Patent ID: 6246486
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus connected to a network to which are also connected a plurality of printers and a server apparatus provided with a print queue, the server apparatus being one of a print server and a file server, said information processing apparatus comprising:first inquiry means for making a first query to a first one of the plurality of printers concerning a printer language supported by the first printer;transmission means for, when a first response identifying a printer language supported by the first printer in response to the first query is received by said information processing apparatus, transmitting to the first printer print data converted to be interpretable by the printer language identified by the first response;second inquiry means for, when the first response is not received, making a second query to the remaining ones of the plurality of printers other than the first printer concerning what printer languages are supported by the remaining printers; andinstruction means for providing an instruction to select one of the remaining printers based on a second response received from at least one of the remaining printers in response to the second query.