Patent ID: 6822753
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A setup computer-readable medium for making a printer be adaptable for use with a computer which utilizes an operating system and has an interface of first type and a parallel interface, the operating system retrieving a setup information file pertaining to an added device from a specific location and installing a driver pertaining to the device in accordance with the retrieved setup information file, the setup computer-readable medium storing:a port driver file of first type which is a port driver file of first type for causing the interface of first type to act as a port of first type for use with the printer; a setup information file for the port driver of first type including location designation information about a location in which the port driver file of first type is recorded; a printer driver file for the printer; and a setup program for causing the computer to perform: processing pertaining to a printer driver installation step of installing a printer driver for the printer in accordance with the printer driver file, on the assumption that the printer is connected to a parallel port, and processing pertaining to a copy step of copying the setup information file to the specific location and copying the port driver file of first type to a location designated by the location designation information stored in the setup information file.