Data processing apparatus, data processing method of data processing apparatus, and computer-readable memory medium storing program therein

• US 9,043,730 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2010
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Sano, Tetsuji, Konishi, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US12/892,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20110016404A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,701 Days
• Field of Search: 715/810, 715/738, 715/747, 715/711, 715/714, 715/735, 715/718, 715763-765, 715851-853, 715/707
• US Class Current: 715/838
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1205 resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1232 Transmitting printer device capabilities, e.g. upon request or periodically
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1285 Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server

Abstract

To freely establish a peripheral equipment selection operating environment of excellent operability which can remarkably reduce an operation burden which is applied until construction information of selectable peripheral equipment can be confirmed and can easily confirm the construction information of the selectable peripheral equipment by everyone by a simple operating instruction, a CPU obtains construction information of a printer that is being selected and default setting on the basis of a selection instructing state relative to a selectable printer candidate on a network and allows them to be caption-displayed at a position near the position indicated by a cursor on a printer selection picture plane displayed on a CRT.

Claims

1. A data processing apparatus, comprising:

a first display control unit configured to control displaying of an object of an image forming apparatus;

a second display control unit configured to control displaying of a print setting screen by receiving an operation for the object displayed by the first display control unit, the print setting screen being provided to set print setting information for use in executing print processing in the image forming apparatus;

a setting unit configured to set print setting information input via the print setting screen displayed by the second display control unit; and

a third display control unit configured to control displaying of a status of the image forming apparatus for the object displayed by the first display control unit,

wherein print processing of a document is started with the print setting information set by the setting unit when the document is dropped on the object displayed by the first display control unit.

2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the object comprises an icon of a printer which communicates with the data processing apparatus and a name of the printer.

7. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the set print setting information is displayed for the object, when a cursor is overlapped on the object.

8. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein configuration information of the image forming apparatus is displayed, when a cursor is overlapped on the object.

9. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print setting screen is provided by a printer driver.

3. A control method carried out in a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying an object of an image forming apparatus;

displaying a print setting screen by receiving an operation for the displayed object, the print setting screen being provided to set print setting information for use in executing print processing in the image forming apparatus;

setting print setting information input via the displayed print setting screen; and

displaying a status of the image forming apparatus for the displayed object,

wherein print processing of a document is started with the set print setting information when the document is dropped on the displayed object.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the object comprises an icon of a printer which communicates with the data processing apparatus and a name of the printer.

10. The method according to claim 3, wherein the set print setting information is displayed for the object, when a cursor is overlapped on the object.

11. The method according to claim 3, wherein configuration information of the image forming apparatus is displayed, when a cursor is overlapped on the object.

12. The method according to claim 3, wherein the print setting screen is provided by a printer driver.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for storing a computer program that causes a computer to execute a control method carried out in a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

displaying an object of an image forming apparatus;

displaying a print setting screen by receiving an operation for the displayed object, the print setting screen being provided to set print setting information for use in executing print processing in the image forming apparatus;

setting print setting information input via the displayed print setting screen; and

displaying a status of the image forming apparatus for the displayed object,

wherein print processing of a document is started with the set print setting information when the document is dropped on the displayed object.

6. The storage medium according to claim 5, wherein the object comprises an icon of a printer which communicates with the data processing apparatus and a name of the printer.

13. The storage medium according to claim 5, wherein the set print setting information is displayed for the object, when a cursor is overlapped on the object.

14. The storage medium according to claim 5, wherein configuration information of the image forming apparatus is displayed, when a cursor is overlapped on the object.

15. The storage medium according to claim 5, wherein the print setting screen is provided by a printer driver.