204. Further, a required application is read from the external storage device 215 to the RAM 204 and executed in accordance with a user instruction. As a result, the software configuration of the client computer 101 as shown in FIG. 8 and the processing of each step of the flowchart described later are realized.

  The printer driver and the printer driver installer described in the present embodiment are supplied by an external medium such as a CD-ROM as an example. A CD-ROM or the like is set in the external media control device 216, and the CPU 203 performs the process as needed. The data is read into the RAM 204 or stored in the external storage device 215.

[Printer Driver Installation and Print Queue Registration]
Next, the printer driver will be described.

  The printer driver prepared at the time of installation is composed of modules as shown in FIG. A printer driver 301 includes a graphic rendering module 302, a UI control module 303, a printer specification description file 304, a color processing module 305, and an input / output control module 306. Depending on the function of the printer driver, it may be composed of other modules.

  There are several ways to create this printer driver. For example, in order to support a plurality of printers with one printer driver, the graphic rendering module 302 and the UI control module 303 are prepared so as to be compatible with a plurality of printers. The printer specification description file 304 is bundled with the printer driver for the corresponding printer. In such a method, the UI control module 303 displays and controls the UI in accordance with the printer specification description file 304. The graphic rendering module 302 is configured to issue a page description language and a printer control command suitable for each printer.

Next, a procedure for installing the printer driver having such a configuration in the client computer 201 will be described. FIG. 4 shows a printer driver installation procedure. It is assumed that the user prepares a CD-ROM in which the printer driver is stored or obtains a printer driver installer via the network. In step 401 (displayed as “S401” in FIG. 4 and so on), the printer driver installer is activated in accordance with a user instruction. Based on this operation, in step 402, the installer stores the printer driver module in a predetermined location in the external storage device. Although the storage location differs depending on the printing system, as an example, in the CUPS (Common Unix (registered trademark) Printing System), the printer driver module is stored for each vendor under the / Library / Printers / directory. Furthermore, it is also possible to store the printer driver types separately under the directory for each vendor. For example, when there are different printer drivers named PDL1 and PDL2 from the vendor ABC, / Library / Printers / ABC / PDL1 /
/ Library / Printers / ABC / PDL2 /
This directory can be created and the printer driver can be stored under that directory. That is, step 402 is an operation for storing the printer driver module in the directory of the external storage device 215.

  This completes the installation of the printer driver, but in order to actually output to the printer, the user needs to register the printer using the printer driver. FIG. 5 shows a procedure for registering a print queue. A flow is demonstrated along this procedure, using a required figure.

  In step 501, the OS opens a printer list dialog according to a user instruction. In this step, the OS reads the program code for printer registration from the external storage device 215 to the RAM 204 and executes it.

  FIG. 6 shows a printer list dialog displayed by the OS. This dialog has a registered print queue list 602 for displaying a list of currently registered printers, and a printer detail display area 603 for displaying detailed information of the printer selected in the registered print queue list 602. Reference numeral 604 denotes a button for registering a print queue, and reference numeral 605 denotes a button for deleting the printer currently selected in the registered print queue list 602. Reference numeral 606 denotes a button for closing this dialog.

  Next, in step 502, the OS accepts pressing of the print queue addition button 604 of the printer registration dialog 601 by the user. By this user operation, the OS displays a printer registration dialog in step 503. In response to the dialog displayed here, in step 504, the OS accepts input of necessary information, selection of a printer driver, and pressing of a printer addition button.

  FIG. 7 shows a print queue registration dialog displayed by the OS. In the print queue registration dialog 701, reference numeral 702 denotes a control for designating a network address (IP address in this example) of a connected printer. Reference numeral 703 denotes a control for inputting a printer name for identifying a print queue. Reference numeral 704 denotes a control for inputting a location where the printer is installed. The printer name 703 and the printer location 704 are character strings used when displayed in the registered print queue list 602 and the printer details 603. Reference numeral 705 denotes a control for designating a printer driver to be used when registering a print queue. As for the printer drivers listed here, the OS lists printer drivers stored in the printer driver storage directory (/ Library / Printers) of the OS described above. In the example of FIG. 7, the address is 192.168.1.10, the print queue name is “PrinterC”, the location is “2F”, and “ABC PDL1” is selected as the printer driver. If an add button 706 is clicked in this state, the OS adds a print queue. Note that a dialog close button 707 is clicked to close this dialog without adding.

  In step 505, the OS registers the print queue specified by the user in the system. This step will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 8 is a system block diagram showing a state in which a printer driver has already been installed and a print queue has been registered. In FIG. 8, a graphic rendering module 803 is a graphic rendering module 302 of a printer driver installed in a predetermined directory (/ Library / Printers /) of the OS by the above-described procedure. Similarly, the UI control module 805 is the UI control module 303 of the installed printer driver. The color processing module 804 is a color processing control module 305 of the installed printer driver. The input / output control module 808 is an input / output control module 306 of the installed printer driver. The printer specification description file 806 is the original printer specification description file 304 of the installed printer driver. Note that the back-end module 807 is provided by the OS, and is a module for passing the print data generated by the graphic rendering module 803 to the input / output control module 808 for transmitting to the printer. Further, the print queue registration information 809, the printer specification description file 810, and the print queue print setting information 811 are generated by the OS in the printer registration process of FIG. 5, and the details will be described below.

  In step 505 described above, the OS 802 collects information of the printer addition dialog and performs printer registration. This registration is performed as follows.

  FIG. 9 is a file in which information of a print queue to be registered is described, and is described in a markup language. Reference numeral 901 denotes a print queue identifier, which indicates a printer address followed by a printer name and an underscore. Reference numeral 902 denotes the name of the printer. Reference numeral 903 denotes a location. Reference numeral 904 denotes a protocol and an address. In this example, print data is transmitted to an address of 192.168.1.10 by the lpd protocol. Reference numeral 905 denotes a printer driver name (ABC PDL1 in this case) used by this printer. Reference numeral 906 indicates that the description of the printer is completed. In step 505, the OS adds this description, and appends the print queue information to a predetermined file in the external storage device 215. For example, in the CUPS system, the predetermined file is a printers.file stored in the / etc / cups / directory. Recording is performed in a conf file. This is the print queue registration information 809 described above. If multiple print queues are registered, printers. In conf, the description of FIG. 9 is repeated for each corresponding printer for the print queue.

  In step 505, the OS registers a printer specification description file 806 in the system. In FIG. 8, the OS 802 obtains a printer specification description file 806 of the printer to be registered from the UI control module 805 of the printer driver, and registers it in a predetermined system location prepared for each print queue.

  Before describing the method for registering the printer specification description file 806, the printer specification description file 806 itself will be described. FIG. 10 shows an example of the printer specification description file 806. This file is described according to the printer specification description format. Hereinafter, the description content of FIG. 10 will be described with reference to the format. Reference numeral 1001 denotes a comment. The comment starts with “*%”. Reference numeral 1002 denotes a vendor name. Reference numeral 1003 denotes a printer name. Reference numeral 1004 denotes a page description language corresponding to the printer name 1003. Reference numeral 1005 denotes a printer driver version.

  After this, the functional specifications of this printer are described. The functional specification is one function from the * OpenUI line to the * CloseUI line. * OpenUI is followed by a function name with “*” added at the beginning, followed by “:” after the function name to indicate options for selecting the function. This type includes “PickOne” and “Boolean”, and “PickOne” represents a function for selecting one of the options. “Boolean” indicates that this function is controlled by On / Off. In 1006, there is a function * PageSize, which indicates that one of the options is selected. The next line after 1006 describes the default value of this function. The line 1007 starts with “* Default”, followed by the function name defined in the previous line. A row 1007 indicates that the default function of PageSize is A4. From the next line up to 1010 * CloseUI, this function option is described in one line. For example, 1008 indicates that A3 is one of the options of PageSize. Note that page size options are similarly described between the lines 1009 and 1010, and the page size options are omitted in FIG. 10 because there are many page size options. The last description of this function is 1010. After the description of * CloseUI in the 1010 line, the function name described in * OpenUI in the 1006 line is described. This represents a single function.

  The following 1011 to 1016 are descriptions of another function. Although a duplicate description is omitted, this block has a function called Duplex, which selects one of the options, and represents that the option is selected from None, Simplex, and Duplex. Actually, this expresses a function for specifying double-sided printing, and None is not specified. Therefore, Simplex means single-sided printing and Duplex means double-sided printing according to the printer default setting.

  Next, a method for registering the printer specification description file 806 by the OS will be described. The OS acquires the printer specification description file 806 corresponding to the printer from the UI control module 805 and stores it in a predetermined location of the system. FIG. 11 shows the storage location and the file. The storage location is the / etc / cups / ppd / directory of the external storage device 215, and the file to be stored is the file name with the printer name as the file name, followed by the printer address after the underscore. The added printer specification description file 810 is “PrinterC — 192.168.1.10 — .ppd” 1104. In FIG. 8, the OS 802 indicates that an original printer specification description file 806 is stored as a printer specification description file 810 stored in units of print queues. The printer driver refers to or writes to the common printer specification description file 810 regardless of which user can log in to the client computer 101.

  Through the above steps, registration of the print queue is completed.

[Printer Driver Utility]
Next, a printer driver utility screen 1300 used when reading / writing user information from / to the printer specification description file 810 and printing from the print queue will be described.

  A procedure until the printer driver utility screen 1300 is displayed will be described with reference to FIGS. 12A to 12D.

  In FIG. 12A, the user activates a function 1201 (indicated as “print and scan” in the figure) out of the environment settings 1200 managed by the OS 802 by double-clicking the mouse 213 or the like. To do. As a result, the print and scan dialog shown in FIG. Further, the user selects a print queue to be used from the print queue list 1211 registered in the OS 802, and then clicks a button 1212 (indicated as “option and supply” in the figure) for displaying information regarding the print queue. select. Next, when the user clicks a button 1221 (indicated as “utility” in the figure) for opening the printer driver utility in the screen 1220 of FIG. 12-c displayed, the screen is displayed. Transition to 12- (d). Further, when the user clicks a button 1231 displayed on the screen 1230 (shown as “Open Printer Utility” in the figure), a printer driver utility screen 1300 shown in FIG. 13A is displayed.

  The printer driver utility has a function of reading and displaying the contents recorded in the printer specification description file 810 prepared for each queue and recording the contents input on the screen 1300. The contents input and recorded in the printer specification description file 810 from the printer driver utility can be reflected in the display on the UI control module 303 of the printer driver.

  FIG. 13A is an example of an overall view of the screen 1300 of the printer driver utility, and displays information necessary for department management printing. Reference numeral 1301 denotes a check box (switch) for whether or not department management printing is to be performed. When this is selected (check is On) and the print button in FIG. The print data includes a department ID that uniquely represents the user's department and a password unique to the user entered in 1303 (a personal identification number in the figure). The password in this specification may be a password or a character string such as an alphabetic character. Also, the password may be displayed using characters that cannot be identified by the user, such as medium black or asterisk, or a character string input by the user may be displayed as it is.

  FIG. 13B is an example of the user name, department ID, and password described in the printer specification description file 810.

  Reference numeral 1311 denotes a user name, 1312 denotes a department ID, and 1313 denotes a password, which are expressed as a pair of a key (before the colon in the figure) and a value (after the colon in the figure). Hereinafter, for the purpose of explanation, a combination of a user name, a department ID, and a password is referred to as a set. In the case where there are department IDs and passwords corresponding to a plurality of users, such sets are described in the lines after 1313 as many as the number of users.

  Note that the department ID and password are not registered as they are, but may be encrypted and stored in consideration of security as long as the printer driver can be read. The user name 1311 is generally registered as a user name used when logging in, but is not limited thereto.

  FIG. 14A illustrates the operation flow of the printer driver utility.

  In step 1401, when the user performs an operation according to the procedure described for displaying the screen 1300 in FIG. 13A, the OS activates a dialog of the printer driver utility. In step 1402, a search is made as to whether or not there is a key relating to each of the department management ID and password prepared in the printer specification description file 810 (denoted as “PPD” in the figure, the same applies hereinafter). In step 1403, as a result of the search, the printer driver utility determines whether values are recorded in both the department management ID and the password key. If values are recorded in both the department management ID and the password key, the user name set in the user name key is also acquired in step 1404. The user name acquired in step 1404 is compared with the currently logged-in user name managed by the OS (step 1405). If the user name acquired in step 1404 matches the name of the currently logged-in user, in step 1406, the department management ID 1302 and password 1303 shown in FIG. Is displayed. On the other hand, if the user names do not match in the user name comparison in step 1405, the department management ID and password acquired in step 1404 are not displayed (step 1407). More specifically, in step 1407, the printer driver utility displays the department management ID 1302 and the password 1303 shown in FIG. 13- (a) as blanks and prompts the user to newly input them. Finally, when the user presses the save setting button in FIG. 13A, in step 1408, the entered department management ID 1302 and password 1303 values are saved as a set together with the name of the logged-in user. The set saved in step 1408 is used as an initial value in the print processing (FIG. 14B) of the printer driver described later. As described above, the storage method is as described with reference to FIG. Thereafter, the operation of the printer driver utility is terminated.

[Description of printer driver operation]
Next, the operation of the printer driver 301 will be described with reference to FIGS. 14B and 15A.

  In step 1411, the OS 802 activates the printer driver according to a print instruction from the user. As a result, the print dialog 1500 shown in FIG. 15A is displayed by the OS 802 and the printer driver.

When the user performs department management printing, the pull-down 1501 in FIG. 15A can be switched to a setting classified as “special processing” using a mouse or the like. In the case of department management printing, a check of “use department ID management function” 1502 is displayed as On, and when the user presses a “setting” button 1503, 1511 in FIG. Dialog is displayed. The department management ID 1512 and password 1513 displayed as initial values in the dialog 1511 are the department management ID 1312 and password 1313 corresponding to the user name 1311 in the printer specification description file 810 that is the same as the login user name. Further, in the steps described below, an example will be described in which the “confirm authentication information during printing” check box is set to be valid in the settings of the dialog 1511.
Note that when the OK button is pressed in the dialog 1511, the department management ID 1512 and the password 1513 may be transmitted to the printer, and authentication by the printer may be performed in advance.

  Thereafter, when the print button is pressed in the print dialog 1500, in step 1412, it is determined from the information described in the printer specification description file 810 whether department management printing is performed.

  In step 1413, the user name 1311, department management ID 1312, and password 1313 described in the printer specification description file 810 are acquired. When a plurality of sets are described in the printer specification description file 810, a plurality of sets are acquired. In step 1414, it is determined whether the user name acquired in step 1413 matches the name of the currently logged-in user managed by the OS. If a plurality of sets are described in the printer specification description file 810, it is determined whether or not there is a set in which a user name that matches the currently logged-in user name exists among the plurality of sets.

  If it is determined in step 1414 that the user name acquired in step 1413 matches the currently logged-in user name managed by the OS, in step 1415 the printer driver determines the department management ID and password. A dialog 1511 for inquiring is displayed. At this time, the printer driver displays the department management ID and password of the dialog with the values acquired in step 1413 as initial values. If a plurality of sets are described in the printer specification description file 810, the department management ID and password included in the set including the user name that matches the currently logged in user name among the plurality of sets are set as initial values. To display.

  Note that the settings of the “Confirm authentication information when printing” check box and the “Do not perform department ID management when monochrome (monochrome) designation” check boxes in the dialog 1511 displayed in step 1413 are changed from the next printing. It is reflected in the setting.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the user names do not match in the user name comparison in step 1414, the printer driver similarly displays a dialog for inquiring the department management ID and password. However, in the case of step 1416, without displaying the department management ID and password acquired in step 1413, the printer driver displays the department management ID and password in the dialog box blank and prompts the user to enter a new one. .

  Finally, in step 1417, the print job including the value input by the user via the dialog displayed in step 1415 or step 1416 is transmitted to the printer 102 or 103, and the operation of the printer driver is ended.

  Note that the department management ID 1512 and the password 1513 may be transmitted to the printer before the print job is transmitted in step 1417, and authentication by the printer may be performed in advance. In such a configuration, a print job is transmitted after receiving a result indicating that the authentication by the printer is successful.

  It should be noted that the check box of “Do not perform department ID management when monochrome (monochrome) designation” in the printer driver utility screen 1300 in FIG. 13A is selected (check On: check Off in the figure). If the user sets the print setting to monochrome and executes print processing, the processing and determination of each step described in steps 1412 to 1416 in FIG. The operation is equivalent to the printing operation. If the user always sets the print setting to monochrome and executes print processing without providing such a check box, the department management printing described in steps 1412 to 1416 in FIG. Therefore, it may be configured not to perform the processing / determination of each step.

  A procedure at the time of designating secure print (confidential print) will be described with reference to FIGS. 16A to 16D. Secure printing means that when a user inputs a user name and a password for secure printing described below by the time of printing, even if a print job is sent to the printer 102 or 103, printing is not performed immediately. This is a function that allows a user who has sent a job to input a user name and a password to perform printing without others seeing the printed matter.

  FIG. 16A shows a display example when secure printing is designated by the printer driver utility. The user name is designated by 1602. Also, a password for secure printing (indicated as “password” in the figure) is entered in 1603. FIG. 16B shows a screen 1611 when secure printing is designated by the printer driver. On the screen 1611, secure print is designated as the job processing method 1612. FIG. 16C is a display example of a dialog 1613 displayed after the print button is pressed on the screen 1611.

  FIG. 16D is an example of a user name, a department ID, a department management password, and a secure print password described in the printer specification description file 810. 1621 is a user name, 1622 is a department ID, 1623 is a department management password, and 1624 is a password for secure printing in the form of a key (before the colon in the figure) and a value (after the colon in the figure). It is represented by

  Note that the operation of the printer driver when the secure print is designated is the same as that shown in FIG.

[Example 2]
In this embodiment, for example, when the department management ID and password of user A have already been saved in the printer specification description file 810, the case where the department management ID and password of user B are newly saved in the printer specification description file 810 will be described. To do.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the second embodiment.

  In addition, about the same process as the step already demonstrated using Fig.14 (a), the number same as the number of the already demonstrated step is provided, and description is abbreviate | omitted unless there is particular notice.

  Whether the department management ID and password entered in step 1407 and confirmed by pressing the “OK” button or the like are the same values as those acquired from the printer specification description file 810 in step 1404 are compared in step 1701. As a result of the comparison in step 1701, if the input department management ID and password are the same values as those obtained from the printer specification description file 810 in step 1404, then in step 1702, 1801 in FIG. As described above, the name of the currently logged-in user is added to the printer specification description file 810. Note that in 1801 of FIG. 18, the user name is separated by a comma “,”, but the separation method is not limited to this.

(Other examples)
The present invention can also be realized by executing the following processing.

  That is, software (program) that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or apparatus via a network or various storage media, and a computer (or CPU, MPU, or the like) of the system or apparatus reads the program. It is a process to be executed.

Claims (13)

An information processing apparatus,
Setting means for setting an ID and a password used as initial values in the printing process;
Among a plurality of users who can log in to the information processing apparatus, the ID, the password, and the information processing apparatus are logged in a file that can be written in common by any printer driver regardless of which user logs in and starts up. Saving means for saving a user name as a set;
A judging unit for judging whether or not there is a set in which the same user name as the user name logged in to the information processing apparatus exists among the stored sets;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display an ID and a password included in a set determined by the determination unit as having the same user name as an initial value.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the ID and the password are used in department management printing, and when the department management printing is not instructed, determination by the determination unit is not performed.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the user sets the print setting to monochrome and executes print processing, the determination by the determination unit is not performed.   The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the storage unit stores the set including a password for confidential printing.   When the ID and password that the storage means is to newly store are already stored as a set in the file, the user name logged in the information processing apparatus is added to the user name of the set that has already been stored The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is additionally recorded.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the password in a state in which the user cannot identify the password. A program executed on a computer,
In the computer,
A setting step for setting an ID and a password used as initial values in the printing process;
Among a plurality of users who can log in to the computer, the ID, the password, and the user name logged in to the computer in a file that can be written in common by any printer driver regardless of which user logs in and starts up Save process to save as a set,
A determination step of determining whether there is a set in which the same user name as the user name logged in to the computer exists among the stored sets;
A program for executing a display step of displaying, as initial values, an ID and a password included in a set determined to have the same user name in the determination step.   8. The program according to claim 7, wherein the ID and the password are used for department management printing, and when the department management printing is not instructed, the determination by the determination step is not performed.   9. The program according to claim 7, wherein when the user sets the print setting to monochrome and executes a printing process, the determination by the determination step is not performed.   The program according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the storing step stores the set including a password for confidential printing.   When the ID and password to be newly saved in the saving step are already saved as a set in the file, the user name logged in to the computer is added to the user name of the set already saved. The program according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein:   The program according to any one of claims 7 to 11, wherein the display step displays the password in a state that the user cannot identify. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus,
A setting step for setting an ID and a password used as initial values in the printing process;
Among a plurality of users who can log in to the information processing apparatus, the ID, the password, and the information processing apparatus are logged in a file that can be written in common by any printer driver regardless of which user logs in and starts up. Saving process to save the user name as a set,
A determination step of determining whether there is a set in which the same user name as the user name logged in to the information processing apparatus exists among the stored sets;
A control method comprising: a display step of displaying an ID and a password included in a set determined to have the same user name in the determination step as initial values.

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