Patent ID: 6295136
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
A printer control apparatus for setting various pieces of information required for printing in a predetermined printer, said printer control apparatus comprising:tab image selection means for dividing said various pieces of information required for printing into a plurality of groups, providing image data that represent a plurality of tabs for various settings, each said tab corresponding to each of said plurality of groups, and selecting specific image data of a desired tab among said image data representing said plurality of tabs in response to an external instruction; anddisplay control means for displaying said specific image data of said desired tab as display image data comprising a data input field and a data display field on a screen of a display unit,wherein the data input field receives data for setting information required for printing specified in the desired tab from an input unit and the data display field displays a list of plural pieces of information required for printing selected among plural pieces of information required for printing specified in another tab as another set of image data that are different from said specific image data of said desired tab in a predetermined area of said display image data.