Patent ID: 7148978
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of setting a printer setting, comprising steps of: storing a set data for a printer in a print setting storage region; displaying a first window which indicates the set data upon an instruction by a user to display the first window, the set data being confirmable or changeable by the user on the first window; activating a second window upon an instruction by the user via a selection in the first window; storing a special set data for the printer in a special setting storage region; displaying the second window, after activation, when a printer driver starts operating, the second window being different from the first window and which indicates the special set data, the special set data being confirmable or changeable by the user on the second window; and instructing the printer to start printing, via a window that is different from the second window, based on an instruction by the user after the special set data has been confirmed or changed by the user in the second window, wherein the second window is displayed independently of displaying the first window without any instruction by the user in the first window once the second window has been activated upon the instruction by the user via the selection in the first window.