Patent ID: 11880622
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A printing system comprising a supporting program of an information processing apparatus and a connected printer connected to a server,
wherein the supporting program is executable by a computer of the information processing apparatus and is configured to support a printing program of an operating system of the information processing apparatus,
wherein the information processing apparatus is connectable to a virtual printer in the server on a network,
wherein the supporting program, when executed by the computer, causes the information processing apparatus to execute:
when being requested from the printing program of the operating system for processing in response to receipt of a print instruction, outputted from an application program installed on the information processing apparatus, for causing the printing program of the operating system to perform printing of an image, a destination of which is set to the virtual printer,
obtaining a print setting associated with the print instruction from the printing program of the operating system;
generating a character string for displaying indicating at least a part of the obtained print setting;
obtaining, from the printing program of the operating system, image data indicating the image, which is to be printed, of a print job; and
transmitting, to the virtual printer, (i) the print job, for causing information processing apparatus to print based on the obtained image data, and (ii) the generated character string for displaying in a state in which the print job and the character string for displaying are associated with each other,

wherein the server stores the print job and the character string each transmitted to the virtual printer in the state in which the print job and the character string are associated with each other and, in response to a request from the connected printer, passes, to the connected printer, a job name of the stored print job and character string for display in a state in which the job name and the character string for display are associated with each other, and
wherein the connected printer obtains the job name and the character string for displaying each passed from the server after outputting the request to the server, and receives an execution instruction of the print job corresponding to the job name by displaying the obtained job name and the character string for displaying on a display of the connected printer in the state in which the job name and the character string are associated with each other.