JP2017013355A - Print control device, control method of printer, program, and printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a print control device which can prevent sheet information unintended by a user of an external device with respect to the print control device from being transmitted to the external device from the print control device.SOLUTION: A print control device transmits sheet information stored in the print control device (604) when prescribed registration of sheet information is performed in accordance with an instruction (601) from an external device (602: NO); and does not transmit the sheet information (603) when the prescribed registration is not performed (602: YES), even if the sheet information is stored in the print control device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

  The present invention relates to a print control apparatus that stores paper information related to print paper, a control method for the printing apparatus, a program, and a printing system.

  In a printing system including a printing device and a terminal device connected via a network, the terminal device generates print data, and the printing device prints an image based on the print data. At this time, an appropriate printed matter is obtained by the printing apparatus by performing an appropriate print setting corresponding to the paper set in the printing apparatus by a printing application that generates print data in the terminal device.

  For this purpose, there is a technique for reflecting information on paper set in the printing apparatus (hereinafter referred to as paper information) in print settings. Specifically, the user registers the paper information using the operation unit of the printing apparatus, or the printing apparatus detects the paper information of the paper set in the printing apparatus by the sensor, so that the paper is Information is stored. Then, the print application of the terminal device automatically acquires the paper information stored in the printing device and reflects it in the print settings of the print application. According to this method, it is possible to save the trouble of manually setting the paper information every time the user executes printing for the printing application of the terminal device. Patent Document 1 describes a method in which an initial value of a print setting is stored in a printing apparatus, and the terminal device displays the initial value on its own screen and changes it to a user-desired value.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-60312

  However, as described in Patent Document 1, even if the initial value of the print setting stored in the printing device on the screen of the terminal device can be changed, the user does not always change the initial value. Therefore, for example, when the paper information is stored in the printing apparatus as described above, the paper information is transmitted to the terminal device without the user changing the paper information to a desired one, and is reflected in the print settings in the terminal device. Sometimes. In this case, printing may be performed according to print settings that are not intended by the user.

  In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a printing control apparatus, a printing apparatus control method, a program, and a printing system that can prevent paper information that is not intended by the user from being transmitted from the printing control apparatus to an external apparatus. The purpose is to provide.

  In view of the above-described problems, the present invention provides a print control apparatus that causes a printing apparatus to print an image on a print sheet, the storage unit storing sheet information related to the print sheet, and the storage according to an instruction from an external apparatus. A registration unit for registering paper information in the storage unit, and a transmission unit for transmitting the paper information stored in the storage unit to the external device. The transmission unit performs predetermined registration by the registration unit. The paper information stored in the storage means is transmitted, and if the predetermined registration is not performed, the paper information is not transmitted even if the paper information is stored in the storage means. It is characterized by.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent paper information that is not intended by the user of the external apparatus for the print control apparatus from being transmitted from the print control apparatus to the external apparatus.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a printing system in the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating processing when a user registers paper information of paper set in a paper feeding unit of a printing apparatus using an operation unit of a terminal device. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a remote UI screen as a paper information registration screen. FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a paper information state management process of the printing apparatus. FIG. 6 is a print sequence diagram when executing printing in the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for determining whether or not paper information is required by a printing apparatus. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for determining whether or not paper information is required by a printing apparatus. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print setting screen. FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the printing result by this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following embodiments do not limit the present invention according to the claims, and all combinations of features described in the present embodiments are essential to the solution means of the present invention. Not exclusively.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a printing system according to the present embodiment.

  The printing system of the present embodiment includes a terminal device 110 that generates a print job, and a printing device 120 that receives the print job and prints an image according to the print job. The terminal device 110 includes a CPU 111, ROM 112, RAM 113, communication unit 114, operation unit 115, and display unit 116. The CPU 111 controls each unit of the terminal device 110 by developing and executing a program stored in the ROM 112 on the RAM 113. The program includes an application that can execute generation of a print job and transmission of the print job to the printing apparatus 120.

  The generation of a print job is also executed by the CPU 111. Setting information necessary for generating a print job is input to the CPU 111 by causing the CPU 111 to display a print setting screen on the display unit 116 using the above-described application and operating the operation unit 115 according to the screen. The CPU 111 generates a print job including the input setting information and an image to be printed by the application. The CPU 111 stores the print job generated as described above in the RAM 113, and the printing apparatus 120 connected via the communication unit 114 in accordance with a user instruction on the screen displayed on the display unit 116 by the application. Send to. In the present embodiment, the I / F and connection form of the communication unit 114 are not particularly limited. For example, data is transmitted and received by a wireless LAN.

  The printing apparatus 120 includes a CPU 121, a ROM 122, a RAM 123, a communication unit 124, a printing unit 125, and a paper feeding unit 126. The CPU 121 controls each unit of the printing apparatus 120 by expanding and executing a program stored in the ROM 122 on the RAM 123. In the present embodiment, the CPU 121, the ROM 122, and the RAM 123 operate as a print control device (controller) that controls the printing device 120. For printing based on a print job, the CPU 121 develops image data included in the print job in the RAM 123, feeds printing paper to the paper feeding unit 126, and outputs image data to the printing unit 125 for the fed printing paper. Realized by printing. As the setting information necessary for printing, the CPU 121 acquires a print job received by the CPU 121 via the communication unit 124 according to the analysis program stored in the ROM 122. Then, the CPU 121 can perform printing according to the setting information by performing image processing on the image data developed in the RAM 123 and controlling the paper feeding unit 126 and the printing unit 125 according to the acquired setting information. In addition, the printing apparatus 120 can store paper information (paper size, paper type) of paper set in a storage unit (for example, a paper cassette) included in the paper supply unit 126 in the RAM 123. Details of the storage of the sheet information will be described later with reference to FIG.

  In the printing system shown in FIG. 1, the CPU 111 of the terminal device 110 can display the remote UI provided by the printing device 120 on the display unit 116. The remote UI is a screen corresponding to, for example, an operation screen provided by a printing apparatus including a display unit, and the printing apparatus 120 stores content corresponding to the remote UI (operation screen) in the ROM 122. The ROM 122 of the printing apparatus 120 stores a program for the printing apparatus 120 to operate as a web server. When the CPU 121 executes the program, the printing apparatus 120 operates as a server that provides the content. To do.

  The terminal device 110 acquires remote UI content from the printing device 120 that operates as a server via a network (for example, a wireless LAN or the Internet) to which the printing device 120 is connected. Then, a remote UI (an operation screen of the printing apparatus 120) is displayed on the display unit 116 based on the content. The CPU 111 can perform processing for the remote UI and processing for the printing apparatus 120 in accordance with a user operation on the operation unit 115. According to the remote UI described above, even if the printing apparatus 120 does not include a display unit, the user operates the operation unit 115 while confirming the display unit 116 of the terminal device 110, thereby performing various operations on the printing apparatus 120. You can give instructions. Further, for example, even when the printing apparatus 120 includes a display unit and an operation unit, even when they are not sufficient for the registration operation of the paper information, the user appropriately registers the paper information with the terminal device 110. be able to.

  As will be described later, the terminal device 110 instructs the printing device 120 to perform printing and paper information registration, and operates as an external device to which the printing device 120 transmits paper information.

  FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram illustrating processing when the user registers the paper information of the paper set in the paper feeding unit 126 of the printing apparatus 120 using the operation unit 115 of the terminal device 110. 2 are executed by the CPU 111 and CPU 121, respectively. The terminal device 110 and the printing device 120 can communicate with each other, but the communication is executed between the communication unit 114 and the communication unit 124 via a network such as a wireless LAN under the control of the CPU 111 and the CPU 121. . The user operation is performed on the operation unit 115.

  In step 201, the user performs a remote UI screen display operation 200 for causing the operation unit 115 to display a remote UI screen on the display unit 116 of the terminal device 110, and the CPU 111 of the terminal device 110 displays the remote UI screen. Detect display operations. In this embodiment, the CPU 111 executes a browser application (hereinafter referred to as a browser) stored in the ROM 112 of the terminal device 110, thereby realizing a remote UI screen display. In step 202, the CPU 111 of the terminal device 110 that has detected the remote UI screen display operation requests the printing device 120 for content that forms the remote UI screen. In response to the request in step 202, the CPU 121 of the printing apparatus 120 transmits content stored in the ROM 122 or RAM 123 to the terminal device 110. In step 204, the CPU 111 of the terminal device 110 displays the content transmitted in step 203 by a browser. Thus, a paper information registration screen for registering the paper information of the printing apparatus 120 is displayed. The paper information registration screen will be described later with reference to FIG. In step 205, the user performs an operation for registering the paper information of the printing apparatus while confirming the paper information registration screen, and the CPU 111 stores the paper information in the RAM 113 in accordance with the operation. In step 206, the CPU 111 notifies the printing apparatus 120 of the paper information stored in the RAM in step 205. In step 207, the CPU 121 of the printing apparatus 120 registers the paper information by storing the paper information notified in step 206 in the ROM 122 or the RAM 123.

  Thus, the user can register the paper information of the printing apparatus 120 using the operation unit 115 and the display unit 116 of the terminal device 110 even in the printing apparatus 120 that does not include the operation unit or the display unit.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a remote UI screen as a paper information registration screen. The paper information registration screen 301 is displayed on the display unit 116 of the terminal device 110 in step 204 of FIG. A screen title 302 indicates that paper information is registered. The user can select the paper size 303 or the paper type 304 as paper information to be registered in the printing apparatus 120. The paper sizes that can be set on the paper information registration screen 301 include A3, A4, A5, L size, 2L size, postcard, business card, 4 × 6, and the like. The paper type includes plain paper, photographic paper, and the like. Among photographic papers, detailed paper types such as glossy paper and matte paper may be set by the user.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the paper information state management process of the printing apparatus 120. A program corresponding to the process shown in FIG. 4 is stored in the ROM 122, and the CPU 121 expands and executes the program in the RAM 123, thereby realizing the process shown in FIG. The flow of FIG. 4 includes a part (steps 401 to 402) that is executed only when the printing apparatus 120 arrives (first activation) and a part that is permanently executed (steps 403 to 405). That is, when the printing apparatus 120 is activated for the second time or later, steps 401 and 402 are not executed, and steps 403 to 405 are executed after activation. Note that even in the second and subsequent activations, steps 401 and 402 may be executed according to a user instruction.

  In step 401, the CPU 121 sets the paper information registration history stored in the ROM 122, which indicates whether or not paper information is registered at the time of arrival, to “invalid”. The paper information registration history is used in the processing described later with reference to FIG. 7 as specific information for specifying whether or not paper information has been registered in accordance with an instruction from the terminal device. In step 402, the CPU 121 registers paper information such as paper size and paper type in the ROM 122 as “unknown”. In step 403, the CPU 121 determines whether registration of paper information has been executed. Specifically, as in step 206 in FIG. 2, it is determined whether paper information is notified from the terminal device 110. If there is no notification and the paper information registration determination is “None” in Step 403, the process returns to Step 403, and the information stored in Step 401 or Step 402 is not updated.

  On the other hand, if paper information is notified from the terminal device 110 and the paper information registration determination is “Yes” in step 403, the CPU 121 notifies the paper information stored in the ROM 122 from the terminal device 110 in step 404. Updated to the paper information. For example, the CPU 121 changes the value that is “unknown” for the paper size by the processing in step 402 to a specific paper size such as “A4” or “4 × 6”. In step 405, the CPU 121 updates the paper information registration history to “valid”. For example, when the paper information registration history is “invalid” by the processing of step 401, it is updated to “valid”.

  FIG. 5 is a printing sequence diagram when executing printing in the present embodiment. 2 are executed by the CPU 111 and CPU 121, respectively. The terminal device 110 and the printing device 120 can communicate with each other, but communication between them is executed between the communication unit 114 and the communication unit 124 via a network such as a wireless LAN under the control of the CPU 111 and the CPU 121. The The user operation is performed on the operation unit 115.

  In the flow of FIG. 5, when it is determined whether or not notification of paper information is required in the printing apparatus 120 and notification of the paper information is performed to the terminal apparatus 110, print setting based on the paper information is executed in the terminal apparatus 110. . Details will be described below.

  In step 501, the user performs a print setting screen display operation on the terminal device 110 to execute printing, and the CPU 111 of the terminal device 110 detects a print setting screen display operation for displaying the print setting screen. In step 502, the CPU 111 of the terminal device 110 makes a paper information notification request for requesting notification of paper information from the printing apparatus to the printing apparatus 120. When the CPU 121 of the printing apparatus 120 receives the paper information notification request in step 502, the CPU 121 performs paper information notification determination in step 503 for determining whether to notify the paper information.

  The paper information notification determination will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart for determining whether or not the paper information is necessary by the printing apparatus. Specifically, the printing apparatus 120 determines whether to notify the terminal apparatus 110 of paper information based on the content of the paper information registered in itself. A program corresponding to the process shown in FIG. 6 is stored in the ROM 122, and the CPU 121 expands and executes the program in the RAM 123, thereby realizing the process shown in FIG.

  In step 601, the CPU 121 receives a paper information notification request from the terminal device 110. In step 602, the CPU 121 determines whether or not the sheet information registered in the printing apparatus 120 is “unknown”. Here, “unknown” indicates, for example, that the paper size is not a standard size such as A4, 4 × 6. If “unknown” is registered in step 402 in FIG. 4 and the paper information is not updated in step 404, or if a custom size other than the standard size is updated in step 404, “unknown” is displayed in the paper. It is registered as information. If it is determined in step 602 that the registered paper information is “unknown”, the CPU 121 determines in step 603 that the paper information is not notified to the terminal device 110. If it is not determined in step 602 that the registered paper information is “unknown”, the CPU 121 determines to notify the terminal device 110 of the paper information in step 604.

  If the initial value of the paper information is registered as “unknown” at 402 in FIG. 4 and the user has not updated it with the remote UI, the terminal device 110 receives the paper information by the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. Not notified. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the terminal device 110 from being notified of paper information not intended by the user even though the user has not registered the paper information by operating the remote UI.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart for determining whether or not the paper information is required by the printing apparatus as a method different from that in FIG. Specifically, the printing apparatus 120 determines whether to notify the terminal apparatus 110 of paper information based on the paper information registration history registered in itself. The paper information registration history is used as specific information for specifying whether or not paper information is registered according to an instruction from the terminal device. In addition, since the process of step 701,703,704 is the same as that of step 601,603,604, description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In step 702, the CPU 121 of the printing apparatus 120 determines whether the paper information registration history is “invalid”. If the paper information registration history is set to “invalid” in step 401 in FIG. 4 and “valid” is not set in step 405, it is determined in step 702 that “invalid” is set. For this reason, for example, when the user does not register the paper information by operating the remote UI, the processing in step 703 is executed, so the paper information is not notified. This method can also prevent the terminal device 110 from being notified of paper information not intended by the user even though the user has not registered the paper information by operating the remote UI. Whether or not to notify the terminal device 110 of the paper information of the printing apparatus 120 may be determined by any one of the methods in FIG. 6 or FIG. 7, or both processes may be executed. .

  As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, according to the present embodiment, the determination is executed according to the content of the paper information and the registration history of the paper information as a condition for determining whether the printing apparatus needs to notify the paper information. . In the case of the determination method based on the content of the paper information (FIG. 6), for example, even if the user unintentionally displays the paper information registration screen in the remote UI and performs an unintentional registration instruction by pressing the OK button or the like, registration is performed. If the contents are not changed, the paper information is not notified. Therefore, even in such a case, it is possible to prevent paper information that is not recognized by the user from being notified to the terminal device 110 and perform print settings using the paper information.

  On the other hand, in the determination method according to the registration history of the paper information (FIG. 7), the paper information remains “unknown” when the user intentionally changes to the custom size. Be notified. For this reason, the print setting is performed according to the custom size intended by the user.

  In step 503 of FIG. 5, whether or not the paper information notification is necessary is determined according to the flow of FIG. 6 and / or FIG. If it is determined in step 503 that the paper information is not notified, the CPU 121 of the printing apparatus 120 does not notify the paper information. On the other hand, when it is determined in step 503 that the paper information is not notified, the CPU 121 of the printing apparatus 120 notifies the terminal apparatus 110 of the paper information in step 504.

  In step 505, the CPU 111 of the terminal device 110 displays a print setting screen for the user to make print settings using the paper information notified from the printing apparatus 120 in step 504.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the print setting screen displayed in step 505 of FIG.

  The print setting screen 801 is an example displayed on the display unit 116 of the terminal device 110. Reference numeral 802 denotes a title indicating that the screen is a print setting menu, and reference numerals 803 to 807 denote item names that can be set on the print setting screen 801. For each item, the user can select a predetermined setting using the operation unit 115. Reference numeral 803 denotes a paper size, and the user selects a paper size such as “A4” or “4 × 6”. Reference numeral 804 denotes a paper type. The user selects a paper type such as “plain paper” or “photo paper”. Reference numeral 805 denotes a printing surface (printing surface) for printing, and the user selects a printing surface (printing surface) such as “single-sided” or “double-sided”. Reference numeral 806 denotes a print quality (print quality) indicating the print finish, and the user selects a print quality (print quality) such as “standard” or “high quality”. Reference numeral 807 denotes a print color, and the user selects a color such as “color” or “monochrome”.

  The items 803 to 807 that can be selected here and the selectable values are not limited. For example, when the printing apparatus 120 does not support double-sided printing, since the printing surface (printing surface) 805 supports only “single side”, the display of the item 805 may be omitted or only “single side” may be displayed. It does not matter as specifications that can be selected. Further, the contents to be selected in 803 to 807 are not limited. For example, when the value of the setting item is left to the application specification of the terminal device 110 or the specification of the printing device 120 is left, a word indicating “automatic” may be displayed. If the specification has only “automatic” item options, the item need not be displayed. The contents and layout displayed on the print setting screen 801 are not limited. For example, the title of the 802 print setting menu may be omitted.

  The display of the print setting screen 801 may be omitted depending on the print application specification of the terminal device 110. For example, in a simple application, if the object to be printed is a photograph, the print surface (print surface) 805 is fixed to “single side”, the print quality (print quality) 806 is fixed to “color”, and the color 807 is fixed to “color”. These items may not be displayed.

  Also, the CPU 111 of the terminal device 110 determines the paper size and paper type specified in the paper information acquired by the terminal device 110 as the paper size 803 and paper type 804 as the print settings for the printing, and displays them. May be. In this case, depending on the print application, the print setting screen 801 itself can be omitted, and the user operation can be simplified. In this case, according to the processing shown in FIG. 6, the paper information is not notified when the user has not operated the remote UI and the paper information is not registered. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the paper size and paper type not intended by the user from being displayed on the display unit 116 of the terminal device 110.

  In this embodiment, the printing apparatus 120 performs paper information notification in step 504 of FIG. 5, but the timing at which the printing apparatus 120 performs notification of paper information is not limited. For example, notification of paper information may be executed when the communication units 114 and 124 of the terminal device 110 and the printing device 120 are first connected as a printing system.

  In step 506, when the user performs a print execution operation for executing printing in accordance with the print setting screen displayed in step 505, the CPU 111 detects the operation. As shown in FIG. 8, when the print setting can be changed on the print setting screen, the print execution operation includes an operation for print setting.

  In step 507, the CPU 111 transmits a print job including data to be printed and print settings to the printing apparatus 120. In step 508, when the CPU 121 of the printing apparatus 120 receives a print job from the terminal apparatus 110, the printing unit 125 prints an image on a print medium according to the content of the print job. That is, the terminal apparatus 110 can perform print control that causes the printing apparatus 120 to execute printing by transmitting a print job.

  As described above, the paper size and paper type registered in the printing apparatus 120 are notified to the terminal apparatus 110 in step 504, and are displayed on the terminal apparatus 110 in step 505. As a print setting, the user can change the paper size and paper type displayed as described above to another paper size and paper type. In this case, when a print job is transmitted from the terminal apparatus 110 to the printing apparatus 120 in step 507, the printing apparatus 120 does not perform printing because the paper information registered in the printing apparatus 120 and the print settings in the print job are different. However, for example, when the user gives an instruction to the printing apparatus 120 using an operation unit (not shown), the printing apparatus 120 may execute printing according to the print settings. Further, when the paper information registered in the printing apparatus 120 and the print setting in the print job are different, a screen for inquiring the user whether to perform printing may be displayed on the terminal apparatus 110 as a remote UI. When the user gives an instruction to execute printing on the screen, the printing apparatus 120 may execute printing according to the print settings.

  Note that the terminal device for setting paper information with the remote UI in FIG. 2 and the terminal device for generating a print job in FIG. 5 may be different terminal devices.

  As described above, the user can cause the terminal device 110 and the printing device 120 to perform desired printing. In the terminal device 110, paper information set in the printing apparatus can be used for print settings such as paper size and paper type. At this time, if the user has not registered the paper information with the remote UI, the paper information is not notified to the terminal device 110 and is not displayed on the terminal device 110. For this reason, it is possible to prevent display of paper information not intended by the user.

  When the user instructs execution of printing when the paper information is not displayed on the terminal device 110, the CPU 111 of the terminal device 110 performs print settings according to the type of application.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a printing result by the printing system of the present embodiment. The contents of the print result 902 when the paper information 900 of the printing apparatus 120 and the print setting 901 of the terminal apparatus 110 are cases 1 to 3 will be described. Regarding the paper information 900, the paper size will be described.

  Case 1 is a state where the user has not registered the paper information of the printing apparatus 120, for example. For example, when the printing apparatus 120 does not have a display unit, paper information registration can be executed only by an operation from the terminal apparatus 110 (the method using the remote UI described in FIG. 2). However, it is possible that the user does not recognize the method using the remote UI described with reference to FIG. 2, and the state of the printing apparatus 120 may remain in Case 1. In this case, the paper information 900 of the printing apparatus of case 1 is in a state where the paper information registration history is “none” and the paper information is “others”. “Other” corresponds to the paper information “unknown”, and custom sizes other than the standard size are also classified as “other”.

  For case 1, since there is no paper information registration history and the paper information is “other” (“unknown”), the paper information is not notified to the terminal device 110 as a result of the determination flow of FIGS. As a result, the print setting 901 of the terminal device 110 does not use the paper information of the printing device 120, but adopts a prescribed value determined by the printing application of the terminal device 110. As a result, the print result 902 becomes a print result by paper setting based on the application specification.

  As described above, Case 1 occurs when the user does not register paper information in the printing apparatus 120. Therefore, it is preferable to execute printing with paper information in accordance with the printing application specifications of the terminal apparatus 110. This is because if the printing application is a dedicated application for printing a photo, the initial value of a photo paper such as 4 × 6 can be determined. According to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, it is possible to obtain an appropriate print result corresponding to the print application.

  Case 2 and case 3 are states in which the user has registered the paper information of the printing apparatus 120, has a paper information registration history, and the paper information has been changed from “Other”. The paper information 900 of the printing apparatuses of cases 2 and 3 has a paper information registration history of “present”, paper information “A4” (case 2), and “4 × 6” (case 3). In this case, the paper information is notified to the terminal device 110 as a result of the determination flow of FIGS. As a result, the CPU 111 of the terminal apparatus 110 adopts the paper information 900 of the printing apparatus 120 as the print setting 901 without adopting a prescribed value defined by the print application of the terminal apparatus 110. As a result, the print result 902 becomes a print result based on the paper information 900 registered in the printing apparatus 120.

  As shown in Case 2 and Case 3, when the user registers the intended paper information in the printing apparatus 120, a printing result according to the paper information can be obtained.

  According to the above embodiment, in the printing system of the terminal device and the printing device, when the paper information is not updated in the printing device, the paper information is not notified to the terminal device. For example, when the printing apparatus does not include a display unit and the terminal device registers paper information using the remote UI, the paper information is not notified to the terminal device unless the user of the terminal device registers the paper information using the remote UI. . Therefore, for example, the initial value of the paper information is notified to the terminal device, and it is possible to prevent the print setting unintended by the user from being performed.

  Note that the functions of this embodiment can also be realized by the following configuration. That is, it is also achieved by supplying a program code for performing the processing of the present embodiment to a system or apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus executing the program code. In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the function of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code also realizes the function of the present embodiment.

  Further, the program code for realizing the function of the present embodiment may be executed by one computer (CPU, MPU), or may be executed by a plurality of computers cooperating. Also good. Further, the program code may be executed by a computer, or hardware such as a circuit for realizing the function of the program code may be provided. Alternatively, a part of the program code may be realized by hardware and the remaining part may be executed by a computer.

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Claims (12)

A printing control device that causes a printing device to print an image on printing paper,
Storage means for storing paper information relating to printing paper;
Registration means for registering paper information in the storage means in response to an instruction from an external device;
Transmission means for transmitting the paper information stored in the storage means to the external device,
The transmission means transmits the paper information stored in the storage means when the predetermined registration is performed by the registration means. If the predetermined registration is not performed, the transmission means transmits the paper information to the storage means. A printing control apparatus that does not transmit the paper information even if is stored. The storage means stores first sheet information as an initial value,
The transmission unit transmits the second sheet information when the second sheet information different from the first sheet information is registered by the predetermined registration by the registration unit, and the storage unit stores the second sheet information. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the second paper information is not stored and the first paper information is stored, the first paper information is not transmitted. The storage means further stores specific information for specifying whether or not the paper information stored by the storage means is paper information registered by the registration means,
The transmission unit transmits the sheet information stored in the storage unit as the predetermined registration is performed when the registration information specifies that the registration unit has registered the sheet information. The printing control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the registration information specifies that the registration of the sheet information is not performed, the sheet information is not transmitted. The storage means further stores content for displaying an operation screen of the print control apparatus on the external apparatus,
The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit further transmits the content to the external apparatus in response to an instruction from the external apparatus.   The print control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the registration unit registers the paper information in response to a user instruction on an operation screen displayed based on the content by the external apparatus.   The print control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the print control apparatus transmits the content by the transmission unit by operating as a server.   The print control according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the paper information includes at least one of a paper size indicating a size of the printing paper and a paper type indicating a type of the printing paper. apparatus.   The print control apparatus according to claim 1, comprising the printing apparatus, and causing the printing apparatus to print an image on a printing sheet. A printing apparatus control method for printing an image on printing paper and storing paper information about the printing paper,
A registration step of registering paper information in the printing device in response to an instruction from an external device;
Transmitting the paper information stored in the printing device to the external device,
In the transmission step, when the predetermined registration is performed in the registration step, the paper information stored in the printing apparatus is transmitted. When the predetermined registration is not performed, the paper information is transmitted to the printing apparatus. Even if is stored, the paper information is not transmitted.   A program for causing a computer to execute the control method according to claim 9. A printing system that includes a printing device that prints an image on printing paper, and an external device that can communicate with the printing device,
The printing apparatus includes:
Storage means for storing paper information relating to printing paper;
Registration means for registering paper information in the storage means in response to an instruction from the external device;
Transmission means for transmitting the paper information stored in the storage means to the external device,
The external device is
Print control means for causing the printing apparatus to execute printing in accordance with print settings based on the paper information transmitted by the transmission means;
The transmission means transmits the paper information stored in the storage means when the predetermined registration is performed by the registration means. If the predetermined registration is not performed, the transmission means transmits the paper information to the storage means. A printing system that does not transmit the paper information even if is stored. The printing control unit causes printing to be executed by a predetermined application executed in the external device, and if the paper information is not transmitted by the transmission unit, printing is performed on the printing device according to a print setting corresponding to the predetermined application The printing system according to claim 11, wherein the printing system is executed.

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