Patent ID: 7796288
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printer control apparatus comprising a printer driver for controlling a printer connected to the printer control apparatus, wherein said printer driver is adapted to provide a user with an operating screen containing a plurality of setup items of printing conditions selectable by the user, said printer driver is adapted to search for a printer that matches the values of said setup items and to arrange a result of the search on said operating screen, and said printer driver is adapted to arrange on said operating screen a printing instruction part that can be operated by the user for instructing a printer indicated in the result of the search to print; wherein said operating screen simultaneously displays said plurality of setup items of printing conditions selectable by the user, the result of the search, and the printing instruction part that can be operated by the user for instructing a printer indicated in the result of the search to print.