Information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium

• US 9,007,641 B2
• Filed: 01/06/2014
• Issued: 04/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Morimoto, Hiroaki
• Primary Examiner(s): EBRAHIMI DEHKORD, SAEID
• Application Number:
  US14/148,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20140192376A1
• Time in Patent Office: 463 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.15
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/121 Facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1229 Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1259 Print job monitoring, e.g. job status
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1284 Local printer device
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/1806 Receiving job control commands
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/1809 relating to the printing process
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/402 Sharing data concerning the arrangement's configuration or current state for managing optional units G06K15/4025

Abstract

An information processing apparatus instructs a printing apparatus to stop print processing for a print command to be processed by the printing apparatus via a universal serial bus, if status information indicating a status of the printing apparatus indicates that the printing apparatus is in a state where the print processing cannot be continued, wherein the print command is generated by a printer driver configured not to include a language monitor.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an acquisition unit configured to acquire status information indicating a status of a printing apparatus;

a control unit configured to return control to an operating system (OS) if the status information acquired by the acquisition unit indicates that the print processing in the printing apparatus has been completed, and configured not to return control to the OS if the status information acquired by the acquisition unit indicates that the print processing in the printing apparatus has not been completed; and

an instruction unit configured to instruct the printing apparatus to stop print processing for a print command processed by the printing apparatus,

wherein information of the print command is deleted from a print queue by returning the control to the OS,

wherein information of the print command is stored in the print queue until returning the control to the OS whereby the instruction unit can instruct the printing apparatus to stop print processing for the print command, and

wherein the print command is generated by a printer driver configured not to include a language monitor.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a request acquisition unit configured to acquire a request to stop the print command to be processed by the printing apparatus,

wherein the instruction unit instructs the printing apparatus to stop the print processing for the print command to be processed by the printing apparatus via a universal serial bus, if the request acquisition unit acquires the request to stop the print command and if the status information acquired by the acquisition unit indicates that the printing apparatus is in a state where the print processing cannot be continued.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a deletion unit configured to delete the print command from a print queue after the instruction unit instructs the printing apparatus to stop the print processing for the print command via a universal serial bus.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the instruction unit instructs the printing apparatus to stop the print processing for the print command via a universal serial bus port monitor, and

wherein the universal serial bus port monitor operates according to a port monitor expansion file.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the instruction unit instructs the printing apparatus to stop the print processing via a universal serial bus before providing a notification of completion of processing for sending the print command.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a determination unit configured to determine whether processing for sending the print command has successfully been completed at least once,

wherein, if the determination unit determines that the processing for sending the print command has successfully been completed at least once and if the status information acquired by the acquisition unit indicates that the printing apparatus is in a state where the print processing cannot be continued, the instruction unit instructs the printing apparatus to stop the print processing for the print command to be processed by the printing apparatus via a universal serial bus.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a generation unit configured to generate the print command;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire identification information of the print command while the print processing of the print command is performed in the printing apparatus; and

a determination unit configured to determine, based on the acquired identification information, whether the print command being processed in the printing apparatus is generated by the generating unit, wherein, if the print command being processed in the printing apparatus is determined to be generated by the generating unit and information of the print command is stored in the print queue, the instruction unit instructs the printing apparatus to stop print processing for the print command.

8. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program to cause an information processing apparatus to perform a control method, the control method comprising:

acquiring status information indicating a status of a printing apparatus;

returning control to an operating system (OS) if the acquired status information indicates that the print processing in the printing apparatus has been completed, and not returning control to the OS if the acquired status information indicates that the print processing in the printing apparatus has not been completed; and

instructing the printing apparatus to stop print processing for a print command processed by the printing apparatus,

wherein information of the print command is deleted from a print queue by returning the control to the OS,

wherein information of the print command is stored in the print queue until returning the control to the OS whereby instructing is able to instruct the printing apparatus to stop print processing for the print command, and

wherein the print command is generated by a printer driver configured not to include a language monitor.

9. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 8, the control method further comprising acquiring a request to stop the print command to be processed by the printing apparatus,

wherein instructing includes instructing the printing apparatus to stop the print processing for the print command to be processed by the printing apparatus via a universal serial bus, if acquiring includes acquiring the request to stop the print command is acquired and if the acquired status information indicates that the printing apparatus is in a state where the print processing cannot be continued.

10. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 8, the control method further comprising deleting the print command from a print queue after instructing instructs the printing apparatus to stop the print processing for the print command via a universal serial bus.

11. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 8,

wherein instructing includes instructing the printing apparatus to stop the print processing for the print command via a universal serial bus port monitor, and

wherein the universal serial bus port monitor operates according to a port monitor expansion file.

12. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 8, wherein instructing includes instructing the printing apparatus to stop the print processing via a universal serial bus before providing a notification of completion of processing for sending the print command.

13. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 8, the control method further comprising determining whether processing for sending the print command has successfully been completed at least once,

wherein, if it is determined that the processing for sending the print command has successfully been completed at least once and if the acquired status information indicates that the printing apparatus is in a state where the print processing cannot be continued, instructing includes instructing the printing apparatus to stop the print processing for the print command to be processed by the printing apparatus via a universal serial bus.

14. A control method for an information processing apparatus, the control method comprising:

acquiring status information indicating a status of a printing apparatus;

returning control to an operating system (OS) if the acquired status information indicates that the print processing in the printing apparatus has been completed, and not returning control to the OS if the acquired status information indicates that the print processing in the printing apparatus has not been completed; and

instructing the printing apparatus to stop print processing for a print command processed by the printing apparatus,

wherein information of the print command is deleted from a print queue by returning the control to the OS,

wherein information of the print command is stored in the print queue until returning the control to the OS whereby instructing is able to instruct the printing apparatus to stop print processing for the print command, and

wherein the print command is generated by a printer driver configured not to include a language monitor.

15. The control method according to claim 14, further comprising acquiring a request to stop the print command to be processed by the printing apparatus,

wherein instructing includes instructing the printing apparatus to stop the print processing for the print command to be processed by the printing apparatus via a universal serial bus, if acquiring includes acquiring the request to stop the print command and if the acquired status information indicates that the printing apparatus is in a state where the print processing cannot be continued.

16. The control method according to claim 14, further comprising deleting the print command from a print queue after instructing instructs the printing apparatus to stop the print processing for the print command via a universal serial bus.

17. The control method according to claim 14,

wherein instructing includes instructing the printing apparatus to stop the print processing for the print command via a universal serial bus port monitor, and

wherein the universal serial bus port monitor operates according to a port monitor expansion file.

18. The control method according to claim 14, wherein instructing includes instructing the printing apparatus to stop the print processing via a universal serial bus before providing a notification of completion of processing for sending the print command.

19. The control method according to claim 14, further comprising determining whether processing for sending the print command has successfully been completed at least once,

wherein, if it is determined that the processing for sending the print command has successfully been completed at least once and if the acquired status information indicates that the printing apparatus is in a state where the print processing cannot be continued, instructing includes instructing the printing apparatus to stop the print processing for the print command to be processed by the printing apparatus via a universal serial bus.