Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Virtual device, operating system, virtual device service, information processing apparatus, and method of controlling information processing apparatus
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Application No.: US17552230Application Date: 2021-12-15
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Publication No.: US11714582B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Norihiro Arai
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP 19101508 2019.05.30
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12

Abstract:
A virtual printer A generated in a virtual printer service included in a host computer including an OS uses a search request receiver to receive a device search request from the OS, and uses a search request responder to respond to the received device search request. Further, a print job receiver receives a print job from the OS, which has registered the virtual printer A as a transmission destination of the print job based on the response, in accordance with a specific protocol. Then, a print job converter converts the received print job, and a print job transmitter transmits the converted print job to a printer AY, which does not support the specific protocol, via a job generator in accordance with a protocol different from the specific protocol.
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