An object of the present invention is to provide a technique capable of transmitting any print setting information to a more general printer driver from an application. Instructions are given to a predetermined application to request a first printer driver to output a print file including data created by the predetermined application with a file name corresponding to an output size, wherein printing target data corresponding to the data created by the predetermined application is generated, with a size corresponding to the output size, based on the file name. Then, instructions are given to a second printer driver to perform printing of the generated printing target data in accordance with a print setting corresponding to the output size for the printing target data.

A communication apparatus includes: a first type communication unit configured to perform communication with a portable device in a near field communication mode; a display unit; and a control device configured to perform: a receiving process of receiving a radio wave for connection with the portable device in the near field communication mode, from the portable device through the first type communication unit; and a display process of controlling the display unit to display a notice for prompting a user to perform operation for permitting the portable device to transmit information to the communication apparatus in the near field communication mode, in response to receipt of the radio wave in the receiving process.

A device that is in a state of preparing for connection with a network is searched for (first search), and a device that is already connected to the network is searched for (second search). A display unit is caused to display information regarding a device found in the first search and information regarding a device found in the second search, such that a distinction is made.

A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer program for an application providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) causing a computer to perform each step of a control method of the computer, the method including: a reception step of receiving a print ticket including a print setting according to activation of the program for the application by an operating system after a print instruction is given by a user; and a display control step of displaying a screen for authenticated printing based on the received print ticket in which the authenticated printing has been set.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores an extension application program for extending a function of print data creation software to create print data. The extension application program causing a computer in an information processing apparatus to execute obtaining information of a plurality of functions from a printing apparatus, displaying a print setting screen based on at least a part of the obtained information, and performing control such that among the plurality of functions, a second function that can be used for printing only in combination with a first function which the extension application program does not support is not displayed on the print setting screen.

A controller of an information processing apparatus is configured to receive image data representing a compound image including at least first characteristic data and second characteristic data, extract first and second characteristic image data respectively representing the first and second characteristic images, determine, by analyzing the first and second characteristic image data as extracted, whether the first and second characteristic images are identical. When it is determined that the first and second characteristic images are not identical, the controller generates arranged image data subjected to be printed and representing the first and second characteristic images in a boundary-distinguishable manner, while, when it is determined that the first and second characteristic images are identical, the controller generates arranged image data subjected to be printed and representing the first and second characteristic images not in a boundary-distinguishable manner Then, the controller outputs the arranged image data.

An information processing apparatus is connected to an image processing apparatus via a network and includes at least one processor executing instructions to act as an activation control unit configured to activate a status management program for acquiring and displaying information relating to a state of the image processing apparatus, and printer driver configured to generate a print job in the information processing apparatus and unable to activate the status management program in accordance with an instruction to generate a print job. The activation control unit is software that differs from the printer driver and activates the status management program in a case where a print job based on application data issued by an application is generated.

There is provided a control method for an information processing apparatus that stores an editing application with which editing of intermediate data including drawing data generated by a drawing application can be performed, the control method including: obtaining information associated with a print setting; deciding an interface used for obtaining the intermediate data from among a plurality of interfaces on a basis of the obtained information associated with the print setting; and obtaining the intermediate data by using the decided interface, in which the intermediate data output from the editing application is obtained by a printer driver and converted into a print command.

An information processing apparatus connected to a plurality of networks, includes: a plurality of device drivers each of which is receives a packet from each of the networks; and circuitry determines a network to which a transmission source device of the packet belongs based on information indicating which of the device drivers has received the packet.

An information processing apparatus includes processing circuitry and a memory. The processing circuitry obtains device information from a printer. The processing circuitry obtains logical printer information regarding a logical printer, the logical printer being for printing to the printer from the information processing apparatus. The processing circuitry further determines whether to switch a print output destination of the logical printer based on the obtained device information and a compatible model of a printer driver corresponding to the logical printer, the compatible model of printer driver being obtained based on the printer logical printer information. When determining to switch the print output destination corresponding to the logical printer, the processing circuitry switches the print output destination of the logical printer to the printer.