Patent ID: 7082574
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printing output user interface control method for controlling printing job information settings for a user interface which provides a printing-related information setting environment on a user interface display section formed in a printing data supply device, when printing data is supplied with the printing job information from the printing data supply device connected with a printing output device via network to the printing output device equipped with a printing job information display section which indicates printing job information by each printing job, the method comprising: a) said printing data supply device receiving language display capability information of said printing job information display section from said printing output device, wherein the language display capability information indentifies one or more spoken languages that can be written and/or printed via characters and is stored in the printing data supply device; b) comparing printing job information manually or automatically inputted in the setting environment with the language display capability information received by said printing data supply device in said step a) that is stored in the printing data supply device; and c) providing a user with an indication to input the printing job information with language characters suitable for the language display capability of said printing job information display section when said comparing in step b) indicates that the printing job information is inputted with characters not suitable for the language display capability of said printing job information display section, and in response to said indication the user replacing said printing job information manually or automatically inputted in the setting environment with new printing job information having characters suitable for language display capability of said printing job information display section.