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Title:
SUPPORT PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/181988
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a technology for enabling various applications for using a printer to be managed easily with an information processing device in which an OS-standard general-purpose printing program has been installed. An auxiliary program 42 is requested to execute processing by a general-purpose printing program 41 in response to output of a printing command from an editing application 43 or the like. Further, the auxiliary program 42 is requested to execute processing by the general-purpose printing program 41 in response to an OS 21 receiving an activation command with a printer 2 selected. When the auxiliary program 42 is requested to execute processing in response to the OS 21 receiving an activation command, the auxiliary program 42 causes a CPU 11 of a PC 1 to acquire capability information indicating the capability of the printer 2 via the general-purpose printing program 41, display a list of information indicating an application using the capability indicated by the acquired capability information among a plurality of managed applications, and receive a command to execute one of the displayed applications.

Inventors:
NARITA KENJU (JP)
HOSOMIZO YOSHITO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2023/009281
Publication Date:
September 28, 2023
Filing Date:
March 10, 2023
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Assignee:
BROTHER IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
G06F3/12
Foreign References:
JP2020126364A2020-08-20
JP2013214319A2013-10-17
JP2016218666A2016-12-22
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