Patent ID: 6661530
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A print processing apparatus using a computer system having a printer connected thereto, the apparatus comprising:a printer driver specific to the printer for sending printing data directly from an application program, which has a printing function, or via an operating system from the application program, to the printer; display means for displaying print setting items of the application program and printer setting items of the printer driver simultaneously on particular screens when printing operation is carried out using the application program; and print setting means for extracting an overlapping item between the print setting items of the application program and the printer setting items of the printer driver so as to prevent the contents of the overlapping item from conflicting with each other, wherein the print setting means erases a printer setting item among the printer setting items of the printer driver, which printer setting item overlaps with a print setting item of the application program, from the screen for displaying printer setting items of the printer driver.