Information processing apparatus, method, and computer program
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1. An information processing apparatus for generating a command to control a printer, comprising:
- a unit adapted to prepare a command configuration XML file representing a command configuration;
an analyzing unit adapted to analyze the command configuration XML file; and
a command generation unit adapted to generate a printer control command on the basis of the command configuration XML file.
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Abstract
This invention allows to print without installing a driver program for every printer and easily coping with a change in printer control command specifications. To accomplish this, an information processing apparatus for generating a printer command to control a printer generates a command by using a command configuration XML file representing a printer command configuration in which a part that changes due to an external factor such as a user interface is described by a reserved word, thereby coping with a printer model and user environment.
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1. An information processing apparatus for generating a command to control a printer, comprising:
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a unit adapted to prepare a command configuration XML file representing a command configuration;
an analyzing unit adapted to analyze the command configuration XML file; and
a command generation unit adapted to generate a printer control command on the basis of the command configuration XML file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An information processing method of generating a command to control a printer, comprising the steps of:
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analyzing a command configuration XML file representing a command configuration to be generated in command generation; and
generating a printer control command on the basis of the command configuration XML file. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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