Patent ID: 7253914
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A print control method of a printer driver for performing print processing in an operation mode which is automatically determined from among a plurality of operation modes in response to a print request from an application program, said print control method comprising the steps of: setting evaluation information indicating whether or not the operation mode is to be evaluated after printing; generating print data in an intermediate condition and temporarily storing the generated print data, wherein said print data generating step is responsive to the print request from the application program, and wherein the intermediate condition is independent of a particular page description language; analyzing the temporarily stored generated print data; determining the operation mode from among the plurality of operation modes based on a selection criterion and based on the analysis in said print data analyzing step; processing the temporarily stored generated print data in accordance with the determined operation mode; displaying an evaluation screen for querying evaluation of a printing quality for the print processing, after the print processing of the print data is finished, in a case where the evaluation information set in said setting step indicates that the operation mode is to be evaluated; acquiring an evaluation result input by a user via the evaluation screen displayed in said displaying step; and updating the selection criterion for determining said operation mode based on the evaluation result acquired in said evaluation acquisition step so as to effect a next determination of the operation mode, wherein, in order to enable the user to selectively input the evaluation result, options consisting of a print quality is satisfactory option, a printing should be faster option, a print should be clearer option, and a printing should be more accurate option are displayed in said displaying step.