Method for configuring device driver by customizing same user setting using in different image processing devices
First Claim
1. A device driver customizing method that is performed when a second driver is installed in an information processing device in which one or more first drivers each for controlling an image processing device have been already installed, the second driver being different from any of the first drivers, and the driver customizing method comprising:
- a searching step of comparing items included in first configuration data of any of the first drivers, which have been already configured by a user, with items included in second configuration data of the second driver, which are to be newly configured by the user, and thereby searching the first configuration data for an item corresponding to one of the items included in the second configuration data; and
a configuration step of configuring the one of the items included in the second configuration data to have a same value as a value given to the corresponding item, if the corresponding item has been found by the searching stepwherein if an address of the image processing device controlled by said any of the first drivers is the same as an address of an image processing device controlled by the second driver, the searching step searches the first configuration data of a first driver, among said one or more first drivers, which is for controlling the image processing device having the same address.
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Abstract
A device driver customizing method that is performed when a second driver is installed in an information processing device in which one or more first drivers each for controlling an image processing device have been already installed, the driver customizing method comprising: a searching step of comparing items included in first configuration data of any of the first drivers, which have been already configured by a user, with items included in second configuration data of the second driver, which are to be newly configured by the user, and thereby searching the first configuration data for an item corresponding to one of the items included in the second configuration data; and a configuration step of configuring the one of the items included in the second configuration data to have a same value as a value given to the corresponding item, if the corresponding item has been found by the searching step.
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15 Claims
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1. A device driver customizing method that is performed when a second driver is installed in an information processing device in which one or more first drivers each for controlling an image processing device have been already installed, the second driver being different from any of the first drivers, and the driver customizing method comprising:
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a searching step of comparing items included in first configuration data of any of the first drivers, which have been already configured by a user, with items included in second configuration data of the second driver, which are to be newly configured by the user, and thereby searching the first configuration data for an item corresponding to one of the items included in the second configuration data; and a configuration step of configuring the one of the items included in the second configuration data to have a same value as a value given to the corresponding item, if the corresponding item has been found by the searching step wherein if an address of the image processing device controlled by said any of the first drivers is the same as an address of an image processing device controlled by the second driver, the searching step searches the first configuration data of a first driver, among said one or more first drivers, which is for controlling the image processing device having the same address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer readable recording medium containing a computer program that is executed when a second driver is installed in an information processing device in which one or more first drivers each for controlling an image processing device have been already installed, the second driver being different from any of the first drivers, and the driver customizing method comprising:
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a searching step of comparing items included in first configuration data of any of the first drivers, which have been already configured by a user, with items included in second configuration data of the second driver, which are to be newly configured by the user, and thereby searching the first configuration data for an item corresponding to one of the items included in the second configuration data; and a configuration step of configuring the one of the items included in the second configuration data to have a small value as a value given to the corresponding item, if the corresponding item has been found by the searching step wherein if an address of the image processing device controlled by said any of the first drivers is the same as an address of an image processing device controlled by the second driver, the searching step searches the first configuration data of a first driver, among said one or more first drivers, which is for controlling the image processing device having the same address. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An information processing device, comprising:
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a searching unit operable to compare items included in first configuration data of any of one or more first drivers each for controlling an image processing device, with items included in second configuration data of a second driver, and thereby search the first configuration data for an item corresponding to the one of the items included in the second configuration data, said one or more first drivers having been already installed in the information processing device, the items included in the first configuration data having been already configured by a user, and the items included in the second configuration data being to be newly configured by the user; a configuration unit operable to configure the one of the items included in the second configuration data to have a same value as a value given to the corresponding item, if the corresponding item has been found by the searching unit a judging unit operable to judge whether an address of the image processing device controlled by said any of the first drivers is the same as an address of an image processing device controlled by the second driver; and a control unit operable, if the judging unit judges in the affirmative, to cause the searching unit to search the first configuration data of a first driver, among said one or more first drivers, which is for controlling the image processing device having the same address. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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