US 11,671,313 B2
Printing apparatus, printing system, method of registering printing apparatus, and medium
Ritsuto Sako, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/877,623.
Claims priority of application No. JP2019-096253 (JP), filed on May 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0374187 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/0813 (2022.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 41/0806 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1292 (2013.01); H04L 41/0813 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus that can be used in a first type cloud printing service, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing at least one program,
wherein the at least one program is executed by the at least one processor to:
provide information of a printer registration screen to receive an operation for registering the printing apparatus to a tenant, wherein the printer registration screen receives an operation for registering the printing apparatus to each of a plurality of tenants;
receive an instruction for registering the printing apparatus in response to an operation for registering the printing apparatus to the tenant via the printing registration screen, in association with a tenant that is managed in the first type cloud printing service, as a cloud printer that is used by a user belonging to the tenant; and
request, to the first type cloud printing service, to register the printing apparatus in association with the tenant based on a received instruction
wherein even if the printing apparatus has already been registered as a cloud printer that is managed in the first type cloud printing service, an instruction for registering the printing apparatus as a different cloud printer that is managed in the first type cloud printing service is received, and
wherein the printer registration screen receives a change of a name of the printer registered as the cloud printer for each tenant,
different names can be assigned to the cloud printer for different tenants, and
a registration status of a printer registered in each tenant and a printer name registered as a cloud printer are displayed for each tenant on the printer registration screen, and the printer registration screen includes an area for receiving a registration instruction to register the printing apparatus to the first type cloud printing service as a new cloud printer.