Patent ID: 7757180

Claim:
A print control operation system comprising: a mouse device; the print control operation system using icons including a display picture for displaying a print icon having predetermined print conditions and a file icon of a file to be printed, print processing of said file being executed under the predetermined print conditions in said print icon by dragging said file icon and dropping said file icon on said print icon, wherein said dragging said file icon and said dropping said file icon is performed by using said mouse device, wherein the print icon is formed so that the display is altered according to a setting of the print conditions in said print icon, and said print conditions are displayed on said display picture in a recognizable display form when the file icon is not located over the print icon, and wherein the print icon to which the file icon is dragged and dropped is an icon which limits on a specific function among print processing functions provided in a corresponding printer, and which issues a print command by a function which specifies the file icon for the printer when the file icon is dragged and dropped on the print icon, and wherein the print icon can be generated on a screen of the display as a printer icon which is capable of directly designating at least one frequently used function among print processing functions possessed by the printer.