US 11,842,091 B2
Method of controlling information processing apparatus, editing intermediate data, and converting edited intermediate data into printing data
Tetsuya Shiohara, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/892,258.
Prior Publication US 2023/0061074 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 15/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1206 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1228 (2013.01)] 35 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling an information processing apparatus configured to execute an extension application associated with printing data generation software operatable in the information processing apparatus to extend a function, the method comprising:
adding information on an extended function to printing function information used in the printing data generation software;
switching whether to perform skip processing in which conversion processing of intermediate data performed by the printing data generation software is skipped; and
editing the intermediate data in which the conversion processing is skipped in the printing data generation software in the switching and converting the edited intermediate data into printing data.