Patent ID: 8345271
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing control apparatus comprising: an input unit comprising a plurality of operable keys; a display unit configured to display image data; a printing key, wherein the input unit sends a print command for initiating a print job of the image data displayed on the display unit at a printer at the same time that the printing key is selected; a printing control unit that receives the print command sent from the input unit; a determination unit that determines whether a predetermined key, different from the printing key, is pressed at the same time that the printing key is selected; a storage unit that stores user definition data corresponding to a parameter relating to a printing mode of the print job; a setting unit that sets the parameter in the printing control unit based on a result of a determination by the determination unit, wherein, when the determination unit determines that the predetermined key is pressed at the same time that the print command is received, the setting unit: wherein, when the determination unit determines that the predetermined key is not pressed at the same time that the print command is received, the setting unit selects the predetermined default value for the parameter in the printing control unit, and wherein the printer executes the print job of the image data displayed on the display unit in accordance with the parameter set by the setting unit; and a recording device that records a history of pressing another key of the plurality of operable keys different from the printing key at the same time the printing key is selected, wherein the setting unit updates another setup value of another parameter relating to the printing mode of the print job to a specific value based on the history of pressing the another key when the printing key is selected.