Patent ID: 9262109
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A print instruction apparatus comprising: a designation storing unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of designation information, each designating a print condition not specifying any printer; a combination storing unit configured to store a combination of any of the plurality of pieces of designation information; a group storing unit configured to store a group of print settings which realize, in each of a plurality of printers, designation indicated by each of the plurality of pieces of designation information stored in the designation storing unit, for each of the plurality of printers; and at least one processor configured to implement a constraint deriving unit configured to derive a constraint relationship common to the plurality of printers, on the basis of the combination and the group, wherein the constraint relationship is a combination of print settings that cannot be specified simultaneously in any of the plurality of printers.