Patent ID: 8289531
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus transmitting print data to an image forming apparatus and causing the image forming apparatus to print the print data, the information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to control installing a printer driver of the image forming apparatus; an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the image forming apparatus, information about a page for setting specific print setting related to the image forming apparatus in accordance with the installation of the printer driver by the control unit, the information including an URL of the page for setting specific print settings; a storing unit configured to store the information about a page acquired by the acquisition unit in association with the installed printer driver; an activation unit configured to activate an application that provides a print dialog for selecting a print output target and instruction for displaying a print setting screen; a display unit configured to, when the image forming apparatus corresponding to the printer driver installed by the control unit is selected as the print output target and a user instructs displaying a print setting screen via the print dialog of the application, activate a web browser and display a page for setting specific print setting information on a user interface of the activated web browser by using the information about the page acquired by the acquisition unit; an input unit configured to input, as information of a data structure that can be identified by the installed printer driver, print setting information set via the displayed page to the installed printer driver stored in association with the information about the page by the storing unit; a print data generating unit configured to instruct the installed printer driver to generate the print data by using the print setting information input by the input unit; and a transmit unit configured to transmit the print data generated by the installed printer driver instructed by the print data generating unit, to the image forming apparatus, wherein the page for setting the specific print setting information is different from a setting screen provided by a printer driver.