Patent ID: 7667864
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printer host connected to plural printing apparatuses, comprising: state information acquiring means which are provided to correspond to the printing apparatuses, wherein each of the information acquiring means acquires state information of the corresponding printing apparatus; and state information managing means which manages the state information acquiring means, wherein the state information managing means judges whether or not the printer host is executing printing when a predetermined first instruction is received, causes the state information acquiring means to acquire state information concerning printing apparatuses which are performing printing and for which the printer host is executing printing if it is judged that the printer host is executing printing, and displays predetermined information included in the state information of only the printing apparatuses which are performing printing and for which the printer host is executing printing, and wherein the state information managing means displays a screen for receiving designation of a printing apparatus and information which should be displayed when a predetermined second instruction is received, and if the printer host is not executing printing for any printing apparatus at the time when the predetermined first instruction is received, the state information managing means causes the state information acquiring means to acquire state information concerning the printing apparatus designated, and displays the information designated among pieces of information included in the state information.