Patent ID: 7545526
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printer command control apparatus comprising: a storage unit adapted to store a display file in which a printer control command is embedded, wherein the printer control command includes manufacturer information of an appropriate printer and is embedded in a tag linked to an object on a user interface screen displayed by the display file; an obtaining unit adapted to obtain device identification information of a printer connected via a connection line, the device identification information including manufacturer information of the printer; a determination unit adapted to, if an instruction to issue a printer control command is made via the user interface screen displayed by the display file, determine whether the printer control command embedded in the display file is appropriate for the printer whose device identification information is obtained by said obtaining unit; and a transmission unit adapted to, if said determination unit determines that the printer control command embedded in the display file is appropriate for the printer whose device identification information is obtained by said obtaining unit, transmit the embedded printer control command to the printer, wherein, if said determination unit determines that the embedded printer control command is not appropriate for the printer, said transmission unit does not transmit the embedded printer control command to the printer, wherein said determination unit determines that the embedded printer control command is appropriate for the printer whose device identification information is obtained by said obtaining unit if the manufacturer information included in the device identification information obtained by said obtaining unit is identical to the manufacturer information of an appropriate printer included in the printer control command.