JP2023004179A - Information processing apparatus, information processing apparatus control method and programme - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve the usability of a terminal for performing print settings in the case where the connection to an image forming apparatus is disconnected.SOLUTION: The terminal includes: a first display control unit 201 for displaying a connection screen for accepting an instruction from a user to connect the terminal to an image forming apparatus; a connection unit 202 for connecting the terminal to the image forming apparatus; a second display control unit 203 for displaying a setting screen for accepting settings of a print job to be transmitted to the connected image forming apparatus from the user; and a transmission unit 206 for transmitting the print job to the connected image forming apparatus in accordance with the settings. When the connection to the image forming apparatus is disconnected after the settings of the print job are accepted, the terminal displays the connection screen, and when the image forming apparatus is connected in accordance with the instruction accepted from the user via the connection screen, the transmission unit 206 then transmits the print job to the connected image forming apparatus in accordance with the settings accepted before disconnection.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing device, a control method for an information processing device, and a program.

MFPs and printers often execute printing upon receiving a print instruction from an external terminal such as a PC (Personal Computer). In recent years, mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have rapidly spread, and printers are increasingly receiving print instructions from mobile devices. Mobile devices are assumed to be carried around, and the operation screen size is not so large. Therefore, when issuing a print instruction from a mobile device, the number of operations is increased in order to deal with recent multi-functional printers, and the operation procedure tends to be complicated. For example, when an operation is redone due to an erroneous operation, a complicated operation must be redone from the beginning, which may increase the operational burden on the user. In order to reduce the user's operational burden for print settings, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-200002 discloses an image forming apparatus that stores settings input to the image forming apparatus in a storage unit and enables restoration of the contents set by the user up to that point. disclosed.

JP-A-2000-206833

However, in the image forming apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-200012, although the contents set in the image forming apparatus can be restored, no mention is made of how to improve the operation while the settings are being made. Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-200001 restores the settings directly input by the user to the image forming apparatus, and does not support print instructions from an external device such as a mobile device. For this reason, when a print instruction from a mobile device requires redoing an operation, the operation procedure up to the execution of the print instruction is complicated, and the operation must be performed multiple times.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to improve the usability of a terminal for performing print settings when the connection with an image forming apparatus is disconnected.

In order to solve the above problems, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes first display control means for displaying a connection screen for receiving an instruction from a user to connect to an image forming apparatus; a setting screen for receiving from the user settings of connection means for connecting to the image forming apparatus and a print job to be transmitted to the connected image forming apparatus when an instruction for connection is received from the user; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a print job according to the settings received from the user via the setting screen to the connected image forming apparatus. When the connection with the image forming apparatus is disconnected after accepting the print job settings, the first display control means displays the connection screen, and performs image formation accepted from the user via the connection screen. When the image forming apparatus is connected in response to an instruction for connecting to the apparatus, the transmitting means performs image forming by connecting a print job according to the setting received from the user through the setting screen before disconnection. Send to device.

According to the present invention, it is possible to improve the usability of a terminal that performs print settings when the connection with the image forming apparatus is disconnected.

1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of an image forming apparatus and a terminal; FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a software configuration of a terminal; FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing print job setting/instruction processing in the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a normal screen flow of a series of processes for transmitting a print instruction from a terminal; FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a screen flow of a series of processes for transmitting a print instruction from a terminal when a connection error occurs; 10 is a flow chart showing print job setting/instruction processing in the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a screen flow when a setting item is changed due to a connection error in a series of processes for transmitting a print instruction from a terminal;

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated using drawing. It should be noted that the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims, and not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential to the solution of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of an image forming apparatus and a terminal. FIG. 1A is a diagram showing the configuration of an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus 100 includes a CPU 101 , a ROM 102 , a RAM 103 , a printer 104 and an operation display section 105 . The image forming apparatus 100 also includes a USB (Universal Serial Bus) I/F 106 and a network I/F 107 as communication interfaces with the outside.

A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 controls the entire image forming apparatus 100 . The CPU 101 loads a control program stored in the ROM 102 into the RAM 103 and executes it, thereby executing various processes for adjusting the operation of the image forming apparatus 100 . A ROM (Read Only Memory) 102 stores a control program for the CPU 101 . The ROM 102 includes a rewritable ROM such as a flash ROM, and stores setting values registered by the user of the image forming apparatus 100, management data, and the like. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 103 is used as a main memory of the CPU 101 and a temporary storage area such as a work area. The RAM 103 stores, for example, an execution program, program control variables, various work buffers, some set values registered by the user of the image forming apparatus 100, management data, and the like.

The printer 104 is an image output device that forms an image according to print data received from an external device such as the terminal 108 and outputs the image on paper, or optically outputs an image of a document set on a scanner onto a paper for reading. be. The operation display unit 105 includes a display device and an input device, displays various information to the user, and receives operations/inputs/instructions from the user. The display device is, for example, a liquid crystal display or a touch panel. The input device is, for example, a pointing device (for example, a touch pad, a touch panel, etc.), an operation button, a keyboard, or the like. In this embodiment, an example in which the image forming apparatus 100 includes a touch panel as the operation display unit 105 will be described. By associating the input coordinates and the display coordinates on the touch panel, a GUI can be configured as if the user can directly operate the screen displayed on the touch panel. The user gives an instruction such as a print instruction to the image forming apparatus 100 on the user interface screen displayed on the touch panel.

A USB I/F 106 is an interface that performs connection, communication, power supply, and the like with a USB device. The network I/F 107 is an interface that connects with an external device such as the terminal 108 via the network 109 and performs communication. The network I/F 107 receives print jobs from the terminal 108 and control information of the image forming apparatus 100, for example. The network 109 is, for example, a so-called communication network realized by any one of, for example, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (registered trademark), LAN such as the Internet, WAN, telephone line, dedicated digital line, etc., or a combination thereof.

FIG. 1B is a diagram showing the configuration of the terminal 108 that issues a print instruction to the image forming apparatus 100. As shown in FIG. The terminal 108 is an information processing device operated by a user, such as a smart phone or a tablet terminal. Terminal 108 includes CPU 111 , ROM 112 , RAM 113 , operation display unit 114 and network I/F 115 .

The CPU 111 controls the terminal 108 as a whole. The CPU 111 loads a control program stored in the ROM 112 into the RAM 113 and executes it, thereby executing various processes for controlling the operation of the terminal 108 .
The ROM 112 stores control programs for the CPU 111 . The control program includes a program for executing each process of the embodiments described below. The ROM 112 includes a rewritable ROM such as a flash ROM, and stores setting values registered by the user of the terminal 108, management data, and the like. A RAM 113 is used as a main memory of the CPU 111 and a temporary storage area such as a work area. The RAM 113 stores, for example, an execution program, program control variables, various work buffers, some set values registered by the user of the terminal 108, management data, and the like.

The operation display unit 114 includes a display device and an input device, displays various information to the user, and receives operations/inputs/instructions from the user. The display device is, for example, a liquid crystal display or a touch panel. The input device is, for example, a pointing device (for example, a touch pad, a touch panel, etc.), an operation button, or the like. In this embodiment, a case where the terminal 108 has a touch panel as the operation display unit 114 will be described as an example. By associating the input coordinates and the display coordinates on the touch panel, a GUI can be configured as if the user can directly operate the screen displayed on the touch panel. A user operates a screen, which will be described later, on a user interface screen displayed on the touch panel. A network I/F 115 connects to an external device such as the image forming apparatus 100 via the network 109 to transmit and receive data.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the software configuration of the terminal 108. As shown in FIG. The terminal 108 includes a first display control section 201 , a connection section 202 , a second display control section 203 , a setting section 204 , a third display control section 205 , a transmission section 206 and a fourth display control section 207 . These software modules are implemented by the CPU 111 controlling the ROM 102 , RAM 103 , printer 104 and operation display unit 105 .

The first display control unit 201 displays a connection screen for connecting with the image forming apparatus. The connection screen displays, for example, a list of image forming apparatuses capable of executing printing according to an instruction from the terminal 108, and accepts selection of an image forming apparatus to be connected from the user. A connection unit 202 performs processing for connecting to the image forming apparatus selected by the user on the connection screen. Also, the connection unit 202 communicates with the connected image forming apparatus. The connection unit 202, for example, acquires the capabilities of the image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus, and transmits a print job from the terminal 108 to the image forming apparatus.

The second display control unit 203 displays a setting screen for accepting print job settings. The setting screen displays print setting items such as paper size, layout, single-sided/double-sided selection, and color mode, and accepts settings from the user for each setting item. Further, the second display control unit 203 can change the setting items to be displayed according to the capability of the image forming apparatus acquired from the image forming apparatus. The setting unit 204 sets print job settings according to user settings on the setting screen. The third display control unit 205 displays a preview screen according to the settings of the print job. A transmission unit 206 transmits a print job to a connected image forming apparatus. The fourth display control unit 207 displays the result of executing print processing.

(First embodiment)
A series of processes for transmitting a print instruction from the terminal 108 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5. FIG. In this embodiment, an example in which print settings are made on the terminal 108 and a print instruction is transmitted to an image forming apparatus wirelessly connected to the terminal 108 will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing print job setting/instruction processing according to the first embodiment. Note that each process shown in this flowchart is implemented by, for example, executing a program read from the ROM 112 or the like by the CPU 111 of the terminal 108 . This process is started when the print button is selected on the terminal 108, for example. 4 and 5 show an example of a screen flow displayed on terminal 108. FIG.

In step S300, the first display control unit 201 displays a network connection screen and receives an operation from the user for connecting to a printable device. A device connection screen 400 in FIGS. 4 and 5 is a diagram showing an example of a network connection screen. A device connection screen 400 displays device candidates 401 capable of printing and a connection button 402 . The device candidate 401 displays, for example, a device with a print function that has been connected in the past, a currently connectable device with a print function, or both. The user selects a device for printing from the device candidates 401 on the device connection screen 400 and presses a connection button 402 . Upon receiving a user's operation via the device connection screen 400, the connection unit 202 connects to the selected device.

In step S302, the second display control unit 203 displays a print job setting screen and accepts input of print settings from the user. A setting screen 410 in FIGS. 4 and 5 is a diagram showing an example of a print job setting screen. A print job setting screen 410 displays print setting items such as paper size, layout, single-sided/double-sided selection, and an OK button 411 . The user sets each item, and presses an OK button 411 when the setting is completed. When the OK button 431 is pressed, the setting unit 204 sets the print job according to the settings received from the user via the setting screen 410 .

In step S302, the third display control unit 205 displays a preview screen and receives a print execution instruction from the user. Then, in step S303, the transmission unit 206 determines whether or not a print execution instruction has been received from the user on the preview screen. A preview screen 420 in FIGS. 4 and 5 is a diagram showing an example of a print preview screen. A preview image 421 , a return button 422 , and a print execution button 423 are displayed on the preview screen 420 . A preview image 421 displays a print preview image reflecting the print settings set in step S301. The user confirms the preview image 421 and presses a print execution button 423 to continue printing, or presses a return button 422 to change the print settings. If the return button 422 is pressed, it is determined that the instruction is not to execute printing, and the process returns to step S301 to display the print job setting screen and receive the print setting input from the user. On the other hand, if the print execution button 423 has been pressed, the transmission unit 206 determines that a print job execution instruction has been received from the user, and proceeds to step S304.

In step S304, the transmission unit 206 instructs the connection unit 202 to confirm the connection state with the device to which the print job selected in step S300 is to be transmitted. If it is possible to transmit and receive data to and from the image forming apparatus, it is determined that a connection has been established, and the process proceeds to step S306. On the other hand, if the connection with the image forming apparatus has not been established due to an unexpected disconnection at the time of wireless connection, etc., the process proceeds to step S305.

In step S305, the first display control unit 201 displays the device connection screen 400 and receives an operation from the user for connecting to a printable device. That is, in step S305, the same processing as in step S300 is performed. The user selects a device for printing from the device candidates 401 on the device connection screen 400 and presses a connection button 402 . The image forming apparatus selected by the user in step S305 may be the same image forming apparatus as in step S300, or may be a different image forming apparatus. Upon receiving a user's operation via the device connection screen 400, the connection unit 202 connects to the selected device. After connecting to the device, the process proceeds to step S306 without displaying the setting screen 410 for making print settings again.

In step S306, the transmission unit 206 transmits a print instruction by transmitting a print job corresponding to the print settings set in step S301 to the device selected in step S300 or step S305. In other words, even if the connection with the image forming apparatus is disconnected, the transmission unit 206 sends the print job according to the settings accepted via the setting screen 410 before the disconnection to the reconnected image forming apparatus after the disconnection. Send. This completes the process of transmitting the print instruction. Thereafter, upon receiving a print completion notification from the image forming apparatus to which the print job was sent, the fourth display control unit 207 displays the print execution screen 430 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a normal screen flow of a series of processes for transmitting a print instruction from the terminal 108. As shown in FIG. That is, FIG. 4 is a screen flow when step S304 of FIG. 3 is Yes. When executing printing from the terminal 108, first, a device connection screen 400 is displayed. The user selects a device (for example, the image forming apparatus 100 ) that executes printing on the device connection screen 400 and then presses a connection button 402 . Devices displayed in the device candidates 401 of the device connection screen 400 may be devices that have been connected in the past, devices that are currently wirelessly connectable, or both.

When the connection button 402 is pressed on the device connection screen 400, a setting screen 410 is displayed next. The user makes print settings on the setting screen 410 and presses an OK button 411 when the settings are completed. When the OK button 411 is pressed on the setting screen 410, a preview screen 420 is displayed next. The user confirms the preview image 421 and selects whether to press the print execution button 423 to execute printing or press the return button 422 to return to the setting screen 410 and redo the print settings. When the print execution button 423 is pressed on the preview screen 420 , the print job is transmitted from the terminal 108 to the connected image forming apparatus 100 . Upon receiving a print completion notification from the image forming apparatus 100 as a response to the print job, the terminal 108 displays the print execution screen 430 to notify the user that the job has been executed.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a screen flow of a series of processes for transmitting a print instruction from the terminal 108 when a connection error occurs. A connection error is a device that transmits a print job when the connection between the image forming apparatus 100 and the terminal 108 is interrupted for some reason after the settings are accepted on the setting screen 410 and the print execution button 423 is pressed on the preview screen 420 . and is not connected. That is, FIG. 5 is a screen flow when step S304 of FIG. 3 is No. The screen flow from displaying the device connection screen 400 to displaying the preview screen 420 in FIG. 4 is the same as the screen flow from displaying the device connection screen 400 to displaying the preview screen 420 in FIG. .

If the terminal 108 and the image forming apparatus 100 are not connected when the print execution button 423 is pressed on the preview screen 420, the device connection screen 400 is displayed again. The user selects a device for executing printing again on the device connection screen 400 and presses the connection button 402 . For example, the user selects the image forming apparatus 100 again and presses the connection button 402 . When the connection button 402 is pressed, the image forming apparatus 100 is connected, and a print job is transmitted from the terminal 108 to the connected image forming apparatus 100 .

In this way, in the screen flow at the time of a connection error after accepting print job settings, the device connection screen 400 for reconnection only increases in addition to the normal screen flow. If the print job settings have already been received when the connection with the image forming apparatus is disconnected, even if the connection button 402 is pressed on the device connection screen 400 that is displayed again due to the connection error, the setting screen 410 and the preview screen are displayed. 420 is not displayed. Therefore, even if the connection between the terminal 108 and the image forming apparatus 100 is broken, the user does not have to start over from the print settings. In this embodiment, an example in which the preview screen 420 is displayed after print settings has been described, but displaying the preview screen 420 is not essential.

According to this embodiment, it is possible to reduce the number of operations performed by the user in executing a print job even if the terminal issuing the print instruction and the image forming apparatus are unexpectedly disconnected. Therefore, it is possible to improve the usability of the terminal for making print settings when the connection with the image forming apparatus is disconnected.

(Second embodiment)
In the second embodiment, an embodiment will be described in which print job setting items are considered according to the capability of the image forming apparatus. If the connection between the terminal 108 and the image forming apparatus 100 is not established, only general setting items can be set because the capabilities of the image forming apparatus 100 are unknown. On the other hand, when the connection between the terminal 108 and the image forming apparatus 100 is established, it is possible to provide setting items according to the capabilities of the image forming apparatus 100 . Therefore, if the connection with the image forming apparatus is disconnected for some reason after setting the print job and the connection with the image forming apparatus is reconnected, depending on the capabilities of the connected image forming apparatus, the setting items for the first printing may be different. Different setting items may become configurable. Therefore, in this embodiment, if the setting items corresponding to the capabilities of the reconnected image forming apparatus are different from the original setting items, the input screen for the setting items is displayed again, and the reconnected image forming apparatus is displayed. Allows setting according to ability.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing print job setting/instruction processing in the second embodiment. Note that each process shown in this flowchart is implemented by, for example, executing a program read from the ROM 112 or the like by the CPU 111 of the terminal 108 . This process is started when the print button is selected on the terminal 108, for example. In addition, in FIG. 6, the same processing as in the first embodiment is denoted by the same reference numerals as in FIG. 3, and the description thereof is omitted.

After setting the step print job in step S301, when a print instruction is accepted, in step S304, the connection state with the target device for transmitting the print job is confirmed. If it is determined in step S304 that the connection with the device has not been established, the process advances to step S305 to display the network connection screen again and connect to the device specified by the user. Then, the process proceeds to step S600.

In step S600, the second display control unit 203 determines whether or not there is a change in setting items due to the connection in step S305. Specifically, the print job setting items corresponding to the capabilities of the image forming apparatus connected in step S300 are compared with the print job setting items corresponding to the capabilities of the image forming apparatus connected in step S305. It is determined whether or not there is If there is a change in the setting item, the process returns to step S301 to display the print job setting screen. On the other hand, if there is no change in the setting items, the process proceeds to step S306. That is, if there is no change in the setting items, the print job execution instruction is transmitted to the image forming apparatus connected in step S305 without displaying the print job setting screen.

In this embodiment, an example in which it is determined that a setting item has been changed when there is a difference in the content of the setting item in the print settings has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if there is an increase or decrease in the number of setting items, it may be determined that the setting items have been changed, and the setting screen may be displayed again. Further, for example, even if the setting items are not the same, if all the setting items for the second time are included in the setting items for the first time, it is determined that the setting items have not been changed, and the print job setting screen is displayed. may be transmitted to the image forming apparatus without displaying .

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a screen flow when a setting item is changed due to a connection error in a series of processes for transmitting a print instruction from the terminal 108. FIG. Here, the connection error is a case where the connection between the image forming apparatus 100 and the terminal 108 is interrupted for some reason, and the device that transmits the print job is not connected when the print execution button 423 is pressed on the preview screen 420 . Point. Also, when there is a change in the setting items, the setting items displayed on the setting screen of the print job corresponding to the image forming apparatus connected the first time and the print job corresponding to the image forming apparatus connected the second time are changed. Refers to cases where the setting items displayed on the setting screen are different. That is, FIG. 7 is a screen flow when step S304 of FIG. 6 is No and step S600 is Yes.

The flow of first displaying the device connection screen 400 and then displaying the print job setting screen 410 and preview screen 420 is the same as in FIGS. Then, if the terminal 108 and the image forming apparatus 100 are not connected when the print execution button 423 is pressed on the preview screen 420, the device connection screen 400 is displayed again as in the flow of FIG. The user selects a device for executing printing again on the device connection screen 400 and presses the connection button 402 . When the connection button 402 is pressed, the terminal 108 connects with the image forming apparatus.

At this time, if the print job setting items corresponding to the capability of the image forming apparatus connected to the terminal 108 are not changed from the previously set setting items, the print job setting screen 410 is not displayed again. A print execution screen 430 showing the execution result of printing is displayed. On the other hand, if the print job setting items corresponding to the capabilities of the image forming apparatus connected to the terminal 108 are changed from the previously set setting items, the capabilities of the currently connected image forming apparatus are changed as shown in FIG. The setting screen 700 of the print job corresponding to is displayed. In the example of FIG. 7, the setting items of the color mode that were not displayed on the print job setting screen 410 displayed for the first time are added to the print job setting screen 700 displayed for the second time. The user makes print settings on the print job setting screen 700 and presses an OK button 701 when the settings are completed. When the OK button 701 is pressed on the print job setting screen 700, a preview screen 420 corresponding to the settings on the print job setting screen 700 is displayed. The user confirms the preview image 421 and selects whether to press the print execution button 423 to execute printing or press the return button 422 to return to the setting screen 410 and redo the print settings. When the print execution button 423 is pressed on the preview screen 420 , the print job is transmitted from the terminal 108 to the connected image forming apparatus 100 . This completes the process of transmitting the print instruction. After that, upon receiving a print completion notification from the image forming apparatus to which the print job was sent, the display control unit displays the print execution screen 430 .

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to reduce the number of operations performed by the user in executing a job even when an unexpected disconnection occurs, and furthermore, the print result is closer to the user's request. . Therefore, it is possible to improve the usability of the terminal for making print settings when the connection with the image forming apparatus is disconnected.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention supplies a program that implements one or more functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or device via a network or a storage medium, and one or more processors in the computer of the system or device reads and executes the program. It can also be realized by processing to It can also be implemented by a circuit (for example, ASIC) that implements one or more functions.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist thereof.

100 image forming apparatus 108 terminal 111 CPU
112 ROMs
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201 first display control unit 202 connection unit 203 second display control unit 204 setting unit 205 third display control unit 206 transmission unit

Claims (8)

first display control means for displaying a connection screen for accepting an instruction from a user to connect to the image forming apparatus;
connection means for connecting to an image forming apparatus when an instruction for connection is received from the user via the connection screen;
a second display control means for displaying a setting screen for accepting from a user settings of a print job to be transmitted to the connected image forming apparatus;
transmitting means for transmitting a print job according to the settings received from the user via the setting screen to a connected image forming apparatus;
When the connection with the image forming apparatus is disconnected after accepting the print job settings, the first display control means displays the connection screen, and performs image formation accepted from the user via the connection screen. When the image forming apparatus is connected in response to an instruction for connecting to the apparatus, the transmitting means performs image forming by connecting a print job according to the setting received from the user through the setting screen before disconnection. An information processing device characterized by transmitting to a device. 2. The information processing according to claim 1, wherein when the connection with the image forming apparatus is disconnected, the setting screen is not displayed if the setting of the print job has already been accepted via the setting screen. Device. The second display control means displays on the setting screen setting items for setting a print job according to the capability of the connected image forming apparatus,
When the connection with the image forming apparatus is disconnected, even if the setting of the print job has already been accepted via the setting screen, the ability of the connected image forming apparatus is changed before and after the disconnection. When there is a change in the setting item, the second display control means displays a setting screen including setting items according to the capability of the image forming apparatus connected after the disconnection, and the transmission means 3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a print job corresponding to settings received from the user via a screen is transmitted to the connected image forming apparatus. 4. If there is an increase or decrease in the number of setting items according to the capability of the connected image forming apparatus before and after the disconnection, it is determined that there is a change in the setting items. The information processing device described. further comprising third display control means for displaying a preview screen including a print preview image and a print execution button according to the settings received from the user via the setting screen;
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said preview screen is displayed after said setting screen, and said preview screen is not displayed when said setting screen is not displayed. After receiving a print execution instruction from the user via the preview screen, the connection state with the image forming apparatus is confirmed, and the connection screen is displayed when the connection with the image forming apparatus is disconnected. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: A control method for an information processing device,
displaying a connection screen for receiving an instruction from a user to connect to the image forming apparatus;
a step of connecting to an image forming apparatus when an instruction for connection is received from the user via the connection screen;
a step of displaying a setting screen for accepting from a user settings of a print job to be transmitted to the connected image forming apparatus;
sending a print job according to the settings received from the user via the setting screen to a connected image forming apparatus;
When the connection with the image forming apparatus is disconnected after the print job settings are accepted, the connection screen is displayed, and the instruction to connect to the image forming apparatus received from the user via the connection screen is accepted. A control method for an information processing apparatus, comprising: connecting the image forming apparatus according to the setting received from the user; A program for causing a computer to function as each means of the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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