JP6331780B2 - Portable terminal device, print setting method, and print setting program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal device such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, a print setting method method and a print setting program implemented in the device.

  In the mobile terminal device as described above, a technique called cooperation between applications (hereinafter also referred to as applications) is generally used. This inter-application collaboration technology is used in such a way that one application calls another application and takes over the processing. The inter-application cooperation is performed based on a method called a URL scheme.

  Using this inter-application collaboration technology, the print application and the general-purpose application are linked in a mobile terminal device in which a general-purpose application for processing data and a print application for printing the data on a wirelessly connected printing apparatus are installed. Things have been done.

  When printing is performed from a general-purpose application through a print application, there are cases where a vendor of the general-purpose application presets print parameters and there are cases where there are no print parameters. For example, in the case of an album application, “color setting” is set as a parameter.

  Such print parameters can be determined by the print application by adding the print setting after the URL of the cooperation destination application and sending it. In addition, there are two types of print mode instructions: manual printing for manually selecting print settings by displaying a printing device selection and print setting screen, and automatic printing for printing immediately without displaying the setting screen. Thus, it is determined whether manual printing, automatic printing, or manual / automatic selection is instructed to the printing application of the cooperation destination. Upon receiving this print mode instruction, the linked printing application can directly transition to any one of the automatic, manual, and selection screens. Some general-purpose applications do not instruct such a print mode.

  In the conventional mobile terminal device, in the manual print mode, the print setting screen that reflects the previous print settings is displayed regardless of the type of application that was used. I had to. On the other hand, in the case of automatic printing, since print settings cannot be made, if the print settings desired by the user are different from the default (previously used print settings), it is necessary to switch to manual printing.

  From this point of view, it is convenient if print settings corresponding to the characteristics of the general-purpose application can be set in advance as user favorites, and it is desired to realize this.

  However, the favorite print settings in the conventional print application are registered and stored in association with the printing device, and the options are different for each printing device. It could not be used as a setting.

  For the purpose of performing efficient print processing according to registered or changed print setting information in Patent Document 1 without the need for resetting print setting information required for each application switching. When the central processing unit determines that the application name is registered when the printer driver is activated based on the print request instruction from the application to the printer, the print setting information registered in the storage unit is called according to the application name. A technique has been proposed in which a print setting screen is displayed on a display device, and when the central processing unit determines that an application name is not registered, a print setting screen based on the created default print setting information is displayed on the display device. ing.

JP-A-8-147118

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, the printer driver is intended only for a printer, and is not related to a printing process at the time of cooperation between a general-purpose application and a printing application in a mobile terminal device.

  As described above, the conventional mobile terminal device is not configured to effectively use the print parameters and manual / automatic print information prepared by the vendor of the general-purpose application, and even if the print application is called from the general-purpose application. Only a uniform response over the extension of the conventional configuration was possible. For this reason, the printing parameters prepared by the vendor and the favorite information held by the printing application cannot be used, which is inconvenient.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and when linking a general-purpose application and a printing application, printing can be performed in consideration of the print parameters on the general-purpose application side. Mobile terminal device and print setting method capable of achieving user-friendly application cooperation by preparing user's favorite print settings and efficiently using the print parameters and favorite print settings on the general-purpose application side It is another object of the present invention to provide a print setting program.

The above problem is solved by the following means.
(1) A portable terminal device in which a first application for processing data and a second application for printing the data on a wirelessly connected printing apparatus are installed, and processed by the first application In addition, when the data is printed, the call information is notified from the first application and specifies the second application, and the call information to which the first print setting information on the first application side is added Calling means for calling the second application, holding means for holding second print setting information for the first application set by a user operation based on the second application, The first printing based on the second application called by the calling means Print setting means for performing print settings by applying either the first print setting information or the second print setting information according to a predetermined rule according to the content of the fixed information, and the second application Based on the print setting means, the print instruction means for instructing the printing apparatus to print the data according to the print settings set by the print setting means, wherein the first print setting information is applied to the print instruction means. A portable terminal device that issues a print instruction without accepting a print setting by a user operation .
(2) The portable terminal device according to (1) , wherein, when the second print setting information is applied, the print instruction unit issues a print instruction after receiving a print setting by a user operation.
( 3 ) The portable terminal device according to item 1 or 2 , wherein the calling of the second application by the calling unit is performed based on a URL scheme.
( 4 ) The holding unit stores third print setting information for the printing apparatus, and the print setting unit stores the first print information based on information indicating the first application included in the call information. The portable terminal device according to any one of the preceding items 1 to 3, wherein the print setting information of 2 is specified.
( 5 ) The mobile phone according to any one of the preceding items 1 to 4 , wherein the first print setting information includes at least one of print parameter information for specifying a specific print condition and print mode information for instructing a print mode. Terminal device.
(6) the printing mode, the manual printing mode, automatic printing mode, manual / automatic printing of the portable terminal device according to item 5, which is either selected mode.
(7) said printing setting means, the print parameter information based on the print mode information, item 5, to perform the print settings by applying one of the first print setting information or the second print setting information Or the portable terminal device of 6 .
( 8 ) When the print mode specified by the print mode information is the manual print mode, the print setting means applies the second print setting information, and when the print mode is the automatic print mode, the print setting unit applies the second print setting information. 8. The portable terminal device according to item 7 , wherein if the parameter information exists, the first print setting information is applied, and if the print parameter information does not exist, the second print setting information is applied.
( 9 ) When the print mode instruction is not included in the first print setting information, the print setting unit treats as the manual print mode and applies the second print setting information according to any one of the preceding items 5 to 8. Mobile terminal device.
(10) said retaining means includes a first holding means for holding said second print setting information, made from a second holding means for holding the third print setting information, further, the first holding Based on the second print setting information held in the means, the print setting screen for the first application is displayed, and based on the third print setting information held in the second holding means. 5. A portable terminal device according to item 4 , further comprising display means for displaying a print setting screen for the printing device.
(11) the print setting means, said first print setting item does not exist in the print parameters in the print setting information is set forth in the preceding paragraph 1-10 for performing print setting with the print setting items in the second print setting information The portable terminal device in any one.
( 12 ) The print setting means has a function of detecting information irrelevant to the second print setting information from the first print setting information. When the irrelevant information is detected, the print setting means is irrelevant. mobile terminal device according to any one of items 1 to 11 to ignore the information.
( 13 ) When the second application is called for the first time by the calling unit, the print setting unit displays a print setting screen, and the contents set by the user on the print setting screen are displayed as the second print setting. 13. The mobile terminal device according to any one of the preceding items 1 to 12 , which is stored as information.
( 14 ) The mobile terminal device according to item 13 , wherein the print setting item on the print setting screen is a setting item related to a basic function of the printing device.
( 15 ) The portable terminal device according to item 13 , wherein the print setting item on the print setting screen is a setting item related to a basic function and an optional function of the printing device selected by the user.
(16) when a single activation of the second application, preceding 1-15 registration and / or changes based on user operation to display the print setting screen for the first application the print settings have been made possible The mobile terminal device according to any one of the above.
( 17 ) The mobile terminal device according to any one of the preceding items 1 to 16 , wherein a print setting screen for the first application can be displayed based on the second application.
( 18 ) The print setting means displays the first print setting information or the second print setting information on the print setting screen of the first print setting information based on the information indicating the first application included in the call information. 18. The portable terminal device according to any one of the preceding items 1 to 17 , wherein information indicating one application is displayed.
( 19 ) A print setting method executed by a portable terminal device in which a first application for processing data and a second application for printing the data on a wirelessly connected printing device are installed, Call information notified from the first application and specifying the second application when the data processed by the first application is printed, and the first print setting on the first application side A calling step for calling the second application based on the call information to which the information is added; and second print setting information for the first application set by a user operation based on the second application. A holding step to be held in the holding means, and before being called by the calling step Based on the second application, printing is performed by applying either the first print setting information or the second print setting information according to a preset rule according to the contents of the first print setting information. and print setting step for setting, on the basis of the second application, the print of the data by the print settings made by the print setting step, and a print instruction step of instructing the printing apparatus, the printing In the instructing step, when the first print setting information is applied , a print setting method is instructed to print without accepting a print setting by a user operation .
( 20 ) A first application that processes data and a computer of a portable terminal device in which a second application for printing the data on a wirelessly connected printing apparatus is installed are processed by the first application. In addition, when the data is printed, the call information is notified from the first application and specifies the second application, and the call information to which the first print setting information on the first application side is added A calling step for calling the second application based on the second application, and a holding step for holding the second print setting information for the first application set by a user operation based on the second application in a holding unit. And the second application called by the calling step In accordance with the contents of the first print setting information, the print setting is performed by applying either the first print setting information or the second print setting information in accordance with a preset rule. Executing a print setting step and a print instruction step for instructing the printing apparatus to print the data according to the print setting set in the print setting step based on the second application, and the print instruction step. in the case where the first print setting information is applied, because the print setting program to execute the processing for instructing the printing without receiving the print setting by a user operating the computer.

  According to the invention described in item (1) above, the second application is notified based on the call information notified from the first application for processing data and specifying the second application for causing the printing apparatus to print the data. Is called. Then, based on the called second application, according to the contents of the first print setting information on the first application side, the first print setting information or the second application is set according to a preset rule. Based on the second print setting information for the first application set by the user operation based on the print setting, the print setting is performed, and the printing apparatus is instructed to print the data according to the set print setting. . That is, the second print setting information for the first application, in other words, the user's favorite print setting information for the first application is set based on the second application, and the first print setting information is set. The first print setting information or the favorite second print setting information can be applied in accordance with the contents of the information, so that both print setting information can be used efficiently and are easy to use. App collaboration can be achieved.

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 3 ), since the calling is performed based on the scheme of the URL scheme, the first application and the second application can be easily linked.

According to the invention described in ( 4 ) above, since the second print setting information is specified based on the information indicating the first application included in the call information, in addition to the second print setting information, Even if the third print setting information for the printing apparatus is held, the second print setting information can be easily specified.

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 5 ), the first print setting information includes at least one of print parameter information and print mode information for specifying specific print conditions. It is possible to print in the designated print parameters and the designated print mode.

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 6 ), it is possible to perform printing in any one of the printing modes of manual printing, automatic printing, and manual / automatic printing.

According to the invention described in item ( 7 ), the print setting is performed by applying either the first print setting information or the second print setting information based on the print parameter information and the print mode information.

According to the invention described in ( 8 ) above, the second print setting information is applied when the print mode indicated by the print mode information is the manual print mode, and the print mode is printed when the print mode is the automatic print mode. If the parameter information exists, the first print setting information is applied. If the print parameter information does not exist, the second print setting information is applied.

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 9 ), when there is no print mode instruction in the first print setting information, it is handled as the manual print mode and the second print setting information is applied.

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 10 ), the print setting screen for the first application is displayed based on the second print setting information held in the first holding means, and the second holding means displays A print setting screen for the printing apparatus is displayed based on the held third print setting information.

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 11 ), the print setting item that does not exist in the print parameter in the first print setting information is set using the print setting item in the second print setting information.

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 12 ), when information irrelevant to the second print setting information is given from the first print setting information, the irrelevant information is ignored.

According to the invention described in ( 13 ) above, the print setting screen is displayed when the second application is called for the first time, and the contents set by the user on the print setting screen are stored as the second print setting information. Therefore, the print setting can be performed thereafter using the stored second print setting information.

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 14 ), the setting content related to the basic function of the printing apparatus is stored as the second print setting information.

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 15 ), the setting contents relating to the basic function and the optional function of the printing apparatus selected by the user are stored as the second print setting information.

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 16 ), when the second application is started alone, the user can display the print setting screen for the first application and register and / or change the print setting. .

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 17 ), the print setting screen for the first application can be displayed based on the second application.

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 18 ), the first print setting information or the second print setting information is displayed on the print setting screen based on the information indicating the first application specified by the call information. Information indicating one application can be displayed.

According to the invention described in the preceding item ( 19 ), the second print setting information for the first application, in other words, the user's favorite print setting information for the first application is set based on the second application. In addition, since the first print setting information or the favorite second print setting information can be applied according to the contents of the first print setting information, both print setting information can be efficiently used. It can be used for easy-to-use application collaboration.

According to the invention described in ( 20 ), the second print setting information for the first application, in other words, the user's favorite print setting information for the first application is set based on the second application. In addition, the processing of applying the first print setting information or applying the favorite second print setting information according to the content of the first print setting information is executed by the computer of the portable terminal device. Can do.

It is a block diagram of the communication system provided with the portable terminal device which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of a portable terminal device. It is a block diagram which shows the application structure of a portable terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the calling information in the case of using the cooperation function by the URL scheme of OS, and designating the 2nd application from the 1st application, and calling this application. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a portable terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the first time starting flow of step S308 in FIG. It is a figure which shows the screen transition of a portable terminal device.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a communication system including a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  This system includes a mobile terminal device 1 composed of a smartphone, a tablet terminal, etc., one or a plurality of printing devices 2, a web server 3, a personal computer 4, etc., which are connected via a wired or wireless network 5. Are connected to each other. The mobile terminal device 1 is connected to a web service 6 such as another company's cloud via a network and can acquire data (files).

  In this embodiment, an MFP (Multi Function Peripherals), which is a multifunction digital image forming apparatus that combines a plurality of functions such as a copy function, a printer function, a facsimile function, and a scan function, is used as the printing apparatus 2.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the mobile terminal device 1.

  The mobile terminal device 1 includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a storage unit 14, a display unit 15, a touch panel 16, a communication interface (communication IF) 17, a camera 18, and the like.

  The CPU 11 is installed in an OS (Operating System), a general-purpose application for various data processing (also referred to as a general-purpose application), a printing application for instructing printing to the printing apparatus 2 (also referred to as a printing application), and the like. Based on this, the entire mobile terminal device 1 is controlled in an integrated manner, and specific control contents will be described later.

  The ROM 12 is a memory that stores an operation program of the CPU 11, and the RAM 13 is a memory that provides a work area when the CPU 11 executes the operation program.

  The storage unit 14 is a memory that stores the OS, applications, and image files for images displayed on the display unit 15.

  The display unit 15 displays various images such as web page images or camera-captured images, operation screens for users, messages, and the like, and is used for user operations. The display unit 15 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display. Yes. In addition, the touch panel 16 is provided on the screen of the display unit 15 and detects a touch operation of the user and specifies a touched coordinate or the like.

  The communication interface 17 is used to make a call through a telephone line or to exchange data with the printing apparatus 2, the web server 3, the web service 6, etc. by wireless communication via an access point. The camera 18 photographs various subjects.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an application (application) configuration of the mobile terminal device 1.

  The mobile terminal device 1 is installed with a general-purpose application 101 as a first application, a printing application 102 as a second application, and an OS 103.

  The general-purpose application 101 processes data (file) according to the function of the application, such as an album application. The general-purpose application 101 further includes a print button display control unit 101a and a first setting information holding area 101b.

  The print button display control unit 101 a causes the display unit 15 to display a print button when the general-purpose application 101 is activated. When the user touches the print button, call information specifying the print application is transmitted to the OS 103, and the print application 102 is called by the cooperation function of the OS 103. The call of the print application 102 by the cooperation function is performed based on, for example, a URL scheme. The cooperation function based on the URL scheme will be described later.

  The first setting information holding area 101b is an area for holding the first setting information on the general-purpose application 101 side set by the vendor of the general-purpose application 101. The first setting information includes at least one of printing parameter information that defines specific printing conditions and printing mode information that instructs a printing mode. As an example of the print parameter information, color printing, Nin1 printing that collects N documents on one sheet, and the like can be given. In this embodiment, the print mode information includes a manual print mode, an automatic print mode, and a manual / automatic print mode. Note that the first setting information may not include print parameter information or print mode information.

  The print application 102 is an application for causing the printing apparatus 2 to print data processed by the general-purpose application 101, performs print settings, transmits the print target data together with the print target data, and prints to the printing apparatus 2. Is executed.

  Further, the print application 102 includes a URL scheme receiving unit 102a, a URL scheme analyzing unit 102b, a first print setting information analyzing unit 102c, a print setting information selection rule processing unit 102d, and a second print setting information holding area. 102e, a third print setting information holding area 102f, and a print setting screen display control unit 102g.

  The URL scheme receiving unit 102a receives the call information created by the URL scheme method, and the URL scheme analyzing unit 102b analyzes the received call information and displays the contents of the first setting information added to the call information. To analyze.

  The print setting information selection rule processing unit 102d performs the print setting by applying the first print setting information or the second print setting information according to a preset rule based on the analysis result by the URL scheme analysis unit 102b. .

  The second print setting information holding area 102 e is an area for holding second print setting information set based on the print application 102. The second print setting information is information indicating favorite print settings dedicated to the general-purpose application 101, and is set by the user. If a plurality of general-purpose applications 101 are installed, the second print setting information is held for each general-purpose application 101.

  The third print setting information holding area 102 f is an area for holding third print setting information set based on the print application 102. The third print setting information is print setting information corresponding to the printing apparatus 2. When there are a plurality of printing apparatuses 2, the third print setting information is held for each printing apparatus 2.

  The print setting screen display control unit 102g displays the print setting screen on the display unit 15 in accordance with the content of the first print setting information analyzed by the URL scheme analysis unit 102b.

  Next, a URL scheme that is a calling method will be described. In the URL scheme, for example, “ppp” is registered in advance in the OS 103 as the scheme name of the print application 102 to be called.

  In addition, when the general-purpose application name of the caller is “exapp”, for example, the name is indicated by “appname = exapp”, and the print mode (mode) is manual: manual, automatic: auto, automatic / manual selection: select Indicated. When “manual”, “auto”, and “select” are not described, there is no print mode instruction. Calling the print setting screen is indicated by “setting”.

  The print parameters are indicated by “color = color” when the color mode (color) is color, for example, and “color = mono” when the color mode is monochrome. The layout is indicated by “layout = 2in1”, “layout = 4in1”, and the like.

  Therefore, in the first print setting information of the general-purpose application with the name “exapp”, when the print mode is automatic and the print parameter is none, the format of the URL scheme is “ppp: // auto? Appname = exapp”. In the case of print mode: automatic, print parameter: color, and 2 in 1, the format of the URL scheme is “ppp: // auto? Appname = exapp & color = color & layout = 2in1”. Similarly, in the case of print mode: manual, print parameter: 2 in 1, the format of the URL scheme is “ppp: // auto? Appname = exapp & layout = 2 in 1”, and in the case of print mode: selection and print parameter: 2 in 1, “ ppp: // select? appname = exapp & layout = 2in1 ”. When calling the print setting edit screen directly, “ppp: // setting” is displayed.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of call information when the application is called by specifying the print application 102 from the general-purpose application 101 using the cooperation function based on the URL scheme of the OS 103. FIG. 6A shows an example when the OS 103 is iOS, and FIG. 4B shows an example when the OS 103 is Android. The general-purpose application 101 notifies the OS 103 of the registration information (URL of the print application) to be called (the URL of the print application) and the first setting information added thereto as call information, and the OS 103 calls the designated print application 102. The first print setting information added is transmitted. The print application 102 performs print settings as described below according to the content of the transmitted first print setting information, and instructs the printing apparatus 2 to perform printing.

  That is, in this embodiment, either the first print setting information or the second print setting information is applied based on the print parameter information and the print mode information that are the contents of the first print setting information. Rules that determine whether or not to perform are set in advance.

  Specifically, when the print mode indicated by the print mode information is manual printing, the second print setting information is applied. When the print mode is automatic printing, if the print parameter information exists, the first print setting information is applied. The print setting information is applied, and if the print parameter information does not exist, the second print setting information is applied to perform the print setting. Here, in the case of the automatic print mode, it is considered that the setting is strongly recommended by the vendor who is the creator of the general-purpose application. Therefore, if print parameter information exists, the first print setting information is prioritized. In the manual print mode, it is considered that the recommendation of the first print setting information by the vendor is not so strong. Therefore, the print setting is performed by applying the second print setting information which is the user's favorite print setting. It was.

  In the case of the manual print mode, the print setting screen to which the second print setting information is applied is displayed on the display unit 15, the user can change the print setting, and the user can operate the print execution button. Printing is instructed.

  In the manual / automatic print selection mode, the second print setting information is applied when the user selects the manual mode, and the first print setting information is applied when the automatic mode is selected.

  Further, when there is no print mode instruction in the first print setting information, it is handled as the manual print mode and the second print setting information is applied.

  Next, the operation of the mobile terminal device 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 6 and the screen transition diagram of FIG. 5 and 6 are executed when the CPU 11 of the mobile terminal device 1 operates based on the general-purpose application 101, the print application 102, the OS 103, and the like.

  First, as shown in FIG. 7, on the home screen D <b> 1 displayed on the display unit 15 of the mobile terminal device 1, the user touches the icon 110 of the general-purpose application 101 to activate the general-purpose application 101. Reference numeral 120 denotes an icon of the printing application 102, and icons indicated by “A” and “B” are icons of other general-purpose applications.

  When the general-purpose application 101 is activated, the content screen D2 of the general-purpose application 101 shown in FIG. After the desired data is processed by the general-purpose application 101, if the user wants to print the data, the user touches the print button 1031 with the URL scheme set by the vendor of the general-purpose application 101 and displayed on the display unit 15.

  Then, the general-purpose application 101 accepts this in step S100 of FIG. 5. When the URL scheme call program is executed in step S101, the call information is notified to the OS 103 by the URL scheme, and the control shifts to the control by the cooperation function of the OS 103 (step). S102).

  In step S <b> 200, the OS 103 calls and activates the registered print application 102 with the scheme name of the URL scheme of the call information, and transmits the first print setting information to the print application 102. Thereafter, the process proceeds to control of the print application 102 (step S201).

  After receiving the URL scheme (call information) in step S300, the print application 102 separates the scheme name and the first print setting information in step S301, and then separates the first print setting information in step S302. Are separated into application names, mode instruction information, and print parameters.

  Next, in step S303, it is checked whether or not the second print setting information associated with the application name exists. If it does not exist (step S307), after the initial activation flow is executed in step S308, The process proceeds to S305. If it exists (step S304), the process proceeds to step S305 as it is. In this way, since the second print setting information can be specified based on the general-purpose application name included in the call information, the third print setting is added to the print application 102 in addition to the second print setting information. Even if the information is held, the second print setting information can be reliably specified.

  FIG. 6 shows a subroutine of the initial activation flow in step S308.

  In step S3081, a print setting registration screen is displayed on the display unit 15 to allow the user to input print settings. When the print setting is input, the print setting is associated with the application name in step S3082, and the second print setting information, in other words, the favorite print setting information is stored in the second print setting holding area 102e.

  The print setting item set on the print setting registration screen displayed on the display unit 15 may be a setting item related to the basic function of the printing apparatus. Further, when there are a plurality of printing apparatuses and the user selects the printing apparatus 2 by the printing apparatus selection button 1030 displayed on the home screen D1 in FIG. 7, the basic function and optional function of the selected printing apparatus 2 are selected. A configuration may be adopted in which print settings are made for the setting items related to.

  Returning to FIG. 5, in step S <b> 305, print mode determination processing indicated by the print mode information is performed. As a result of the determination, if the automatic print mode is selected, the process proceeds to step S313. If the manual print mode is selected, the process proceeds to step S309. If the print mode information does not exist, the process proceeds to the no instruction mode of step S120. In the case of the manual / automatic selection mode, the selection screen is displayed and the user's instruction is waited (step S306), and the process proceeds to the automatic printing mode or the means printing mode.

  In the automatic mode of step S313, first, after performing print setting by applying the second print setting information in step S314, it is determined in step S315 whether there is a print parameter. If not (step S319), printing is instructed by transmitting print target data and print settings to the printing apparatus 2 in step S318. Therefore, in this case, the second print setting information is applied and printed.

  On the other hand, if there is a print parameter (step S316), the setting designated by the print parameter is overwritten in step S317, and then printing is instructed in step S318. Therefore, in this case, the print parameter in the first print setting information is preferentially applied, and the print setting based on the second setting information is performed for the print setting item that does not exist in the print parameter.

  The print application 102 has a function of detecting information irrelevant to the second print setting information from the first print setting information. When irrelevant information is detected, the irrelevant information is ignored. You may do it. For example, when the print application 102 is an old version and the general-purpose application 101 has the first print settings based on new information, the print settings that cannot be processed by the print application 102 are ignored.

  In the case of the manual print mode (step S309), in step S310, the second print setting information associated with the application name is extracted from the application name, and the second print setting information is applied to perform the print setting. After that, the print setting screen after setting is displayed on the display unit 15 in step S311. The user can change the print settings as needed. When execution of printing is instructed by a user operation, a printing instruction is issued in step S312. Therefore, in the case of the manual print mode, the second print setting information is applied, and printing is performed with the user's favorite print settings.

  In the case of the no instruction mode (step S320), it is handled as a manual print mode. That is, in step S321, the second print setting information associated with the application name is extracted, and the second print setting information is applied to perform the print setting. Then, in step S311, the post-setting print setting screen is displayed. Displayed on the unit 15. When execution of printing is instructed by a user operation, a printing instruction is issued in step S312.

  As described above, the second print setting information for the general-purpose application 101, in other words, the favorite print setting information for the general-purpose application is set based on the print application 102, and according to the contents of the first print setting information. Since the first print setting information can be applied or the user's favorite second print setting information can be applied, both print setting information can be used efficiently and user-friendly application linkage is possible. Can be achieved.

  Note that some vendors of the general-purpose application 101 are designed to display the print menu screen D3 shown in FIG. 7 on the display unit 15 when the print button 1031 displayed on the content screen D2 in FIG. 7 is pressed. There may be. In the example of FIG. 7, menu buttons for default automatic printing, 2-in-1 automatic printing, color automatic printing, manual printing, and automatic printing setting screen are displayed.

  Note that the default automatic printing is automatic printing performed with print settings based on the second print setting information regardless of the contents of the first print setting information. When the automatic printing menu button is pressed, a splash screen D4 is displayed on the display unit, and printing is automatically performed by the printing apparatus 2.

  When the automatic print setting screen is pressed, a print setting screen D5 with print settings applied in the case of automatic printing is displayed, and the user can check the contents of the print settings. A call button may be displayed on the print setting screen D5, and when the call button is pressed, the print setting screen on the general-purpose application 101 side may be called and displayed. This is because the general-purpose application describes the print setting screen call mode (“setting” described above) on the general-purpose application side in the call information based on the URL scheme, and the print application 102 acquires it by executing the cooperation function. This can be realized by displaying a print setting screen.

  When the manual print button is pressed, a print setting screen substantially similar to the print setting screen D5 displayed when the automatic print setting screen is pressed is displayed.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to these embodiment.

  For example, when the print application 102 is activated alone, an operation button for displaying a print setting screen for the general-purpose application 101 is displayed, and when the user presses this button, the general-purpose application 101 is displayed. The print setting screen may be displayed to register and / or change the print setting. This makes it possible to register and / or change print settings for the general-purpose application 101 without starting the general-purpose application 101.

  Further, the information indicating the general-purpose application 101 may be displayed on the print setting screen of the first print setting information or the second print setting information based on the information indicating the general-purpose application name included in the call information. Good.

1 Mobile terminal device 11 CPU
14 storage unit 15 display unit 17 communication interface 101 general-purpose application 102 print application 103 OS

Claims (20)

A portable terminal device in which a first application for processing data and a second application for printing the data on a wirelessly connected printing device are installed;
Call information notified from the first application and designating the second application when the data processed by the first application is printed, and the first printing on the first application side Call means for calling the second application based on call information to which setting information is added;
Holding means for holding second print setting information for the first application set by a user operation based on the second application;
Based on the second application called by the calling means, the first print setting information or the second print setting information according to a preset rule according to the content of the first print setting information. A print setting means for applying print settings by applying any of the above,
Print instruction means for instructing the printing apparatus to print the data based on the print settings set by the print setting means based on the second application;
Equipped with a,
The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein when the first print setting information is applied, the print instruction unit instructs printing without accepting a print setting by a user operation . The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein, when the second print setting information is applied, the print instruction unit issues a print instruction after receiving a print setting by a user operation. It said calling means by calling the second application, the portable terminal device according to claim 1 or 2 is performed based on the method of URL schemes. The holding unit holds third print setting information for the printing apparatus, and the print setting unit stores the second print setting based on information indicating the first application included in the call information. The portable terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the setting information is specified. Said first print setting information, the portable terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, comprising a print parameter information that defines a specific printing conditions, at least one of the printing mode information for specifying the print mode . The portable terminal device according to claim 5 , wherein the print mode is any one of a manual print mode, an automatic print mode, and a manual / automatic print selection mode. Said printing setting means, the print parameter information based on the print mode information, claim 5 or 6 performs application to print set one of the first print setting information or the second print setting information The mobile terminal device according to 1. When the print mode indicated by the print mode information is the manual print mode, the print setting unit applies the second print setting information. When the print mode is the automatic print mode, the print parameter information is The portable terminal device according to claim 7 , wherein if there is, the first print setting information is applied, and if the print parameter information does not exist, the second print setting information is applied. If there is no instruction of the print mode to the first print setting information, the print setting means, mobile according to any one of claims 5-8 for applying a treatment the second print setting information as a manual printing mode Terminal device. The holding unit includes a first holding unit that holds the second print setting information, and a second holding unit that holds the third print setting information.
Further, the print setting screen for the first application is displayed based on the second print setting information held in the first holding means, and the second holding means held in the second holding means. The portable terminal device according to claim 4 , further comprising display means for displaying a print setting screen for the printing apparatus based on the print setting information of 3. It said printing setting means, said first print setting item does not exist in the print parameters in the print setting information of any of claims 1-10 for performing print setting with the print setting items in the second print setting information The mobile terminal device according to 1. The print setting means has a function of detecting information irrelevant to the second print setting information from the first print setting information. When the irrelevant information is detected, the irrelevant information is detected. The portable terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 11 , which is ignored. When the second application is called for the first time by the calling unit, the print setting unit displays a print setting screen, and the contents set by the user on the print setting screen are stored as the second print setting information. The portable terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 12 . The mobile terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the print setting item on the print setting screen is a setting item related to a basic function of the printing apparatus. The mobile terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the print setting item on the print setting screen is a setting item related to a basic function and an optional function of the printing device selected by the user. When single activation of the second application, either on the basis of a user operation of claims 1 to 15 for registering and / or changes to the print setting display a print setting screen for the first application has been made possible A portable terminal device according to any one of the above. The portable terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 16 , wherein a print setting screen for the first application can be displayed based on the second application. The print setting means displays the first application on the print setting screen of the first print setting information or the second print setting information based on information indicating the first application included in the call information. mobile terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 17 for displaying information indicating a. A print setting method executed on a mobile terminal device in which a first application for processing data and a second application for printing the data on a wirelessly connected printing device are installed,
Call information notified from the first application and designating the second application when the data processed by the first application is printed, and the first printing on the first application side A calling step for calling the second application based on the call information to which the setting information is added;
A holding step of holding in the holding unit the second print setting information for the first application set by a user operation based on the second application;
The first print setting information or the second print setting information according to a preset rule according to the content of the first print setting information based on the second application called by the calling step. A print setting step to apply one of
A print instruction step for instructing the printing apparatus to print the data based on the print setting set in the print setting step based on the second application;
With
In the print instruction step, when the first print setting information is applied, printing is instructed without accepting a print setting by a user operation . In a computer of a portable terminal device in which a first application for processing data and a second application for causing the data to be printed on a wirelessly connected printing apparatus are installed,
Call information notified from the first application and designating the second application when the data processed by the first application is printed, and the first printing on the first application side A calling step for calling the second application based on the call information to which the setting information is added;
A holding step of holding in the holding unit the second print setting information for the first application set by a user operation based on the second application;
The first print setting information or the second print setting information according to a preset rule according to the content of the first print setting information based on the second application called by the calling step. A print setting step to apply one of
A print instruction step for instructing the printing apparatus to print the data based on the print setting set in the print setting step based on the second application;
And execute
The printing in the instruction step, when said first print setting information is applied, because the print setting program to execute the processing for instructing the printing without receiving the print setting by a user operating the computer.

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