Image forming apparatus and method thereof
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a first installation unit configured to install a first printing related program corresponding to a plurality of types of image forming apparatuses; and
a second installation unit configured to install a second printing related program along with the installation of the first printing related program by the first installation unit, without fixing an output destination of the second printing related program,wherein the second printing related program is executed when output data corresponding to data received from the first printing related program is transmitted to an output destination by using an object, wherein the output destination is set according to a user'"'"'s selection in the object, and wherein at least one processor functions as the units.
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Abstract
A system is provided in which printer driver update work is not required, and in addition, print queue creation work can be hidden. When a virtual printer driver is installed, a generic printer driver is installed in the system without creating a print queue. Then, for execution of printing, the installed generic printer driver is used to create the print queue, and a print job is input to the print queue.
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a first installation unit configured to install a first printing related program corresponding to a plurality of types of image forming apparatuses; and a second installation unit configured to install a second printing related program along with the installation of the first printing related program by the first installation unit, without fixing an output destination of the second printing related program, wherein the second printing related program is executed when output data corresponding to data received from the first printing related program is transmitted to an output destination by using an object, wherein the output destination is set according to a user'"'"'s selection in the object, and wherein at least one processor functions as the units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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3. A control method carried out in an information processing apparatus comprising:
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a first installation step of installing a first printing related program corresponding to a plurality of types of image forming apparatuses; and a second installation step of installing a second printing related program along with the installation of the first printing related program in the first installation step, without fixing an output destination of the second printing related program, wherein the second printing related program is executed when output data corresponding to data received from the first printing related program is transmitted to an output destination by using an object, wherein the output destination is set according to a user'"'"'s selection in the object. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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