Patent ID: 9575697
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A print instruction assistance device comprising: an acquisition unit, operable on a processor, that acquires usage record information concerning a usage record of a plurality of functions of each of a plurality of printers; a recognition unit, operable on the processor, that recognizes a change of a printer to be used for printing among the plurality of printers from a first printer to a second printer; and an output unit, operable on the processor, that outputs information indicating a function which is identified in accordance with the usage record information among a plurality of functions of the first printer and which is not included in the second printer, wherein the usage record information acquired by the acquisition unit indicates whether or not each of a plurality of functions of each of the plurality of printers has previously been used by a print instructor who gives printing instructions, the recognition unit recognizes a change of a printer to be used for printing among the plurality of printers from the first printer to the second printer in accordance with an operation of the print instructor, and the output unit identifies a function which has previously been used by the print instructor among the plurality of functions of the first printer in accordance with the usage record information.