Patent ID: 7474429
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus for controlling a print job using a virtual printer constructed by a plurality of member printers, comprising: receiving means for receiving a display request for a setting display screen of the virtual printer; conflicting means for executing a conflicting process based on each function of the plurality of member printers in response to the display request received by said receiving means; examining means for examining a construction of the member printers which construct the virtual printer, wherein the construction includes the number of the member printers and types of the member printers, and wherein the type of each member printer indicates whether the member printer has a function-controllable printer driver or a function-uncontrollable printer driver; counting means for executing a weight-counting process of the number of the member printers on the basis of the types of the member printers; and display control means for controlling said apparatus so as to visualize an advance situation of the conflicting process on the basis of the examination by said examining means and the weight-counting process executed by said counting means during the conflicting process executed by said conflicting means and for reflecting a result of the conflicting process to the setting display screen of the virtual printer after the conflicting process is executed.