US 11,687,293 B2
Information processing apparatus and control method
Tetsuya Shiohara, Sagamihara (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/452,097.
Claims priority of application No. JP2018-125043 (JP), filed on Jun. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0004471 A1, Jan. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1205 (2013.01) [G06F 3/123 (2013.01); G06F 3/125 (2013.01); G06F 3/1256 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus having an application configured to output content data, the information processing apparatus comprising:
a print setting screen unit configured to cause a display to display a setting screen before a print job is transmitted to a printing apparatus, wherein the setting screen is provided by an extended application, the extended application is obtained via a network based on identification information obtained from the printing apparatus being connected to the information processing apparatus, print data generation software associated with the extended application is usable for a printing apparatus from a first print vendor and is usable for a printing apparatus from a second print vendor different from the first print vendor, and the print job is generated based on the content data and print setting information set using the setting screen of the extended application;
a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction; and
a preview unit configured to display a preview screen in a case where the instruction is received, wherein the preview screen is a screen different from the setting screen and is displayed after the setting screen is displayed,
wherein the preview unit is provided by the extended application, and
wherein the print setting screen unit, the receiving unit, and the preview unit are implemented by at least one processor of the information processing apparatus.