Patent ID: 8228547

Claim:
An image source apparatus which sends image data to a printer directly connected thereto and causes the printer to execute a printing, the image source apparatus comprising: an application processor, operable to issue an initialization request and an acquisition command; a driver, operable to send the image data to the printer and to cause the printer to execute the printing based on the image data, in accordance with a prescribed standard, according to a request from the application processor; and a storage, wherein when the driver receives the initialization request from the application processor, the driver, after notifying the application processor of an acknowledgement of the initialization request, carries out an initialization process in accordance with the received initialization request, and the driver, after finishing the initialization process, acquires information on a plurality of items related to a specification of the printer from the printer in accordance with the prescribed standard before receiving the acquisition command from the application processor and stores the information in the storage, and when the driver receives the acquisition command for acquiring any of the plurality of items from the application processor, the driver returns information on the item related to the acquisition command to the application processor with reference to the storage.