US 12,282,693 B2
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium
Tetsuya Shiohara, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/358,821.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-121181 (JP), filed on Jul. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0036783 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1224 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1284 (2013.01); G06F 3/1285 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus including an application that extends a function provided by print data generation software used in common by a plurality of different printing apparatuses, the information processing apparatus comprising:
one or more memories; and
a processor in communication with the one or more memories,
wherein the one or more memories and the processor are configured to:
acquire information regarding a connecting form and a printing method of a printing apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus, the connecting form indicating that the printing apparatus is connected to the information processing apparatus via a server or not via the server, the printing method being inkjet printing and laser beam printing; and
cause a display unit to display a screen having a different configuration based on the acquired information, the screen having a button of a different name for the same function based on the printing method.