Patent ID: 11941310
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of controlling a printing control apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions, the method comprising:
registering, in an operating system of the printing control apparatus, a print conversion software as a virtual printing apparatus which is named corresponding to a printing apparatus to be controlled by the printing control apparatus, wherein the name of the virtual printing apparatus corresponding to the printing apparatus is selectable to execute printing using a driverless printing software of the operating system of the printing control apparatus;
receiving first print data via the driverless printing software in a case where an instruction to execute printing is given with the virtual printing apparatus registered in the operating system;
generating second print data interpretable by the printing apparatus, based on the first print data;
setting a second print setting, the second print setting is supported by the printing apparatus and different from a first print setting set via the driverless printing software of the operating system; and
transmitting the second print data and the second print setting to the printing apparatus.