Patent ID: 8228531
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B41J,G06F

Abstract:
1. A control method of obtaining a status of a printing apparatus, wherein the method is executed by a printer utility installed in an information processing apparatus having an operating printer driver that can obtain and store a status from the printing apparatus, comprising: a first determination step of determining a state of an interface for obtaining a status from the printing apparatus; and a second determination step of determining a type of the interface for obtaining status from the printing apparatus; an obtaining step of switching a method for obtaining a status of the printing apparatus based in part on the type of the interface, and of obtaining the status of the printing apparatus, such that the status is obtained from the printing apparatus by sending a command for obtaining the status via the interface regardless of whether or not the status is stored by the printer driver if it is determined that either in said first determination step that the interface is not in an occupied state or if it is determined in said second determination step that the interface is a network interface, and wherein the status is obtained by obtaining a status of the printing apparatus obtained and stored by the printer driver without sending the command via the interface if it is determined in said first determination step that the interface is in an occupied state and it is determined in said second determination step that the interface is a local interface.